New York: Morgan Woodwork Organization, 1923 (1987). Second edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp 439, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A wonderful reprint of the 1923 Morgan trade catalog. A chance to own the "almost original" for less money! A beautiful piece, part pattern book and part trade catalog... More
Chicago: Decorators Supply Company, May 1906. First edition. Cardboard Covers with Cloth Spine. 16mo, pp 72, illustrated with detailed b/w drawings. Large counterstamp in purple ink by the office and salesroom on cover and title page; pencil calculations on rear back cover. This company made capitals and brackets for exterior... More
Chicago. IL: Frederick J. Drake & Company, 1913. First edition. Decorated Boards. Sm Octavo, pp.440, 203 & (15). All sections illustrated with b/w drawings. 10 pages of trade literature at end of book. Each section with index. As with most books by Hodgson, this is the industry standard in its... More
London, England: Crosby Lockwood And Son, 1904. Ninth edition. Cloth over Boards. 16mo, pp. xxi, 394, indexed, illustrated in b/w and color, with 16-page Weale's publishing catalog and 48-page Crosby Lockwood publisher's catalog bound in. A fine and historic guide for house and sign painters. Topics include the painter's tools... More
London: Chas Griffin and Co., 1913. Fourth edition, revised and enlarged. Original Maroon Cloth with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Small octavo. pp xvi, 329, indexed. Illustrated with 30 black-and white and 4 colored plates protected by tissue. This is a very comprehensive, tradesman-oriented, well illustrated manual from the early 20th... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, 1948. First edition. Embossed Decorated Boards, Dark Green. Quarto, pp. 180, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Includes numerous paint and stain chips, color charts, and technical details. A wonderful trade catalog and professional manual for house painters, promoting Pittsburgh's product lines. In nice condition... More
New York: Wadsworth, Martinez and Longman, nd c. 1880. First edition. Paper advertisement with wooden frame. Frame is 24.75" x 28.50" and has a handpainted inscription on it: "For Sale by E. M. Wright & Co Orwell Vt." This attractive advertisement has 8 prints of the same Victorian house, painted... More
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
Chicago: American Face Brick Assn. 1920. First edition. Staplebound in Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 115. Illustrated with numerous color drawings and b/w photos, drawings and plans. A scarce early 20th century pattern book promoting the use of brick as a durable and attractive building material. Features numerous fine color renderings... More
New York: Orange Judd & Company, 1871. First edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp 287, illustrated with b/w drawings and engravings. Hints and suggestions as to general principles of house building, style, cost, location, symmetry and modes of building. Chapters include water supply, kitchen and ventilation, foundations, brick, concrete walls... More
Bay City, MI: Bay City Ready-Cut Home Company, 1917. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 32, indexed, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and floor plans. Embossed seal by previous owner on front endpaper and back cover. This Michigan company illustrated and described 25 master designs of popular American homes that... More
Washington, D.C. American Institute of Architects Press, 1990/1915. Republication. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 126. b/w illustrations, floor plans, photographs and architectural drawings throughout. Signed by Daniel D. Reiff inside front cover. A beautifully illustrated plan book, depicting the popular bungalow styles which actually emanated from British Colonial India. There... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1900. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Folio, pp. 33 plus 21 full page b/w plates of home exteriors and floor plans. Bookplate for a previous owner on front endpaper. Publisher's advertisement and receipt for the book laid in. Building homes for the working class, at rents that... More
Milford, MI: De Garmo Lumber Co., 1947. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp 32, indexed. Illustrated with spot color b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. Who doesn't dream of having a summer home? These cottages, log cabins, boat houses, tourist cabins, and piers are attractive and economical. They also... More
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
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
Boston, MA: Station WNAC Home Builder's Department, 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Stamped on the cover by the architect of the Home Harmonious project. The "Home Harmonious" was a joint project between Massachusetts radio station WNAC and contractors, developers, and building... More
Chicago, IL: Sears Roebuck and Co., nd c. 1910. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 32; illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and home plans. An early kit house catalog from Sears, for buildings that could be assembled with only a wrench, hammer, and screwdriver. The catalog includes single... More
New York: The Co-Operative Building Plan Assoc. 1891. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio 11 1/2" x 14 1/2, each issue approximately 60 pp., with b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. Trade advertisements throughout. Two advertising pages bound in upside down. Ex-library. A bound copy of four issues of Shoppell's beautiful... More
London: Country Life, Ltd., 1939. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto. pp. 92, with period advertisements bound in. Richly illustrated with b/w photos and floor plans. Very good source book on small homes in the 1930s. A remarkable and interesting book on the subject, written by the editor of England's... More
Boston: Robert L. Stevenson, 1923. First edition. Cloth Spine, Pictorial Boards, brown. Small quarto, pp. 120, richly illustrated w/architectural drawings, floor plans, and photographs in sepia tones. Price list for 1925 laid in. A historic pattern book from a local Boston architect who built many homes in the towns in... More
Bay City, Michigan: The Aladdin Company, 1922. First edition. Decorated Wraps with Cloth Spine. 12mo, pp 128. wonderfully illustrated with color and black-and-white drawings. Signed on the cover by a previous owner. As with most Aladdin pattern books, quite outstanding and uncommon. Very colorful and a true reflection of its... More
Alton, Illinois: Gentle Beam Publications, 2004. First printing. Paperback. Octavo. pp vi, 158. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, halftones. Indexed, appendiced. Signed by the author. Between 1908 and 1940, some 75,000 Sears homes were built. And yet, there has been very little research published on the subject. Rose Thornton's book corrects... More
Moscow: Izdatel'stvo Akademii Arkhitektury SSSR, 1947. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp 328, illustrated with b/w drawings and several color plates. Text in Russian. Chapters on materials, plaster mortars, tools and fixtures, plastering, decorative plaster, plastering architectural details, special types of plaster, organization of plastering. An unusually scarce... More
Philadelphia: Cooper, Jones and Cadbury, 1884. First edition. Original brown decorated linen. Quarto, pp 272, numerous b/w lithographs, index. A very early Philadelphia building trades piece. Beautifully illustrated: at times merely functional products, but many with a beautiful aesthetic component, such as ornate and complicated faucets, chain-stays, soap cups, fountains... More
