New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 372, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book relates the fascinating life and career of Robert Mills (1781-1855), the first native-born and American-trained architect. Although he designed the Washington National Monument, an enduring symbol of the..... More
New York: William T. Comstock, 1881. First edition. Decorated embossed cloth over boards. Folio, 80 full-page plates plus 10 pages of advertising and color paint chart. Preface and table of contents in both English and German. One plate has a small closed tear, and another has a missing corner, which..... More
London: John Brindley, 1749. First edition. Full Leather. Oblong small quarto, pp. 25 plus the copper engraved plates. Several of the 47 plates are missing (plates 7, 8, 9, 11), and two are fold-out size. Pages 6 and 10 have large, closed tears. William Halfpenny (active 1723-1755) was an English..... More
Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1927-1931. Original printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, each issue about 50 pages. Includes bound edition of 1928-1929 issues, plus 35 single issues between 1927 and 1931. Several magazines have detached covers, and most have flaking edges and typical magazine wear at the spine. Bound edition..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1945. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small Quarto (8 x 11), pp. 214. Contains index of architects whose work appears in book.. 232 b/w photographs and drawings. Interesting perspective, based often purely on the time, i.e. the absolutely first wave of the post-war era. A...... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1895. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering on spine. Large quarto, Vol 1 pp. 214 leaves of plates (1 color, 5 double, including plans); Vol 2 pp. xiv, 4, 66; 73 plates including two in color; Vol. 3: pp. viii, ca. 80 + ca 60 plates. Each volume..... More
San Francisco, CA: Building Review Company, 1923. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, about pp. 400. Illustrated with b/w specification drawings and full page b/w photographic plates. Trade advertisements throughout. Mild ex-library. An interesting assortment of articles focused on California architecture, including a series on small Western homes; the work..... More
New York: Time, Inc., 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, each issue over 200 pp., indexed. Illustrated with b/w and color photographs and drawings. Trade advertisements throughout. Mild ex-library. An outstanding collection of building projects and concerns during the Korean War era. Includes Frank Lloyd Wright projects, a rotogarage..... More
London: Country Life Library, nd c. 1915. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 212, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Publisher's catalog bound in. Previous owner signed the front end paper in pencil in 1915. Contributions from 23 writers approaching all questions relating to the house and its equipment, aiming..... More
London: Country Life Library, nd c. 1911. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Publisher's catalog bound in. Previous owner signed the front end paper in pencil in 1911. Contributions from over 40 designers, each highlighting one or more homes in England that they..... More
Wilkes Barre, PA: Style Publications, Inc., 1946. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small octavo, pp 50. w/b/w drawings and floor plans, color graphics. A charming monthly magazine with articles about home-buying, kitchen design, building outdoor furniture and housekeeping. A nice bungalow plan and "southwest" ranch house are included. One of the..... More
Providence, RI: Belcher & Loomis Hardware Co., n.d. (ca. 1920). Original edition. Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 38. Illustrated with b/w photos and etchings. A thoroughly illustrated trade catalog for copper workers and enamelers, in very good condition. More
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1914. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 32, limited edition and numbered. This book was aimed at eliminating as much of the labor as possible for the draughtsman's preparation of working drawings for ornamental brickwork. The introductory text describes in detail..... More
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1913. First edition. Decorated Cardboard Covers. Small quarto. pp 62, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This booklet was prepared in the hope of increasing appreciation for brick in American home building, and spreading the realization that brick is the most economical home-building material..... More
Boston: Rogers and Manson Co., 1912-1915. First edition. Original Wraps. Folio, each issue approx. pp. 50. Richly illustrated with b/w photos, plans, details. October 1914 (no cover), "The Brick Church and the Parish House (1915, no cover), September 1912 (cover detached), February 1915 (cover detached), November 1914 (cover detached and..... More
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1908. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 316, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. This volume discussed the qualities of clays which can be manufactured into satisfactory pavers, the means in determining those qualities, and the methods of testing. The authors believed this..... More
San Francisco: Lane Publishing, 1947. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 160, illustrated w/ b/w drawings, floorplans, photographs and halftones. Mild ex-library stamps. Not a coincidence that this was a product of the West coast, the birthplace of the ranch house. A very early piece on this singularly American..... More
New York: Sweet's Catalog Service, 1925-25. Twentieth Edition. Original Green Cloth. Octavo, pp. 2855, illustrated. The last year of the single volume edition. Complete Sweet's catalog - an amazing amount of trade literature in one volume. An early example of the definitive building products catalogue from the teens and twenties..... More
Washington DC: Foundation for Preservation Technology (APT), 1983. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover, white. Quarto, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Case studies of many building materials and technologies by noted experts in their fields. An extremely scarce and early document of historic preservation, by a noted..... More
London: Thomas Kelly, 1830. First edition. Full Leather. Quarto, pp. viii, 232, with over 45 full page plates and b/w illustrations. Four fold-out illustrations, one with a closed tear and complete, one well repaired in the past, and one with half the plate torn away and missing. Signed by original..... More
New York: Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company, 1911. Original edition. Leatherette, bound w/cloth ties. Oblong quarto, pp. 175. Full color 6" x 8" marble tile sample on each page. An outstanding source of information about the many colors, patterns and qualities of marble. A very scarce and valuable volume. These catalogs were..... More
London: Waverley Book Company, Ltd., n.d., c. 1911. Special Edition. Leatherette, Red w/gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp 592 , about 2,300 Engravings. Large folio (12"x18") contains 23 color plates (plate B, brickwork, is missing). This is an extraordinarily in-depth treatment of architectural building principles from the five orders to materials..... More
London: J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1805. Fourth edition. Full Leather. Small quarto, pp. x, 78, plus 4 pages of publisher's advertisements. Some calculations from a previous owner on the front and rear end papers. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was..... More
London: Constable & Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 412. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Ex-library. Chapters include raw materials for cements, concretes and bricks; methods of manufacturing; chemical and physical changes in preparation of these materials; testing their properties, and more. One of the..... More
London: Garden Art Press, 2008. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 256, indexed, bibliography, illustrated with color photographs. The folly has given Europe a superb legacy of idiosyncratic, often experimental architecture, ranging from the Baroque and Rococo through Art Nouveau to the present day. Built for pleasure and conceived..... More
