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...

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

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

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,...

New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1994. First paperback edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto. pp 336. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. A unique work of pictorial reference, supported by introductory texts, glossary and bibliography, which will be equally valuable to art historians, architects and designers- and to anyone who cares... More about Cast Iron Decoration: A World Survey

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 about Building with Assurance

Sydney: Flannel Flower Press, 1985. Second Printing. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 108, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and a color paint chart. Signed by previous owner on front endpaper. A six-page article clipped from "Fine Homebuilding" (Apr/May 1989) laid in, titled "Two Hundred Years of the Australian... More about Colour Schemes for Old Australian Houses

Cleveland, OH: Sherwin-Williams Paints, 1937. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 34, illustrated in color, covers both interior and exterior. This pamphlet introduces the reader to a couple that wants to spruce up their house, and takes us through each room and why they made the decisions they did when... More about The Home Decorator

Bridgeport, Connecticut: Palliser, Architects, 1878. First edition, later printing. Original Decorative Cloth. Octavo. pp 98. 28 Designs and trade advertisements in the back of the book. Beautiful example of a pattern book from this time period in fantastic condition. Hitchcock 915. Floor plans and exterior perspective renderings, beautifully drawn of 28 period Victorian buildings. More about Palliser's Model Homes Showing a Variety of Designs for Model Dwellings; also Farm-Barn and...

New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1952. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 442, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This collection of houses were selected from Architectural Record between 1948 and 1952, capturing the evolution that occurred in American house design in that period. Many beautiful interior... More about 82 Distinctive Houses from Architectural Record

New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. First edition. Cloth over boards. Quarto, pp 143. with 150 b/w photographs and 100 plans, as well as many other illustrations. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. This book goes beyond a typical pattern book, and also includes articles on estimating costs, making... More about The Book of Houses

New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Second printing. Boards. Quarto. pp 196. illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans of houses. Forty new houses selected by a jury of architectural photographers from all parts of the country; all are actual houses, already built and occupied. All were built for $15,000... More about America's Best Small Houses; 40 Actual Homes, Recently Completed, Costing from $6000 to...

Dallas, TX: Southern Pine Assoc. nd c. 1935. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 98, illustrated with b/w watercolor paintings, photographs, and floor plans. This book presents pictures, descriptions and floor plans for 78 homes, among the most popular that have appeared in Holland's magazine, covering all types of... More about Distinctive Southern Homes