New York, NY: Frank A. Lent, November 1934. Original edition. Paperback journal. Quarto, pp. 39, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Beautifully illustrated period advertisements. This magazine, devoted to the architectural uses of stone, is always interesting reading. Two feature articles in this issue include "The Future of the Stone...
Bay City, Michigan: The Aladdin Company, 1919. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of home exteriors. Packaged with a sales letter from Aladdin. This pattern book featured exterior views of homes built with Aladdin plans, identifying the names of the owners, the towns where...
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1963. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, yellow. Small quarto, pp 70 with b/w and color perspectives & b/w floor plans. This is another very nice Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are ranch houses, 1960's contemporary homes, and plumbing specifications.
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1917. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 120 Illustrated with b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. One fold-out plate is partially detached. Cover signed by previous owner. An early Aladdin pattern book with several fold-out plates in color.
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1917. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 120 Illustrated with b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. One fold-out plate is partially detached. Cover signed by previous owner. An early Aladdin pattern book with several fold-out plates in color.
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1922. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 8 Illustrated with color and b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Packaged with several advertising flyers. A nice collection of 1920s advertising and home plans.
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1927. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 24 Illustrated with color and b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. This is another very nice Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are garage, cottage and small home designs.
Bay City, Michigan: The Aladdin Company, 1919. First edition. Decorated Wraps. 12mo (5 1/4 x 8 1/4). pp 118. Wonderfully illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, including several fold-out pages. A delightful early hard-cover catalog from one of America's first kit home manufacturers. A local competitor of Lewis (manufacturer of...
Paris: Chrles-Antoine Jombert, 1751. Third edition. Half leather over linen boards. Folio, pp. 212, illustrated with full page plates and b/w illustrations. Many subtle, expert repairs done to tears in the pages. Page 85 is misnumbered, making it appear that several pages are missing, but the book is complete. Text...
Washington DC: Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the US, 1986. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Small quarto, pp. xi, 198, index and appendices, illustrated with b/w photographs. Mild ex-library. This report presents the primary findings of an assessment reviewing how federal agencies implement federal preservation policy, and showing how the...
Layton, UT: Gibbs Smith, 2008. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 222. Beautifully illustrated with color and b/w photographs. Promotional letter from publisher laid in. This stunning book explores the story of Japan as the catalyst of modern design in the Gilded Age. Sigur juxtaposes glass, silver and...
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1931. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo. pp. xvi, 147. b/w illustrations, 20 color plates. Appendix, bibliography, index. An extremely capable treatment on the subject. Very technical for the professional but practical as well. Impressively illustrated. For architects, contractors or tradesmen.
London: Thomas Kelly, 1854. First edition. Embossed cloth over boards. Quarto, pp. viii, 232, with over 45 full page plates and b/w illustrations. What a treasure! We've never had a copy of this before. This book followed Nicholson's popular "Practical Carpentry, Joinery and Cabinet Making," and Nicholson intended cover the...
Philadelphia, PA: McCalla & Stavely, 1885. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. 148, illustrated with b/w drawings. A 1904 bookplate is attached to the inside front cover. This book is a contribution to Masonic literature, throwing light on the manners and modes of thought of the organized body...
New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, crimson. Quarto, pp 122. Beautifully illustrated with 80+ color plates and b/w drawings on every page. Mild ex-library. A comprehensive survey of the use of decorative glass in buildings from 1840 to 1920. Also described are glass working techniques and...
New York: Frank M. Snyder, 1906-1913. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Elephant Folio (16" x 21.5"). each part contains 10 full page plates of building and architectural features plans, several with b/w photos and period ads inside the cover. Part 1 has a water stain on front cover. Part 3's cover...
Seattle, WA: Seattle Hardware Co., nd ca 1915. Original edition. Embossed boards. Quarto, pp xxxii, 1898, II. Tabbed index, illustrated with b/w engravings. Seattle Hardware was established in 1883. This extensive, early catalog demonstrates how well this company was doing after only one generation. A very attractive copy, considering these...
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1922. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 683, richly illustrated w b/w engravings of locks and keys offered. Mild ex-library. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and...
Firefly Books, 1998. Paperback.
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. Third printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 110, illustrations by the author. Beloved author and illustrator Sloane "recreates the flavor of the country store in all of its delightful moods and poses." At a time when the pace of life gets faster and faster, it's...
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 260, index, bibliography. Profusely illustrated with drawings, diagrams & b/w photos. The influence of Pattern Books on New Jersey's residential architecture. Demonstrates how architectural ideas were shaped from books & popular periodicals from the Colonial era to the...
New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1952. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 442, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This collection of houses were selected from Architectural Record between 1948 and 1952, capturing the evolution that occurred in American house design in that period. Many beautiful interior...
Sydney: Flannel Flower Press, 1985. Second Printing. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 108, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and a color paint chart. Signed by previous owner on front endpaper. A six-page article clipped from "Fine Homebuilding" (Apr/May 1989) laid in, titled "Two Hundred Years of the Australian...
St. Petersburg, FL: National Homes, 1945. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 88. Illustrated with b/w and color drawings and plans, plus period advertisements from local businesses. Mild ex-library. Attractive WWII-era pattern book containing floor plans for single-family homes, and many photographs of home interiors such as kitchens...
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 176, profusely illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. "Impeccable in its scholarship, yet also aware of current trends... vaults across 120 years to make the Aesthetic Movement meaningful for our times..... a paradigm of what I....
