Historic Homes of America. .
Seattle: Red Cedar Shingle Bureau. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 12, richly illustrated w/ sepai-tone photographs. Scarce, with above average architectural photos. More
Seattle: Red Cedar Shingle Bureau. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 12, richly illustrated w/ sepai-tone photographs. Scarce, with above average architectural photos. More
Boston: Little Brown & Co, 1951. First book club edition, Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 277. This copy of Catcher from the library of Lotte Jacobi, the only photographer ever to have snapped the reclusive Jerome David Salinger's picture, is a very special item. No one knows if JDS has..... More
New Hampshire: Anonymous, 1974. First edition (Second State). Original Wraps. Octavo, Vol. 1 pp. 89. Vol. 2 pp. 107. More
New York: Knopf, 1999. Uncorrected Proof, First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 84. More
London: T. Werner Laurie, 1929. First UK edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 246. More
Chicago: The Chicago Architectural Club, 1926. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp 185. Illustrated on every page (front only) with photographs or renderings in b/w, with a section of period advertising. A very uncommon volume with a selection of the best of Chicago architectural works for this year. The first chapter..... More
New York: Luther Tucker & son, 1866. First edition. Pictorial Cloth over Boards. 12 Mo (4 3/4 x 7 3/4), pp. 136, illustrated w/ b/w engravings, plus 20 pp. advertisements. Excellent copy of a scarce title. More
Garden City, NJ: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1920. First edition. Original Color Wraps. Large Quarto (10.25" x 14.25"), pp. 140. Illustrated with b/w and color photos, drawings, and advertisements. A scarce periodical showcasing properties, supplies, and livestock for the country homeowner and small farmer. Includes some spectacular ads, several in..... More
Hartford, CT: American Publishing Company, 1883. First edition, later printing. Original blue cloth over boards, gilt lettering. Octavo, pp. 275, richly illustrated w/ b/w engravings. The first edition was 1876; this 1883 printing is especially scarce. The engravings are fine, and of course, this is a major work in American..... More
Detroit, MI: Detroit Public Library, 1945. Facsimile Reprint. Stiff Wraps. Octavo. 9 page facsimile reprint with Introduction. A very nice copy of this facsimile edition, originally printed on the first known printing press in Detroit. More
Athens, GA: The University of Georgia Press, 1986. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 529, indexed, richly illustrated in b/w. Signed by a previous owner on the front endpaper in ink in 1986. This book explores the legacy of America's vernacular architects, of the untrained, ordinary people who have, in..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1970/1864. Republication of the 2nd Revised Edition. Pictorial Wraps, grey. Octavo, pp 348. 370 illustrationss including b/w renderings and floor plans, for 39 house designs. A collection of this English-born architect's American domestic architecture. Calvert Vaux was also the co-designer with F.L. Olmstead of Central Park..... More
New York: Frank Hopkins, 1942. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, richly illustrated w/ b/w cast and production photos. Scarce souvernir program for Pulitzer Prize winning comedy with a cast including Tallulah Bankhead, Fredric March, Florence Eldridge and Montgomery Clift --with photos of all! Cover illustration by Don Freeman..... More
South Brunswick, New York: A. S. Barnes, 1962. First edition. Original Cloth. octavo (8.5 x 11). pp 168. indexed.illustrated with house plans and b/w photographs. Although not particularly scarce, still a very good study by the Williams. Well documented with floor plans of some unlikely candidates, many of which are..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. First edition. Original Cloth. Small quarto, pp. 190, indexed, illustrated with over 200 b/w drawings and photographs. This book deals thoroughly with all phases of old house restoration, remodeling, and reproduction - with basic origins and architectural features in one volume. It is full of..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Published by the American Life Foundation for the Grand Opera House, 1976. Limited edition of 2000. Original Green Cloth w/gilt title. Octavo, pp. 206, illustrated in b/w. More
Watkins Glen, NY: Published by the American Life Foundation for the Grand Opera House, 1976. Limited edition of 2000. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 206, illustrated in b/w. More
New York: Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., 1963. First edition. Original Cloth. 12 mo (5 X 7 1/2), pp. vii, 234. More
Leipzig: Verlag von Carl Lorck, 1850. Third edition. Original half leather over marbled boards. 12mo (4" x 6.5"), pp. 469. Wegehaupt 40. Contemporary edition of Andersen's (1805-75) best known work., here in a handsome half-leather copy. More
Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum, August 5, 1998. Hardcover. More
London: Swan Sonneschein & Co., 1893. First edition. Buckram. folio. pp xii, 135. indexed. with 17 steel plates and 31 text cuts. tipped in: 1913 Times article. on topics of invaders of Great Britain in fifth century, arms, Fibulae, Chatelaines, vases and other pottery, jewelry, and graves. translated by T...... More
New York: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1926. First edition. Original Green Cloth (with front hinge loose on volume 2). octavo. pp 257, 309. both indexed. 64 plates, many in color. uncommon 1st edition in 2 volumes. More
Darmstadt: Darmstaedter Verlag, (1931). limited, numbered (28 of 125). Vellum with ink pictorial. quarto. pp 72. with 17 original lithographs. in German. fully signed by author, as well as artist. a beautiful and complete edition. A lovely copy of a scarce title; The Edschmid/Pinner collaboration worked well for both artist..... More
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Lausanne, Switzerland: R. Freudweiler-Spiro, 1932. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 236, profusely illustrated w/ b.w. drawings and photographs. More