New York: Wiley-Interscience, 1972. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xv, 146, indexed, illustrated with 8 color plates. This volume sets forth basic information on the science of color and its practical applications to architecture. Special features include a chart demonstrating the interpenetration of colors in limestone, colored..... More
Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 1999. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 230. American hardware from 19th century & early 20th is a fast-growing collecting area. This is the premier identification and value guide to these beautiful and very collectible items. 1,000 different hardware items are covered, 1,000 b/w photographs, 16 page..... 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
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1970. First edition. Cloth over Boards in Slipcase. Small quarto, pp. 344 (volume 1) and 300 (volume 2), illustrated with b/w photographs. The Garvan collection of American silver was started by a Yale alum in 1916, and gifted to Yale in 1930. Three major..... More
London, UK: Copper Development Association (UK), 1948, 1949. Second impression. Boards with Green Cloth Spine. Small quarto, pp 105, 31. Illustrated with b/w photos and construction details. Volume I is tan boards with green cloth covered spine, inside is clean and tight. Supplement is staplebound wraps in similar colors. A..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Technical Preservation Services Division, 1992. First edition. Decorated Wraps, Gold. Quarto, pp. 168. Includes Notes and Bibliography. Richly illustrated with b/w photos. An excellent, practical guide to the preservation of architectural metalwork. Part I is "A Historical Survey..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Co, Inc, 1998. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo, pp. 272, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Appendices (list of buildings by Bogardus), notes. James Bogardus was a 19th century American inventor known for his unique grinding mill and other patented devices, but his..... More
Savannah, GA: Telfair Books, 2010. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 128, illustrated with color photographs. This book examines the important role Savannahians played in the production of silver flatware and hollowware and in the connoisseurship and collecting of these distinctive and beautiful objects. The Telfair Museum hosted an exhibit..... More
Houston, TX: University of St. Thomas Art Dept. 1966. First edition. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. 288. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos, prints, and drawings. This catalogue of a 1966 museum exhibit showcases a wide variety of examples of ironwork throughout the ages, from ancient coins and talismans to arms and..... More
Detroit: Berry Brothers, n.d. ca 1930's. First edition. Staplebound Decorated Wraps. Octavo, pp. 40, illustrated w/color drawings. Stamped by Sturtevant & Blood Co., a lumber yard in Owosso, Michigan, on the front cover. Published by Berry Brothers, who sold varnishes, enamels and stains out of Detroit, Ontario, and San Francisco..... More
Portland, ME: The Laclede Manufacturing Co., nd c. 1915. First edition. Pamphlet. Trifold pamphlet, 3.75" x 7", folds out to 11" x 7", contains twelve shingle stain samples, each 0.5" x 2" An attractive booklet advertising Brown's high grade rustic shingle stains, made with linseed oil and creosote liquid oil..... More
New York: Johns-Manville, 1936. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 46, illustrated with b/w specification drawings. One page has a long closed tear. Previous owner signed the cover in ink. Some pencil notations inside front cover. Nice copy of scarce information booklet with detailed specifications for products using the..... More
Carrera, IT: Italian Marble Industrie, 1972. First edition. Original Cloth on Boards, green w/white embossed lettering. Quarto, pp x, pp 223. B/W photographs throughout text plus 140 Color reproductions of marble types by Rizzoli in Milan. Specifications for each type is listed across from each plate. (Physical & mechanical tests..... More
