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Boston Architectural Club Exhibition 1902.
Boston: Boston Architectural Club, 1902. First printing. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 174, illustrated with b/w photographs. The Boston Architectural Club was organized in 1889 for the purpose of associating those interested in the profession of architecture, with a view to mutual encouragement and help in studies. The..... More
Smaller Italian Villas & Farmhouses.
New York: The Architectural Book Publishing Co., 1922. Second Printing. Trade Blue Cloth, with gilded lettering. Folio (12" X 17") pp. 125, illustrated by photos & sketches made by the author and by others (all architects). Originally issued in 1916, almost as a travelogue, one wonders how the author escaped..... More
Practical Homes; containing 90 designs of moderately priced houses, each design shown in full color with floor plans / English & Spanish Designs / Square Types & Duplexes / English Colonials / Dutch Colonials / Semi-Bungalows / Bungalows
Springfield, OH: The Petticrew Real Estate Company, 1929. Fifth Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 64, illustrated with color perspective photographic reproductions of homes already constructed and b/w floor plans. This book was published to aid home builders in selecting a home best suited to their individual tastes and requirements. Interior..... More
Carey Products: Dependable Modern Building Materials.
Cincinnati, OH: The Philip Carey Company, nd c. 1950. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 27, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Carey was one of the early adopters of the slogan "shop locally and wisely." They took pride in a great organization of building material dealers who distributed their..... More
Search for Form: A Fundamental Approach to Art.
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1950. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xxi, 354, illustrated with b/w photographs. As director of The Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, it has been the author's responsibility as well as his natural inclination to reflect upon the nature of Art as..... More
Kawneer Solid Copper Store Fronts; A Collection of Successful Designs
Niles, MI: The Kawneer Company, nd c. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 64, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and drawings. Center four pages are detached but present. At the time of this publication, more than 100,000 Kawneer solid-copper store fronts were in existence. The distinctive show windows..... More
The True Principles of Pointed or Christian Architecture ; set forth in two lectures delivered at St. Marie’s, Oscott
London: John Weale, 1841. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt decoration. Small quarto, pp. 68 plus 10 plates on heavy card stock including frontispiece. Frontispiece is a print of an engraving with colored text, title page is colored, decorated and illustrated, leaves have a decorative border and full gilt edges..... More
The Log Cabin Myth; A Study of the Early Dwellings of the English Colonists in North America
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xxi, 243, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Book plate by author Stephen Winsor Reed inside front cover. Nine out of ten Americans firmly believe that all Colonial pioneers lived in log cabins. As a matter..... More
The Real Log Cabin.
New York: MacMillan Company, 1931. Reissue. Cloth over Boards, gilt illustration. Octavo, pp. 278, illustrated with b/w photographs. Book plate and signature by a previous owner on the front endpapers in 1932. Log cabin sketch and typed poem laid in. Preparation and construction of a log cabin, from selecting the..... More
New System of Ventilation; which has been thoroughly tested under the patronage of many distinguished persons, being adapted to parlors, dining and sleeping rooms, kitchens, basements, cellars, vaults, water-closets, stables, preserving-rooms, churches, legislative-halls, school and court-rooms, prisons, hospitals, stores, show-windows, hotels, banking-houses, restaurants, coal-mines, powder-magazines, railroad tunnels, factories, pork packing houses, ships, steamboats, etc. Also passenger and freight cars. A Book for the Household.
New York: D. Van Nostrand, 1881. Fourth edition enlarged, with new illustrations. Embossed Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 176, reference index, illustrated with b/w engravings. Stamped and signed in ink by a previous owner on front endpaper. The author defined ventilation as the complete removal of vitiated..... More
The Sourcebook of Decorative Stone.
Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 2007. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Publisher's press release for the book laid in. This is a comprehensive identification guide that fills the gap between scholarly works on ancient marbles and the modern stone trade. High quality images..... More
The Book of Triple Insulated Homes.
New York: Johns-Manville Corporation, 1937. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 28, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and some color drawings. This company built homes that were insulated against fire, weather and wear. The roof and siding were asbestos to protect against fire, the house was insulated against temperature..... More
California Redwood Block Paving.
San Francisco, CA: California Redwood Association, 1917. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 12, illustrated with b/w photographs. 2-page sheet on mechanical properties of redwood laid in. The California Redwood Association published this booklet for the purpose of calling the attention of engineers, architects, public officials and owners of..... More
Architectural Graphic Standards for Architects, Engineers, Decorators, Builders, and Draftsmen (Third Edition).
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1948. Third edition, Fourteenth printing. Trade Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 344, indexed, illustrated with hundreds of b/w architectural specification drawings. The ultimate in standard references, a "must" for any architect. It remains indispensable for architects and builders/tradesmen who work in more traditional, older..... More
Glossary of Terms Applicable to Aboriginal Architecture and Construction in the American Southwest.
New York: Books International, 1959. Second Printing. Decorated Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 19, bibliography. This glossary presents a compilation of terms which may serve as a reference source for the student of southwestern archaeology in study or description of the architectural and constructional features as evidenced in the various structures..... More
The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art, 1921; A Review of the Latest Developments in the Artistic Construction Decoration and Furnishing of the House
London: The Studio, Ltd., 1921. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 122. Illustrated with numerous b/w drawings, plans and photos and 9 color plates. A fine collection of illustrated articles by Sydney R Jones, L. Sutton Wood, Maurice S. R. Adams, M. H. Baillie Scott, and Erik Wettergren on..... More
Brick Homes.
Cleveland, OH: Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America, 1922. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 63, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This booklet illustrates sixty economical, beautiful homes of common brick. More
Shock of the Old: Christopher Dresser's Design Revolution.
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 2004. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 240, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Published in conjunction with Christopher Dresser's first comprehensive museum retrospective, this extensively illustrated survey affirms his achievement as the first professional industrial designer - in effect, the inventor of the modern-day..... More
Arte Italiana Decorativa e Industriale: Anno V, VIII, IX (1895, 1898, 1899).
Milan: Ulrico Hoepli, 1895, 1898, 1899. First edition. Portfolio with loose plates. Folio (14" x 18"), 9 color plates from Anno V (1895) that fold out to 28" x 36". Anno V: 72 b/w and color plates in the series, plates 25-26 and 49-50 are double plates, missing 32-33, 56-58..... More
Architecture Magazine, May 1927; Volume LV Number 5
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 130, illustrated with b/w photographs, specification drawings, and period advertising, some in color. Articles include the Federal Reserve Bank of NY by architects York and Sawyer; school building details from architects Guilbert and Betelle; country homes in Birmingham..... More
Architecture Magazine, June 1927; Volume LV Number 6
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 122, illustrated with b/w photographs, specification drawings, and period advertising, some in color. Articles include the McKinlock campus buildings for Northwestern University, Chicago; a portfolio of brickwork textures; landscape gardening; woodcuts by Julius Lankes; an elevator car design..... More
Barn Book.
Fort Atkinson, WI: James Manufacturing Company, 1937. Original edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This catalog explains how to build, remodel, ventilate, and equip the farm barn for profit. The needs of chickens, horses, pigs, and cattle are covered in detail, and products..... More
Face Brick Homes.
Canton, OH: The Stark Brick Company, 1931. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 32, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Brick makes any building look beautiful, of course, but face brick isn't just for an added touch of beauty. Face brick is the term used for brick that isn't needed..... More
A Buying Guide for Pittsburgh Glass Products and Accessories.
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1945. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 86, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. In the pages of this buying guide are described and illustrated all of the glass products of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as well as glass products, tools and..... More