Washington, D.C. Preservation Press, 1988. First edition first printing. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 191, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. How to light a historic interior appropriately - or create a realistic period look - can be a perplexing problem. Few people want to return to the days when light..... More
Washington DC: The Preservation Press, 1990. Fourth edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 303, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book tells how to choose and buy the correct fabrics for a historic building and provides a unique catalog of reproduction fabrics available arranged according to historical period, fabric type and manufacturer. Intended..... More
Toronto: Van Nostrand Reinhold Ltd., 1980. First edition first printing. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 126, illustrated with b/w photographs. What you need, and where to find it. Over 600 useful products, services and suppliers to help you restore and furnish an old house or decorate a new one in..... More
Clinton, NJ: Universe Books, 1976. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 240, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Chapters on structural products, woodwork and other fittings, hardware, fireplaces and heating, floors, lighting, fabrics, paints and papers, furniture, and accessories. From the Old House Journal reference library. More
Woodstock, VT: Overlook Press, 1981. First edition. Original Blue Cloth. Quarto, pp. 320, illustrated with over 1,000 b/w architectural drawings. This is a book for home lovers of diverse interests that clearly describes the evolution of every significant American house style from Native American days to the 1980s. It is..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Curtis Publishing Company, 1954. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio (11" x 14"), pp. 237, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This is a practical how-to-do-it book. It has just the right kind of useful information, ideas to implement your dreams, helpful hints to make doing things easier..... More
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing, 1985. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 176, illustrated with b/w line drawings. One of the greatest outdoor museums in the world, New Orleans is acclaimed for its unique architecture. Glimpses of its evolving character from the colonial period to the present can be..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1888. First edition. Full Leather. Folio (10" x 13.5"), pp. 484, indexed, illustrated with over 3,000 b/w engravings. This set was presented to American mechanics as a complete guide to the operations of the best equipped and best managed workshops, and to the care and..... More
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Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, 1895. First edition first printing. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards and marbled endpapers. Octavo, pp. 314, illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed neatly in ink by a previous owner in 1913 on the front endpaper. Text in French. This book explores the history and art of French stained..... More
New York: Abrams, 1988. First paperback edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 239, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. A previous owner signed the front endpaper neatly in ink. A visual survey of graphic design styles from Victorian to 20th century, featuring hundreds of illustrations and covering movements like..... More
Boston, MA: Little Brown & Co., 1925. First edition. Decorated Cloth on Boards, green w/gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 105, illustrated with b/w photographs and line drawings. A beautifully illustrated book about the design of small homes, discussing such topics as massing (silhouette), floor plans, proportions, detailing, both exterior and..... More
New York: Walker and Company, 1978. First edition first printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 155, illustrated with color photographs. Several pages are detached from the backstrip. Impressively illustrated with a series of full color plates, some printed on clear plastic film so that they will resembled stained glass when..... More
Amherst, MA: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 333, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. A Crowninshield greeting card signed by co-author Sloan laid in. The task of decorating the interiors of the many new public and private structures created in Gilded Age..... More
Liverpool: Spa Books Ltd, 1988. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 160, indexed, illustrated with 106 b/w and 17 color photographs. Charles Eamer Kempe was a prominent late 19th- and early 20th-century English stained glass designer and church decorator. This book is a biographical and historical study of his..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2015. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 354, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This book is impeccably researched, written with great clarity and nuance, and beautifully illustrated. In nine chapters we read of the complexity of the subject of “architectural glass,”..... More
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Bergamo, Italy: Acerbis International, 1978. Original edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 138, illustrated with b/w photographs. The catalog is composed of illustrations of available furniture paired with a description and biography of the designer and where to purchase and find the furniture across the world. The catalog includes..... More
Rochester, NY: D. M. Dewey, 1877. Second edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w and color engravings. This practical guide was created for everyday property owners to lay out, plant, and beautify small to medium residential lots, suburban homes, and public school grounds. Features historical..... More
London: G. Virtue, 1827. First edition. Full Calf. Quarto, pp 332, illustrated with 85 plates of which 30 are hand colored. Chapters on the natures and properties of pigments; Grecian, Roman and Gothic embellishments; painting and staining furniture; history of staining and painting on glass; and much more. A rare..... More
Newark, NJ: Bergen Essex Construction Company, 1939. Original edition. Staplebound Pages. Quarto, pp. ~600, illustrated with b/w specification drawings. Some pencil inscriptions on the front page. This contract is bound into two volumes. The first volume dictates the materials, timeline, techniques, and labor to be used for the construction. The..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1986. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 375, indexed, over 400 illustrations, including 55 plates in full color. Two programs from the original 1986 Brooklyn Museum exhibit laid in. This volume was published in tandem with an exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum in..... More
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall Inc., 2004. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 400, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This insightful, wide-ranging book surveys applied arts and industrial design from the 18th century to the 21st century, exploring the dynamic relationship between design and manufacturing, and..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1975. First printing. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 214, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. In the decade following the Crash of 1929, there arose a new profession in America: industrial design. Raymond Loewy, Norman Bel Geddes, and other early designers applied the principles of streamlining..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1972. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto set in dust jacket and slipcase: "A Museum of Early American Tools" (1964, 10th printing), "A Reverence for Wood" (1965, 1st printing), and "Diary of an Early American Boy" (1962, 1st printing). Each book is signed by the..... More
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. First edition first printing. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. nn ca 100, illustrations by the author in pen & ink line drawings. Throughout the book is a selection of 8 of Sloane's works in full color, which are preceded by their individual captions..... More
New York: Doubleday, 1963. Seventh printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. unpaginated, ca. 55, illustrated with b/w drawings by the author. Signed by the author on the front endpaper. Noted artist Eric Sloane presents a rich and varied collection of American firsts - from the saltbox house to basketball, hex..... More
