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 about Coast of Maine (western part
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 about Our New Portable House: The Colorado House Tent
Pasadena, CA: Chamber of Commerce and Civic Association of Pasadena, nd c. 1920. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 55, illustrated with sepia-toned photographs. Stamped on the cover by California Stucco Products Company of Portland, Oregon. A showcase of homes in Pasadena, California, with minimal text and 99 photographs of... More about Picturesque Pasadena
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1913. First edition. Brown Half-Leather, title on cover. Oblong folio (13 X 9 1/2), pp. 108 b/w photographic plates with floor plans (Each plate is really a page with b/w illustration and text.). A scarce title with page after page of period homes, with an especially... More about Modern American Homes
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 about Homes for the People in Suburb and Country; The Villa, the Mansion, and the Cottage adapted to...
New York: Saxton, 1852. First edition. Cloth over Boards, heavy wear. Small octavo, pp. xv, 384 plus 10-page publisher's catalog bound in; illustrated w/ b/w engravings and plans. Signed by the publisher on front end paper. A scarce and sought after book covering rural building needs and practices comprehensively, and... More about Rural Architecture: Being a Complete Description of Farm Houses, Cottages, and Out Buildings;...
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 about Corso Teorico-Pratico di Architettura Civile (Theoretical-Practical Course of Civil Architecture
Boston: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xii, 433, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. Mild ex-library. Written by one of the US's leading authorities on historic preservation, this book focuses on a wide spectrum of strategies available for the adaptation or renovation of... More about Historic Preservation; Curatorial Management of the Built World
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 about Shop Planning and Design
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1995. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 80, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Issued by the museum on its 125th anniversary, the curator of American Decorative Arts details the architectural history of many structures that make up the Metropolitan, tracing the roles... More about The Metropolitan Museum of Art: An Architectural History
Baltimore: Peale Museum, 1957. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 48. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Baltimore downtown walking tour itinerary laid in. In 1857, a group of the most distinguished architects in the nation founded the American Institute of Architects. This book honors the centennial of the founding by... More about Century of Baltimore Architecture; An illustrated guide to buildings designed by the members of...
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 about Kawneer Store Fronts Full Size Construction Details K-47 Line
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 about Kawneer Store Fronts Full Size Construction Details Standard Line
Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1927-1931. Original 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 about Lot of La Construction Moderne magazines
New York: New York School of Interior Design, 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, lavishly illustrated with b/w photographs. Beaux-Arts buildings in New York City include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Custom House, the Brooklyn Museum, the Public Library, and Grand Central Terminal. The special power and... More about Beaux-Arts New York; An Exhibition at The Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design 155...
Savannah, GA: Beehive Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 436, Indexed, richly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. This is the first complete survey of Georgia architecture between the Revolution and the Civil War, and presents the best of 14,000 miles of travel throughout Georgia, nearly 500... More about The Architecture of Georgia
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 about Courtyard Housing in Los Angeles; A Typological Analysis
Hartford, CT: Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation, 2007. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 192, illustrated 24 color illustrations, 22 duotones, and 10 b/w plans and sketches. Mild ex-library markings. This volume presents an account of Weidenmann's life (1829-1893) with particular emphasis on his distinguished career. His practice began in... More about Jacob Weidenmann: Pioneer Landscape Architect
New York: Garden City Publishing, 1937. Second edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp 128, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Detailed practical information on finance, construction plans, heating and air conditioning, insulation, lighting, flooring, roofing, siding, kitchen design, and much more. The first 50 pages is a compilation of articles... More about The Practical Book of Building "The House of Health"; A handbook for every homeowner or...
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 about The Small Home: May 1925
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 about A Record in Detail; The Architectural Photographs of Jack E. Boucher
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 about The Architecture of Additions: Design and Regulation
Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen Press, 2018. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp 2129, indexed, illustrated with 740 b/w photographs. The purpose of this five volume set is to rediscover an aspect of art and architectural history that has been overlooked by earlier scholars. The history, social iconography, and style of more... More about Column Monuments (5 volume set); Commemorative and Memorial Column Monuments from Ancient Times...
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 about The House Beautiful: A Book Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. First edition. Leather spine; custom box. Octavo, pp. 171. Illustrated with b/w engravings. Housed in a custom box due to fragile condition. The engraving for house plan #2 is present, but its floor plan has been cut out of the book. American architect... More about Holly's Country Seats; containing lithographic designs for cottages, villas, mansions, etc., with...
