New York: A. J. Bicknell, 1892. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Folio, pp. 22, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings and period advertisements. Illustrations include the new 22nd Ward school in Pittsburgh; the design for a Tudor-style stable; design for a small cottage; staircase details; and details of a suburban cottage..... More

Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2020. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. xxvi, 261, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes a custom bookmark signed with original pen and ink drawing by the author. This book analyzes a period when millions of average Americans saw accelerated improvement in..... More

New York: Frederick A. Stokes, n.d. (circa 1910). First edition. Publisher's original pictorial gilded cloth. 12mo, pp. xii, 250, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and engravings. Mild ex-library marks. Signed by a previous owner in pencil on the front endpaper in 1914. Part of the House Decoration Series. The author..... More

Santa Barbara, CA: Peregrine Smith, Inc., 1977. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Bernard Maybeck, recipient of the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects, is among the most important architects of the 20th century, with most of his work being..... More

New York: Taschen, 1999. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 180, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Press release laid in. Rudolf M. Schindler (1887-1953) is regarded today as an outstanding exponent and pioneer of the California modernist style. Schindler's vision, revealed in his Hollywood residence (1922) and his 1926..... More

London: St Martin's Press, 1992. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Lebbeus Woods' architecture is one of continual research. His drawings are propositions of new ways of living, rather than merely new ways of building. This monograph illustrates the range of Woods'..... More

New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1998. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 191, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. This book examines the impact of new building on important existing architecture - from the masterly succession at St. Peter's Church in Rome to Penn Central's..... More

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1954. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. viii, 120, richly illustrated from drawings and plans (many in two colors) for houses designed by the author. Many of the houses pictured here had already proven their livability when this book was published, some were still under construction..... More

New York: Grolier Club, 2013. First edition, Limited. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288. Illustrated with 749 color illustrations. Limited edition of 1,500 copies. A beautifully produced, visually spectacular catalog for the exhibit of the same name, showing at New York's Grolier Club through February of 2014. Written by exhibit..... More

London: Alec Tiranti, 1967. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 124, plus 173 full page b/w plates. Several color plates tipped-in to the text. Index, notes, appendix of Dublin Plasterers. Contrary to the widely held belief that the art of stucco decoration in Ireland was mainly the work of foreigners..... More

Cincinnati, OH: American Fluresit Company, nd, c. 1950. Original edition. Advertising wooden ruler. Wooden ruler with black lettering. There are four scales on this ruler. On the front of the rule, the first scale measures inches, but numbers it so that 1 inch = 4 feet. The other scale measures..... More

Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray, 1888. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. x, 138, illustrated with b/w drawings. The author was a Scottish architect based in Edinburgh operating in the late 19th and early 20th century. He specialized in buildings in the Free Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles and is particularly important..... More

Philadelphia, PA: Assoc. of American Portland Cement Mfgrs. 1907. First edition. Tie-bound Wraps. Elephant Folio (15 1/2" x 19"), pp. ~50 (n.p.), illustrated with b/w renderings, architectural elevations, floor plans, and building sections. A beautiful compilation of early twentieth century house designs by architects across the country. Each design includes..... More