Cleveland, OH: J. H. Jansen, 1923. First edition. Green Linen over boards portfolio with tie slips. Quarto, portfolio of 55 loose b/w plates of home exteriors and interiors. This collection of 55 plates is complete as presented. The numbering of the plates is not consecutive in that some of the..... More
Cleveland, OH: J. H. Jansen, 1923. First edition. Maroon Linen over boards portfolio with tie slips. Quarto, portfolio of 68 loose b/w plates of church exteriors and interiors. This collection of 68 plates is complete as presented. The numbering of the plates is not consecutive in that some of the..... More
Vancouver, British Columbia: Pan-Abode (1951) Ltd., 1960. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 6, illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and house plans, and some b/w photographs. Price list and two extra cottage plans laid in. Pan-Abode created these lovely cottages from Western red cedar, to give them the..... More
Vancouver, British Columbia: Pan-Abode (1951) Ltd., 1961. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 25 (n.p.), illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and house plans, and some b/w photographs. Price list and customer enquiry form laid in. An early catalog from this revered Puget Sound company, showing prefabricated residences, summer..... More
New York: Horizon Press, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 164, indexed, illustrated with over 200 b/w photographs. This book includes historic writings by Frank Lloyd Wright himself, and also several remarkable contributions by noted European architects clarifying the Wright influence; the essay by Louis Mumford on the..... More
Berlin, New York: Bruno Hessling, 1906. First English language edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards and Marbled Endpapers. Octavo, pp. 656, profusely illustrated w/ 400 full page b/w illustrations plus further text drawings. Scarce solid first English language edition of an attractive and beautifully illustrated work, rebound by a previous owner..... More
Cincinnati, OH: The Mastic Wall Board & Roofing Co., 1914. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This was an advertising piece extolling the virtues of plaster board for interior and exterior construction, comparing it favorably against metal lath. There is a section addressing..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1989. First edition; fourth printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 296, indexed, illustrated with over 400 color photographs. Natural gardens are planned and designed to work with nature. Gone are the meticulously manicured lawns and heavily pruned shrubs that require hours of tedious labor. Natural..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1999. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. 503, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Don't miss this opportunity to learn the basic principles and detailed design methods for thermal and moisture protection in buildings. This authoritative manual takes you through the forces of rain..... More
Eindhoven, Netherlands: Holst-lezing, 1980. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 23, illustrated with b/w photographs. The Holst Memorial Lectures honor a professor who was very interested in the application of physical sciences to technology. The lecture series is held every year since 1976, and features a different speaker and topic..... More
Renton, WA: Pan Abode Homes, Inc., 2002. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. ~150 (n.p.), illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and house plans. Since 1952, Pan Abode has been designing innovative homes featuring Western Red Cedar. This pattern book discusses building system specifications, and showcases 70 of their..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1989. Second edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 185, indexed, illustrated with 225 b/w photographs. Speed, mobility, freedom: these governed the aesthetics of the "city of the future" as it spread its arterials across the Southern California landscape. If ever..... More
Monterey, CA: 1965. Original edition. Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp 52. (n.p.) illustrated with b/w lithographed photographs and line drawings. Order form laid in. A handsomely photographed volume of California homes with text by one of the denizens of Monterey. Wynn Bullock, the photographer, was an innovator and inventor in photographic..... More
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 260, index, bibliography. Profusely illustrated with drawings, diagrams & b/w photos. The authors examine the influence of pattern books on New Jersey's residential architecture. By matching period illustrations to surviving houses, the authors explain why that old house..... More
New York: Bulfinch, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 320, indexed, illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs and reproductions. As a movement dedicated to the revival of traditional craftsmanship following mass production of the mid-19th century, Arts & Crafts evolved on both sides of the Atlantic with architects and designers..... More
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1957. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 15, illustrated with color drawings. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and supplier of padlocks, cabinet door locks, desk drawer locks..... More
Des Moines, IA: Carr & Adams Co., 1910-1911. Original edition. Leather Bound. 3" x 5.75", pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. At the time of this printing, Carr & Adams claimed to be the largest producers of sash and doors in the world, with seven locations throughout the Midwest..... More
Chicago, IL: John A. Gauger & Co., 1904. Original edition. Original Wraps. 3" x 5", pp. 162, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Doors, glazed sash, blinds, mouldings, fine stairwork, art and window glass, parquetry floors, and everything in millwork in any wood. A beautiful reference catalog with detailed drawings of..... More
Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1998. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 160, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Stonescaping is one of the few simple pastimes in our high-tech, high-speed world that allows us to reconnect with our natural surroundings. Dry-stacked and dry-laid stonework requires no mortar. You won't..... More
(Atelier Berlin): ca. 1930s. 8" x 10," Gelatin Silver Print. Pencil-signed. Titled "Scharl" in Jacobi's hand on the reverse, with the instruction "please return" ("bitte zurueck") in her hand, implying the photograph had been lent out for press or exhibition use. More
San Francisco, CA: US National Park Service, 1998. First edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 195, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The United Nations designated the 1990s as the Decade for Natural Hazard Reduction. It is ironic then that natural disasters were an increasingly common occurrence in the 1990s as..... More
Milan: Artemide, 1972. Original edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 191, illustrated with color photographs. Text in five languages: Italian, French, English, German, and Spanish. The Artemide Group was founded by Ernesto Gismondi, who passed away on the last day of 2020. Entrepreneur, aerospace engineer, inventor and university professor for over..... More
London: Studio Vista, 1967. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. From intro: "This is not a mere catalogue of the works of two brilliant young architects, but the presentation of a set of ideas about architecture and town planning." The Smithsons' aim is..... More
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. xvi, 236, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Press release for the book's publication laid in. An estimated 76 million American Baby Boomers are approaching retirement age. This population is looking for creative solutions..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1904. Fifth edition, enlarged. Decorated Cloth on Boards, brown. Small quarto, pp. viii, 218 w/ 8 page publisher's catalogue bound in. Illustrated with 52 b/w lithographic plates, comprising about 400 diagrams. Signed by a previous owner in 1911. This work was compiled as a means..... More
