Make Your Own Dollhouses and Dollhouse Miniatures by Marian Maeve O'Brien (1975-05-03)

From the front flap of this 274 page book: "The most satisfying achievement for a microphile, a friend of devotee of small things, is to create a dollhouse and the miniatures within. Marian Maeve O'Brien has captivated miniaturists all over the world with her charming, original projects, inexhaustible imagination, and a style that combines warm encouragement with a practical approach. With the devotion of a true lover of Lilliputia, she now has produced the most comprehensive book on building dollhouses and making miniature furnishings inside and out. Scaled house plans are provided for a wide diversity of designs: Tudor, Victorian, cigar box, a multi-room palace, a turn-about house of two periods, 1870 and 1929, and even a dollhouse for a dollhouse. Mrs. O'Brien makes finishing the exteriors an exciting challenge and guides the reader step-by-step in painting, laying clapboard, shingling and thatching roofs, building doors and windows, laying stone paths and patios, and creating garde