The history of the regional house style that became one of the most recognizable in American. The Cape Cod, or just cape, is a modest and practical house, a true colonial design that for millions of people says, "home." Cape Cods are short, stout, and simple; their interiors are centered on the hearth-warmed kitchen. From the mid-1600s to about 1850, capes were built all across New England and as far west as Michigan, homes to fishermen and farmers, to city dwellers and shipwrights. Their low-slung design meant they were ...
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The history of the regional house style that became one of the most recognizable in American. The Cape Cod, or just cape, is a modest and practical house, a true colonial design that for millions of people says, "home." Cape Cods are short, stout, and simple; their interiors are centered on the hearth-warmed kitchen. From the mid-1600s to about 1850, capes were built all across New England and as far west as Michigan, homes to fishermen and farmers, to city dwellers and shipwrights. Their low-slung design meant they were economical, easy to build, and generally impervious to the bracing winds that swept in from the ocean or lakes. They could be enlarged by equally symmetrical wings, and if you couldn't afford clapboards all around, you could easily sheath the back and sides with inexpensive cedar shingles and let them weather to a stormy gray. This classic book is as simple, elegant, and accessible as the houses it describes. You'll gain a new and deep appreciation for regional architecture that became the common American house.
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1970, Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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1970
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English
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Drawings Howard L. Rich. Fair ex-library. Paste down pictorial cover (edge wear), worn, library markings, interior very good. Early settlers built their snug little. Houses with a "short hoist and a ong peak" & they grew with the needs of their family. Owner book plate.
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1970, Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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1970
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English
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Howard L. Rich. Fine in Very Good jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light green cloth, lettered/illus. in dark green, oblong format. 3rd ptg. : 1972. As issued. Color illus. dust jacket shows several short (1/4" or less) closed tears along edges, 1" closed tear along top rear edge, minor creasing along a portion of bottom front edge, now in mylar. 91 pp., illus.
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1970, Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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Chatham Press; distributed by the Viking Press, New York
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1970
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English
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Howard L. Rich. Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall, oblong. The first printing, 91 pages, illustrated with pencil drawings by Howard L. Rich. "The expression "a Cape Cod house" is widely used today to describe a small, comfortable home with a pitched roof. Yet few people are aware of the history behind this charming style of early American architecture with its variations." FINE HARDCOVER, FINE DUST JACKET. Previous owner's name is present. Dust jacket protected with a clear plastic acid-free jacket.