New York: Bonanza Books, 1957. First edition. Original Cloth. Small quarto, pp. 190, indexed, illustrated with over 200 b/w drawings and photographs. This book deals thoroughly with all phases of old house restoration, remodeling, and reproduction - with basic origins and architectural features in one volume. It is full of..... More
Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1974. Second Printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 313, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The author designed this guide not for the experience architect, but for the "building watcher," as an aid to experiencing architecture. It is concerned entirely with the visual characteristics of the various styles..... More
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1998. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 311, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings, and b/w and color photographs. This book is filled with hundreds of detailed tricks and techniques that will help you handle everything from improving designs and repairing joints to flattening warped parts and..... More
Emmaus, PA: Rodale Press, 1994. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 312, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Drawn from the wisdom of over 100 of America's best woodworkers, this book offers advice on everything from tuning machines to cutting joints, and every tip has been shop-tested. This volume is..... More
New York: Sterling Press Co., 1994. Seventh paperback printing. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 568, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings with spot color. This is the landmark work in the field of carpentry - a book that will meet all your modernization, addition and home-improvement needs. The author draws..... More
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1927. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. xv, 464, illustrated with over 100 b/w photographs. The author examines hundreds of houses, from humble cabins to magnificent Georgian mansions. The lovely houses of old Charleston, the homes of the Virginia Cavaliers, the Patroon homes in upper New..... More
New York: Bonanza, nd c. 1970. Reprint of 1932 edition, first thus. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 212, indexed, illustrated with 300 b/w photographs and 32 pages of detailed architectural drawings. A comprehensive study in the form of photographs and detailed drawings, mostly domestic, which show the influence of successive..... More
Washington, D.C. The Preservation Press, 1992. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 288, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. In October 1991, preservationists, public officials, historians, museum administrators, and educators gathered in San Francisco to mark the 25th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 and the 75th anniversary..... More
Washington DC: Natl Trust for Historic, 1989. First edition. Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 126, 26 bathroom plans, over 200 illustrations. Reprints two catalogs of bathroom fixtures from the early 20th century: the 1914 Modern Plumbing catalog (#8) by the J. L Mott Iron Works of New York, and Planning..... More
Bayport, MN: Kenneth D. Ruble, 1978. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xiii, 216, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and several color plates. Andersen Corporation celebrated its 7th anniversary in 1978, and this volume was published to coincide with that anniversary. This history is a "people story," filled..... More
New York: James Pott & Co., 1907. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xi, 371, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and 8 color plates. Ex-library markings. This book gives an introductory sketch of Italian church architecture, and then examines particular churches in detail, including Trent, Verona, Vicenza..... More
Portland, ME: Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., 1975. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 109, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Research and information on preservation, restoration, renovation, and care of historical buildings. Chapters on lighting, fireplaces and chimneys, architectural details replacement, wallpaper, paint, window hangings, and much more. From the..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1991. Second edition. Illustrated Wraps. Quarto, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. This classic title has been completely revised and now incorporates new information on concrete, steel and glazing technology; energy efficiency in buildings; moisture and thermal protection; natural lighting; masonry; and other topics. The organization..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1991. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 235, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. In this prize-winning book, the author combines architectural history with cultural analysis for a perceptive look at the creation of the parks, churches, skyscrapers, and civic buildings of the quintessential..... More
Chicago, IL: Bonus Books, Inc., 1992. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. xxxii, 459, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. A story of the development of Chicago. This story is engaging and encompassing; organized into four major periods, spanning more than 150 years of Chicago history: 1830 to 1879, 1880 to..... More
New York: Abrams, 1990. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 304, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Drawing on diaries, letters, household inventories and novels, the author offers a documented analysis of early American middle-class home life from 1750 to 1870. Illustrated with nearly 200 paintings, drawings, and prints..... More
Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Museum, 1975. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 132, illustrated with b/w photographs. No other photographer captured the face and mood of Louisiana around the turn of the century better than George Francois Mugnier. Mugnier's photographs constitute an impressive visual account of what life was..... More
Boston, MA: New York Graphic Society, 1972. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with 134 color and 278 b/w photographs. One of the most ambitious studies of the American barn, a vanishing landmark and one of the most "American" of architectural structures. Beautifully illustrated, well researched in..... More
New Haven, CT: Penguin Books, 1980. Later printing. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 344, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The author's unique and vivid picture of the English upper classes at home over 500 years has won the W. H. Smith & Son Annual Literary Award and the Duff Cooper..... More
New York: Abrams, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 290, indexed, richly illustrated with b/w drawings, plans, and photos. 8 appendices. A multidisciplinary textbook on planning and installing modern electrical systems in historical buildings without damaging their architectural integrity. A valuable resource for preservationists, architects, engineers, contractors, old building owners..... More
New York: Dykes Lumber Company (self published), 1936. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 4" x 9", pp. 56, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A price list and a sheet of other products laid in. A very nice 1930s trade piece, from a very ambitious New York-based lumber company. Glass mouldings, stop..... More
Boston: The House Beautiful Publishing Company, 1918. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Large quarto, pp. 58, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, and period advertisements. Featured articles include an unusual duplex apartment, silverware, the child's room, conservancy cottages near Dayton, Ohio, good and bad bathrooms, electricity in the farm home..... More
Boston: The House Beautiful Publishing Company, 1916. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Large quarto, pp. 85, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, and period advertisements. Featuring noteworthy houses by well-known architects, such as the Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue home in New York City, homes in Salem, Mass., Wyck House in Germantown..... More
Chicago, IL: American Builder Publishing Corporation, 1931. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 172, illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and spot color. Touted as "the business journal of the active men of the building industry," this magazine was avidly read by those in the construction and building material trades..... More
Chicago, IL: American Builder Publishing Corporation, 1931. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 146, illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and spot color. Touted as "the business journal of the active men of the building industry," this magazine was avidly read by those in the construction and building material trades..... More
