New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1955. Later printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 107, illustrations by the author: wonderful black & white sketches of old mills, smokehouses, churches, canal boats, covered bridges, road signs, sleds, snowplows, wagons, water wheels, icehouses and many more. The author depicts the charms that once graced..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1955. Later printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 107, illustrations by the author: wonderful black & white sketches of old mills, smokehouses, churches, canal boats, covered bridges, road signs, sleds, snowplows, wagons, water wheels, icehouses and many more. The author depicts the charms that once graced..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Fourth printing. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 111, illustrations by the author. Includes a color plate of 20 sections of typical American woods. Tells of how different kinds of trees and their wood figured in the American story. Includes a section on identification of nearly sixty native..... More
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc., 1965. Early Edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 111, illustrations by the author. Includes a color plate of 20 sections of typical American woods. Tells of how different kinds of trees and their wood figured in the American story. Includes a section on identification of nearly..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Fourth printing. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 111, illustrations by the author. Includes a color plate of 20 sections of typical American woods. Tells of how different kinds of trees and their wood figured in the American story. Includes a section on identification of nearly sixty native..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. First edition. Original Cloth Decorated. quarto, pp 64. A summary of Sloane's observations and philosophy of the American scene with may illustrations by the author. Signed by the author on title page. A timely book when it was published that lent a new and..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1973. Second edition. Original Cloth Decorated. quarto, pp 64. A summary of Sloane's observations and philosophy of the American scene with may illustrations by the author. A timely book when it was published that lent a new and better understanding of the bicentennial occasion. A...... More
New York: Exeter Books, 1988. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 191. Illustrated with color photos. More
Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xiv, 387, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The authors take an informative and entertaining look at the history, architecture, and business of motels in the United States. This book explores the effect..... More
Bulfinch Pr, 1993. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Oblong 12mo, 32 color postcards. More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1974. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Oblong Octavo, pp. xxxiii, 107. Illustrated with 18 figures and 107 b/w photographic plates. A delightful look at late 19th century public transportation through the work of the John Stephenson Company, manufacturers of elegant train cars, horsecars, trollies, and private cars..... More
New York: Alexander Montgomery, 1853. First edition. Original Blue Embossed Cloth. Octavo, pp. 376, illustrated with 25 engraved plates, several of them fold-out. Scarce. More
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1853. First edition. Original Red decorated Cloth. Octavo, pp. 288, illustrated w/12 engravings. A collection of stories by authors including Charles Howard, Nicholas Michell, Henry Ellis, Calder Campbell, and others. First American book appearance of Charles Dickens' famous ghost story, "To be read at dusk."..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1950. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 288, indexed, several sepia-toned illustrations. An important study in Americana. More
New York: American Artist Group, 1930s. limited. Original lithograph, image 12" x 9.5", paper 18" x 13" One of the artist's more popular images, based on an oil painting he did while in Charleston in 1930. From a major Boston collector and here available for the first time... More
New York: Random House Value Pub, 1984. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 128, indexed, bibliography and text notes. Richly illustrated with b/w and color photos. Visually rich survey of American weathervane and whirligig motifs and styles for the collector and the curious. More
Viking Adult, 1994. Third Printing. Original Wraps. oblong quarto, pp.viii, 243. well illustrated, researched and indexed. A very smart book, one worth being in every building professional's library. By the originator of the Whole Earth Catalog. First hardcover/dustjacketed edition also in stock. More
Detroit, MI: Calvert Lift & Engine Co., 1893. Original edition. Pamphlet. 3 7/8" x 5.5" folded brochure, opens to 15.5" x 5.5". Color engravings. A beautiful small pamphlet advertising the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Of interest to architectural historians because the descriptions of the various buildings on the Exposition..... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1974. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 198, indexed, illustrated with more than 450 b/w and color photographs. Signed by a previous owner in 1974 on front endpaper. The celebrated cemeteries of New Orleans are one of the most fascinating attractions in a city noted..... More
Boston: L. Prang & Co., 1893. Early Edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 12 full color lithographs. A marvelous example of the work of beloved English children's book illustrator Crane, published by noted Boston illustrator and publisher Louis Prang. A romantic and idealized overview of American history in verse, illustrated..... More
Pasadena, CA: Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association of Pasadena, nd c. 1920. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 55, illustrated with sepia-toned photographs. Stamped on the cover by California Stucco Products Company of Portland, Oregon. A showcase of homes in Pasadena, California, with minimal text and 99 photographs of..... More
Boston: Little Brown And Company, 1997. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto. Illustrated with 170 b/w photos. A landmark retrospective of the career of one of the most acclaimed documentary photographers in America. Plowden has trained his attention on the remains of America's industrial past, capturing the vanishing rural and industrial..... More
New York: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 158. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos by the author. Another beautiful book of vanishing America by photographer Plowden, this one documenting the landscape and people of rural Iowa and their agrarian way of life. More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2007. First edition. Hardcover. Oblong Quarto, pp. 340. 235 b/w photos. A monumental retrospective collection of the career of photographer Plowden, whose works are housed in some of the best art museums in the country. A beautiful volume that captures the essence and importance of..... More
