Twentieth Century Homes: To those who would build. . . .
1925réf. 60721Chicago & Hinsdale IL & Onset & Marion MA: C. Lane Bowes & Griffin Bros. Lumber and Hardware 1925. 4to. 8.5 x 11.25 in. 112 pp. With photo text & colour illustrations throughout floor plans for each home. Black cloth-backed colour-illustrated limp covers cover art of Colonial Craftsman 1920’s home minor dustsoiling slight bumping head & foot of spine minor creasing to corners still VG bright copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce and lavishly illustrated house plans catalogue released jointly by Chicago publisher advertiser & architect Charles Bowes 1875-1946 and the Griffin Bros. Lumber & Hardware Co. in Onset & Marion Plymouth County MA. Bowes home plan catalogues were assembled and sold through lumber yards across the Midwest and East Coast often featuring ads for fixtures interior design elements and suggestions and a myriad of house plans. The Griffin Bros. operated thriving lumber & hardware stores in Plymouth County MA from about 1907 through the end of the Roaring 20’s and partnered with Bowes to promote floor plan designs. This catalogue was also issued under the title “Our New Book of Better-Built Homes.” No copies with this title in Worldcat 1 copy of 1925 ed. at Columbia; See: C.L. Bowes Publishing Co. Antique Home Style 2015. [C. Lane Bowes] & Griffin Bros. Lumber and Hardware, hardcover
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