Rural Homes; or sketches of houses suited to American country life with original plans, designs, etc.
New York: Charles Scribner, 1852. Second edition. Original Green Cloth. 12 mo (5 X 7 1/2), pp. ix, 298, pub ads. More
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Shopping Centers; Design and Operation
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
American Airport Designs.
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
A New and Compleat System of Architecture Delineated; in a variety of plans and elevations of designs for convenient and decorated houses. Together with offices and out-buildings proportioned thereto, and appropriated to the several uses and situations required. As also an estimate of each by the great Square. Prefix'd to these are ten different sorts of piers, with gates of various compositions suitable to the fame; intended for entrances to courts, gardens, &c. As also new architectonic rules for drawing the members, in all kinds and proportions of the orders. And to them are also added a perspective view of the finking pier of Westminster-Bridge, with the two adjoining arches; and a method proposed by trusses &c. to take 3/4 of the weight, or abutment and pressure now on the pier, and discharge it as set forth on the plate. The whole comprised on 47 copper plates, with explanations thereto in common press-work.
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
Doctors' Offices & Clinics; medical & dental
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
Tomorrow's House; How to Plan your Post-War Home Now
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
The Modern Flat.
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
John Notman Architect 1810 - 1865.
Philadelphia: The Athenaeum, 1979. First edition. Oversized Paperback. quatro. pp 253. illustrated. indexed. Foreword by Roger Moss. Biographical essay. The catalog of an exhibition at the Athenaeum in Philadelphia. Born in Edinburgh, Notman emigrated early to the US and integrated his British neo-classicism into the American architectural scene. Uncommon title..... More
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Das Bauformenbuch [The Design Book]; Die Bauformen Des Burgerlichen Wohnhauses [The Types of Bougeois Residential Building]
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
Architecture's Portfolios on Nine Topics; The Eagle in Sculpture; Hanging Signs; Over-Mantel Treatments; Wall Sheathing; Metal Fences; Outside Stairways; Fountains; Interior Doors; Rustication
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
A House for My Mother: Architects Build for their Families.
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
Fortune Magazine, January 1966.
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
Geo. Keller, Architect (signed by the author).
Hartford, CT: Stowe-Day Foundation/Hartford Architectural Conservancy, 1978. First edition. Stiff Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 218. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos, color frontis. Signed and dated by the author on title page. A biography and survey of the career of George Keller, a Connecticut architect in the Classical style who was..... More
Small Country Houses of To-Day.
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
Women's World: The Art and Life of Mary Ellen Best 1809-1891.
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
Bricklaying System.
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
The Brickbuilder and Architectural Monthly, 9 issues, 1912-1915.
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
Repointing Stone and Brick Walls; Technical Pamphlet 5
London: Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, 2002. Reprint. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 17, illustrated with b/w photographs. This pamphlet describes and illustrates the repointing of old stone and brick walling, a common remedial task that is often undertaken unnecessarily, or executed badly. The use of strong cement mortars..... More
Hollow Tile Farm Buildings; Publication No. 1, Serial No. 2
Chicago: Hollow Building Tile Association, 1920. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 47. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A wonderful trade piece with numerous examples of hollow tile barns, cisterns, granaries, garages, dairy buildings, and other outbuildings. More
The Modern Plasterer (complete in 2 volumes): A Practical Work on Plastering, Decorative Plasterwork, Rough-Casting, Cement-Washes, Plastic Floors, Artificial Marbles, etc.
London: Caxton, n.d. (1920s). First edition. Embossed cloth over boards; gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 224, 232. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. Index. The original edition, not a reprint, and in good working order, for such large volumes that are often frequently referenced in the field. A monumental set on..... More
Building Construction; Showing the Employment of Timber, Lead, and Iron Work, in the Practical Construction of Buildings. Vol. II - Plates. Collins' Advanced Science Series.
London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co., 1877. First edition. Original Embossed Cloth Over Boards. Quarto, 59 plates. Signed in ink by a previous owner in 1883 on the title page. Some neat notations in pencil by the same owner on some plates. We've had the text volume before..... More
Details of Building Construction.
Boston: Bates &Guild, 1914. First edition, later printing (Eighth Thousand). Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 4, plus 33 plates. Written by a professor of architecture at Cornell, it was created to present to his students as part of his course on architectural construction. A nice book: most plates..... More
Domestic Architecture: Containing a History of the Science, and the Principles of Designing Public Edifices, Private Dwelling-Houses, Country Mansions and Suburban Villas, with Practical Dissertations on Every Branch of Building from the Choice of the Site to the Completion of the Appendages; Some Observations on Rural Residences, Their Characteristic Situation and Scenery; with Instructions on the Art of Laying Out and Ornamenting Grounds
London: George Virtue, none (circa 1842). Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 339; should have 342 pages, so last several are missing. 63 plates containing perspective views and ground plans, and elevations drawn to scale. Original publisher's brown cloth with front cover illustration in gilt, repaired with the original spine laid-down..... More
Waterproofing and Dampproofing and Allied Products; A. I. A. Classification 7a and 7b
Cleveland, OH: The Master Builders Company, nd c. 1925. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs.Thumb-tabbed pages for easy access to each section. A previous owner rubber-stamped his name and address on the cover. Specifications for waterproofing and dampproofing techniques. Each section describes the product, its..... More
Building Age and National Builder December 1924.
New York: Building Age Publishing, 1924. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 248, lots of periods ads, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, floor plans. Their goal was beautiful homes at moderate cost. And these homes were quite unusual and lovely! The house of the month was located in Loma Portal..... More