 | What Style Is It?: A Guide to American Architecture by John C. Poppeliers
Buy used from: $0.01 A quick and enjoyable read.
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 | A Field Guide to American Houses by Virginia McAlester
Buy new: $17.79 / Used from: $4.10 More than I wanted to know but well done.
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 | Richard Neutra: Complete Works (Architecture & Design) by Barbara Lamprecht
Buy used from: $215.00 He made the cover of Time magazine in 1949. Has a cardboard--not wood-- cover, by the way.
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 | The Essential House Book: Getting Back to Basics by Terence Conran
Buy used from: $0.30 Don't forget the inside.
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 | Art Deco Style by Bevis Hillier
Buy used from: $4.19 Authoritative, but mostly text.
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 | The Rietveld Schroder House by Ida van Zijl
Buy used from: $94.99 An early Modern residence, now a museum. Mostly text.
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 | 100 Turn-of-the-Century Brick Bungalows with Floor Plans by Rogers & Manson
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $3.02 After the Victorians ran out of things to decorate, they turned to the picturesque.
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 | Modernism Rediscovered by Pierluigi Serraino
Buy used from: $34.20 The less well known works of photographer Julius Schulman. Nice binding too.
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 | More Small Houses (Great Houses)
Buy used from: $12.70 New installment just out..
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 | Case Study Houses: 1945-1962 by Esther McCoy
Buy new: $20.94 / Used from: $13.00 Art and social criticism, if that's your thing.
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 | Eichler Homes: Design for Living by Jerry Ditto
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $10.98 Documents the only Modern tract house.
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 | Modernism Reborn: Mid-Century American Houses by Michael Webb
Buy used from: $33.78 Hits the highlights and tells their stories.
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 | Art Deco House Style: An Architectual and Interior Design Source Book (House style series) by Ingrid Cranfield
Buy used from: $18.75 Many pictures of English Art Deco houses.
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 | Pierre Koenig by James Steele
Buy used from: $39.99 Mr. Steele on Mr. Steel.
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 | Classic Modern Homes of the Thirties: 64 Designs by Neutra, Gropius, Breuer, Stone and Others (Modern House in America) by James Ford
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.99 Boxy white houses are the wave of the future, according to these sociologists.
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 | Art Deco Architecture: Design, Decoration, and Detail from the Twenties and Thirties by Patricia Bayer
Buy new: $23.07 / Used from: $11.95 The history in pictures. Not much on houses.
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 | The New American Cottage: Innovations in Small-Scale Residential Architecture (New American Architecture) by James Trulove
Buy new: $41.66 / Used from: $5.30 "New American" books : stylish houses, mimimum text.
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 | Ten Houses: Enrique Browne
Buy used from: $56.30 Some "houses" are just models, but all are great looking.
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 | American Country Houses of the Gilded Age (Sheldon's "Artistic Country-Seats") by A. Lewis
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.99 B/W photos of old mansions from a turn-of-the-century Julius Schulman.
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 | American Shelter : An Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Homes by Lester R. Walker
Buy new: $39.15 / Used from: $9.47 Many houses in architectural illustrations worthy of David Macaulay.
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 | ABC of Architecture by James F. O'Gorman
Buy new: $15.25 / Used from: $0.63 Some very literate thoughts on the subject; full of interesting facts.
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 | Architecture: A Visual History by James Neal
Buy used from: $1.84 Read the first chapter for a brief tour of architecture.
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 | 124 Distinctive House Designs and Floor Plans, 1929 by National Building Publications
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $8.58 Many Tudor homes in brick or stone, and the photorealistic illustrations are unbelievable.
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 | The Georgian House: in Britain and America by Steven Parissien
Buy new: $43.80 / Used from: $13.77 Substantive and full of interesting photos too, aimed at potential restorers but also excellent as a history of the era.
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 | The Art Deco House by Adrian Tinniswood
Buy new: $26.40 / Used from: $22.00 Early Modern houses and the people and events that created them.
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