Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2007. Second Printing. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 430, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Los Angeles is a place without a sense of place, famous for sprawl and overdevelopment and defined by its car-clogged freeways. It might seem inhospitable to ideas about connecting with nature and..... More
Rome: De Luca Edizioni D'Arte, 1990. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 99, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The need for a closer functional relationship between all the chief government agencies operating in the area of the protection of Italy's artistic heritage entails the formation of a scientific..... More
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1994. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 378, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings. The authors' aim with this handbook, is to provide a rapid ready-reference to help in the often complex task of handling, using and disposing of chemicals safely and with minimum risk to..... More
Washington, D.C. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, 1990. First edition. Stock Wraps, tan. Quarto, pp 944. b/w photographs, drawings, and tables throughout the text. A thorough examination and guide to many design and engineering issues for timber bridges. The author includes chapters on history, bridge building types (log, laminated..... More
London: King Penguin Books, 1947. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 71, illustrated with b/w photographs. A delightful overview of English design from medieval times through the late 1930s, wonderfully illustrated. From the Old House Journal reference library. More
Dresden: Gilbers'sche Konigl. Hof, 1888. First edition 1882. Portfolio of Decorated Boards, originally three folding flaps to protect the loose plates, but only one flap survives. Folio (14" x 20"), 100 full page b/w photographs. Text in German. The plates in this portfolio, views mostly in Venice and Verona, are..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: The National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors, 1929. First edition. Full Leatherette, embossed cover. Quarto, pp. 768, illustrated with hundreds of scaled line drawings. Probably the best title on the subject, as scarce as it is invaluable for the tradesman. A very hard title to find. Very sturdily..... More
Cleveland, OH: American Telephone & Telegraph, 1929. First edition. Pictorial Faux Leather over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 51, illustrated w/ b/w diagrams. The desirability of planning in advance for telephones in residences was generally recognized by architects, engineers, and builders by the 1920s. The purpose of this booklet was to..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2012. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 380, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. In this book, the award-winning historian Regina Lee Blaszczyk traces the relationship of color and commerce, from haute couture to automobile showrooms to interior design, describing the often unrecognized role of..... More
New York: Abrams, 1998. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 320, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Of the indisputably great figures in 20th-century architecture, Alvar Aalto is in many ways the most humane, the least rigid, the most relevant to our contemporary sensibility and the emerging..... More
London: V&A Publications, 2003. First edition. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 464, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Art Deco - the style of the flapper, the luxury ocean liner, and the skyscraper - came to epitomize the glamour, luxury, and hedonism of the Jazz Age. It burst onto the..... More
Boston, MA: David R. Godine Publisher, 2013. Stated First Edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 179, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Woodworking, handicrafts -the rewards of creative practice, bringing something new and meaningful into the world through one’s own vision, make us fully alive. How does the..... More
New York: Random House, 2003. First paperback edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 448, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. In this vivid and captivating journey through the colors of an artist’s palette, Victoria Finlay takes us on an enthralling adventure around the world and through the ages..... More
New York: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2000. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and architectural plans. Previously published in 1987 under the title "Tiny Tiny Houses." A delightful exploration of the smallest of modern dwellings, with numerous details, floor..... More
London: John Williams and Co., 1847. First edition. Green Embossed Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Folio (14" x 18"), pp. viii, 48, illustrated with 36 plates. This work contains a series of original designs for street elevations and shop fronts in the Grecian, Gothic, Italian, Tudor, Elizabethan, and Louis XIV..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, nd c. 1931. Original edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural drawings. This roofs issue is quite scarce and has beautiful photographs of New England and mid-Atlantic exteriors, such as Mount Vernon; the Morris-Purdee House in New Haven; the Captain..... More
Dubuque, Iowa: Universal Catalogue Bureau, 1927. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 356, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. An attractive line of millwork such as doors, windows, sash, colonnades, stairwork, breakfast nooks, kitchen cupboards, bathroom cabinets, porchwork, mouldings, and much more. More
nd c. 1920. Three-ring bound. Small quarto, pp. 27, heavy glossy pages illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. This is a very nice collection of residences and farm buildings. There is no indication who the architect or the client was, but with this attractive collection, there were plenty of..... More
London: R. A. Sprigg, Atchley & Co., 1872. Photomechanical reprint by Palala Press, 2015. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. viii, 416, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. In the 1870s, a volume of specifications was sorely needed, and the old standard work of Alfred Bartholomew was out of print. The author..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1886. Third Edition. Original Cloth on Boards, olive w/embossed design & gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 12, plus 34 of 35 b/w lithographic plates (plate IX lacking), some fold-out. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was a self-taught engineer, and whose technical works on carpentry, cast iron, and steam..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Time, Inc., 1937. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~300, illustrated with b/w photographs and period advertising. This issue focuses on domestic interiors. Articles on areas for general activities, reading, conversation and entertainment; game rooms, bars, work spaces, and children's playrooms; dining rooms; cooking with gas, electricity..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Time, Inc., 1938. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 114, illustrated with b/w photographs and period advertising. This issue focuses on four modern and four traditional house designs for modern living, by eight distinguished architects, including Frank Lloyd Wright, Royal Barry Wills, and Aymar Embury II. They..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Time, Inc., 1935. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~300, illustrated with b/w photographs and period advertising. Neatly signed in ink by a former owner on the table of contents page. This issue focuses on small houses, and money for building them. Over 100 houses photographed with..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Time, Inc., 1938. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 106, illustrated with b/w photographs and period advertising. This issue focuses on industrial buildings. Articles on Kelvinator Corporation plant, Kellogg grain elevators, Pratt & Whitney engine test house, De Soto press shop, Ford Motor Company plant, Chevrolet commercial..... More
London: B.T.Batsford, 1909. First edition. Original Cloth on Boards, grey. Quarto, pp. xv, 268, indexed. 441 b/w photographs and illustrations. With Bibliography. Richly illustrated, well researched study on the history and artistry of leadwork as practiced in England. The industry defining study, with chapters on all aspects of the product..... More
