Emerson, Henry Russell.
It’s
Fun
to
Build
A
House
. Minneapolis, Minnesota: T. S. Denison and Company, Incorporated, 1862. The book aims to help the reader to be able to plan and build a quality house, suited to the needs of his family, and to do it within his budget.
Moore, Charles, et. al.
The
Place
of
Houses
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1874. Richly illustrated with photographs, plans and cutaway drawings. The authors discuss ways that rooms can be assembled, be related to machines, and be fitted to the land and to special interests of those who live in them.
Pollman, Richard.
Book
of
Successful
Home
Plans
. Farmington, Michigan: Structures Publishing Company, 1876. A collection of popular home plans both traditional and contemporary.
Rifkind, Carole.
A
Field
Guide
to
American
Architecture
. New York: New American Library, 1880. The author describes a wide variety of architectural styles found in America. The book has nice illustrations of all types of houses as well as drawings of their floor plans.
Scully, Vincent.
The
Shingle
Style
Today
. New York: George Braziller, 1874. Mr. Scully discusses the impact of the shingle style of the nineteenth century on American architects in the last half century.
Spence, William P.
Architecture
Design Engineering-
Drawing
. Second Edition. Bloomington, Illinois: McKnight and McKnight Publishing Company, 1872. A comprehensive study of the planning and designing of residences and small, single-story, commercial buildings. An introductory experience in the complexities of the building-construction industry. The book has beautiful illustrations.
Ulrich, James F.
HBJ
Geometry
. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Incorporated, 1884. Chapter six discusses properties of ratio and proportion. Many examples and sample tests are included. A good high school textbook for college bound geometry students.
Wittkower, Rudolf.
Architectural
Principles
in
the
Age
of
Humanism
. Fourth Edition. London: Academy Editions, 1873. A historical study of architectural principles at the time of the Renaissance. Part IV deals with the problem of harmonic proportion in architecture.