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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 Two Family Homes And Apartments. [Pattern Book]. Wood Construction Bureau, Maintained by The Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers. The Cleveland Board of Lumber Dealers: Cleveland, OH, nd ca 1915. Oblong quarto, pp 47. b/w perspective illustrations and floor plans on every page... more Price: $125.00 Cornell Portable Buildings. [Pattern Book]. Wyckoff Lumber & Mfg. Co. Wyckoff Lumber & Mfg. Co.: Ithaca, NY, nd ca 1910. Oblong small quarto, pp 48. Illustrated title page, b/w photographs & thumbnail floor plans on each page... more Price: $95.00 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 The NATCO Tex-Tile One-Family House : A Selection of Designs Submitted in Competition by Architects [Pattern Book]. National Fireproofing Company (NATCO). National Fireproofing Co.: Pittsburgh, PA, 1917. Quarto, pp 72.b/w architectural perspectives, site plans & floor plans, on each page. Some b/w photographs and construction details... more Price: $125.00 View Gallery ...