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
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
London: C. Dilly, 1792. First edition. Full Calf. 12 Mo (4 x 7), pp. 414, illustrated w/ copper plates. A scarce, possibly unique early British translation, this book appears to have been popular in America, b/c there were numerous editions in the ten years after publication. Mary Wollstonecraft translated Young..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1942/1970. Reprint. Original Blue Cloth w/gilt title & design on cover. Octavo, pp. 168, richly illustrated. Bibliography. An important reprint of a significant original publication. More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1942/1970. Reprint. Original Blue Cloth w/gilt title & design on cover. Octavo, pp. 168, richly illustrated. Bibliography. An important reprint of a significant original publication. More
New Haven, CT: 1916. Reprint. Cloth over Boards. A classic contribution to the literature of the Maryland tidewater area, reprinted for a new audience - covering its history, its traditions, and giving descriptions of the old manor houses. More
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. oblong quarto, pp. xvii, 203. Well illustrated and researched. Bibliography. Index. An interesting study. More
New York: Abrams, 2007. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 207. Indexed, illustrated with color photos. A companion publication to the exhibit of the same name at the famed Winterthur Museum, this book beautifully showcases the art of early American quilts in the Winterthur collection. An excellent book for anyone interested..... More
Philadelphia: Carey & Hart, 1846. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 95, illustrated with engravings, includes 3 of Emerson's poems (Loss and Gain, A Fable, and The Fore-Runners). Scarce title. More
New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1962. Later printing. Cloth over Boards with dustjackets. Quarto, 3 vol. Pp 108, 108, 110 plus slipcase. Very good condition, like new, with excellent dust jackets. Three of Sloane's most beautiful books, they are wonderfully illustrated throughout. Set comes in a brown slipcase. More
Berkeley: Redbug Workshop, 1979. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong Quarto, pp. 32, richly illustrated w/ sepia-tone photographs. More
Mount Vernon, NY: Peter Pauper, n.d. Facsimile. Marbled paper over boards with letterpress title pastedown. Octavo, unpaginated, illustrated with 'numerous quaint cuts by an unknown hand.' The wit and wisdom of Benjamin Franklin conveyed through aphorisms. A very nice example of Peter Pauper's color letter press work. A nice attempt..... More
New York: 1975. Boards. An informal and informed appreciation of a period that the author liked. An attempt, largely visual, to define and illustrate Depression Modern as the primary style of the decade and the turning point of modernism in America. More
New York: American Folk Art Museum/Harry N. Abrams, 2001. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 571. Indexed, richly illustrated with color and b/w photos. An in-depth look at "the preeminent private collection of American folk art", this book combines research, beautiful color photography, and detailed notes on the collection, now housed..... More
New York: Bonanza Books, 1972. First English language edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 341, indexed, well-illustrated in b/w, originally published in France in 1966. More
New York: Bonanza, 1966. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 8x13, pp 255, hundreds of illustrations (porches, cornices, brackets, gables). A very good treatment of the idiosyncratic usage of wood in exterior house decoration. At the same time a wonderful study in vernacular exterior architecture and building. We..... More
