Bricks and Brownstone: The New York Row House, 1783-1929 - An Architectural and Social History
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1972. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Good / Good. Item #2305006
ISBN: 0070383103
Multiple tears to jacket previously mended with tape, light stain on front jacket panel. Light stain on front and rear boards, page ridges lightly foxed.
xxv, 262 pp. "...examine[s] the architectural styles of the venerale New York row house, the way of life of the families who lived in these unique houses, and the outstanding neighborhoods of a rapidly growing and changing city. ...handsome photographs and engravings (over half of them 100 years old) the author presents the history of the various row house architectural styles--the Federal, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Italianate, and Second Empire, as well as eclectic but picturesque styles of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
Price: $50.00