Small Houses of the Forties full-color lithograph and preliminary pencil

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Small Houses of the Forties full-color lithograph and preliminary pencilDesigned for the 1940s family with a "limited budget but unlimited good taste," this fascinating volume presents 56 floor plans and elevations of lovely small homes that originally cost less than $15,000 to build. Each home, bearing the honorable designation of House of the Month by the era's Monthly Small House Club, Inc., was designed to give prospective homeowners an exceptionally well planned house that was also a sound investment. From Cape Cods