Japan: Shinjo Publishing, 1984. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 165. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Text in Japanese. Rare Japanese title, part of a photographer's series recording signage and other examples of visual design in Europe and the US. An unusual pictorial survey of various architectural details and..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton, Osgood, & Company, 1879. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xii, 282. Ex-library markings. The author proposes that the existence of bright colouring in the world at large is almost entirely due to the influence of the colour sense in the animal kingdom. The book..... More
Chicago: The Inland Printer Co., 1904. First edition. Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 171. Illustrated with 118 b/w plates. Prev. owner's name in ink on front endpaper. Scarce in the original edition, this book reprints a revised series of articles on basic design principles for the student. Discusses fundamental concepts such..... More
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1892. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 142, plus publisher's advertisements, illustrated with 19 folding plates and 75 b/w drawings. Ex-library markings. This book guides the reader through lessons for gaining proficiency in freehand or ornamental drawing, a skill essential to the..... More
New York: Weatherhill, 1971. Second Printing. Silk Brocade Cloth over Boards. Folio (10 1/2 x 15), pp. xi, 275, indexed, with 42 tipped-in color plates and 6 color and 111 b/w reproductions. A gorgeous reference and coffee table book about Japanese screens, broadly divided into three main sections - Six..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 137, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. An excellent guide to period gardens; how to research them and how to create them in all their lovely forms. There is also a complete list of plants of..... More
New York: Galahad Books, 1972. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 352. Indexed, with bibliography, illustrated with b/w photographs. This comprehensive book, the first to be published on American fireplaces specifically, will be of interest and practical use to antiquarians, homeowners, interior decorators, collectors of hearth accessories, and anyone with a...... More
Chicago, IL: American School of Home Economics, 1916. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 224, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Ex-library markings. Chapters on house planning, decoration and care; household bacteriology; household hygiene; chemistry of the household; principles of cookery; food and dietetics; household management; personal hygiene; home care of..... More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1924. First edition. Blue leatherette over boards, gilt lettering. Large quarto, pp. vii, 208, indexed, illustrated with b/w & color photos, plans & drawings, period ads. This annual was prepared as a source of useful information for home-builders. It is designed to help the layman..... More
Boston: The Atlantic Monthly Company, 1925. First edition. Burgundy leatherette over boards, gilt lettering. Large quarto, pp. vii, 204, indexed, illustrated with b/w & color photos, plans & drawings, period ads in back, seven appendices. Wonderful period piece, written to guide the prospective home builder and remodeller. Covers all aspects..... More
Auckland: Oxford University Press, 1982. Second Printing. Boards. Quarto, pp. 161, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. An authoritative and well-illustrated book from Oxford that takes a detailed look at the Australian traditions of Victoriana. This book celebrates the Victorians' enthusiasm for ornament as it is full of many rich and..... More
Des Moines, IA: Wallace Homestead, 1976. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, light blue. Small octavo, pp. 213, illustrated with b/w photographs. Iowa history is a rich blend of the people, the forces, the pathos, the nobility, the struggle, the successes, and the tragedies which constitute the very essence of the..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1984. Reissue. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 83, illustrated with over 1000 b/w drawings. Toward the close of the 19th century, gas lighting was the most reliable and popular artificial illumination available. By 1876, Mitchell Vance & Co. was the premier manufacturer of gas appliances and..... More
New York: Wiley, 1899. ninth edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xv, 745, indexed, plus ads, illustrated w/ b/w drawings and diagrams, foldout. A popular and often-reprinted trade manual outlining Baker's principles and methods of masonry construction for students and apprentice masons. Covers materials, preparation, foundations, types of masonry structures..... More
New York: Rizzoli, 2005. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 224. Indexed, illustrated with color photos. This is a unique presentation of beloved building traditions in one of the charming and historically significant regions in the nation. Houses, barns, and outbuildings dating from the colonial and Federal periods, built with local..... More
Canton, OH: Stark Brick Company, 1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. Stark Salt Glazed Brictile is a smooth fire clay unit, glazed on the face, back and both ends. It is essentially a double brick, and the glaze is a thin coating..... More
London, New York: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 27, with11 fold-out plates (several detached and laid in; one torn). Illustrated with 224 in-text b/w drawings and diagrams. Ex-library markings. An important and extremely rare late 19th century masonry and brickwork technical manual, extremely..... More
New York: Greensward Foundation, Inc., 1968. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small octavo, pp. 64, indexed, illustrated with b/w map. This book lays out two outdoor trail tours of Prospect Park, an urban park in Brooklyn adjacent to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. It guides the user with tips to help them..... More
New York: Long Island University Press, 1972. Reissue. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. 128, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Wonderful history of Prospect Park, an urban park in Brooklyn adjacent to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and one of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux's most beautiful parks. The author describes the..... More
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1926. Third Revised and Enlarged Edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 358, indexed, no illustrations. Ex-library markings. The author assures that every formula has been subjected to a scrutiny, and none has been included in this book unless it was considered to be a practical..... More
Harrington Park, NJ: Pyramid Publications, 1939. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 152, indexed, illustrated in b/w. This book gives practical information to all those interested in color, and clarifies in a logical way much of the confusion that seems to surround this subject. A section of the book is..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood & Co., nd c. 1875. Revised. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 222, plus 30 pp. publisher's catalog, indexed, illustrated w/ b/w drawings. Title page missing, last index page torn in half with the detached portion missing. A scarce early edition of this influential work. George Field, 1777..... More
New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1929. First American edition. Green Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering on Spine. Octavo, pp. 287. Indexed, illustrated with 8 color Plates plus frontis. and 25 b/w in-text figures. Signed on front endpaper to "E. E. Fairbanks from Christine Ladd-Franklin" An interesting book on..... More
Raleigh, NC: Ed Hobbs, 1988. Reissue of 1904 fifth edition. Perfect Bound. 12mo, pp. 176, illustrated with b/w engravings. A compilation of a series of articles that appeared in The Western Painter in 1898 and 1899. More
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1891. Original edition. Original Cloth. Small octavo, pp. 244. Masury, a very active participant in the emerging paint and painter market, was a manufacturer as well as a decorative painter. All of his books are highly regarded and very uncommon. Trade catalog at end..... More
