nd c. 1910. Original edition. Colored print. 7" x 9.5", once folded but presented flat. A vinegar valentine was decorated with a caricature and an insulting poem. This one mocked the mason for being stupid: "You are only a howling idiot, and you waste more than you use, / You... More
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
Reston, VA: Brick Institute of America, 1986. Later printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 337, indexed. More
Doncaster, UK: BTCV Publications, 2010. Third revised. Spiral-bound with Color Cardboard Wraps. Quarto, pp. 159. Indexed, Appendices, Bibliography, Glossary, Conversion tables. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Part of BTCV's "Practical Handbook" series, covering walls in the landscape, dry stone walls and conservation, safety and equipment, and other aspects of building, repairing... More
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
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
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
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Later printing. Original Maroon Pictorial Boards depicting a bricklayer. Small octavo; bricklayers' guide is pp. 316 plus index; concretes and cements section is pp. 509 plus index. Both sections illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed on front endpaper by a previous owner. Fantastic bookplate... More
Bedford, IN: Indiana Limestone Institute of America, nd c. 1977. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 20, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This publication is a guide to help architects, builders, masons, building owners and other interested persons examine the causes, prevention and removal of the most common... More
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
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
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
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
Washington, D.C. Structural Clay Products Institute, 1946. Later printing. Cardboard Covers. Quarto, no page numbers (about 400 pages), illustrated with b/w drawings and specification drawings. These books document a series of projects from material loaned by the Essex County Vocational and Technical High School in Newark, NJ. They are intended... More
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
Syracuse, NY: Dayton Hessler Company, 1927. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 201, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Some advertising pages bound in the text, some with color illustrations. A Dayton Hessler advertisement for Black Bull liquid asbestos roof cement laid in. An attractive catalog covering sheet metal... More
Pittsburgh, PA: McKinney Mfg. Co., 1938. Second edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 100. Richly illustrated with b/w product photos. 4-page advertising pamphlet laid in. A scarce and beautiful trade piece, featuring wonderful b/w drawings as well as numerous photos of these fine forged pieces, including ornate iron door hinges... More
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1905. First edition, first thousand. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. vi, 266, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Wiley's publication catalog (pp. 16) bound in. Signed by a previous owner on the front endpaper. This book is a literal translation of the German edition... More
Rome, NY: Revere Copper and Brass Inc., nd c. 1965. Original edition. Original Wraps with cloth spine. Quarto, pp. 86, illustrated in b/w with spot color. "Revere ... all you need to know to build better with copper" (1985, pp. 14) laid in. This publication was prepared by Revere engineers... More
New York: U.T. Hungerford Brass & Copper Co., 1907. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. 16mo, pp 283, indexed with thumb tabs at the page's edge. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Price list pages are all rubber stamped "Revised / See Price List No. 9 Adopted 1912" Chapters for brass, bronze... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing, 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 147, sumptuously illustrated with b/w photographs and plans. Four pages of photographs from a 1927 article in Architecture magazine about antique ironwork laid in. An important book and wealth of visual information on this element of Philadelphia's... More
Northampton, MA: A.W. Hastings & Co., 1953. Original edition. Metal ring binder. Small quarto, approximately 90 pages, illustrated with b/w drawings. A scarce mid-century catalog of doors, windows, moldings, and millwork, from the Northampton office of this Somerville, Mass. based millwork company, founded in 1857. This volume is well preserved... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago & Riverdale Lumber Co., 1915. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 144, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Embossed and signed on the front cover by previous owners. Porch columns, windows, casement sash, doors, metal covered and wood store fronts, grille arches, colonnades, sideboards, bookcase and... More
Chicago, IL: Foster-Munger Company, nd c. 1913. Original edition. Folded sheet of printed paper. Broadside, 12.5" x 28", portico work illustrated in b/w drawings with red lettering. An unusual design sheet of portico work by the Foster-Munger Company of Chicago. Portch posts, newels, balusters, spindles, railing, brackets, and more. Suitable for framing. More
Oshkosh, WI: Morgan Millwork, 1923. Second edition, but numbered and limited. Full Leatherette with Pictoral Design. Quarto, pp. 439, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A very beautiful trade catalog, with hundreds of millwork illustrations, stained glass, doors, interior fittings, etc. One of the nicest of its type. Uncommon... More
