Cleveland, OH: Herot Builders Supply Company, nd ca 1922. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 11, illustrated with b/w photographs. Haydite is burned clay or shale properly crushed and screened into fine or coarse sizes, and is used to make a strong, light weight concrete. This booklet is devoted to... More
London: E. & F. N. Spon, 1877. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. xvi, 193, indexed, includes publisher's advertising section. Two pull-out, folding illustrations, and some b/w drawings. Signed on title page by previous owner in 1884. A comprehensive examination of the use of concrete in building, from... More
Philadelphia, PA: Association of American Portland Cement Manufacturers, 1911. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 223, indexed. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Previous owners have left a personalized impression and an address sticker inside the front cover and on the front end paper. This book presents examples of factories and warehouses... More
Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Company, nd c. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 72. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Gift inscription inside front cover in ink. Concrete is valuable in farm construction for sanitary, durable, easy to clean floors in barns, poultry houses, granaries and other farm... More
Washington DC: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, National Park Service, 1977. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 38, bibliography, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. Photogrammetry is the science of measuring by means of photography. It is an efficient and quick method for recording structures before demolition or restoration... More
London: David & Charles, 1977. Second impression. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. 156, index, bibliography, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book is the result of a lifetime's experience in caring for buildings, and is straightforward, highly readable and enlivened with humorous anecdotes - about people as well as pests!... More
New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1935. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xx, 572, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Paint color chips are complete and in very good condition. Signed on the front end paper by a previous owner. This book has three aims: first, to foster interest... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1943. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. vii, 409, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and color samples. Color samples are complete and in very good condition. Bookplate on the front end paper from a previous owner. Excellent compendium, with bibliography, of fashion history; it... More
Cleveland, OH: O. S. Hubbell Printing Company, February 10, 1897. First edition. Original Wraps; hole punched in top left corner with string loop for hanging. 16mo, pp. 84, illustrated with blue engravings and drawings. Some pencil inscriptions. Business card for Thomas & Young of Cleveland, manufacturers of hardwood interiors and... More
St. George, ME: Kelmscott Press, January, 1939. Spiralbound wraps. Octavo, pp. 152, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Some pencil marks on cover and in text block. A comprehensive trade catalog containing blinds and shutters; frames; screens; windows; cabinets; doors, exterior and interior; louvres; mantels; porch and stair materials; windows... More
Seattle, WA: West Coast Lumbermen's Association, nd c. 1928. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 20, illustrated with b/w photographs. This catalog showcases the buildings where Douglas fir sashes and frames were used in the construction, including the W. P. Fuller & Co. building in Portland, OR; the Stroh Building in Detroit;... More
Baltimore, MD: William C. Scherer & Co., 1912. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 175. b/w line drawings, halftones and engravings throughout. Marvelously illustrated trade catalog with extensive sections on doors, windows, moldings, porch spindles, shutters, mantels, store fronts and more. Many beautiful details to enjoy. More
Watkins Glen, NY: Amer Life Foundation, 1981. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 108, indexed, illustrated in color. Very important, practical study. Includes the elusive color card. Important for anyone interested in authentic coloration. More
San Francisco: Pabco Products, Inc., 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 120. Color illustrations on each page. Top right corner of each page ripped off from pp. 99-120; does not affect the color illustrations. Some pencil inscriptions in the text. An absolutely gorgeously rendered book of linoleum and... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1966. Limited edition, #701, signed. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 112, indexed, illustrated in b/w, signed by author. Excellent, early study, by a noted Pennsylvania expert/scholar: his Winterthur thesis in its signed/limited edition! More
Berkeley, CA: Peerless Built-In Furniture, July 1925. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 30, illustrated with b/w specification drawings. This handbook was intended to supplement the information contained in the Peerless catalog with specific technical data for architects and builders who were using Peerless built-in furniture. Each page offers dimensions... More
Parchment, MI: The Parchment Press, 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. xii, 83, illustrated with b/w photographs. Includes its companion piece, an 18-page 1993-1994 price guide for the furniture in the Quaint catalog. This reprint of the 1912 Quaint Furniture catalog helps to fill a gap in our knowledge... More
Delhi, India: Franklin Printing Co., 2016/1919. Reprint. Color Decorated Boards w/Dust Jacket. Small quarto, pp 170. b/w photographs, construction details, tables and charts, on every page. A detailed and extensive early catalog for a myriad of glass products from "lighthouse quality" glass to safety glass, commercial building windows, automobiles, plate... More
Pittsburgh, PA: The Lakeside Press, 1923. Cloth over Boards, brown w/gilt decoration. Quarto, pp 208 and 178. index pp xxii. Illustrated profusely with b/w photographs and several color plates. Showing factories, glass manufacturing, paints, brushes, tools, architectural glass, mirrors, store fronts, interiors, display cases, patterned and wired glass, leaded and... More
Mill Valley, CA: Victorian Design Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 1/2), pp. 118 (text), bibliography, over 200 photographic illustrations with explanatory text for each item in the calligraphic hand of Renee Locks. The author traces the history of the hardware industry in the United... More
Meriden, CT: Charles Parker, nd. Reissue. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 151, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This is a facsimile copy of a c. 1910 catalog. Contains all sorts of kitchen and workshop hardware, including coffee mills, gate hinges and pulleys, hammers, match safes, shears and scissors, and many more... More
New York: Hammacher, Schlemmer & Co., (ca. 1915). Original green Cloth w/title on cover & spine, gilt design on cover. Quarto, pp. 1112, indexed. End papers damaged but text block intact. Very scarce. Many tools, but also architectural hardware (clock spires, Morris Chair rods, exotic furniture feet, furniture pulls, etc)... More
Bridgewater, MA: Independent Nail & Packing Co., 1956. First edition. Cardboard Display. 12" x 18" 4-color cardboard display, with a hole for hanging on a wall, and wings that fold out from the back to create a countertop stand. A scarce display of nails and other building fasteners, containing 47... More
Pittsburgh, PA: J. A. Williams & Co., nd c. 1920. Original edition. Cloth over boards, gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 499, tabbed indexed, many b/w illustrations, several color charts for paints and stains. This company wanted to supply everything you need! Mechanics' tools, door hardware, hinges, dish pans, roofing, silverware, washing... More
Saginaw, MI: Morley Brothers, 1920. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 1786, tabbed index. Illustrated with many b/w drawings and several color sections (Congoleum flooring, alabastine paint chips, and more). "Morley Brothers" written in black on the red fore edges of the book. This is a comprehensive catalog! Nearly 1,800 pages... More
