Washington DC and Atlanta, GA: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, 1991. First edition. Three-ring bound. Quarto, 6 sections, unpaginated. An excellent resource for the preservationist, covering project planning and evaluation, repair and weatherization, double glazing historic windows, replacement sash and frames, and screens, awnings, and other accessories..... More
Northampton, MA: Smith College Museum of Art. Oversized Paperback. More
Cambridge: MIT Press, 1986. First trade edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xvii, 246, indexed, numerous illustrations in b/w. A title commissioned by Clem Labine and Patricia Poore. Portions of the text had been included in Old House Journal issues. American suburban houses of this period represent a unique body..... More
New York: 1985. Cloth over Boards. This fascinating volume explores the American bungalow as an art form and as a document reflecting middle-class life in its era. Casual and informal, the bungalow mirrored the society that produced it, and (like that society) displayed no predominant architectural ancestry. It was conceived..... More
Princeton, NJ: 1979. Cloth over Boards. From coast to coast, America's architectural treasures are being threatened and lost. Here are the jewels before they became the jewelry, shown off, piece by piece, in the catalogs that blueprinted the architectural revolution of the 19th century. Includes facsimiles catalogs of: Marshal, Lefferts..... More
Chapel Hill, NC: 1987. Cloth over Boards. This book explores the relationship between the image of the ideal house and family and the reality of middle-class family life. The author explains why, despite its fear of standardization and homogenization, the middle class has persisted in viewing the single-family house as..... More
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1976. Second revised edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. xvi, 228, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Have you ever wondered what Manhattan was like a hundred years ago? This pictorial album will open your eyes to a "lost" half-century of New York architecture. It is a...... More
Chicago, IL: 1999. Cloth over Boards. Published for the centennial of the club, the author captured the heart and soul of the club with incredible and loving skill. The WAC was the first women's athletic club in the united states, and an integral part of Chicago society. The author used..... More
Honolulu, HI: 1993. Cloth over Boards. More than 150 of the Islands' architecturally and historically significant structures - including civic, commercial, ecclesiastical and residential buildings on six major islands are showcased in this volume. Lavishly illustrated with over 250 color photographs. More
Boston: Bigelow & Dowse Co., 1907. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xlvii, 1230, illustrated with b/w engravings. Several pieces of correspondence laid in. A wonderful catalog from one of the major hardware companies on the east coast of the US. The company that later became Bigelow & Dowse..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1900. Revised. Cloth over Boards, brown w/embossed design. Octavo, pp 296 and pp 32 of trade advertisements. 170 engraved b/w drawings and diagrams throughout. Decorated free end papers. This is a practical and detailed manual for drawing and creating patterns in 2 and..... More
Philadelphia: James Locken, 1849. Full Leather with some scuffing. Small quarto, pp. 331, indexed, 40 plates by W. S. Barnard depict tools of the trade and instances of joinery, molding, staircases, and bricklaying. Foxing and page discoloration. Covers bricklaying, masonry, slating, plastering, painting, smithing, turning, joinery, and carpentry, with an..... More
Minneapolis: Keith Corp. 1923-1928. First edition. Original Color Illustrated Wraps. Quarto, 5 volumes - each approx. pp 50. Illustrated with b/w photographs, floor plans, details and trade advertisements throughout. A lovely collection of home designs, plans & images; as well as articles on building methods, decoration, plumbing, electricity, and much..... More
Scarsdale, NY: Early American Industries Assoc. 1979/1703. Reprint. Green Buckram over Boards with Gilt Lettering. 12 mo, pp. 354, reprint of 1703 (Third) edition, with an Introduction by John S. Kebabian. Engraved plates illustrate over 170 tools, a variety of moldings and cornices, and plans and elevations of buildings. This..... More
Mendham, NJ: 1992. Cloth over Boards. An extremely important source book for colonial-era tradesmen. The plates give wonderful detail of carpentry/joinery of the time. Of equal importance is the extensive price list for carpentry/millwork in late 18th century. More
Wichita, KS: 1984. Cloth over Boards. The emergence of AFG Industries as one of the fastest-growing glass manufacturing firms in the United States was a phenomenon seldom matched in the history of the glassmaking industry. The company was formed in 1977 by merging two debt-ridden firms which were destined for..... More
Radnor, PA: Chilton Book Co, 1976. First edition, as stated. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. 407, indexed, color frontis, profusely illustrated with drawings, photographs, and diagrams. Proceedings of the Symposium held at Philadelphia to celebrate the 250th Birthday of the Carpenters' Company of the City and County of Philadelphia. Texts by..... More
Atlanta, GA: 1986. Cloth over Boards. The authors recapture this elusive era in the southernmost state within this exquisite volume. Collected over the course of 30 years of study and research into the history of photography, these photographs, mostly published here for the first time, tell the story of a...... More
New York: Dover Publications, 1974. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 190 with 217 b/w illustrations. Signed by a previous owner inside the front cover. A pictorial account of both structural and decorative work in cast iron, with informative captions. An original Dover title, not a reprint. More
Nelsonville, OH: The Athena Brick Corporation, nd c. 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Trifold pamphlet, 8.5" x 11", opens to 11" x 25.5", with blank price schedule laid in. Nelsonville is located in Athens County, which perhaps inspired the name of the Athena Brick Corporation. The salt glaze strengthened the..... More
Clinton, IA: Curtis Companies, Inc., 1920. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 238, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. There is a modest ink stamp by a previous owner on the front and back endpapers and on the title page. A nice early 20th century trade catalogue with an..... More
Cedar Rapids, IA: Cedar Rapids Sash & Door Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 368, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings and several pages of leaded glass designs in color. This catalog features a full line of millwork products, including sash, doors, interior trim, kitchen..... More
Oshkosh, WI: The R. McMillen Co., 1924. First edition. Full Leatherette. Small quarto, pp. 293, b/w illustrations. This catalog was the first one McMillen published that showed their entire line of millwork. Their specialty was hardwood veneered doors, but they also had a complete line of white pine doors and..... More
Milwaukee, WI: Badger Wire and Iron Works, nd c. 1925. First edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 64, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. An unusual trade catalog from a noted manufacturer of decorative iron fences, gates, railings, steel fireproof stairways, cagework, bank and elevator fronts, and other items. There..... More
Boston: Historic New England, 2010. First edition. Boards. Square Quarto(12" x 12"), pp. 239. With extensive end notes and index. Richly illustrated in color and b/w. An impressive and attractive publications! With a list of contributors that reads like a who's who of New England architectural historians, it draws on..... More
