Portland, ME: Historic HomeWorks, 2013. Revised and expanded. Perfectbound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 177, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. Lists resources (products and services). A newly expanded and revised version of Leeke's earlier wooden windows restoration book. With over 20 years experience in building consulting (specializing in practical methods for..... More
New York: Grolier Club, 2013. First edition, Limited. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 288. Illustrated with 749 color illustrations. Limited edition of 1,500 copies. A beautifully produced, visually spectacular catalog for the exhibit of the same name, showing at New York's Grolier Club through February of 2014. Written by exhibit..... More
Holyoke, MA: Coburn Trolley Track Manufacturing Co., nd ca 1907. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Coburn made elevator doors that were designed to harmonize with the architecture of the building in which they were installed. They combined sturdiness, ease of operation, and..... More
Rochester, NY: Steve Jordan, 2021. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 57, illustrated with b/w photographs. According to multiple studies and the US Department of Energy, the addition of storm sashes to our prime windows is the best way to increase energy efficiency and indoor comfort. When combined with..... More
London: The Society of Antiquaries, 1981. First edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 112, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The use of reinforcement in building has a very long history, attempting to resist stresses and strains cause by earthquakes, settling, and enemy attack. Three types of reinforcement are discussed..... More
Wheeling, WV: Wheeling Corrugating Co., U.S.A., nd, ca 1915. Original edition. Stiff Wraps, dark grey. 16mo, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w drawings. A wide variety of metal building products are shown and specified in this early twentieth century trade catalog, with an emphasis on roofing products. More
Erie, PA: Pennsylviania Fireproofing Co., nd c. 1915. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 23, illustrated with b/w photographs. This pamphlet highlighted Denison interlocking building tile, which was a hard burned, hollow clay tile designed for bearing walls, curtain walls, foundations, and partitions in all kinds of buildings. The tile..... More
New York: New York State Council on the Arts, 1970. First edition. Perfect Bound. 12mo, pp. 104, illustrated with b/w photographs. The New York State Council on the Arts began its Architecture Worth Saving series as a modest basis for public policy on the preservation of the states architectural past..... More
New York: Johns-Manville Corporation, 1938. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 36, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This catalog shows interior photographs of Johns-Manville asphalt tile flooring installed in such locations as Wells College in Aurora, NY and Acacia Mutual Life Insurance in Washington DC, but the bulk of..... More
London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1875. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. vii, 311, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A very detailed and descriptive book on multiple aspects of timber, with a focus on preserving wood or removing dry rot. Includes 9 black and white plates and a...... More
Boston, MA: Chas. Emmel, 1895. First edition. Grey cardboard covers. Oblong large quarto, approx. 50+ pages with b/w photographic plates. Pencil inscription on front cover. Stamped by a previous owner inside front cover. Laid in: directions for using the Whitehouse perspective chart to make drawings in the proper proportion. An..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., 1945. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 86, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. In the pages of this buying guide are described and illustrated all of the glass products of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company as well as glass products, tools and..... More
Portland, ME: Greater Portland Landmarks, Inc., 1995. First edition. Perfect Bound. Oblong quarto, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w photographs. By 1890, architect John Calvin Stevens of Portland, Maine had achieved a national reputation for his work in the Shingle Style. This book explores the next four decades of his domestic..... More
Santa Barbara, CA: Peregrine Smith, Inc., 1977. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Bernard Maybeck, recipient of the Gold Medal of the American Institute of Architects, is among the most important architects of the 20th century, with most of his work being..... More
New York: Taschen, 1999. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 180, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Press release laid in. Rudolf M. Schindler (1887-1953) is regarded today as an outstanding exponent and pioneer of the California modernist style. Schindler's vision, revealed in his Hollywood residence (1922) and his 1926..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Assoc. of American Portland Cement Mfgrs. 1907. First edition. Tie-bound Wraps. Elephant Folio (15 1/2" x 19"), pp. ~50 (n.p.), illustrated with b/w renderings, architectural elevations, floor plans, and building sections. A beautiful compilation of early twentieth century house designs by architects across the country. Each design includes..... More
London: St Martin's Press, 1992. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Lebbeus Woods' architecture is one of continual research. His drawings are propositions of new ways of living, rather than merely new ways of building. This monograph illustrates the range of Woods'..... More
Watkins Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1975. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Folio, pp. ~ 200, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. A detail in one plate has been cut away. The Bicknell volume was "Detail, Cottage and Constructive Architecture" (1873). American Builder magazine called it "the best of its class, and..... More
New York: Frederick A. Stokes, n.d. (circa 1910). First edition. Publisher's original pictorial gilded cloth. 12mo, pp. xii, 250, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and engravings. Mild ex-library marks. Signed by a previous owner in pencil on the front endpaper in 1914. Part of the House Decoration Series. The author..... More
Edinburgh: J. & J. Gray, 1888. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. x, 138, illustrated with b/w drawings. The author was a Scottish architect based in Edinburgh operating in the late 19th and early 20th century. He specialized in buildings in the Free Renaissance and Neo-Baroque styles and is particularly important..... More
New York: William Helburn Inc., 1931. First edition. Unbound plates. Folio (14.5" x 20"), 20 b/w plates of architectural specification drawings with an inset photograph of the same feature. The examples of early work chosen for this volume were selected with great care from a large amount of material, and..... More
nd c. 1890. Marbled Boards. Folio (13.25" x 18.5"), 38 2-page plates of architectural specification drawings. Some foxing and minor creasing. Text in German. Library stamp on reverse side of each plate. The title page is handwritten, with no indication of author or publishing house. The text volume is lacking..... More
New York: A. J. Bicknell, 1892. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Folio, pp. 22, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings and period advertisements. Illustrations include the new 22nd Ward school in Pittsburgh; the design for a Tudor-style stable; design for a small cottage; staircase details; and details of a suburban cottage..... More
Moscow: Planeta Publishers, 1990. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, np ~200, illustrated with color photographs, text in English. St. Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad ... a great, beautiful and tragic city. A city which is visited by millions of tourists every year, who leave it to treasure its image..... More
New York: Hastings House, 1940. First edition. Boards. 12mo, pp. 73, illustrated with b/w photographs. Few towns are as superbly equipped as Marblehead, Massachusetts, to provide a graphic and concentrated cross section of early New England and its graceful way of living. Closely built on its ledges of rock, and..... More
