Main entry:

Cheek, Richard, author.

Title & Author:

Selling the dwelling : the books that built America's houses, 1775-2000 / Richard Cheek.

Publication:

New York : Grolier Club, 2013.

Description:

286, [4] pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portraits ; 32 cm

Notes:
"Designed by Julia Sedykh; 1500 copies have been printed by Puritan Capital"--Colophon.
"Published to accompany the exhibition Selling the dwelling at The Grolier Club, New York, December 11, 2013 through February 7, 2014."--Preliminary page.
Includes errata sheet, bibliographical references and index.
Collector's Perspective and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The First American Architectural Books: Builder's Guides in the New Republic -- Honoring the Democratic Ideal: The Heyday of the Greek Revival -- Popular Taste Making: Pattern Books and Gothic Fantasies -- Optimism at Mid-Century: Every Man Can Build His Own Home -- Big Firms, Big Sales: Marketing House Plans to the Nation -- Passion for the Past: The Colonial Revival Begins -- Mansions for Millionaires: Beaux Arts Country Houses, 1890-1930 -- Smaller Homes for the Millions: Plans by Mail or Houses by Rail -- Bungalows: Artful Houses for the Common Man -- The Homes We Fought For: Modern or Traditional? -- More Developments, Fewer Designs: The Demise of the House Plan Book -- Illustration Sources, Additional Resources, and Bibliography.

ISBN:

9781605830506
160583050X

Subject:

Cheek, Richard Library Exhibitions.
Cheek, Richard Bibliothèque Expositions.
Architecture, Domestic United States Designs and plans History Exhibitions.
Architecture, Domestic United States History Exhibitions.
Architectural rendering United States History Exhibitions.
Home ownership United States History Exhibitions.
House construction United States History Exhibitions.
Books United States History Exhibitions.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Histoire Expositions.
Rendu d'architecture États-Unis Histoire Expositions.
Habitations Construction États-Unis Histoire Expositions.
Livres États-Unis Histoire Expositions.
Architecture domestique États-Unis Dessins et plans Histoire Expositions.
Architectural rendering
Architecture, Domestic
Books
Home ownership
House construction
Libraries
United States

Form/genre:

Exhibition catalogues.
Exhibition catalogs.
exhibition catalogs.
History
Catalogues d'exposition.

Added entries:

Sedykh, Julia, book designer.
Grolier Club.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 285149
Call No.: BIB 224493
Status: Available