No Author Given — American House

Japan, Foundation for Pension Housing Fund, 1986. Cloth. Pale blue-green cloth. No jacket. 288 pages. With full page color photos throughout, as well as a few maps. ALL TEXT IN JAPANESE. A primarily photo history of American house architecture and design, depicting both exteriors and interiors of houses in the English tradition, as well as Hudson River Valley and Dutch tradition, English tradition south, Federal and Greek revival, German and log tradition, French and Spanish tradition, Victorian houses and pioneers in modern housing. All photos are accompanied by English language captions with Japanese text. While seemingly similar to Mary Mix Foley's 'The American House' there are very few drawings, and all photos are in color. GOOD condition, EX-MUSEUM LIBRARY with a pocket and pastedown present in the interior. Faint remains of a spine label present. Heavy offsetting to the covers along the spine. Minor fading, mostly along the extremities. Interior clean and solid. Good/No Jacket.