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AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
Cottage Designs 
HESE books offer to architects, builders, homeseekers and 
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the reach ot all who have an interest in the building of homes. 
The designs are compiled witha view to representing all grades 
of cost, from the simplest types of cottages, as illustrated in the first 
series, to the comparatively elaborate structures reaching to $10,000 or 
more, in cost, treated in the fourth series, so that examples are given 
covering nearly every requirement, with respect to cost, ininexp~nsive 
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No. 1. Cottage Designs with Constructive Details 
A series of twenty-five designs of cottages, most of which have been 
erected, ranging in cost from $600.to $1,500; together with the details of 
interior and exterior finish, all drawn to convenient scale, and accom- 
panied by brief specifications. Illustrated with 53 full-page plates of 
floor plans, elevations and details. 
No. 2. Low Cost Houses with Constructive Details 
Embracing upward of twenty-five selected designs of cottages originally 
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details of construction, all drawn to scale, together with brief descrip- 
tions and, in many instances, fullspecifications and detailed estimates of 
poste Illustrated by 61 full-page plates of floor plans, elevations and 
etails. 
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A seiection of twenty designs of artistic suburban dwellings erected in 
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bracing HOCE plans) elevations and constructive details, showing interior 
and exterior finish, and drawn to scale, together with extracts from the 
specifications. Illustrated by means of half-tone reproductions, from 
photographs of the completed structures, and 61 full-page plates of 
floor plans, elevations and details. 
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Comprising twenty selected designs of attractive suburban homes, 
ranging in cost from about $3,000 upward; embracing floor plans, 
elevations and constructive details, showing interior and exterior finish, 
all drawn to scale, together with extracts from the specifications. 
Illustrated by means of half-tone reproductions from photographs of 
the completed structures, and 75 full-page plates of plans, elevations 
and details. 
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American Homes and Gardens 
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American NDomes and Gardens covers a wide scope; it deals with 
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Notable American Homes (12 descriptive 
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