nd c. 1920. Three-ring bound. Small quarto, pp. 27, heavy glossy pages illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. This is a very nice collection of residences and farm buildings. There is no indication who the architect or the client was, but with this attractive collection, there were plenty of..... More
London: John Williams and Co., 1847. First edition. Green Embossed Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Folio (14" x 18"), pp. viii, 48, illustrated with 36 plates. This work contains a series of original designs for street elevations and shop fronts in the Grecian, Gothic, Italian, Tudor, Elizabethan, and Louis XIV..... More
Boston: Frederick H. Gowing, 1925. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Quarto. pp 224. illustrated with b/w photographs, architectural drawings and floor plans. The purpose of this book is to furnish the prospective home owner with medium cost, well planned and delightfully attractive and comfortable homes, which prioritized convenience and details such..... More
New York: McBride, Nast & Co., 1912. New & Enlarged. Cloth over Boards, olive w/embossed design & lettering. Small quarto, pp 80, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Ex-library markings. A lovely plan book showing architect designed homes including Georgian, "Country," half-timber, stained shingle, stone, and other attractive materials..... More
Cleveland, OH: John Henry Newson Co., 1913. Second edition. Cloth over Boards, sage, with tipped-in pictorial label. Quarto, pp. 304. Richly illustrated with b/w, tinted photographs, drawings, floor plans, and detailed renderings. Includes advertising section in back. Ex-library markings. Some foxing in the endpapers. An interesting early 20th century pattern..... More
New York: The Atlas Portland Cement Company, 1926. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 44, illustrated with b/w building plans and photographs, and two plates of color options. Sections on the foundation and cellar; walls of concrete block and stucco; walls of stucco on metal lath; color and texture; the..... More
Seattle: West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau, 1928. Original edition. Staplebound wraps w/illustrated cover. Small quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with architectural renderings in b/w with floor plans. Fine examples of West Coast design with superb renderings, exterior elevations, interior elevations and floor plans. Cottage styles, farm houses, and other styles..... More
New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1916. First edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 120. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and floor plans. Ex-library markings. This book was intended for those who wanted a comfortable house with a modest price. It supplies simple, direct plans that serve..... More
Tokyo: CREO, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Square quarto, pp. 100, illustrated with b/w photographs. Minimal text in Japanese and English. The history of the development of the city of New York is engraved on the street of Broadway, which slants north up Manhattan. Collected here are photographic spaces..... More
Oxford, NY: David Hayles, 2015. First edition, Limited to 100 copies. Color Pictorial Boards. Quarto, pp 326, illustrated with color photographs. Scagliola, a plastering technique used to create the look of marble is the life work of author and expert preservationist David Hayles. He recently won the prestigious Askins Award..... More
Kohler, WI: Kohler Co., 1948. First edition. Blue Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144. Indexed, illustrated in b/w and color. Aerial photograph of Kohler used for endpapers. Two one-page inserts laid in; 1951 bathtub advertisement, and 1950 bathroom sink advertisement. Scarce edition of this post-war plumbing fixture catalog with marvelous..... More
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. First edition. Decorated Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 272, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Conservation of our existing structures has obvious economic and social value. Moreover, historic structures provide an excellent laboratory for studying aspects of structural engineering, materials science..... More
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1981. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 1291, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This impressive and richly illustrated sequel to Charles B. Hosmer's earlier volume, Presence of the Past, reviews the history of preservation activity in the United States from 1926 to..... More
Ambler, PA: Asbestos Shingle, Slate And Sheathing Co., nd c. 1913. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 20, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Includes directions for several different methods of installation of roofing shingles, such as honeycomb, straight laid, and French diagonal. Exterior photographs of buildings with Ambler..... More
San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1981. First American edition. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 191, illustrated with color photographs. This book shows how theories of color and form have been brought to life in modern architecture. Illustrated with examples from throughout the 20th century and around..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Peter Blundell Jones details the inadequacy of the first histories of the Modern Movement by revealing the existence of suppressed alternative traditions within the movement and shows their great diversity..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1994. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 245, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The move to livable communities - ideal "small towns'' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place - is on. Profit from what..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This book forms a critical appraisal of the place and direction of architecture and urban design in a new world order at the start of the 21st century. This practical guide highlights..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2000. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 258, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Includes CD-ROM with MS Excel workbooks. This book presents state-of-the-art information on high efficiency glazing systems and their energetic and environmental impact on modern buildings. The information is presented in..... More
Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 428, indexed, illustrated with 37 color plates and 248 b/w photographs. Thirty-two papers presented at the Gilding Conservation Symposium held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in October 1988 comprise an interdisciplinary compilation of current gilding conservation..... More
