Wheel Estate; The Rise and Decline of the Mobile Home

The John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1997. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic and Plans. preface by author, acknowledgements, notes, illustration credits and index. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography and housing plans. Photographic card cover with silver and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. "In Wheel Estate, Allan Wallis offers a lively and informative history of the mobile home in the United States over six decades. His colourful account, extensively illustrated with period photographs and vivid portents of the people who live in mobile homes and the industry pioneers who designed and built them, will inform and amuse anyone curious about this American phenomena." -- from the rear panel blurb. A little creasing to the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. Age toning of the textblock edges and pages. This is the first Trade edition of the book. Size: Trade Paperback. [5], VI - X, [4], 3-283, [1] pages,. Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic and Plans. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; United States; Architecture. ISBN: 0801856418. ISBN/EAN: 9780801856419. Inventory No: 0117283. . 9780801856419