Designing Your Perfect House.
Dalsimer Press, Inc., 2008. Hardcover. More
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The Household Magazine, Dec 1884; Devoted to Literature and General Fireside Topics
Providence, RI: Buker Publishing Company, 1884. Original edition. Stitchbound Wraps. Folio (10.5" x 15"), pp. 26, illustrated with b/w engravings and period advertising. This magazine covered a range of topics, with content that aimed to appeal to a large age range. This issue contained recipes, puzzles, fashion, humor, poetry, fiction..... More
A Documentary History of American Interiors from the Colonial Era to 1915.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1980. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xiii, 399, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The authors bring together in one book the contents and arrangements of American rooms from the 17th century to WWI. Furniture, floor coverings, wall treatments, ceiling and architectural..... More
The Works in Verse and Prose of the Late Robert Treat Paine, Jun. Esq. with Notes. To Which Are Prefixed Sketches of His Life, Character, and Writings.
Boston: J. Belcher, 1812. First edition. Full Calf. Octavo, pp. 464, frontispiece tissue-protected portrait. Wonderful copy of an early American poet, son of founding father and signer of the Declaration of Independence by the same name. More
American Buildings and Their Architects: Volume 1, The Colonial and Neoclassical Styles.
New York: Doubleday, 1976. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 503, indexed, numerous b/w photos, explores the pre-Civil War architecture of the 19th century, architecture marked by the development of 2 different styles: the corporate and the early Gothic revival. (from DJ). A definitive study by one of the..... More
American Antique Furniture. A Book for Amateurs (2 vols.).
New York: M. Barrows & Co. Inc., 1937. First edition. Tan Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 1106, with 7 pages for memoranda. Illustrated with numerous b/w photographic plates. More
Drawing Toward Home; Designs for Domestic Architecture from Historic New England
Boston: Historic New England, 2010. First edition. Boards. Square Quarto(12" x 12"), pp. 239. With extensive end notes and index. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. An impressive and attractive publications! With a list of contributors that reads like a who's who of New England architectural historians, it draws on..... More
Shops and Stores.
New York: Reinhold, 1957. Revised. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 263, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The subject of store design has been developed from the inside out, the same way in which the architectural design of a store grows. This revised edition has been completely reset and..... More
Bibliography of Early American Architecture. Writings on Architecture Constructed Before 1860 in Eastern and Central United States. .
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 389, indexed. More
Competitions; Volume 1, Winter 1991 (from the library of noted Architectural Historian Daniel Reiff, with address label to Reiff).
Louisville: The Competition Project, 1991. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Large Octavo, pp. 61, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and plans. An early issue of this "quarterly journal dealing with the built and unbuilt environment". Includes articles on the Chicago Public Library, the American Memorial Library, and Matteson Public Library, as..... More
Samuel Richardson: Master Printer.
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1950. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. vi, 389, indexed. More
Successful Houses and How to Build Them.
New York: Macmillan, 1912. First edition. Green Pictoral Vellum. 12mo (5 1/2 x 7 3/4). pp 520. indexed. illustrated with building plan drawings by author and with b/w photographs. interesting title by author of "Some Western Houses," "Satisfactory Types of Garages," "When you Build a Little House," and House to..... More
Six Room House $2800 Complete; Ready for You to Move In
Swampscott, MA: Technical Press, 1945. First printing. Brown Wraps. Octavo. pp 107. Illustrated with diagrams and building plans. Scarce manual guiding the post-war first-time homebuyer or builder through the basics of house construction, with numerous diagrams, charts, and figures describing the process and the materials and costs involved. An unusual..... More
Fiddlebacks and Crooked-backs; Elijah Booth and other joiners in Newtown and Woodbury 1750-1820
Waterbury, CT: Mattatuck Historical Society, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 120, notes & appendices. Illustrated with b/w photos. More
English Topographic Terms in Florida 1563-1874.
Gainesville, FL: University of Florida Press, 1953. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Octavo, pp. 227. Bibliography. Inscribed by the author on FFEP. A very nice copy of this work. More
Thumbnail Sketches.
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1940. Reprint. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 47. Index. Well illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. More
Before America Decides: Foresight in American Affairs (inscribed by participant Reginald Phelps, Assistant Dean of Harvard College).
Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, 1938. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xiv, 318, indexed. Very nice copy of scarce and important anthology of comments by Harvard scholars on the question of America entering the war against the Axis powers. This copy inscribed as a gift by Reg and Julia..... More
Stone: Designing Kitchens, Baths, and Interiors with Natural Stone .
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2003. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 191, indexed, lavishly illustrated w/ color photographs. More
The Decoration of Houses.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 204, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ex-library markings, several loose pages, some light watermarks. A previous owner signed the title page in ink in 1902. In 1897, Wharton was a 30-something Manhattan society matron with a keen interest..... More
The American Railroad Passenger Car (Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology) Part 1 & 2.
The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1985. Glossy Pictorial Cover. 2 Vol Folio, pp. 690. Well illustrated and documented. Extremely ambitious undertaking. Originally priced at $70. More
Pairpoint Lamps: A Collector Guide.
New Bedford, MA: Pine Tree Press, 1974. First edition. Cardboard Covers, tan, w/plastic comb. Oblong small quarto, pp 44. b/w photographs on each page. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. Pairpoint Lamps were made in competition with Tiffany Lamps. The Pairpoint Lamps depicted in this collector's guide were made..... More
Stevens Master Specifications for Architects and Builders.
Chicago, IL: Stevens Master Specifications, Inc., 1932. Fourth edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. ~250, illustrated with b/w period advertisements. Each section has thumb tabs on the side of the book for easy reference, and tabs along the bottom of the book mark the advertisements in each section. This manual puts..... More
A Guide to Book-Publishing.
New York: R. R. Bowker CO., 1966. Second Printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 244, indexed. More
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