Redding Ridge, CT: Iconographic Publications, 1987-1997. First edition. Original wraps. Small quarto. ca. 1000 pp., volumes 3-13; missing volume 6 issue 4, entire volume 12, volume 13 issues 3 and 4. Some very slight sun wear on individual volume spines. Visual Resources is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering art..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986. First trade edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xvii, 246, indexed, numerous illustrations in b/w. A title commissioned by Clem Labine and Patricia Poore. Portions of the text had been included in Old House Journal issues. American suburban houses of this period represent a unique body..... More
Chicago, IL: 1999. Cloth over Boards. Published for the centennial of the club, the author captured the heart and soul of the club with incredible and loving skill. The WAC was the first women's athletic club in the united states, and an integral part of Chicago society. The author used..... More
New York: 1985. Cloth over Boards. This fascinating volume explores the American bungalow as an art form and as a document reflecting middle-class life in its era. Casual and informal, the bungalow mirrored the society that produced it, and (like that society) displayed no predominant architectural ancestry. It was conceived..... More
Honolulu, HI: 1993. Cloth over Boards. More than 150 of the Islands' architecturally and historically significant structures - including civic, commercial, ecclesiastical and residential buildings on six major islands are showcased in this volume. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 color photographs. More
Chapel Hill, NC: 1987. Cloth over Boards. This book explores the relationship between the image of the ideal house and family and the reality of middle-class family life. The author explains why, despite its fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family house as..... More
Knoxville, TN: 1975. Cloth over Boards. An interesting study of "the architecture of past thought--an attempt to reconstruct the logic of people long dead by looking seriously at their houses." A look at Mid-Atlantic architecture through the lens of folklore, which the author considers "a natural center for the historical..... More
New York: 1988. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. A comprehensive look at the development of a distinct American vernacular architecture, as national design trends were adapted to local conditions and tastes. An engaging, scholarly work on the subject by two Cornell University professors. More
Watkins Glen, NY: 1968. Reprint. Paperback. This is an important book in the field of American visual arts because it contains a wealth of superb drawings and photographs that emphasize and articulate the execution of architectural details, construction of structural systems, and evolution of house plans in 17th-century America. More
New York: Acanthus Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards w/illustrated Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp. 310. over 300 b/w photographs previously unpublished. CD w/full text and images included. An impressive publication, beautifully produced and thoroughly researched. Featuring homes designed by McKim, Meade and White,. and Frederick Law Olmstead and others..... More
Boston: Historic New England, 2010. First edition. Boards. Square Quarto(12" x 12"), pp. 239. With extensive end notes and index. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. An impressive and attractive publications! With a list of contributors that reads like a who's who of New England architectural historians, it draws on..... More
Rome: La Libreria Dello Stato, 1935. First edition. Unbound in archival portfolio with ties. Large Folio, 22 plates. Fourth in a series of works on historically important Italian monuments. This volume is a duplicate from the library of a noted architecture and design university. Very scarce! Oversized for International shipping..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1967. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 356, indexed, illustrated with 260 b/w photographs. The achievements of the Romanesque style - often referred to in Britain as Saxon and Norman - can in many ways be more fully appreciated in Britain than anywhere else..... More
Washington DC: 1990. Cloth over Boards. A well-researched and thorough examination of this common feature of Georgian architecture in both the UK and US, this monograph on the subject provides valuable technical details for the restorer and preservationist, as well as offering plentiful visual documentation for the architectural historian. An..... More
Philadelphia: 1974. Cloth over Boards. Addison Hutton was a Philadelphia architect who designed prominent residences in Philadelphia and its suburbs, plus courthouses, hospitals, and libraries. Written by Hutton's granddaughter, to the advantage of the reader, as she had long and person acquaintance with her subject, and a wealth of documentary..... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 190 with 217 b/w illustrations. Signed by a previous owner inside the front cover. A pictorial account of both structural and decorative work in cast iron, with informative captions. An original Dover title, not a reprint. More
Minneapolis: M.L. Keith, nd c. 1915. First edition. Boards. 16mo, pp. 144, dictionary of terms, illustrated with b/w specification drawings. A practical guide and helper for the person who, from necessity or choice, superintends the building of their own home. While the best methods are shown and recommended, the need..... More
Nelsonville, OH: The Athena Brick Corporation, nd c. 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Trifold pamphlet, 8.5" x 11", opens to 11" x 25.5", with blank price schedule laid in. Nelsonville is located in Athens County, which perhaps inspired the name of the Athena Brick Corporation. The salt glaze strengthened the..... More
Portsmouth, NH: Peter E. Randall Publisher, 1999. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Oblong Octavo, pp. 85, richly illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A jewel of a treatise on the predecessors of our American "first period architecture." Available as-new at a wonderful price; belongs in every builder's and architect's library!..... More
Sanger, CA: Quill Driver Books, 2004. First edition. Hardcover w/Color Pictorial Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 215, including index. Generously illustrated with color photographs throughout. Colored free end papers. An interesting and thought-provoking study, covering more than 100 buildings that are partially or completely subterranean. More
Abradale, NY: 2009. Boards. An international tour of more than 35 new treehouses, in the treetops of six continents. More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing Co., Inc., 1931. First edition. Cloth over Boards with gilt lettering on front cover and backstrip. Quarto, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This volume presents the wonderful architecture of Augustus D. Shepard, created for the forested areas of the United States. His..... More
Chicago: Harris Brothers Co., 1915. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 974, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Building materials, furniture and furnishings, plumbing and heating, ladies and men's apparel, machinery and equipment, and home plans. So much to read and admire! The book is in rough shape, but all..... More
Chicago: Harris Brothers Co., 1919. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 232, illustrated with b/w drawings. Building materials, furniture and furnishings, plumbing and heating, machinery and equipment, and floor plans. So much to read and admire! The book has some condition issues, but all editions are exceedingly rare, and this..... More
Washington DC: Association for Preservation Technology, 1734/1981. Reprint, 1500 copies. Cloth over Boards. When it was first published in 1734, The Builder's Dictionary was proclaimed to be the definitive English architectural encyclopedia. It was important enough to receive the approbation of the leading architects of the day: Nicholas Hawksmoor, John..... More
