New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, crimson. Quarto, pp 122. Beautifully illustrated with 80+ color plates and b/w drawings on every page. Mild ex-library. A comprehensive survey of the use of decorative glass in buildings from 1840 to 1920. Also described are glass working techniques and..... More
Seattle, WA: Seattle Hardware Co., nd ca 1915. Original edition. Embossed boards. Quarto, pp xxxii, 1898, II. Tabbed index, illustrated with b/w engravings. Seattle Hardware was established in 1883. This extensive, early catalog demonstrates how well this company was doing after only one generation. A very attractive copy, considering these..... More
Montreal and Winnipeg: Caverhill, Learmont & Co., 1909. First edition. Half-Leather. Quarto, pp 1342, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This is a gorgeous catalog! Caverhill Learmont was a wholesale shelf hardware merchant. The business was established in 1854 and became the largest hardware establishment in Canada. Sections in this catalog..... More
Sterling, IL: Lawrence Brothers Inc., 1938. First printing. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp 294, indexed; illustrated with b/w drawings. This Illinois company was established in 1876, and had a large line of hardware by the time this catalog was printed. Products included casement window fasteners, braces, latches, garage door hardware..... More
Sterling, IL: National Manufacturing Company, 1947. First printing. Spiral Bound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 216; illustrated with b/w drawings. This well-illustrated catalog included some new items to National's line, such as a 2" light strap hinge, a 2" light T hinge, a sash lock, an overhead door set, a new..... More
Chicago: Univ. of Chicago, 1950. 1st edition, second printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 788, illustrated w/ b/w photographs, foldout flow charts. Two letters related to author Boris Emmet are laid in. Boris Emmet was chairman of the board of directors of a large department store, and national retail merchandise..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1908. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 306, indexed, no illustrations. This book covers only the gas installation and utilization in the residence, not the lighting of public streets, alleys, parks and squares. The author explains how gas-fitting should be done so..... More
Milan: Editoriale Domus, 1959-1964. First edition. Original wraps. Quarto, each issue about pp. 56, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Issues include March 1959, May 1959, November 1963, February 1964, November 1964, April 1965. Text in Italian. Domus is an architecture and design magazine headquartered in Milan. These issues highlight..... More
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Padua, Italy: Giovambattista Conzatti, 1733. First edition. Full Leather, marbled endpapers. Octavo, pp. 84, with four fold-out copper engravings (originally 5; one is missing). Text in Italian. Mild ex-library, with several bookplates by previous 20th-century owners. From the collection of Count Antonio Cavagna Sangiuliani di Gualdana, an Italian historian. The..... More
Boston, MA: Ticknor and Company, 1886. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 372, indexed, illustrated with 300+ b/w drawings by the author. Signed on front endpaper by T. B. Aldrich in 1886. Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American writer, poet, critic and editor. He is notable for his long..... More
St. Louis, MO: Manchester Iron Works, 1916. First printing. Original Wraps. Oblong octavo (10 X 6 1/2), pp. 64, indexed, well illustrated. Featuring many different types of ornamental ironwork (grills, railings, stairs, benches, chimney braces, store front columns, etc). A lovely trade piece. 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
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1907. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 252, illustrated w b/w diagrams and plates, some fold-out "before and after" landscapes, plus color frontispiece w/ half-plate to show before and after landscaping. Gift inscription to Maria Agassiz in 1914 by Charles L. Peirson, colonel and brevet brigadier..... 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
nd c. 1910. Original edition. Colored print. 7" x 9.5", once folded but presented flat. A vinegar valentine was decorated with a caricature and an insulting poem. This one mocked the mason for being stupid: "You are only a howling idiot, and you waste more than you use, / You..... More
New York: Theodore Audel, 1924/1949. Later printing. Hardcover. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 6 1/2), pp ca. 400 per volume, iIlustrated with b/w photographs and wood engravings. Contains several tables and data. Volume 1 is devoted to brickwork and bricklaying; volume 2 is devoted to brick foundations, arches, and tile..... More
Reston, VA: Brick Institute of America, 1986. Later printing. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 337, indexed. More
Cleveland, OH: The Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America, 1921. Third edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 72, illustrated with b/w photographs and building specification drawings. A presentation of facts for prospective owners of houses and other buildings and a manual of construction data on brickwork for architects, engineers, contractors and..... 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
Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Narrow Octavo, pp. 65. Glossary, reading list. A very early and compact publication on the subject, but chock full of details and illustrations. Ideally suited for the professional. From the Old House Journal Reference Library... More
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Later printing. Original Maroon Pictorial Boards depicting a bricklayer. Small octavo; bricklayers' guide is pp. 316 plus index; concretes and cements section is pp. 509 plus index. Both sections illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed on front endpaper by a previous owner. Fantastic bookplate..... More
Dublin, NH: Yankee, 1974. Second edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 60, illustrated w/ b/w diagrams and engravings. Most modern architects and masons do not how to design or build a fireplace in the 18th century manner that will always be a source of beauty and delight and never smoke, if built..... More
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
