A Field Guide to American Houses
by Virginia Savage McAlester, Lee McAlester
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- Good
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0394739698
- ISBN 13
- 9780394739694
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Synopsis
Virginia Savage McAlester is a lifelong advocate of historical preservation with deep professional interests in architecture. She has an undergraduate degree from Harvard University, where she attended Radcliffe College and completed the first-year curriculum of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. She is a founding member and past president of Preservation Dallas, and serves as an advisor emeritus for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. She is author of The Making of a Historic District: Swiss Avenue, Dallas, Texas and coauthor of The Homes of the Park Cities, Dallas: Great American Suburbs. She lives in Dallas, Texas, where she is an honorary member of the state and local chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
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- Bookseller
- Jane Addams Book Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 299366
- Title
- A Field Guide to American Houses
- Author
- Virginia Savage McAlester, Lee McAlester
- Format/Binding
- Trade
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0394739698
- ISBN 13
- 9780394739694
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- May 1984
- Pages
- 544
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