Melbourne: Ramsay-Ware, 1954. First edition. Pictorial Boards. Large Octavo, pp. approx. 1100, richly illustrated w/ b/w drawings and photographs from a variety of manufacturers. Very scarce Australian counterpart to Sweet's Catalogues, offering a panoramic variety of industry items. Too many sections to list here, but a sampling includes: acoustics, boilers... More about Ramsay's Architectural and Engineering Catalogue
San Francisco, CA: Chronicle Books, 2001. First edition. Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 180, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This book reveals the eccentric treasures of the commercial, civic and domestic architecture of Pal Springs, a true oasis of progressive design. An unlikely fusion of buildings suited to... More about Palm Springs Weekend; The Architecture and Design of a Midcentury Oasis
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1978. Reprint of 1884 publication. Cardboard Covers. Oblong folio, pp. vii, 7, plus 35 b/w plates. (Yes, subtitle says 40 plates, but the volume only has 35 plates, the index only has 35 plates, and no pages are missing.). Of all the pattern... More about Picturesque California Houses; A Volume of 40 Plates, Plans, Details and Specifications of Houses
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1904. First edition. Half-Leather. Octavo, pp. v. approx. 450 w/many drawings & illustrations throughout. As with all of the ICS trades-related titles, good solid professional text, well illustrated and aimed at the tradesman of the early twentieth century. Most apprentices learned their trades from these... More about ICS #14 -Carpentry, Joinery, Stair, Geometrical Drawing, Architectural Drawing, Estimating and...
London: International Correspondence Schools, Ltd, nd c. 1910. Reprint. Boards. Octavo, pp. vi, approx. 480 w/many drawings & illustrations throughout, including color plates and a foldout floor plan. As with all of the ICS trades-related titles, good solid professional text, well illustrated and aimed at the tradesman of the early... More about ICS #41B - Joinery, Stair Building, Ironmongery, Plastering, Glass and Glazing, Painting and...
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 about Concrete Masonry - Haydite Building Units
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 about Permanent Farm Construction; A Manual on Farm Concrete
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 about Photogrammetric Recording of Cultural Resources
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 about Protecting Buildings; How to Combat Dry Rot, Woodworm and Damp
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 about This is Fashion
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 about Durable Douglas Fir Sash and Frames; A. I. E. File No. 19e1
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 about Sash Doors Blinds Mouldings Mantels &c
New York: Methuen, Inc., 1977. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 178, indexed, illustrated with b/w diagrams and drawings. This book tried to anticipate what computer-aided design systems would be like, and what their impact would be on architects and other designers. The book is written from... More about The Automated Architect; Human and Machine Roles in Design
Cambridge, MA: Atwater Press, 1985. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 163, illustrated with b/w drawings. The four essays in this book consider how the countless physical objects that we live with appear in our human culture. For millennia use and making were inseparable, even when the latter knew specialization... More about The Appearance of the Form; four essays on the position designing takes between people and things
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. 239, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book is an offspring of Negroponte's "The Architecture Machine," published by The MIT Press in 1970. As is usually the case where computer systems are involved, the new generation... More about Soft Architecture Machines
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 about Century of Color: Exterior Decoration for American Buildings, 1820-1920 (with the original and...
Lancaster, PA: 1960. Decorated Wraps, white, orange. Oblong small quarto, np, ~ pp 20. Color illustrations on each page. A delightful and charming trades piece presented by one of America's favorite entertainers of the 1960's, featuring color schemes in window boxes, living areas, bedrooms and bathrooms. More about Bright ideas to brighten your home: 50 lovely decorating ideas and color schemes presented by Art...
Fitchburg, MA: Angel Novelty Co., n.d. (ca. 1952). Original edition. Metal comb binding in wraps. Small quarto, pp.75 plus insert pages, dealer discount sheet, and price list. More about Angel Novelty Co. Catalog - Presenting Angel's New Line of Standardized Woodwork for the Home
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2005. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 233, illustrated with color photographs. This is the quintessential monograph of the legendary Thomas Molesworth, his life and work. As the first thoroughly detailed and complete guide, it explores Molesworth's journey to becoming one of the... More about Molesworth: The Pioneer of Western Design
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 about Glass ~ Paints, Varnishes and Brushes; Their History Manufacture & Use
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 about Great Glass in American Architecture, Decorative Windows and Doors Before 1920
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 about General Catalog #9; Shelf hardware; automobile merchandise; builders' hardware and paints;...
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 about Victorian Decorative Art; A Photographic Study of Ornamental Design in Antique Doorknobs
Detroit, MI: Buhl Sons Co., 1924. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. xxxvii, 1116, indexed. Richly illustrated with b/w engravings. A comprehensive hardware catalog from an ambitious Detroit company that strove to offer everything a contractor could need. Over a thousand pages long, with beautiful engravings throughout, from... More about Wholesale Hardware; Mill, factory and railway supplies, mechanics' tools, iron and steel,...
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1922. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 683, richly illustrated w b/w engravings of locks and keys offered. Mild ex-library. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and... More about Illustrated Catalogue; Manufacturers of cabinet locks, padlocks, trunk, suit case locks and...
