This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...place demands the enclosure of the grounds. In a great many cases these enclosing walls have been constructed, but in more instances they are omitted. They run counter to the popular American preference for a semi-public private life. To shut your neighbours off absolutely from the yard of your house strikes the ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1907 Excerpt: ...place demands the enclosure of the grounds. In a great many cases these enclosing walls have been constructed, but in more instances they are omitted. They run counter to the popular American preference for a semi-public private life. To shut your neighbours off absolutely from the yard of your house strikes the ordinary American as exclusive and "stuck-up"; and it is not an easy matter to wean him from this conception. Of course, as a matter of fact, there is no more reason why an out door playground should not be kept as private as an indoor living-room; but so far the practice of walling in the grounds around a house has the force of custom against it. Whatever the motive in the present instance, the architect has managed to secure a fair amount of privacy without the use of an enclosure. Not only are the garden and tennis court screened by the house, but the shrubbery at either end of the building will, when it has obtained its full growth, still further protect the "backyard" from a passer-by on the street. The treatment of the garden back of the house is adapted to the absence of any enclosure. In fact, it can hardly be said that there is any garden at all. In the middle of the large stretch of lawn, and on an axis with the enclosed porch, a rectangular space has been sunk; and in the centre of this space is a pool with a flowerbed at either end. The house is plain and even severe in treatment, and it has dignity without the slightest pretension. It is simply an interesting and very careful piece of brick-work, without any of the stone trimmings with which so many Eastern architects like to spot and line the surface of their brick walls. A single course of stone marks the line of the ground floor, and the window sills are similarly...
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GOOD. 6.5X10. Gold gilt lettering on cover and spine, slightly wracked, private library plate on inside of front board, previous owner inscription on free endpaper, illustrated with black and white photographs. _PAB_
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Very Good. New York: Duffield & Company, 1907. First edition, August 1907. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Reflects early 20th century lifestyles of those who could afford a new home with fine furnishings. Green cloth printed in gilt, red and white, top edge gilt, no dustjacket, possibly as issued. Very good with modest rubbing to extremities, good hinges, sound text block, clean pages with a small name stamp at the upper corner of the front free endpaper, no other markings. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Acceptable. Acceptable condition. (houses, home economics, architecture) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books.
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Very Good. Octavo. 249 pp; b/w photographs, a few floor plans. Pictorial green cloth with gilt lettering on cover and spine, top edge gilt. VG, a solid, unmarked copy; light wear at top & bottom of spine, edges of backstrip.
