Garden City, NY: Doubleday Page & Co., 1912. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards, grey. Folio, pp. 200 plus advertisements, richly illustrated w/color & b/w photographs and drawings. A delightful handbook for designers and homeowners covering a myriad of topics from paint color schemes to roofing and concrete construction to..... More
New York: F.W. Dodge Corp. 1934, 1939, 1940, 1947. First printing. Original Illustrated Cloth. Octavo, pp. approx. 250, index of firms and of products. A sample of DuPont Tontine washable window shade material laid in. A Sweet's trade catalog for residential owners. The subtitle says it all--it's full of period..... 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 good working order, for such large volumes that are often frequently referenced in the field. A monumental set on..... More
London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co., 1877. First edition. Original Embossed Cloth Over Boards. Quarto, 59 plates. Signed in ink by a previous owner in 1883 on the title page. Some neat notations in pencil by the same owner on some plates. We've had the text volume before..... More
Philadelphia: ASTM, 1980. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 293. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Another technical publication from the ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials), this one collecting papers from a symposium on moisture migration in buildings in 1980. Papers cover topics relating to moisture migration..... More
Boston: Bates &Guild, 1914. First edition, later printing (Eighth Thousand). Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 4, plus 33 plates. Written by a professor of architecture at Cornell, it was created to present to his students as part of his course on architectural construction. A nice book: most plates..... More
Cincinnati, OH: The Mastic Wall Board & Roofing Co., 1914. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This was an advertising piece extolling the virtues of plaster board for interior and exterior construction, comparing it favorably against metal lath. There is a section addressing..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Master Builders Company, nd c. 1925. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs.Thumb-tabbed pages for easy access to each section. A previous owner rubber-stamped his name and address on the cover. Specifications for waterproofing and dampproofing techniques. Each section describes the product, its..... More
Novato, CA: Presidio Press, 1975. First edition. Paperback Original. Octavo, pp. 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The architecture of the Santa Clara Valley, as put so magnificently on record in this charming book, virtually recapitulates the entire architectural history of greater California. The author has give us..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1989. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 185, indexed, illustrated with 225 b/w photographs. Speed, mobility, freedom: these governed the aesthetics of the "city of the future" as it spread its arterials across the Southern California landscape. If ever..... More
Sacramento, CA: California Council, American Institute of Architects, 1991. First edition. Paperback Original. Octavo, pp. 64, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This issue focuses on growth in California. Growth in California is predominantly a problem of urbanization, and strategies for its management require innovation in the design of..... More
Monterey, CA: 1965. Original edition. Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp 52. (n.p.) illustrated with b/w lithographed photographs and line drawings. Order form laid in. A handsomely photographed volume of California homes with text by one of the denizens of Monterey. Wynn Bullock, the photographer, was an innovator and inventor in photographic..... More
New York: Oxford University Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 329, indexed, illustrated with b/w photos by Morley Baer, Roger Sturtevant, and others, architectural drawings by Randolph Meadors and Floyd Campbell, introduction by David Gebhard. Some pencil inscriptions in the text. San Francisco is rightfully proud both..... More
New York: Daniel Burgess & Co., 1853. First edition. Full Leather. Quarto, pp. 136, plus 44 plates (1 missing, #43). Signed by two previous owners in pencil inside front cover, in 1853 and 1890. The object of this work is to furnish house carpenters with the practical directions necessary to..... More
London: George Virtur, nd (circa 1844). Enlarged and improved edition. Leather Bound with new cloth spine. Quarto, pp 122 and pp 8 on measuring. Illustrated throughout with b/w construction drawings. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, but..... More
New York: Atlas Portland Cement Company, 1909. Revised. Staplebound Wraps with cloth back strip. Octavo, pp. 168, illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. This publication endeavors to point out, in language free of technical terms, some of the uses for which concrete is well adapted. Chapters on mixing and handling..... More
London: Concrete Publications Ltd, 1949. Revised. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp vii, 150, indexed, illustrated with b/w specification drawings and photographs. This was one of a series of books on reinforced concrete design and construction. The original edition had been titled "Concrete Cottages, Bungalows, and Garages," but the contents..... More
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. xvi, 236, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Press release for the book's publication laid in. An estimated 76 million American Baby Boomers are approaching retirement age. This population is looking for creative solutions..... More
San Francisco, CA: US National Park Service, 1998. First edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 195, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The United Nations designated the 1990s as the Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. It is ironic then that natural disasters were an increasingly common occurrence in the 1990s as..... More
Newburgh, NY: Mastic Tile Corporation of America, 1956. Original edition. Cardboard Box, maroon. 8.5" x 4.5" x 2.25" full box, filled with 27 4" x 4" floor tile samples. The tiles have color codes and company information printed on the back of each. The box front flips down, with advertising..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1989. First edition; fourth printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 296, indexed, illustrated with over 400 color photographs. Natural gardens are planned and designed to work with nature. Gone are the meticulously manicured lawns and heavily pruned shrubs that require hours of tedious labor. Natural..... More
Montreal and Winnipeg: Caverhill, Learmont & Co., 1909. First edition. Half-Leather. Quarto, pp 1342, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This is a gorgeous catalog! Caverhill Learmont was a wholesale shelf hardware merchant. The business was established in 1854 and became the largest hardware establishment in Canada. Sections in this catalog..... More
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1957. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 15, illustrated with color drawings. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and supplier of padlocks, cabinet door locks, desk drawer locks..... More
New York: Frank M. Reed, 1872. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 539, indexed. A formulary presenting recipes for concoctions used in health care, farming, food preparation, housekeeping, arts & crafts. With a great many tips and recipes in the decorative arts and trades. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1908. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 306, indexed, no illustrations. This book covers only the gas installation and utilization in the residence, not the lighting of public streets, alleys, parks and squares. The author explains how gas-fitting should be done so..... More
