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
Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Window Glass & Door Company, 1918. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 116, illustrated with b/w drawings, with 1918 letter on company letterhead laid in, concerning embargos, rationing, and availability during the Great War. All sorts of windows and doors: cottage windows, leaded bevel plate glass..... More
London: Joseph Sandell & Co., Ltd., May 1, 1923. First printing. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 10, illustrated with b/w drawings. Joseph Sandell was a timber merchant in London in the 1920s. This catalog featured interior and exterior doors, ornamental gates, windows, and kitchen and cabinet dressers. Very unusual! We've never..... 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
West Yorkshire, England: EP Publishing Limited, 1975. Reprint of Second Edition. Boards. Octavo, pp. 252, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. 1975 reprint of the 1933 edition, very scarce. The author begins with the round houses of pre-Roman Britain and outlines the development of the English house through the..... More
London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1910. First edition. Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 392, plus tipped-in publisher's catalogue. 336 b/w illustrations. A very comprehensive, well illustrated by British architectural 'nobolity.'. More
South Braintree, MA: J. H. Stedman Naturalized Flooring, July, 1925. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 60, illustrated with b/w photographs and color sample chart. A previous owner inscribed the cover in ink. A very attractive catalog with interior photographs of rooms featuring Stedman flooring, which also makes it..... More
New York: Kentile, Inc., 1959. Original edition. Cardboard Box, red/yellow. 3.5" x 3.25" x 3.25" full box, filled with 3" x 3" floor tile samples in 24 different colors. The tiles have color and size information printed on the back of each. A beautiful set of asphalt tile flooring samples..... 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: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 205, indexed, 243 illustrations, including 165 plates in full color. This volume was published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by the Library of Congress, Washington DC, and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany..... 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
St. Louis, MO: Mississippi Glass Co., 1960. Original edition. Solid Wood Case w/metal latch. 5" x 10.5" x 5.75" wooden case with company name on front in black painted label, a company label inside the cover with product recommendations, and working latch. The samples are contained inside a heavy cardboard..... More
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
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
Sterling, IL: National Manufacturing Company, 1947. First printing. Spiral Bound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 216; illustrated with b/w drawings. This well-illustrated catalog included some new items to National's line, such as a 2" light strap hinge, a 2" light T hinge, a sash lock, an overhead door set, a new..... More
New York: Da Capo Press, 1968. Reprint. Cloth over Boards. The Da Capo Press reprints are of high quality and have become quite scarce. A chance to get a nice affordable reprint of an important title. 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
Boston: Bulfinch Press, 1998. First edition, as stated. Trade Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xv, 260, indexed, with 166 b/w illustrations, social history of the American home. More
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 355, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. OHJ stamp on title page. As the first book to deal exclusively with interior design in 20th-century America, this volume will undoubtedly find an appreciative readership. It is heavily..... More
Greenwich, CT: New York Graphic Society Ltd, 1963. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 208, indexed, with 239 illustrations. More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1945/48. Third, Revised. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 196, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs and reproductions, color frontispiece. Scarce earlier printing of a classic. A nice overview. More
New York, NY: The International Nickel Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and specification plans. Signed on the front cover by the original owner in 1930. New and pleasing plans for the kitchens of the American home have resulted from the contest..... More
New York: Whitehead Metal Products Company, 1937. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 18, illustrated with b/w drawings with spot color. An attractive advertising brochure for Whitehead kitchen sinks and many different types of cabinetry, including a towel drier cabinet and a plate warming cabinet! The company even offered..... More
New York: Lightolier Company, 1928. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ceiling and wall-mounted light fixtures in many designs popular in the 1920s. 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
