House That Jack Built After Jack's had Proved a Failure by E.C. Gardner. 1882

House That Jack Built After Jack's had Proved a Failure by E.C. Gardner. (A book of home architecture, with illustrations by E.C. Gardner. Fords, Howard, & Hulbert. New York. 1882. Our Continent Publishing Co.5"x7". 249 pages plus advertisements. 76 illustrations - house plans, exterior and interior illustrations. Green cloth cover with black ink lettering and decoration, and silver lettering on spine and front cover. Some wear to cover edges. Light soiling to cover. Cover tips are bumped. Light soiling on the top of the page block but some of this might be faded gilt.  A 1/4" hole on the front fly leaf apparently an attempt to remove an ink mark. That page also has a corner crease. A light pencil notation on the first white blank page. Paper is lightly tanned, but still quite flexible. Otherwise, no previous owner markings. No tears, folds or creases to pages. Binding is tight with no looseness to pages. Not ex-library, not remaindered and not a facsimile reprint. For sale by Jon