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Hardcover. Condizione: Fair. 1st Edition. 227 p. col. front. illus., 31 x 25 cm LCCN 06038345 OCLC 317036 ; green cloth ; no dustjacket Contents: California Home in Santa Clara County - Colonial House at Devon, Pennsylvania, Percy Wilson, Owner - Colonial House at Radnor, Pennsylvania, Ledyard Heckscher, Owner - Design for an Artist's House - House at Bernardsville, New Jersey, Thomas Hunt, Owner - House at Brookline, Massachusetts - House at Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, Arthur P Baugh, Owner - Hunting Lodge at Aiken, South Carolina - Residence at Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, Mrs J N Beistle, Owner - "Ashford," Belle Haven, Connecticut - "Beaulieu," Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California - Residence of CA Baldwin - "Bellefontaine," at Lenox, Massachusetts, Giraud Foster, Owner - "Biltmore," Asheville, North Carolina - Residence of George W Vanderbilt - Brook Farm, Tuxedo Park, New York - Estate of Richard Delafield - Conyers Manor, Greenwich, Connecticut - Estate of E C Converse - Examples of Colonial Homes & Gardens of Maryland & Delaware - "Faulkner Farm," Brookline, Massachusetts , Hon Charles F Sprague, Owner - "Green Hill," TOld Goddard Mansion at Brookline, Massachusetts, Miss Julia Goddard, Owner - "Hampton," an Old Colonial Mansion at Towson, Maryland - House & Garden near Windsor, Vermont, Charles A Platt, Owner - "Kate's Hall," Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia - Residence of Joseph S Clark - "Maxwell Court," Rockville, Connecticut - Residence of Francis T Maxwell . - "Miravista" at Montecito, Santa Barbara County, California - "Mohican Cottage," Bolton-Landing-on-Lake-George, New York, William K Bixby, Owner - Old Gardens at Camden, South Carolina - "Renemede," A House & Garden at Bernardsville, New Jersey, Hardenhergh, Owner - Residence at Jersey City, New Jersey, HC Bennett, Owner - Residence at Westbury, Long Island, Herman B Duryea, Owner - Residence & Gardens at Newport, Rhode Island, Mrs Richard Gambrill, Owner. - Residence at St James, Long Island, Stanford White, Owner - "Ringwood Manor" & its Gardens, Passaic County, New Jersey - Residence of Abram S Hewitt - "Sevenoaks," an Architect's Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia , Frank Miles Day, Owner - " Sherrewogue," St James, Long Island, Devereux Emmet, Owner - The Gardens of "Avonwood Court," Haverford, Pennsylvania - Estate of Charles E Mather - Garden at "Blair Eyrie," Bar Harbor, Maine - Estate of De Witt Clinton Blair - Garden at "Fairacres," Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, John W. Pepper, Owner - Garden & Grounds of Mt Vernon, Virginia. - Garden of "Weld," Brookline, Massachusetts - Estate of Captain Larz Anderson - "The Garth," Strafford, Pennsylvania, Ernest Zantzinger, Owner - Old Red Rose Inn of "Stoke Pogis," Villa Nova, Pennsylvania, Frederick Phillips, Owner - "The Orchard," Southampton, Long Island, James L Breese, Owner - "Twin Oaks," Washington, District of Columbia - Residence of Mrs Gardiner G Hubhard - "Wyck," an Old House & Garden at Germantown, Philadelphia; Architects Whose Work is Illustrated : Andrews, Jaques & Rantoul - Ash, Percy - Barber, Dorm - Boyd, David K - Carriere & Hastings - Day, Frank Miles - Dubring, Okie & Ziegler - Eyre, Wilson - Hardenbergh, JH - Howell, "Jehu - Hunt, Richard M Jackson, IV - Lord, Hewlett & Hull - McKim, Mead & White - Olmsted Brothers - Platt, Charles A - Polk, Willis - Schweinfurth, JA - Zantzinger, CC ; "The American Country House, intended for occupancy during only a portion of the year, dates as an institution, especially in the Northern States, from about the close of the Civil War. Prior to that time the summer life of the vast majority of our people was little different from their winter life. Those who went into the country for the warmer months, went either as guests to the summer hotel, or as boarders to some farmhouse. The close of the war found many with ample bank accounts & the money which had come easily was easily spent; much of it going into country houses. ; volume shaken ; shows some wear ; a scarce volume ; FAIR. Book.