New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto. pp 202. Indexed, richly illustrated in b/w and 22 color plates. Long neglected in nineteenth history, Rufus Porter, the "Michaelangelo" of America, experienced a rebirth under the watchful eye of Jean Lipman. From his many inventions, his creation..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1964. Second Printing. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 108, indexed, with many wonderful illustrations by the author. A collection of drawings and information about early American tools and other wooden and metal implements that were an important part of colonial and pre-industrial American life. A...... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. xxv, 262, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This is the first book to examine the architectural styles of the New York row house, the way of life of the families who lived in these unique houses, and..... More
New York: William Helburn Inc., 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. forward, list of plates and 159 b/w photo plates. Photos of interiors, many with corresponding line drawings of interiors or woodwork. With introduction by J. Frederick Kelly. With many line drawings of millwork profiles and fitted interiors..... More
New York: Reinhold, 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288, indexed, illustrated with 470 b/w drawings and photographs. Library stamp on front endpaper. Dust jacket slightly wrinkled. Sixty-three neighborhood, community, and regional shopping centers are minutely described and illustrated in this book. Parking had never before been analyzed..... More
New York: Kalkhoff Press, Inc. and Scribner Press, 1933, 1937. First edition. Blue Cloth over Boards with Gilt Decoration and Lettering. Folio (11" x 14.25"), Vol I pp. 264, Vol II pp. 256. Richly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Prev. owner's name in ink on FFEP. A very nice..... More
Washington, D.C. The American Institute of Architects Press, 1930/1990. Reprint. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. In 1928 there were about 800 airports in existence in the United States, but most were no more than flying fields. To crystallize public attention on the need for well-designed..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1961. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 595, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book tells the story of the evolution of a uniquely American architecture from derivative European forms and eclecticism. How this evolution relates to the growth of American society..... More
Jamestown, NY: International Casement, 1927. First edition. Black Cloth over Boards with Gilt Lettering. Large Octavo, pp. 80. Indexed, illustrated with 54 b/w photos and drawings. Prev. owners' names and dates on FFEP. An interesting, readable, and nicely illustrated book on the subject, based on a series of lectures given..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2012. Second edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 152. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A field guide and survey of different types of root cellars, pits, trenches, root houses, and others that were used for centuries to preserve root crops and vegetables before the advent of..... 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
New York: Reinhold, 1955. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 2618, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. A book on the architectural problems of buildings in which physicians conduct their professional activities was long overdue. Physicians do not receive formal training which qualifies them to draw architectural plans..... More
The Johns Hopkins University Press, October 31, 2002. Boards. Quarto, pp. 1770, indexed. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. 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
Glasgow: The Architectural Press, 1937. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 199, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The design of homes in multi-storey buildings produced a building type distinctive to the 1930s, and without precedent in earlier eras. This book was intended to show the developments that..... More
Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards, brown, w/color pictorial Dustjacket. Quarto, pp. 362, richly illustrated in color and b/w photographs. An appreciation and overview of the career of architect and designer William L. Price, whose work has largely been overlooked in favor of..... More
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Leipzig: F. A. Seeman, 1895. First edition. Original half-linen wings portfolio; one wing torn. Folio, portfolio format, index plus 50 full sized b/w plates. German. Laid in is a 22" x 34" architectural drawing dated 1929. Arthur Brausewetter was an architect and professor at the k. k. Staatsgewerbesch ule in..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933-1934. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~10-15 each, illustrated with b/w photographs. A lovely assortment of photographs illustrating various architectural details. Scarce and always in high demand. More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp 191. Beautifully illustrated with over 90 color and 60 black-and-white photographs and 50 line drawings. This book features 25 houses designed in a 35-year period by currently practicing architects for their mothers, fathers, and close relatives. Included..... More
New York: Time, Inc., 1966. First edition. Original Wraps. Folio, pp. 240, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This is an absolutely beautiful magazine in very remarkable condition. On page 151, there's an article by Walter McQuade entitled "The Architects: A Chance for Greatness." "Suddenly the nation wants an architecture..... 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
Salt Lake City UT: Gibbs-Smith, 2004. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 286, illustrated with color photographs. Eighty-five of the truest examples of the bungalow form across North America are showcased in this lovely book. Experience the beauty of the bungalow in this behind-the-front-porch look at many homes never..... More
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1913. First edition. Brown Cloth Over Boards, title on cover. Oblong folio, pp. 108 b/w photographic plates with floor plans (each plate is really a page with b/w illustration and text.). A scarce title in any condition, with page after page of period homes, especially a...... More
New York: Crown Publishers, Inc, 1985. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 160, indexed, illustrated with more than 140 full-color pictures. Signed by a previous owner in ink inside the front cover. For anyone interested in the way Europeans lived in the early nineteenth century, Mary Ellen Best..... More
New York: Myron C. Clark Publishing Co., 1909. First American edition. Cloth over Boards; gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 321, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, and b/w drawings of brick patterns. Previous owner signed and stamped the front endpaper. This book puts in writing that knowledge which has been handed..... More
