TY - SER
AU - Richard Cheek
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - Contents:
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
PB - The Grolier Club
PP - New York, NY
PY - 2013
SN - 9781605830506
EP - 286 pp.
TI - Selling the Dwelling: The Books that Built America's Houses, 1775-2000
ER -