Pittsburgh, PA: Hipwell Manufacturing Co., nd c. 1910. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Pamphlet, 3.5" x 6", pp. 19, illustrated with b/w drawings. Hipwell was founded in 1887 as Pittsburgh's first stamping plant, then started making parts for oil lamps and later parts for natural gas-fueled lamps. They moved to their..... More
Woodstock, VT: Countryman Press, 2001. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 198, illustrated with b/w drawings. Glossary, bibliography, index. Kevin Gardner distills 25 years of experience in building and repairing New England-style dry stone walls into principles and practices that are adaptable to a wide variety of designs and..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: R. J. Cunningham Designs, 1980. Reissue. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 304. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and designs. A scarce item, this ornamental ironwork design catalog was originally issued in the late 1950s, and includes furnishings, exterior ornamental pieces, chimney pieces, archways and fences, grilles..... More
Chantilly, VA: Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association, Inc., 1997. Fifth edition, third printing, with addendum No. 1. Three-ring punched perfect wraps. Quarto, pp. x, 373, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This manual was prepared to provide architects and specifiers with a reliable reference for the proper design..... More
New York: National Lead Co., 1924. First edition. Black portfolio w/gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp 30. Color renderings on each page: 15 exterior perspectives and 15 interior perspectives. A charming trade piece with beautiful colored perspective renderings showing exterior and interior paint finishes. The National Lead Company began business in..... More
New York: Seeley Brothers, 1886. First edition. Embossed Boards. Folio, publishers blind-stamped cloth. Lithographic title leaf, pp. 8, 20 chromolithographic plates, each with descriptive text facing, pp. 3 of advertisements, one with paint samples, which includes 2 chromolithographic plates with one incorporating 12 flat pastel paint samples. Presentation book plate..... More
Wilmington, DE: Hercules Powder Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 169, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book includes a short account of the history and theory of explosives, types of explosives manufactured, and blasting accessories. Principal attention is given to actual results obtained in the..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1914. Original Cloth over Boards. Folio (10.5" x 14"), 70 numbered plates, indexed. Original brown cloth in very good order, internally sound. Indexed. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. With 70 large, scaled drawings of terra cotta in building applications (from windows..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: National Fireproofing Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 6, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. This pamphlet highlighted NATCO's hollow building tile, which was economical, dense, strong, protected against fire, didn't need painting, easy to install, and never decayed. The product line is illustrated, along with..... More
Paris: Flammarion, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 287, indexed, illustrated w/color photographs and reproductions. Illustrated end papers. Text in French. A stunning collection of Islamic architecture with exterior and interior ceramic tile finishes. From the Old House Journal reference library. More
