Boston: James R. Osgood, 1877. Fifth American, from the English edition. Original Red Cloth with gilt title. Octavo. pp xxxiv, 304, indexed, illustrated with chromolithographs, engravings, and wallpaper samples. A gift inscription dated 1877 is written on the front endpaper. Book plate for Francis Waring Robinson affixed inside front cover..... More
New York: Wiley, 2009. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover. Small Quarto, pp. 457. Illustrated in b/w. This book guides architects, engineers, contractors, and landscape architects in making the right choices to minimize their projects' environmental and human health impacts - whether the right answer is a new, green material or..... More
New York: The Decorator and Furnisher Company, 1885. Original printing. Staplebound Wraps. Folio (11" x 16'), pp. viii, 31, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings and color lithography. This beautiful monthly magazine was dedicated to aspects of interior decoration. Articles on funeral decoration, curtains and carpets, French furniture, ladies' work in..... More
New York: Fox Duffield & Company, 1906. Later printing. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 165, illustrated with b/w photographs. Bookplate for Library of Duffield & Company affixed inside front cover. Duffield & Company was a publishing house in the early 20th century in New York. There are comparatively few..... More
Chicago, IL: Decorators Supply Corp. nd c. 1950. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 20, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. A nice catalog, with hundreds of elaborately patterned cornices, mouldings, pediment ornaments, grilles, other pieces of architectural detail. More
Boston: The Carpenter-Morton Co., 1916. First edition. Original Paper Covered Boards w/tipped-in color illustration. Small octavo (5 1/2" x 8" ) pp 64. over 30 beautiful colored plates. Carpenter-Morton order form and a 1917 price list for Campbell's varnish and stains, also made by Carpenter-Morton, laid in. An incredibly scarce..... More
Tokyo: Kodamsha International, 2000. First English language edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 124, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This book adopts a chronological approach, revealing each succeeding period in all its individuality. The book is not a specious account of a monolithic Japanese way of life that continues unvarying from century..... More
New York: Whitehead Metal Products Company, 1929. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 11, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. An attractive advertising brochure for Whitehead kitchen sinks and steel cabinets, with clever cabinet accessories built in, such as a slicing board, cutlery tray, lid rack, step shelving for..... More
Schenectady, NY: General Electric Company, 1909. First edition. Staplebound Wraps, two-hole punched. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. The problem of efficient and economical street lighting was addressed with the tungsten lamp, with its high efficiency for a given current consumption. Tungsten lamps combined effective distribution of the light..... More
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1951. First printing. Staplebound Wraps, three-hole punched. Octavo, pp. 64, illustrated in b/w. Good spec. booklet. More
Chicago: Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute, 1962. Fifteenth edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 80. Standard specifications and practices for concrete joist construction, and reinforcing materials and services such as bars, spiral rods, and welded wire fabric. More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2022. Third edition, greatly expanded. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 229. Bibliography and Appendices. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. A detailed study of the history, tools, and methods used to split, hoist, and transport quarried stone in pre-industrial New England. Here in a much expanded 3rd..... More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1938. First edition. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. ~190, illustrated with b/w drawings, including several fold-out plates. Stamped by a previous owner on title page. The first section of the book covers stresses in masonry, piers, walls, beams, corbels, lintels, footings, reinforced brick masonry, and more..... More
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1960. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 35, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Chapters on the history of Portland cement; materials for concrete; fundamentals of quality concrete; tools for horizontal surfaces; fundamentals of the use of transit and level; constructing concrete flatwork; hot and cold..... More
Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Association, 1929. Third edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 71, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural drawings. Covers the fundamental requirements of concrete, proportioning concrete mixtures, design of concrete mixtures, control of concrete in the field, special processes and materials, shrinkage and expansion of concrete..... 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
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1932. First edition. Hard Cover. Small quarto, pp. ~150, illustrated with b/w drawings, including several fold-out plates. This book is divided into two parts. The first section covers dead loads; weight of floor construction; weight of roof construction; live loads; floor loads; resultant loads on..... More
Toronto: Canadian Allis-Chalmers, 1913. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w photographs. A delightful look at many architectural uses of metal ornamentation popular in the early 20th century. This catalog displays interior photographs of the foundry, but the main interest is showing their finished design work. Each..... More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1931. First edition. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. 94, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, including several fold-out plates. Chapters on screws and bolts; vestibules; thresholds; grilles; window guards; railings; balconies; lamps; weather vanes; elevator enclosures; stairs; and more. As with all the International Textbook technical..... More
New York: Todhunter, nd c. 1915. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 16mo, pp. 15, illustrated with b/w silhouettes. Arthur Todhunter emigrated to the United States in 1909, and initially concentrated on importing paneled rooms, mantelpieces, fireplace equipment, hardware, and lighting fixtures from England. His factory for manufacturing fine metalwork was in..... More
New York: American Homecrafts Company, 1921. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 160, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ex-library markings. Good residential architecture is common in Connecticut. The skill of Connecticut craftsmen is proverbial. In order to fully realize how much good domestic designing there is to be found in the..... More
New York: New York World's Fair, 1939. First edition. Pamphlets. Small quarto, each pp. 4. Demonstration home No. 4, the House of Glass sponsored by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company; Demonstration home No. 3, the Bride's Home, an all-electric house sponsored by General Electric and several other companies; Demonstration home No..... More
Cincinnati, OH: Eagle White Lead Co., nd c. 1920. Original edition. Paint samples in leather wallet. Leather wallet 3.5" x 4.5", containing 16 paint samples measuring 3" x 4.25". Each sample has its color on one side, and identifying name and catalog number on the reverse. Packaged with the samples..... More
Dayton, OH: Lowe Brothers, nd c. 1940. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 43, illustrated with color drawings. A practical guide for exterior and interior painting, covering suggested colors, materials and techniques. There are many interior perspectives of kitchens, living spaces and other rooms using the Lowe Brothers color..... More
New York: National Lead Co., 1927-1936. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small octavo, each issue pp. ~25, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. January 1927, July-August 1929 (Special advertising issue), April-May 1930, Vol 28 No 2 (1935), Vol 28 No. 5 (1935), Vol 29 No 1 (1936), Vol 29 No..... More
