Chicago, IL: The Barber Asphalt Company, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Albumen photographs. 3 albumen photographs, 5" x 7", showing buildings featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs, with advertising information printed on the reverse sides. Three photographs, each featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs. St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Lafond & Hamline..... More
New York, NY: The International Nickel Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and specification plans. Signed on the front cover by the original owner in 1930. New and pleasing plans for the kitchens of the American home have resulted from the contest..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Hardcover, 1980. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 390, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. A nice copy of an uncommon compendium from a pioneering publication in the preservation movement. Features previously published articles from "Old House Journal," covering hands-on solutions to most problem areas..... More
Oakland, CA: Dixon & Hillen, 1922. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 72, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and floor plans. This booklet features homes of moderate cost, yet properly and artistically designed, planned for the average width city lot of forty feet. The plans called for..... More
Portland, OR: West Coast Lumbermen's Association, nd c. 1955. Original edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 14. Illustrated with color photographs. A great companion piece to "Distinctive Homes of West Coast Lumber" (19759). It looks like they used some of the same interior rooms to photograph this booklet. Recipes..... More
Philadelphia, PA: House Painting and Decorating Publishing Co., 1887. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Small quarto, pp. 406, xlv, indexed, each issue illustrated with b/w engravings and a beautifully colored chromolithographic print. An interesting assortment of articles focused on house painting and decorating at the height of Victorian styling..... More
Barre, VT: H. A. Goodrich, nd c. 1911. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 16mo, pp. 20, illustrated with b/w drawings of engraved gravestones. H. A. Goodrich did business under the name of "Granite Buyer" because he was on the ground instead of on the road, selling work on commission for several..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Bruce Publishing Co., 1920. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 62, indexed, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and drawings. The author was a teacher in the manual training department in the local schools of St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Through his instruction, the students built bird houses and..... More
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1903. First edition. Embossed Decorated Boards, Black. Small octavo, pp. 163, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Previous owner signed the front endpaper. The materials employed in painting are, perhaps for several reasons, liable to adulteration, and it is not uncommon to find one substance entirely..... More
Detroit, MI: Ornamental Products Co, nd circa 1930. First edition. Staplebound brown wraps. Small quarto, pp. 36, profusely illustrated with sepia tone photographs and drawings. Lovely illustrated catalogue of perfect, unbreakable reproductions of hand carved oak, mahogany, and walnut models of ornate carvings, modern as well as Chippendale and Louis..... More
Rutland, VT: Unknown publisher, 1947. First edition. Leather-look boards with leather tie. 16mo, pp. 25, with 25 b/w snapshots measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. "Visiting the Van Roalte's in October, 1947" involved traveling through Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Taconic Trail, to Pownal and Rutland Vermont. The photographer took snapshots flood..... More
Portland, OR: West Coast Lumbermen's Association, nd c. 1955. Original edition. Original Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp 20. Illustrated with color photographs. The homes in this booklet all use lumber in attractive ways: living room paneling, carport roofs, exposed ceilings in the home, kitchen cabinets, fencing, built-in bookshelves, and more. An..... More
Topeka, KS: Roy Hilton Co., nd c. 1940. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp 40. Illustrated with perspective b/w photographs, and architectural floor plans. One- and two-story homes with distinctive Spanish styling, including tile roofs, long balconies, stucco exteriors, and brick veneer. A very scarce catalog from the popular..... More
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1955. Original edition. Staplebound wraps. Small quarto, pp 32, illustrated with b/w and color photographs, floor plans and drawings. Three houses photographs have been neatly clipped and removed. This is a lovely Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are ranch houses, 1950's..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1969. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo. pp. xxiii, 398. 174 illustrations. Appendices. Indexed. An uncommon study on Bullfinch's architecture. Richly illustrated, drawing upon unpublished family papers. With appendices on many minor commissions, as well as on his architectural library. From the library of noted architectural..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp 191. Beautifully illustrated with over 90 color and 60 black-and-white photographs and 50 line drawings. This book features 25 houses designed in a 35-year period by currently practicing architects for their mothers, fathers, and close relatives. Included..... More
Lakewood, CO: American Source Books, 1989. Third Printing. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 239, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This is a concise and easily understandable architectural dictionary for professionals and amateurs alike. More than 450 illustrations, 1500 terms, 750 definitions, and 17 useful cross references guide you smoothly..... More
Lancaster, PA: Armstrong Cork Co., 1941. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 15, illustrated with color drawings, photographs, and color samples. Frequently asked questions about linoleum are answered, some suggested room layouts are illustrated, and color samples are sprinkled throughout. An attractive look at 1940s colors and design. More
Detroit, MI: Kelvinator, 1937. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 30, illustrated with b/w photographs. With the assistance of America's leading architets, scientists and engineers, Kelvinator developed a six-room house, air conditioned, insulated, and modernized to supply the finest home life in America. This brochure displayed interior and exterior..... More
New York: Building Age Publishing, 1924. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 248, lots of periods ads, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, floor plans. Their goal was beautiful homes at moderate cost. And these homes were quite unusual and lovely! The house of the month was located in Loma Portal..... More
Bowie, MD: Levitt and Sons, 1961. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 14, illustrated with color photographs. Levitt and Sons had an exhibit of five model homes in between Baltimore and Washington DC, in a community they called Belair. This advertising booklet showed photos of the five houses, inside..... More
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto, pp. 130, indexed, illustrated with 85 b/w line drawings by Alexander Calder, executed in the spring of 1944. This book was printed by S. A. Jacobs at The Golden Eagle Press, Mt. Vernon, in Granjon type, on..... More
New York: Lightolier Company, 1928. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ceiling and wall-mounted light fixtures in many designs popular in the 1920s. More
Boston: Published by the author, April 1889. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings of perspective home exteriors with their floor plans, plus period advertisements. Contains fourteen building designs of stunning Victorian buildings, including homes with 6-10 rooms and several society buildings. Beautifully illustrated..... More
