Burlington, MA: Architectural Press, 2003. Third edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. xiv, 388, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Since its first publication in 1982, this book has become the standard text for architects and others involved in the conservation of historic structures. For over 20 years, the..... More
Paris: Auguste Vincente, 1920. Third edition. Cloth spine with marbled boards, loose portfolio with six cloth ties. Folio, pp. 8 plus 70 b/w engraved plates. Text in French. Very scarce third edition, with an expanded list of plates (the first edition only had 45 plates). Wonderful, detailed engravings of Classical..... More
New York: The Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1927. Revised Edition. Cloth over Boards, navy w/gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 310, indexed, glossary of French terms. Richly illustrated with b/w drawings, paintings, photos, and plans, and several color plates including beautiful frontispiece. Foreword by Lloyd Warren. This is the only English language..... More
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1913. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xxiii, 330, illustrated with b/w line photographs and architectural drawings. A wonderful early 20th-century snapshot of the American country house, in all its aspects: planning, site prep, exterior/interior, infrastructure, outbuildings, gardens, legalities. Richly illustrated. Quite..... More
Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 2004. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 217, illustrated with color photographs. This remarkable collection of 20 new and remodeled farmhouses celebrates the best American farmhouses built in the 21st century. Over 300 photographs beautifully illustrate these homes, and the accompanying site and floor plans, historical..... More
London: Routledge, 2011. Second edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 409, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best-known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places the subject within a contemporary context. The subject matter is approached in a...... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2003. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 469, illustrated with color photographs. This stunning and truly amazing collection of photographs by Japanese photographer Yoshio Komatsu celebrates traditional, or vernacular, architecture around the world. The photographs tell the story of a disappearing..... More
Wilmington, DE: Hagley Museum and Library, 2002. Stated First Edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 172, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Raymond Loewy (1893-1986) was the most prominent industrial designer of the 20th century. The list of Loewy designs is legendary. Cosmopolitan magazine declared in 1950, "Loewy has..... More
Cambridge, MA: The Architects Collaborative Inc., 1967. First edition. Portfolio with brochure and loose photographs. Quarto portfolio. One half contains a staplebound softcover brochure, pp. 38. The other half is a set of 16 pages, each with a b/w or color photograph of an architectural project undertaken by the firm..... More
Westminster, UK: The Architectural Press, nd c. 1928. Original edition. Portfolio with Cardboard Covers, originally with 6 cloth ties (one missing). Folio, pp. 8 of text, plus 112 b/w plates of measured drawings and photographs. A wonderful collection of English architectural details, including arcades, archways, cornices, doorways, ecclesiastical woodwork, exteriors..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1966. Fifth edition, 12th printing. Original Publisher's Cloth. Quarto, pp. 757, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. Mild ex-library markings, signed by previous owners in 1971 and 1985 in ink on the front endpaper. The ultimate in standard references, a "must" for any..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1941. Third edition. Trade Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 344, indexed, illustrated with hundreds of b/w architectural specification drawings. Signed neatly in pen by a previous owner (industrial designer Richard Hollerith Jr.) on the front endpaper in 1949. The ultimate in standard references, a...... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1951. Fourth edition. Trade Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 614, indexed, illustrated with hundreds of b/w architectural specification drawings. Signed by a previous owner on the title page, who had lived in the Captain Lee House (built in 1747) in Madison, Connecticut. The ultimate..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1928. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto in custom archival case, pp. np ~300, illustrated with 192 b/w photographs and 42 measured drawings. Portfolios and articles in this set include: New Bern, North Carolina; Moravian architecture of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; the Colonel Robert Means House in..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1931. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto in custom archival case, pp. np ~300, illustrated with b/w photographs and measured drawings. Portfolios and articles in this set include: churches in eight American colonies; Old Salem, North Carolina; John Imlay House in Allentown, NJ; Matthias Hammond..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto in custom archival case, pp. np ~200, illustrated with b/w photographs and measured drawings. Portfolios and articles in this set include: forgotten farmhouses on Manhattan Island; river towns of Connecticut; Cooperstown, New York; the stage coach road from..... More
New York: W. W. Norton, 2007. First American edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 175, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Mild ex-library markings. Cuban artists, open to the winds of change and to outside influences, filtered the movement born in Paris through the dazzling beauty of Caribbean nature and made the art..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 208, illustrated with color photographs. What defines an Arts & Crafts bungalow? What makes it different from other small houses? In this book, you'll learn of the elements that make up the exterior of the whole..... More
New York: Thames & Hudson Inc., 2003. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 320, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Signed by the author on front endpaper. This totally original architecture book is the first comprehensive work on brick. It follows the story of brick from 5,000 BC to..... More
New York: Spon Press, 2011. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 176, illustrated with color photographs. Bridges built in timber are enjoying a significant revival, both for pedestrian and light traffic and increasingly for heavier loadings and longer spans. Timber's high strength-to-weight ratio, combined with the ease and speed of..... More
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1986. First edition. Original White Cloth. Oblong quarto, pp. xiii, 194, indexed, illustrated with color photographs and 24 plans. In 1982, the authors set out on a three-year 40,000-mile odyssey up and down the back roads of America. Their purpose: to discover and photograph outstanding examples..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook, 1987. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 221, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural plans. A delightful exploration of the smallest of modern dwellings, with numerous details, floor plans, specifications, and diagrams. Includes historic examples such as Thoreau's cabin and Jefferson's honeymoon cottage at Monticello as..... More
New York: Abbeville, 1982. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 286, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This is the first book ever devoted to the American firehouse, its architecture and its unique cultural and historical associations. What would seem to have been a perfectly simple, functional building type turns out..... More
Champaign, IL: Small Homes Council, 1989. Facsimile of 1869 edition. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. xvi, 28, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The specifications for the Jarvis Williams House, built in 1869 at 152 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, provide an unusually early example of detailed master specifications. Produced by one..... More
New York: Pencil Points Press, 1923, 1927. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. viii plus 52 plates (vol 1), pp. vii plus 52 plates (vol 2), indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. Volume 1 has mild ex-library markings. Covers all types of construction: windows, stairs, ornament, floors, doors, roofing, plumbing..... More
