Lumberman's House Plan Book

200 House Plans

The Radford Architectural Company

First edition.  Chicago, IL:  The Radford Architectural Company, 1907  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Brown paper covers have gilt titles. 
• Boards show some exposure, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are bumped, scuffed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine is sunned, has a tear, with crushed ends.  See photos.  
• Binding is secure; back cover is detached.  See photos.  
• Pastedowns and feps have some staining, edgewear, pastedown at rear is loose, a note to reader is affixed at front cover. 
• Illustrations are bright and clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some smudges.  Inside pages are free of writing and intentional marks.
• Text block edges have publisher's ink to all edges. 
• PS2025.0327

210 pages. 5.75 x 8.75 inches

A generally very good copy of this catalogue of house plans from the Radford Architectural Company in Chicago.  By its own announcement, the volume is a "collection of one hundred absolutely new and attractive plans never before published, together with a selection of one hundred of our most popular houses published heretofore, making a beautiful and valuable book of two hundred up-to-date designs."  Brown paper covers, fully illustrated.  Back cover partially torn away.  With an Index, hints for builders, and pubisher's advertisements.

William A. Radford (1865-1943) was an architect and publisher of architecture and construction books and periodicals.  While many of the plans in his books were traditional Queen Anne and American Foursquare, some of his designs reflect the Prairie School aesthetic, and his publications helped to spread it across the United States in the early 20th century.    

Stamped on front board:  Compliments of R.K. Bachman & Brother, Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

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