Sears House Designs of the Thirties (Dover Architecture)

Purchased this book and several others in same genre. I enjoyed looking at the plans, elevations and etc. Now days I scout home search websites for homes near me. I look for homes of this era, and can usually spot a familiar home and have made a few bucks providing, to the selling realtor, the architect's vision of the house as designed. One family even used my forwarded pdf file of their home's original drawing and floor plan to have a large copy made for over their fireplace in their new (older) home..

Dover Publishing (God bless 'em) reprinted the 1926 Sears Modern Homes catalog many years ago and that reprint (apparently) enjoyed quite a bit of success. And that book - the 1926 reprint - was one of the books that turned me on to Sears Homes.This is another reprint of a Sears Modern Homes catalog, specifically the 1932 catalog. In their description, Dover calls it a "rare" catalog and it's not as common as the others but I don't know that I'd call it RARE.The only downside is the lack of color. The 1932 catalog was a beauty with lots of bright colors but that's a minor point here.I'm delighted to see this catalog reprinted. It shows the Sears Modern Homes program from a slightly different angle, with their "special order" homes featured. These fine and fancy homes were far cries from the kit bungalows that made Sears famous.It also has several testimonials and lots of cool trivia. For the Sears Home Aficionado, this one is worth the money.Roseauthor, "The Houses That Sears Built"and co-author, "California's Kit Homes"

While well written and interesting this book was not what I was searching for. I have been on a quest to find the original plans for my Grandfathers house which I know was a kit house but maybe not sears. Looks like the quest continues :(.

Great book!

Interesting book, as I expected.

I love to read and collect old home plan books The Sears books always have more than just plans but picturesof the inside of the homes to give us a look see to see how people lived in the 30's

I love this book. Page after page of drawings of 1930s houses made by Sears, Roebuck & Co with accompanying floor plans and a brief description of some of the features of each house. It also has a double page photo spread of some of the interior features of an average 30s home.

If I ever have money for a house, I'd love one of the cute Sears models.

Great reading

Great book with nice photographs of the houses.

Gorgeous roof styles - very interesting exteriors. The entrances were particularly beautiful - I loved the long sloping roofs over the vestibules.

molto bello, sia per grandezza, qualità della carta e illustrazioni; plans molto dettagliate e leggibiliil migliore tra i miei acquisti dello stesso genere

Après avoir découvert les Sears House, j'ai voulu en savoir plus. Ce livre est parfait pour développer le sujet.Par contre, il ne développe que très peu les différents modèles de maisons avec une seule page pour les présenter.