New York: The Oakland Museum & Abbeville Press, 1993. First edition, second printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 328, indexed, notes, bibliography, illustrated with color and b/w photographs. "The best work in Arts and Crafts in America is already being produced on the Pacific Coast," proclaimed the English designer Charles..... More
Philadelphia, PA and Newburyport, MA: Merchant & Evans Co., and Victor Manufacturing Co., Merchant & Evans: 1930; Victor: nd c. 1900. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Merchant & Evans: Quarto, pp. 8, illustrated with b/w drawings. Victor: 16mo, pp. 12, illustrated with b/w drawings. The Merchant & Evans brochure features Almetl..... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1908. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 167, indexed, illustrated with over 100 b/w drawings. The author recounts the English rural heritage as it showed itself to him in the early years of the 20th century. England has always been famous for its villages..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. xxiv, xx, 238, plus 210 b/w plates. Signed on the front endpapers in both volumes by a previous owner. A beautifully photographed and exquisitely detailed accounting of Tudor period architecture (the years 1485-1603). This second edition is..... More
New York: Johns-Manville Corporation, 1942. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 11, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This catalog shows photographs of interior uses of asphalt tile flooring, and several charts of designs and colors available. Very useful for anyone who does restoration, maintenance, or repair work with asphalt..... More
Indianapolis, IN: The Interior Hardwood Co., 1895. Original edition. Two-hole rope tie. Oblong small quarto, pp. 17, illustrated with b/w drawings. The pages are not numbered so it's unclear whether it's complete. If so, the plate numbers are unconventional. Present are plates IV, VII, X, XIII, XVI, XIX, XXII, XXIII..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Master Builders Company, 1921. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 58, with thumb tabs for easy browsing, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Masterbuilt is the trade name for all concrete floors laid according to the methods and specifications originated by the Master Builders Company. The methods..... More
Galesburg, IL: Rowe Manufacturing Co., 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 8, illustrated with b/w photographs. These new doors were a great improvement over the popular designs that were used on earlier garages, such as sliding doors, folding doors, or swinging doors. Those earlier designs tended to come off..... More
Toledo, OH: Libbey Owens Ford Glass Company, 1942. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 35, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. A colorful sales piece showing residential windows, mirrors, interior decor, bathroom and kitchen design, and before and after photographs of interior and exterior remodeling jobs showing how glass could..... More
Chicago, IL: Industrial Publications, Inc., 1941. Revised. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 289, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book was planned for use by students in Glass Technology at ceramic colleges as a text, to be supplemented by lectures and by assignments. Chapters on elementary chemistry for glassmaking..... More
New York & London: Helburn & Batsford, 1925. First edition. Green Cloth over Boards, Gilt decoration and lettering. Quarto, pp. ix, 286, indexed, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and architectural drawings. This book classifies the smaller types of houses of the Later Renaissance in England and presents a series of examples..... More
New York: Robert M. McBride and Company, 1940. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. 112, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. 1940s American house design with articles taken from the periodical Arts & Decoration. Includes "The Newest of the Bing Crosby Homes in the San Fernando Valley" by..... More
New York: Pencil Points Press, 1926. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. vii, 201, illustrated with b/w photographic plates. The houses that form the subject of this volume - the smaller houses of the French Court - are for the most part the dwellings built and occupied, late in..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1961. Reprint of 1886 edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 372, indexed, illustrated with 300+ b/w drawings by the author. A detailed study of tradition Japanese domestic architecture, including the associated furnishings. This is an important study for the explanation of the architectural design within its..... More
Paris: Les Editions D'Art et D'Histoire, 1939. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 228, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings and photographs. Text in French. A previous owner signed the front cover in ink. The author, president of the Archaeological, Scientific and Literary Society of Vendomois, studied the oldest monuments..... More
Washington, D.C. Reprint Company, Inc., 1903, 1904. First edition. Loose Plates in Board Portfolio with Cloth Spine and Ties. Folio, pp. iv, 128 (Vol III), iv, 128 (Vol IV), illustrated with b/w architectural detailed drawings and photographs. Both volumes feature mostly views in Paris and London. Some of the plates..... More
New York: Pencil Points Press, 1925. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 215, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural engraved drawings. The Monumentos Arquitectonicos de Espana not only deals with monuments, but is in itself a monumental work. The first archaeologists of Spain were called in to expend their most..... More
London/New York: Crosby Lockwood & Son, Ltd. (Vol I), Philosophical Library (Vol II), 1950, 1955. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xx. 249 (vol I), xvii, 271 (Vol II), illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Volume I is signed by a previous owner on the front endpaper. Volume..... More
New York: Simes Company, 1939. Original edition. Boards with Cloth Spine. Folio, pp. 98, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Personal copy of architect John Barney Rodgers, who was working in New York City in the firm Rodgers and Priestley at the time of publication. Lighting for public buildings, residential use..... More
Knoxville, TN: Appalachian Tennessee Marble Co., nd c. 1925. Original edition. Decorated Cardboard Cover. Quarto, pp. 27. Illustrated with b/w photos and color sample photos. Unusual trade catalog showing the types of available marble and other stone products, and photos of buildings where the stone was used. Rare. More
London: Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd., March 1948. Second edition, reprinted. Blue Cloth over Boards. Octavo, Vol. 1 pp. 212, Vol. 2 pp. 214, Vol. 3 pp. 244. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, and photographic color frontispieces. A thorough compendium of techniques and details of the bricklayer's craft in..... More
London: The Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd, nd, post-1937. Reprint. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 30, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough list of over 300 modern bricklayer bonding examples, such as English, Flemish, Dutch, Monk, Quetta, and many more, with clear illustrations of each. Scarce! This is a title..... More
New York: National Building Granite Quarries Association, n.d. (ca. 1950). Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 11. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Previous owner's name in pencil on front cover. An interesting and scarce trade piece on the use of granite as a building material. Includes a nice 2-page..... More
New York: American Iron and Steel Institute (AISC), 1965. Original edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. 12mo, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. An uncommon publication featuring the architectural applications of stainless steel in modern buildings, including at doors and entrances, exterior walls, elevators and escalators, stairways, and even a sculpture. Well..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Technical Preservation Services Division, 1980. First edition. Decorated Wraps, Black. Quarto, pp. 170. Includes notes and bibliography. Illustrated with b/w photographs. An excellent, practical guide to the preservation of architectural metalwork. Part I is "A Historical Survey of..... More
