Radford’s Cement Houses and How to Build Them: Illustrated details of construction, standard specifications for cement… Perspective views and floor plans of concrete block and cement plaster houses. Chicago: Radford Architectural Company, 1909. 4to (27.5 cm), pictorial color-stamped blue cloth upper cover, blue cloth lower cover. Price list, 4 pp. Ads, numerous b&w illus. With floor plans and perspective illus. A handsome 1909 Arts and Crafts trade catalog and building manual for Radford cement house construction, with detailed directions for building with concrete blocks, waterproofing, forms, floors, walls, steps, farm buildings, chimneys etc, and a variety of home designs and floor plans from which to choose. The Radford Architectural Co. Published over twenty catalogs of designs beginning in 1903 and continuing into the 1920s. According to the Journal of the American Institute of Architects, many of Radford’s cement, plaster, and concrete block house layout options were inspired by the Prairie School designs made popular by Frank Lloyd Wright and his Midwestern contemporaries. CONDITION: Very good, slight soiling on lower flyleaves, otherwise clean, tight and appealing. Radford’s Cement Houses and How to Build Them Illustrated.

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• Book Title: Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959: Building for Democracy
• Language: English
• ISBN: 076076316X
• EAN: 9780760763162
• Author: Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks
• Type: Paperback
• Release Title: Frank Lloyd Wright 1867-1959: Building for Democracy
• Artist: Pfeiffer, Bruce Brooks
• Format: books

SUCCESSFUL HOUSES AND HOW TO BUILD THEM. Chicago area architect and architecture critic Charles E. Makes a thorough examination of single-dwelling houses in this significant work, published in 1912. White was an associate of Frank Lloyd Wright and worked for a time in Wright’s Oak Park studio. Several of the illustrations in this book are of Wright creations. This hardcover first edition, second printing, is signed by White on the first page, with a non-personalized inscription. Extremely rare thus: this is the only signed copy of any of White’s books for sale anywhere online. The book is in quite good condition. The binding is a little soft but still sound. The text is a little toned with age, otherwise in fine shape. Definitely an above-average copy of this collector’s item, made possibly unique by the autograph. 5.25″X 7.5″, vii + 520 pages plus a publisher’s catalog, many illustrations. Ships promptly & securely. The item “SIGNED Charles E White SUCCESSFUL HOUSES & HOW TO BUILD THEM Frank Lloyd Wright” is in sale since Thursday, February 18, 2021. This item is in the category “Books\Antiquarian & Collectible”. The seller is “cgbooks” and is located in Idyllwild, California. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Year Printed: 1912
• Modified Item: Yes
• Topic: Architecture
• Binding: Hardcover
• Narrative Type: Nonfiction
• Author: Charles E. White, Jr.
• Subject: Art & Photography
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Language: English
• Modification Description: Signed
• Character Family: Frank Lloyd Wright
• Publisher: Macmillan
• Place of Publication: New York
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition