Boston: Walker LIthograph, 1890's. 32 X 22 lithograph, Coast of Maine from NH border & Portsmouth to Rockport and Camden, in blues, red and green colors. Beautiful four-color original, frames up beautifully, perfect souvenir from that summer vacation! More
Denver, CO: Colorado Tent & Awning Company, 1921. Original edition. Loose sheets. 8.5" x 11" advertisement plus 8.5" x 11" letter to a customer on company letterhead. The Boston manufacturer of portable houses, E. F. Hodgson, sent a letter in 1921 to a Brookline (Mass.) woman who had ordered a.... More
Afton, MN: Afton Historical Society Press, 2001. First edition. Original Black Cloth. Oblong quarto, pp. 79. This is the book for people who don't think they like landscape photography. The author takes you through a voyage of abandoned farms, schools and other buildings in the middle of the nowhere lands... More
New York: Charles Scribner, 1855. First edition (third thousand). Original Brown Embossed Cloth. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8), pp. x, 443, illustrated w/drawings, frontspiece, Hitchcock 1367. Signed by original owner on front endpaper. One of the earliest books to describe balloon framing. The author emigrated to America from England... More
1912. Original Cloth over Boards; taped spine. Oblong Folio (18"x12"), pp. 22. Original black ink drawings with color accents. French. Stereotomy is the art and science of cutting three dimensional solids into particular shapes. Typically this involves materials such as metal, stone or wood which is cut to be assembled... More
Torino, Italy: Stabilimento Tipografico Carlo Accame, nd c. 1880s. First edition. Hard Cover. Oblong folio (12"x16"), 46 full page plates. Text in Italian. From what we can decipher from the Italian, this is a theoretical-practical course of civil architecture, that is the students' vignette containing the five orders of Giacomo... More
Chicago, IL: Department of Planning and Development, 1996. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 88. Includes index and glossary of terms. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Thousands of storefronts stand vacant or underused along Chicago's 500 miles of commercial arteries, remnants of once-thriving neighborhood shopping districts of the late... More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1933. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. viii, 78, plus 84 half tone plates of store exterior and interior features. This is a delight for anyone interested in shop architecture and design, from the street where it is located to the lighting and display... More
London: Butterworth Scientific, 1982. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. x, 472. Includes index and glossary of terms. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The result of the lifetime's experience of one of the world's leading architectural conservators, the book comprehensively surveys the fundamental principles of conservation in their application... More
London: Bloomsbury Publishing Company, 1942. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 87, illustrated with b/w photographs, plans and drawings. Owner's signature on front end paper. Hartnell was Managing Director of George Parnall Ltd. He gives sound advice on designing stylish shop fronts and presents examples of good practice, including... More
Niles, MI: The Kawneer Company, nd c. 1940. First edition. Staplebound Wraps with cloth spine. Oversized folio (16"x22"), 13 pages of construction details, complete. This aluminum-framed, plate-glass storefront superceded the extreme ornamentation of the pre-war storefront. The construction details for Kawneer's K-47 line offer an insider's view on this new... More
Niles, MI: The Kawneer Company, 1945. First edition. Staplebound Wraps with cloth spine. Oversized folio (17"x22"), 14 pages of construction details, complete. The mid-twentieth century was a period of transition in the United States. Aluminum facades became the new face of downtown buildings, because they resisted rot much better than... More
Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1927-1931. Orginal 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: Princeton Architectural Press, 1992. Second edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 216, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book documents the historical, technical and cultural forces that shaped the development of this distinctive West Coast building type. The authors's in-depth research and analysis is enhanced by the inclusion of numerous... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1915-1917. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Volume I: Quarto, pp. xxxvii, 483, bibliography. Volume II: Quarto, pp. 675. Volume III: Quarto, pp. 611, indexed. Volume IV: Folio, pp. 20 plus 244 b/w drawing and photographic plates. The term Lombard architecture refers to the architecture... More
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xi, 412 pp. New copy. red cloth with new dustjacket. 734 Ill. 8 Appendices, notes, extensive bibliography and index. The life's work of noted architectural historian Professor Daniel Reiff, this study is both highly readable and very informative... More
Exeter, UK: Historic Building Geometry, 2017. Limited Edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 31. Illustrated with color and b/w photos and drawings. There are two recent books that focus on the remarkable timber framed ceiling of Saint David's Cathedral nave. This book is the author's response to the stimulus of those... More
Waterford, NY: New York State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation Bureau of Historic Sites, 1981. First edition. Original wraps. Quarto, pp. xviii, 283, appendices and bibliography. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Schermerhorn Row in lower Manhattan, built in 1810-1812, is one of the most significant examples of early nineteenth-century... More
Minneapolis, MN: ASHSB, Inc, 1925. First edition. Color Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp. 48. illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A group of Minnesota architects created the ASHSB in 1914 to provide a solution for theshortage of middle class housing in the U.S. By 1925, this monthly publication included articles on... More
Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1988. First edition. Original Black Cloth. Quarto, pp. 104. A careful selection of Jack Boucher's photographs. Boucher was the primary photographer for the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) for nearly 50 years. From the library of Old House Journal. More
Chicago, IL: Celotex Corporation, 1942. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book offered practical and economical suggestions for enhancing the life and livability of a home at a time when labor and building materials were in short supply. The tone is very patriotic; it... More
Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate Art Books, 1996. Centennial reprint. Hardcover w/Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 72. Beautifully illustrated with gravure b/w photographs and b/w illustrations of intricate, tapestry-like patterns. In 1896-1898, Frank Lloyed Wright printed 90 copies of The House Beautiful on a hand press. The book addressed the aesthetic, practical... More
Paris: A. Levy, 1889. First edition. Half Leather, with significant rubbing and chipping along leather portions. Folio (14" x 11"), pp. 284, illustrated with many b/w drawings and 25 magnificent plates. Text in French. Pages and plates are clean aside from a few occasional library stamps. Exceedingly rare in the... More
Ames, IA: Midwest Plan Service, 1971. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, light blue. Quarto, pp 74. b/w drawings with spot color. The purpose of this handbook is to help people plan or select adequate, comfortable, functional, and satisfying housing for their families. Useful whether you intend to build a new... More
Paris: 1800. Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 366. 8 engraved plates. Text in French. Scarce title in the U.S., this book was an influential architectural handbook in its day, shedding light on the building technology and practices of the 18th century. This is a nice copy of this rarity in a.... More
