New York: Walker, 1972. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. 12 Mo, pp. 55, 67, illustrated w/ the author's drawings. Two volume set in slipcase. Light soiling to slipcase paste-on. Signed by author in red above his printed name on paste-on. A delightful mixture of early American know-how and..... More
nd c. 1890. Hand-held wrought iron roofing tool. 26" x 1.25" total size; blade is 20" long. Located in a barn sale in Connecticut recently, this lovely antique roofing tool has seen a lot of years, and has a lot of years left in it! This was used by inserting..... More
New Orleans, LA: Batture Press, Inc., 1997. Second Printing. Boards. Quarto, pp. 207, illustrated with color photographs. A trifold flyer for a cemetery tour by Historic New Orleans Walking Tours is laid in. This book examines thirteen regional burial grounds, focusing not only on gravesite structures but on people profoundly..... More
New York: Munn & Co., June 1890. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 18, plus xvi (advertising), indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings; supplement with two plates in colors. Outstanding photographs of historic homes in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, as well as articles about fireproofing wooden floors, the..... More
London: Sotheby's Publications, 1990. Boards. Quarto, pp. 400, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The role mirrors play in design and decoration of interiors, with European, American, and Chinese examples. Styles from Baroque to Rococco to Chippendale are examined. Written by a furniture expert from Sotheby's. From the Old..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1991. First American edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 319. Indexed, richly illustrated with b/w drawings, plans, elevations, and details. An excellent, well-researched guide to the history of Classical architecture. Features excellent, clear illustrations that accompany the text. A worthy addition to the architect's, builder's, and architectural..... More
Washington, D.C. Urban Land Institute, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. xi, 212, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Innkeeping has changed dramatically since 1948, when the lodging industry consisted almost entirely of independently owned and operated properties Hotels with fewer than 50 rooms dominated the market. Today, the hotel industry..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1939. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 291, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Stamped by a previous owner on front endpaper. This book was conceived and written largely as a result of a long experience in teaching both housing and community..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2021. Ninth printing. Glossy B/W Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 316. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A useful field guide to identifying Native American and agricultural stone structures one may encounter on hikes throughout the forest and conservation lands in New England. These include cairns..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1982. First edition. Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 134. indexed, illustrated with 120 color photographs. From the Greek Revival grandeur of Belle Helene, to the Moorish fantasy of Longwood, to the simplicity of Rosella, the plantation homes of Louisiana and the Natchez area powerfully..... More
New York: Viking Press, 1976. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 184. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, and reproductions, and 4 pages of color plates. The classical simplicity of the designs of the 16th-century Italian architect Andrea Palladio have had tremendous influence on the architecture of the Western world. The..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1954. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto; Vol. 1: Text, pp. 635, Vol. 2: Illustrations, unpaginated, 532 b/w figures. A distinguished American authority here turns to the history of 19th century English architecture. Victorian England led the western world in many fields of culture..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. First edition. Boards. Small Quarto, pp. 224. Indexed, illustrated with bw photos, drawings and plans. A timely re-examination of the work of Andrea Palladio and his design theory. An interesting synthesis of Palladio scholarship and its modern applications. From the Old House..... More
London: Phaidon Press, 1994. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 240. Illustrated with color and b/w photos, drawings, and reproductions. A volume in Phaidon Press' Decorative Arts series, Palladian Style examines the interior and exterior aspects of this popular Georgian architectural style. Focusing on the typical Palladian house between 1715 and..... More
London: John Weale, 1841. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt decoration. Small quarto, pp. 68 plus 10 plates on heavy card stock including frontispiece. Frontispiece is a print of an engraving with colored text, title page is colored, decorated and illustrated, leaves have a decorative border and full gilt edges..... More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986. First edition. Wraps. Octavo, pp. 306. Well illustrated, indexed. This fascinating introduction to classical art and architecture investigates the way classical buildings are put together as formal structures. It researches the generative rules, the poetics of composition that classical architecture shares with classical music, poetry, and..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with margin drawings and b/w photographs. Henry Dreyfuss was one of America's formost industrial designers. At the peak of his career, he flew about 100,000 miles a year, mostly in planes he designed himself..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2006. First edition. Boards, Blue w/Dust Jacket. Quarto, pp 276, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Beautifully decorated free end papers. Owen Jones was the sort of innovative total designer in the 19th century that Frank Lloyd Wright was in the 20th century. Equally proficient -..... More
Philadelphia: The Athenaeum, 1979. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quatro, pp 253, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Foreword by Roger Moss. Biographical essay. The catalog of an exhibition at the Athenaeum in Philadelphia in 1978-1979. Born in Edinburgh, Notman emigrated early to the US and integrated his British neo-classicism..... More
Chicago, IL: Art Institute of Chicago, 1981. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 108, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Wight is one of many Chicago architects who, while influential within his own lifetime, has been neglected by recent historians who have stressed Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright, and..... More
Boston: Frank L. Smith, 1891. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Staplebound contract (8.25" x 14"), pp. 14, with period advertising on and inside the front and back cover. Contains the specifications of the labor and materials required in the erection and completion of a one story gambrel roof house to be..... More
Montreal: McGill University Press, 1966. First edition. Perfect Bound. Oblong small quarto, pp. 132, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. With the growth in the number of students at university, the problem of undergraduate housing had become acute. In this critical survey, two architects consider university residences throughout Canada. Their..... More
New York: Universe Books, Inc., 1960. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 131, over 300 b/w illustrations including 120 photographs, 150 architectural drawings and cross sections, and 50 plans of towns and residential areas. The second in a series on modern residential architecture, this title illustrates the..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1989. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 263, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. A book of sumptuous elegance which traces the history of taste in relation to the style, furnishing, and decoration of the English country house. Country Life's articles on..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2008. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with color photographs. From simple hand sketches to the completion of Zen temples, residential projects, grand estates, and modular structures, this book illustrates a singular vision influenced by traditional Japanese woodworking, contemporary life..... More
