Reinforced Concrete in Architecture.
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1958. First edition. Original Beige Boards. Octavo, pp. 240, indexed, well-illustrated in b/w. More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corp. 1958. First edition. Original Beige Boards. Octavo, pp. 240, indexed, well-illustrated in b/w. More
Chicago: Radford Architectural Company, 1910. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Octavo, pp. 369, indexed, illustrated w/drawings and b/w photographs. Great copy of one of Radford's less common classics! More
Peoria, IL: Chas. A. Bennett Co., 1950/1961. First edition. Original Rust Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 1/2), pp. 240 indexed, glossary, illustrated w/photos & drawings. This is a text for the apprentice bricklayer, and for those who want to do projects around the house, like fireplaces & walls..... More
New York: Lark Books, 2003. First paperback edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 176, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. More than 300 outstanding photos highlight the expressiveness of stonework from New Jersey to Nepal. Well written and beautifully illustrated. Shows readers a variety of techniques used to shape and..... More
London: Ward Lock, 1997. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96. Indexed, glossary, illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Turn crumbling plaster, chipped stonework, or a tumble-down wall into a home's most attractive site. All the techniques are clearly explained, including restoration, repainting, cleaning stone and plaster, and..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1908. First edition, first thousand. Full Leather. 12 mo, pp. 458, indexed, illustrated w/line drawings. The author endeavored to present this material for the ordinary mechanic or worker in cement and concrete, not for the use of engineers. A large amount of information..... More
Boston, MA: Benjamin B. Mussey, 1846. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Quarto, pp. 192, including glossary of terms, illustrated with 44 copperplate engravings. Hitchcock 1160. A classic text on this group of building materials, beautifully illustrated. Of all of Shaw's titles (Civil Architecture, Rural Architecture), this is the scarcest..... More
Cambridge, MA: Stanley Newman Co., 1950. Reprint. Decorated Stock Covers, light blue. Quarto, pp 20. b/w photographs on each page. The author was a waterproofing engineer and contractor who "spent his life investigating and correcting masonry problems ... with architects, engineers, builders, and owners." He wrote this booklet to share..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1946. Eleventh Edition. Original black cloth on boards w/embossed border. Small octavo, pp 168, indexed. 100 total b/w photographs and construction details throughout. Ten tables of properties, specifications, etc. "Practical reference data on materials, design, and construction methods employed in brick construction; for contractors..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1946. Eleventh edition, third impression. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 169, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Although this book is devoted largely to the proper use of brick in residential and other small structures employing a load-bearing wall, the material is equally..... More
Washington, D.C. Structural Clay Products Institute, 1946. Later printing. Cardboard Covers. Quarto, no page numbers (about 400 pages), illustrated with b/w drawings and specification drawings. These books document a series of projects from material loaned by the Essex County Vocational and Technical High School in Newark, NJ. They are intended..... More
Rome: ICCROM (International Center for the Study of the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property), 1981. First edition. Decorated Wraps, blue. Octavo, pp 141, with bibliography, illustrated with b/w diagrams and drawings. Covering brick, masonry, stone, mortar and plastics, this technical publication includes discussion of corrosion, materials' deterioration, the..... More
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 2000. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 152, richly illustrated w/color photos, anthology of stone wall pictures and text grouped in four categories: symbolism, protections, materials, and ornament. More