Designing Your Perfect House.
Dalsimer Press, Inc., 2008. Hardcover. More
Dalsimer Press, Inc., 2008. Hardcover. More
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. First edition, as stated. Original Cream Cloth. Octavo, pp. 184, indexed, illustrated with 251 b/w photos, plans & drawings, a "charming and colorful survey of this remarkably diverse and influential style" (from DJ). Visually fascinating look at a uniquely American vernacular architecture. More
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
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
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
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
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
Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1968. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 389, indexed. More
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
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1923. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs, many of period doorways and entrances. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. More
Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1950. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. vi, 389, indexed. More
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
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
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, 1995. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 229, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. In this strikingly beautiful book, leading Vermeer scholars examine the life and works of this seventeenth-century Dutch master, analyzing his evolution from a painter of religious and mythological..... More
Waterbury, CT: Mattatuck Historical Society, 1982. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 120, notes & appendices. Illustrated with b/w photos. More
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
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1940. Reprint. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 47. Index. Well illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. More
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
New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 2003. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 191, indexed, lavishly illustrated w/ color photographs. More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897/1901. Early Edition. Hardcover. An important Standard Reference, here in a copy of the original edition. It is also an important association copy, being from an important reference library: that of the seminal magazines "Old House Journal" and "Old House Interiors" More
London: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Second edition. Cloth over Boards, blue w/embossed design & gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. xiii, 275, illustrated with 183 b/w photographic plates and several b/w line drawings. The author focused on "minor" buildings of the French countryside in Normandy, Brittany, Dordogne, and the Côte-d'Or, as well..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1962. First edition. Trade Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 128, indexed, illustrated with over 100 b/w photos, plans, drawings, bibliography, chronology. Includes a few excerpts from Johnson's own writings. Part of the 'Makers of Contemporary Architecture' Series. More
Cleveland: J. H. Jansen, 1926. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio (10" x 14"), pp. 5 of introduction, plus 125 plates of exteriors, covers gates, fountains, doorways, walls, roofs, patios, stairways, street scenes, balconies, churches, windows, archades, courtyards, and more. This is a comprehensive study of the architectural heritage of..... More
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
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