Vacation Houses; an International Survey

Kaspar, Karl. Vacation Houses; an International Survey. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. First edition. Quarto (11-1/4″ x 9″). 168pp. Index of architects. Parallel text in English and German. Pictorial orange dust jacket with white spine lettered in black, over raw linen lettered in orange. Profusely illustrated with black & white architectural photos, and architectural ground plans and elevations. Fore-edge of text block lightly foxed, but still a near fine copy.

Contents: One-story houses with rectangular or square ground plans — Variations on L- and U-shaped plans — Houses with gallery bedrooms or partially open ground floors — Houses with fan-shaped or cruciform ground plans — Single- and multistory houses with tent, pyramid or complex roof forms — Houses of suspended or cantilevered construction. Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Hardcover. (51098) $95