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Concrete Houses & Cottages - Volume I, Large Houses; Volume II, Small Houses. [Pattern Book]. The Atlas Portland Cement Company. The Atlas Portland Cement Co.: New York, 1909. Large quarto, pp 125, pp 120. b/w photographs with floor plans on each page... more Price: $325.00 Practical Stone Quarrying - A Manual for Managers, Inspectors, and Owners of Quarries, and for Students. [Stone]. Greenwell, Allan; Elsden, Vincent J. Crosby Lockwood and Son: London, 1913. Octavo, pp 564, indexed. Profusely illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and diagrams throughout.. more Price: $225.00 Plans of Modern Homes, Number 322. [Pattern Book]. Chicago Millwork Supply Company. Chicago Millwork Supply Co.: Chicago, IL, 1913. Oblong quarto, pp 64. b/w illustrations and floor plans on each page. Detailed specifications... more Price: $110.00 Ornamental Iron and Wire Work, Catalog No. 8. [Metal]. Badger Wire & Iron Works. Radtke Bros. & Kortsch Co.: Milwaukee, WI, nd ca 1920. Small quarto, pp 64. b/w illustrations and photographs on each page. With a list of "recent" contracts by the company.. more Price: $130.00 West Coast Bungalows. [Pattern Book]. Pennsylvania Door and Sash Company. Pennsylvania Door & Sash Co.: Pittsburgh, PA, 1912. Small octavo, pp 56. b/w photographs & floor plans on each page, with descriptions and costs... more Price: $195.00 Bungalow Homes. [Pattern Book]. I.G. Lieurance, E.M. Jones, G.L. Garlinghouse. L.F. Garlinghouse: Topeka, KS, 1926. Small octavo, approx 30+ pages. Illustrated with color perspectives and "blue prints" on each page... more Price: $85.00 View Gallery ...