Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2015. First edition. Hard Cover. Small quarto, pp. 96. Indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames were... More about Eames: Pioneers of Mid-Century Modernism
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, crimson. Quarto, pp 122. Beautifully illustrated with 80+ color plates and b/w drawings on every page. Mild ex-library. A comprehensive survey of the use of decorative glass in buildings from 1840 to 1920. Also described are glass working techniques and... More about Great Glass in American Architecture, Decorative Windows and Doors Before 1920
Seattle, WA: Seattle Hardware Co., nd ca 1915. Original edition. Embossed boards. Quarto, pp xxxii, 1898, II. Tabbed index, illustrated with b/w engravings. Seattle Hardware was established in 1883. This extensive, early catalog demonstrates how well this company was doing after only one generation. A very attractive copy, considering these... More about General Catalog #9; Shelf hardware; automobile merchandise; builders' hardware and paints;...
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1922. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 683, richly illustrated w b/w engravings of locks and keys offered. Mild ex-library. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and... More about Illustrated Catalogue; Manufacturers of cabinet locks, padlocks, trunk, suit case locks and...
Detroit, MI: Detroit Hardware Manufacturing Company, 1927. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 36 plus six-page price list issued June 1, 1927 laid in; illustrated with b/w photographs. This well-illustrated catalog included the more important items in Detroit's antique hardware line: special hardware produced from sketches from their clients, produced... More about Antique Hardware of Quality, Catalog B; A.I.A. - File No. 27B
New York: Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., (ca. 1915). Original green Cloth w/title on cover & spine, gilt design on cover. Quarto, pp. 1112, indexed. End papers damaged but text block intact. Very scarce. Many tools, but also architectural hardware (clock spires, Morris Chair rods, exotic furniture feet, furniture pulls, etc)... More about Hardware, Tools, and Supplies for Manufacturers, Individuals, and Institutions; Catalogue No. 500
London: Ryland Peters & Small, 2000. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 143, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This book begins with a lively decade-by-decade introduction to the key design innovations of the mid-twentieth century, illustrated with archive material. International design developments are studied within the context of world events... More about Modern Retro: Living With Mid-Century Modern Style
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp 119, 8 pages in full color, 100 b/w illustrations. This book is richly illustrated with photographs fofthe many innovative Herman Miller furniture systems and prototype designs now accepted as classics as well as anecdotal pictures of the chief... More about The Design of Herman Miller; Pioneered by Eames, Girard, Nelson, Propst, Rohde
New York: Abbeville, 1986. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 240, luxurioously illustrated w/ color photographs. This highly acclaimed volume features hundreds of illustrations, most in full color, of the best and most exciting furniture, tableware, textiles, and electrical and consumer products. Selected from over 3,500 submissions... More about The International Design Yearbook 4
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 176, profusely illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. "Impeccable in its scholarship, yet also aware of current trends... vaults across 120 years to make the Aesthetic Movement meaningful for our times..... a paradigm of what I.... More about Creating the Artful Home: The Aesthetic Movement
Boston, MA: George H. Polley & Company, 1895. First edition. Decorated boards with cloth spine. Folio, with 60 full-page b/w engraved plates. Beautiful visual depiction of Romanesque and Moorish ornaments drawn from European architecture. More about Romanesque Ornament: With Construction and Details
Toronto: Association for Preservation Technology, 1984. Original edition. Plastic comb binding. Quarto, c. pp. 400, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by Patricia Poore on the front cover. A comprehensive compilation of reprinted articles and technical papers, covering a variety of topics related to masonry conservation and cleaning, including the chemistry... More about Masonry Conservation and Cleaning; APT Pre-Conference Training Course, Toronto, Canada, Sept....
Reston, VA: Brick Institute of America, 1986. Later printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 337, indexed. More about Recommended Practice for Engineered Brick Masonry
London: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First paperback edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 160, indexed, richly illustrated in 150 b/w photos & 60 diagrams, surveys history of English brickwork throughout the centuries, includes glossary. A thorough survey of English brickwork through the centuries, including manufacturing and building techniques, patterns, and the development... More about Brickwork
London: Charles Griffin & Co., 1909. First edition. Embossed boards. 12mo, pp. viii, 146, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. At the time this book was written, there were numerous elementary treatises on steel work, but nothing had been produced about the stresses in masonry. This volume was the first to... More about Stresses in Masonry
Chicago, IL: Byron William Dalton, 1949. Second edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. vii, 408, index, reference tables. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A title that was so prized in its day, that each plasterer that joined the professional guild received a copy by the president of the guild! This... More about Practical Plastering Cement Finishing and Related Subjects
London: John Weale, 1895. Eleventh edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo. pp 146, illustrated with 49 b/w wood engravings, 51 illustrations drawn on stone, and four folding plates of specimens of Gothic masonry. A classic that was reprinted many times over many decades, each time finding a devoted audience. Sections on... More about A Rudimentary Treatise on Masonry and Stonecutting; exhibiting the principles of masonic...
Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Narrow Octavo, pp. 65. Glossary, reading list. A very early and compact publication on the subject, but chock full of details and illustrations. Ideally suited for the professional. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More about A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914/20. Later printing. Original Maroon Pictorial Boards depicting a bricklayer. Small octavo; bricklayers' guide is pp. 254 plus index; concretes and cements section is pp. 509 plus index. Both sections illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed on front endpaper and on several internal pages by... More about Cyclopedia of Bricklaying, Stone Masonry, Concretes, Stuccos and Plasters; and everything...
Downers Grove, IL: SERMAC, 1979. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 22. b/w photographs and construction detail drawings. Mild ex-library. Repointing is the process of removing deteriorated mortar from a masonry joint and replacing the old mortar with new, sound mortar. This information has been written to assist building owners... More about The Repointing of Historic Masonry Buildings
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1958. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w photos and specification drawings. This copy was circulated by Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company in San Francisco. A guide in the proper practices to be used with Portland Cement stucco and plaster. Many photos... More about Plasterer's Manual; Concrete for Permanence
London: Ward Lock, 1997. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96. Indexed, glossary, illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Turn crumbling plaster, chipped stonework, or a tumble-down wall into a home's most attractive site. All the techniques are clearly explained, including restoration, repainting, cleaning stone and plaster, and... More about Stone and Plaster Work
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1908. First edition, first thousand. Full Leather. 12 mo, pp. 458, indexed, illustrated w/line drawings. The author endeavored to present this material for the ordinary mechanic or worker in cement and concrete, not for the use of engineers. A large amount of information... More about The Building Mechanics' Ready Reference; Cement Workers' and Plasterers' Edition
Washington, D.C. US Department of the Interior National Park Service Preservation Assistance Division, nd c. 1981. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 48. b/w photographs and construction detail drawings. Moisture is probably the greatest source of damage to historic buildings This publication attempts to present sound technical information for architects... More about Moisture Problems in Historic Masonry Walls; Diagnosis and Treatment
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1899. Fifth edition. Original Cloth on Boards. 12mo, pp viii. pp 119, indexed, illustrated with 91 woodcuts, 16-page Weale's publishers catalog and 48-page Crosby Lockwood publishers catalog bound in. A wonderful period piece snapshot of the masonry building trades in the late nineteenth century. The... More about Brickwork; A Practical Treatise, Embodying the General and Higher Principles of Bricklaying,...
