Wilkes Barre, PA: Style Publications, Inc., 1946. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small octavo, pp 50. w/b/w drawings and floor plans, color graphics. A charming monthly magazine with articles about home-buying, kitchen design, building outdoor furniture and housekeeping. A nice bungalow plan and "southwest" ranch house are included. One of the..... More
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Leipzig: Friedrich Wolfrum & Co., nd c. 1900. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio, portfolio format, originally 64 full page b/w photographic plates, but plate 4 is missing. Text in German. Beautiful buildings by noted architects such as Karl Fischl, Arthur Wienkoop, Joseph Hoffman, Friedrich von Dietz, Richard Riemerschmied, Martin Dulfer..... More
New York: Taschen, 2016. First edition. Hardback w/embossed paper covers and Dust Jacket. Folio, pp 416. Gorgeous color images on almost every page. Text in English, French, and German. Together with a traveling exhibition through the Germany and Austria, this volume shows Viennese woodblocks from the turn of the century..... More
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto, pp. 130, indexed, illustrated with 85 b/w line drawings by Alexander Calder, executed in the spring of 1944. This book was printed by S. A. Jacobs at The Golden Eagle Press, Mt. Vernon, in Granjon type, on..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2018. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 471, indexed, illustrated with over 1,200 color photographs. This book was published to accompany the exhibition "Playing Soldier" that was on display at the Grolier Club in New York City in the fall of 2018. If you enjoyed..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2013. First edition, Limited. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288. Illustrated with 749 color illustrations. Limited edition of 1,500 copies. A beautifully produced, visually spectacular catalog for the exhibit of the same name, showing at New York's Grolier Club through February of 2014. Written by exhibit..... More
New York: Myron C. Clark Publishing Co., 1909. First American edition. Cloth over Boards; gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 321, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, and b/w drawings of brick patterns. Previous owner signed and stamped the front endpaper. This book puts in writing that knowledge which has been handed..... More
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1913. First edition. Decorated Cardboard Covers. Small quarto. pp 62, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This booklet was prepared in the hope of increasing appreciation for brick in American home building, and spreading the realization that brick is the most economical home-building material..... More
Boston: Rogers and Manson Co., 1912-1915. First edition. Original Wraps. Folio, each issue approx. pp. 50. Richly illustrated with b/w photos, plans, details. October 1914 (no cover), "The Brick Church and the Parish House (1915, no cover), September 1912 (cover detached), February 1915 (cover detached), November 1914 (cover detached and..... More
San Francisco: Lane Publishing, 1947. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 160, illustrated w/ b/w drawings, floorplans, photographs and halftones. Mild ex-library stamps. Not a coincidence that this was a product of the West coast, the birthplace of the ranch house. A very early piece on this singularly American..... More
New York: Sweet's Catalog Service, 1925-25. Twentieth Edition. Original Green Cloth. Octavo, pp. 2855, illustrated. The last year of the single volume edition. Complete Sweet's catalog - an amazing amount of trade literature in one volume. An early example of the definitive building products catalogue from the teens and twenties..... More
London: Caxton, n.d. (1920s). First edition. Embossed cloth over boards; gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 224, 232. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. Index. The original edition, not a reprint, and in unusually nice condition for such large volumes that are often frequently referenced in the field. A monumental set on..... More
Providence, RI: John F. Greene Co., Inc., 1928-29. First edition. Original Red Cloth over Boards. 12 mo, pp 230, indexed. Detailed specifications and trade advertisements in b/w throughout the volume. "Relating to Building Inspection and Restricting, Kind and Size of Buildings in Districts, Fire Protection, Plumbing Inspection, Supervision of Wires..... More
Chicago. IL: Celotex Building Products, 1937. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 26, illustrated with b/w photographs. Displays the company's balance sheet and statement of profit and loss for the year. The president's letter to the stockholders acknowledged that there was little residential construction during the depression, but felt that..... More
London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1902/1937. Sixth edition, revised and enlarged. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xvi, 714, indexed, plus 32-page publishers' catalog bound in. Illustrated with b/w drawings. You know you have an appreciated and useful book, if it gets to a sixth edition! Great efforts were taken..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1956. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 92, indexed, illustrated with more than 100 b/w photographs and 2 in full color. Gordon Drake was a young designer who died suddenly and tragically in 1952 at the age of 34. The quantity of his..... More
New York: Building Age Publishing, 1924. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 248, lots of periods ads, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, floor plans. Their goal was beautiful homes at moderate cost. And these homes were quite unusual and lovely! The house of the month was located in Loma Portal..... More
Portland, ME: Hoyt, Fogg, and Donham, 1885. Later printing. Decorated Boards. Small octavo, pp. 72, glossary of architectural terms, illustrated with 4 b/w plates. Signed on the front end paper by a previous owner, and stamped on the inside front cover by another previous owner. A standard for every tradesman..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1900. Seventh Edition. Original Cloth on Boards, beige w/embossed emblem & lettering. 12 mo, pp 312, indexed. 71 figures in b/w. + 66 pages of publisher's advertisements. A very thorough and detailed guide to these subjects - covering the properties of timber, seasoning timber, decay..... More
New York: Sam'l Gabriel & Sons, N.D. circa 1900. First edition. Pictorial Cloth over Boards. Oblong Quarto, pp. 42, illustrated w/ color drawings. Despite one page being partially cut out, a very nice copy of an American scarcity. Front cover in perfect order. More
London: Constable & Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 412. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Ex-library. Chapters include raw materials for cements, concretes and bricks; methods of manufacturing; chemical and physical changes in preparation of these materials; testing their properties, and more. One of the..... More
self-published, 1876. Unique Piece. Calligraphied vellum with metal corners and hinges. Octavo. hundreds of blank pages and only one entry. Hand calligraphied title page. Pseudo-medieval, but in reality quite an interesting anachronism. Could become an instant family heirloom! More
Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies Company, 1923. Original edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 25, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings and halftones. Marvelously illustrated trade catalog with extensive sections on doors, paneling, moldings, porch spindles, stairs, breakfast nooks, store fronts and more. Many beautiful details to enjoy..... More
Jacksonville, FL: Jacksonville Hardware Co., Inc., 1910. First edition. Decorated Stock Covers beige w/gilt lettering. Large quarto, pp 116. b/w photographs on each page. An extensive, detailed catalog of early twentieth century mantel and fireplace designs in oak, mahogany and maple. A beautiful collection of styles, finishes, and cast iron..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 576. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. A guide to the most influential furniture and lighting designs of the twentieth century, comprised of over 1200 illustrated entries, cataloguing the most distinctive and important creations of renowned..... More
