The Spanish House For America. It's Design, Furnishing, and Garden
Philadelphia & London: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 164pp. Original illustrated ochre cloth with green lettering on cover and spine. Color frontispiece with tissue guard. Publisher's device on title page. With frontispiece in color and 97 plates of Spanish houses and their details. Intended as a handbook for the owner of such houses seeking information on Spanish houses and their furnishing. The selection of illustrations has been made with the help of the architects whose works appear in this volume. Contains list of illustrations at front. With chapters on the evolution of the Spanish house, its plans, materials, exterior walls, the roof, the doorway, windows, balconies and galleries and other details of the comfortable and luxurious house. Beautifully illustrated with b/w offset reproductions of Spanish houses in America. Contains short bibliography at rear. Very light wear and rubbing of binding. Previous owner's small stamps on inside covers, small dealer sticker at rear and ever so slightly starting at title page. Very good+ condition. Item #50499
Price: $275.00