London: Technical Journals, Ltd., 1921. First edition. Cloth over boards. Folio, pp. 26 plus 80 b/w plates. This book is a series of 80 plates, each detailing various bits of late 17th century architectural woodwork. This is the time when London was being rebuilt after the great fire, and in..... More
New York: Edward Arnold, 1909. Second edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xvi, 287, indexed, illustrated "with 64 full-page coloured plates from pictures never before reproduced" drawn by Helen Allingham with tissue guards. More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1924. First edition. Boards. Folio, pp. 25 plus 94 plates, mostly b/w photographs, but some sharp gravure images of architectural drawings. Signed in ink by a previous owner on front endpaper. The purpose of this group of measured drawings and photographs is to present to the..... More
London: Technical Journals, Ltd., 1910. First edition. Cloth over boards. Quarto, pp 250, xxii, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural floor plans, and many period advertisements. The editors emphasized "recent" because church work had remained for the most part Gothic in character up until the 20th century. These newer churches..... More
Netherlands: Various, nd c. 1940-1980. First edition. Various. More than 25 brochures, catalogs, magazines, and ephemera. A wonderful grab-bag of advertising materials for Bosch, Coburn, Tweha, Versluis, Cordima, Kaether, Fiehl, Laufwerke, and many more. Furniture, flooring, skylights, doors, hardware, and others. Includes three issues of Interieur magazine from the 1960s..... 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
Basel, Bern, Switzerland: Christoph Merian Verlag, 2019. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 320, more than 100 illustrations, mostly in color. Text in English and German. This is a book to bury yourself in, to look and learn. By using impressive photographs, Brigitte Schuster documents cat ladders in Bern..... 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
Lancaster, PA: Armstrong Cork Co., 1938. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 30, illustrated with color drawings, photographs, and color samples. Questions and answers about color schemes and linoleum use for every room of the house, from floors to sink tops to stair treads. Includes color charts, instruction on installation..... More
Lancaster, PA: Armstrong Cork Company, 1918. Original edition. Paper portfolio. Quarto, folding portfolio with 4 pages of b/w home interiors, and nine colored plates of rooms. The colored plates have information about the linoleum used in the design, and there are several extra pages of linoleum pattern charts. Frank Alvah..... 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
Chicago, IL: Masonite Corporation, 1933. First edition. Pamphlet. Folded pamphlet, 4.25" x 6.75", folding out to 8.5" x 11" At the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair, the Home and Industrial Arts Group included several buildings and homes, including a Masonite home. The display showcased advances in modern building materials, architecture, and..... More
London: Ward Lock, 1997. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96. Indexed, glossary, illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Turn crumbling plaster, chipped stonework, or a tumble-down wall into a home's most attractive site. All the techniques are clearly explained, including restoration, repainting, cleaning stone and plaster, and..... More
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
Washington, D.C. Structural Clay Products Institute, 1946. Later printing. Cardboard Covers. Quarto, no page numbers (about 400 pages), illustrated with b/w drawings and specification drawings. These books document a series of projects from material loaned by the Essex County Vocational and Technical High School in Newark, NJ. They are intended..... More
Syracuse, NY: H. E. Hessler Company, nd c. 1912. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Oblong folio, pp. 24, profusely illustrated with b/w photographs. Unusual trade catalog, illustrating a variety of decorative styles in stamped metal ceilings, borders, and tiles from the early 20th century. A rare and valuable visual resource of..... More
New York: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., n.d. (ca. 1915). First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong folio, pp. 144, illustrated with b/w photographs. A 2" square of the margin of page 33/34 has been torn out; does not affect any illustration. A few pencil notations. A beautiful catalog..... More
Syracuse, NY: Dayton Hessler Company, 1927. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 201, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings. Some advertising pages bound in the text, some with color illustrations. A Dayton Hessler advertisement for Black Bull liquid asbestos roof cement laid in. An attractive catalog covering sheet metal..... More
Asheville, NC: Southern Highland Craft Guild, 1998. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with sepia photographs. This is the exhibition catalog for a show that took place May-August, 1998, highlighting Yellin's work from 1909-1940, and the lesser-known work from the two latter generations. The contribution of the Yellin..... More
Wheeling, WV: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., 1917. First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong quarto, pp. 54, illustrated with b/w photographs. Some pencil notations on the front cover. Small dark stain on title page. This catalog displayed metal ceiling designs that were in stock for immediate shipment from..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University School of Architecture, 1990. First edition. Original Wraps, embossed in two colors. Tall Octavo, pp. 32. Illustrated with numerous b/w photos. Extremely scarce catalog of the examples of Yellin's work found throughout the Yale University campus, with photographs, a campus map, and essays by Yale..... 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
London: The Architectural Press, 1937. Third revised and enlarged. Original coarse beige linen binding. Missing page 89. Quarto, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Index of architects' names. A very influential book, on the continent and in the United States. Somewhat of a modernism manifesto, and a...... More
Meredith, New York: Historic Paints, Ltd, 1994. First edition, reprinted. Original decorated wraps. Octacvo, pp. 32. Richly illustrated with sepia toned images from the period. As the title sets forth, with chapters on "The Manufacture of Early Paints," "Types of Paint," "the Preparation and Application of Paint," "Of Colors and..... More
