Antique 60 Houses Architect House Floor Plans CD 1924!

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The Small Home:

How to Plan and Build It

With Sixty Practical Plans for Low Cost Bungalows,

Cottages, Farmhouses, Apartments, Garages and Barns - 1924!

by

William Draper Brincklow

If you are the first to bid on this auction, using the buy-it-now option, YOU WIN!! There is no chance of being outbid! DON'T WAIT!!

Up for bid is a CD-ROM of the original "The Small House" published by Robert M. BcBride & Company, New York. This author provided some of the best books of the time regarding 1920's bungalows, cottages, farmhouses,apartments, garages and barns architecture! The low to moderate income families of the time clamoured for this type of item and with good reason! (Original is NOT for sale)

This HISTORIC book contains 17 CHAPTERS (231 pages!) of line drawings, floor plans, front and/or side elevations, and fundamentals for creating the extremely handsome ORIGINAL 1920's ERA HOMES! There are 60 DIFFERENT HOUSE FLOOR PLANS included! If there are multiple floors per house the floor plans for all levels are included! Many of the 60 designs range from several-room dwellings to multi-level structures with planned space for kitchens, dining rooms, pantries, brakfast nooks, frost proof water closets, regular lavatories, washrooms, stairways, bedrooms, baths, interior pathways, cellars, toilets, dumb-waiters, attics, balconies, fireplaces, halls, screended and unscreen porches, slleping rooms, breakfast room, sleeping porches, central chimneys, sunrooms, disappearing stairways, closets, cupboards, offices, attached laundry,built-in ironing board! 

You will also find historical facts regarding architecture of practical house building as well as various RARE and UNIQUE "non-technical language" guidelines to assist you along the way to recreating the household architecture of a classy and gentile society!

Architects, students of design, architectural historians, old house restorers and historical home preservationists will find this book of home plans on cd a spectacular source book of authentic Art Deco Era home designs! Order your's today!!! 

See table of contents below.

Here is an OLD, resourceful and exceptional home architect house and floor plan book on CD-ROM. These homes are the essance of the characteristics of the homes built by our American ancestors during the 20's! This is the perfect opportunity to purchase your own version of another wonderful instructional book revealing our heritage from early America and Europe style!

Contents:

Forward

Chapter I.

Selecting the Site

Chapter II.

Counting the Cost

Chapter III.

Plans and Specifications 

Chapter IV.

Bricks, Boards and Such Things

Outline of Specifics (address the pros and cons of many options within the following topics)

General Conditions

Mason's Work

Carpenter Work

Mill Work

Plasterer's Work

Painter's Work

Tinner's Work

Plumber's Work

Electrician's Work

Heating

Chapter V.

The Step- Saving Kitchen

Chapter VI.

Home Electric

Chapter VII.

Heaters and Fireplaces

Chapter VII.

Pourches for All Purposes

Chapter VIII.

Porches for All Purposes

Chapter IX.

Water and Waste

Chapter X.

A Bit about Plumbing

Chapter XI.

You and Your Builder

Chapter XII.

Making over the Old Home

Chapter XIII.

How about the Garage?

Chapter XIV.

A Home that pays for Itself

Chapter XV.

The Problem of the Farmhouse

Chapter XVI.

Fixings and Furnishings

Chapter XVII.

Framing the Picture

Chapter XVIII.

Sixty Plans

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This information has been scanned onto CD-ROM using the Adobe Acrobat Reader PDF format. You may download the latest FREE version of this software quickly at www.adobe.com . This is NOT a copy of another CD-ROM. You will receive an ORIGINAL CD of this resourceful book.

The text is viewed easily from your computer or you may choose to print each page as you read this amazing book on antique beadwork. Every page has been meticulously scanned, cleaned and burned to preserve this ANTIQUE book's information and patterns to CD-ROM! The format of this resource has so many more advantages than the original book.

What are the benefits of a book on cd?

* Every image and every page has been scanned at high dpi to produce crystal clear images and you never have to deal with any crumbling old paper!

* These scans are completely sizable. You can enlarge and print according to your visual needs! They are reformated in full-page sizing for better viewing of details, etc.!

* Each page is saved in PDF format and is readily accessible using the downloadable Adobe Acrobat Reader software program. This program is very user friendly and allows you to print any one specific page, multiple pages or the entire book!

* Each time you want to use an image, a page, or pages, you can print it out. Every one will be as crisp and clear as the last!

* Each CD-ROM comes in a protective case!

Curious about the quality of these scans? Please contact me and I will forward an image for your own personal inspection! Scale it, edit it, print it to fit your needs and you are surely going to be quite pleased with the results! You will appreciate the attention taken in providing a TOP QUALITY PRODUCT that you will use for many years to come...

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