A Field Guide to American Houses
The Definitive Guide to Identifying and Understanding America's Domestic Architecture,
by Virginia Savage McAlester
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Now in paperback: the fully expanded, updated, and freshly designed second edition of the most comprehensive and widely acclaimed guide to domestic Architecture,: in print since its original publication in 1984, and acknowledged everywhere as the unmatched, essential guide to American houses.This revised edition includes a section on neighborhoods; ...
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