Woodward's Country Homes

New York: The American News Company, 1865. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth, backstrip stamped and lettered in gilt. Near fine. 188 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Illustrated in black and white with 150 figures in the text representing floor plans and cottage designs. This is a revised and enlarged edition with many additional illustrations. HITCHCOCK1425. KARPEL B245. "Hitchcock has pointed out that of this book there were eight successive editions within a decade, thus rivaling in this period the popularity of Downing's Cottage residences in the forties and fifties." Clean, firm copy, embossed publisher stamp free endpaper and two signatures. Bright, very fresh clean copy.