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
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
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
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
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
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
Paris: Chez Pierre Mariette, 1665. Original edition. Original Vellum. 12 mo ( 4" x 6") pp 89. Over 50 b/w engraved plates. Missing page 78/79. Text in French. Inscribed in pencil by a previous owner in 1955 on front end paper. Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola was one of the great... More
London: Chapman & Hall Ltd., 1933. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. viii, 78, plus 84 half tone plates of store exterior and interior features. This is a delight for anyone interested in shop architecture and design, from the street where it is located to the lighting and display... More
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
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
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
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
Paris: Librairie de la Construction Moderne, 1927-1931. Orginal 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
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
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company, 1852. Sixth edition. Quarter leather with gilt illustrated and embossed cloth over boards. Quarto, pp. 191, illustrated with b/w engravings, with glossary of architectural terms, technical terms used in masonry and building, and Rules of Work (originally adopted by the carpenters of the city... More
Exeter, UK: Historic Building Geometry, 2017. Limited Edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 31. Illustrated with color and b/w photos and drawings. There are two recent books that focus on the remarkable timber framed ceiling of Saint David's Cathedral nave. This book is the author's response to the stimulus of those... More
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
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
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
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
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
Chicago, IL: Celotex Corporation, 1942. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book offered practical and economical suggestions for enhancing the life and livability of a home at a time when labor and building materials were in short supply. The tone is very patriotic; it... More
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
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
Burlington, VT: Smith & Harrington, 1836. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 46 plus twelve plates; glossary of technical terms in Gothic architecture. The author is the bishop of Protestant Episcopal Church in Vermont. The designs are for church buildings in stone; in addition to decorative details there are... More
