North Shore Boston: Country Houses Of Essex County, 1865-1930
by Pamela W. Fox
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Author: Pamela W. FoxEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-12-15
ISBN: 0926494287
Number of pages: 349
Publisher: Acanthus Pr Llc
Book Reviews of North Shore Boston: Country Houses Of Essex County, 1865-1930
Book Review: Fine, but could be better
Summary: 3 Stars
Overall, the content and pictures were fine, but I was disappointed at the small number of plans included. This is a major beef of mine with most of the later volumes in this series. For example, the excellent book by Kathrens on Trumbauer - it has plans for most of his houses. Kathrens' later book on houses of New York only had half as many. His newest (not published by Acanthus) on Newport houses, goes back to providing more plans. I wonder if editorial decisions at Acanthus led him to another publishing house?
Anyone seriously interested in architecture needs the plans to get a sense of circulation, and relationships between rooms. The series purports to be concerned with architecture, yet most of what we get are pictures. I don't mind the pics, as they are of the period, and wonderful resources, but I want more plans. I have been collecting the entire series, as I have been looking for these types of books for a long while. But they are turning out not to be what I think it could have been - definitive. The book is handsome, as are all in the series. Because of the lack of more plans, I wouldn't recommend paying full price. Buy from Amazon, or one of the marketplace sellers. I did, and the book was brand new. Got it more than $30 off the regular price.
Summary of North Shore Boston: Country Houses Of Essex County, 1865-1930
Nationally-known designers McKim, Mead & White, Olmsted Brothers, Peabody & Stearns, Carrere & Hastings, Ogden Codman and David Adler join Bostonians Little & Browne, Wheelwright & Haven, Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge and Guy Lowell in a grand procession of expansive shingle summer cottages, rambling Tudor manors, stately Georgian mansions and colorful Italian villas set amid some of the most breathtaking landscapes in the nation.Arts & Photography Books
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