Norfolk, VA: Gentle Beam Publications, 2010. First edition, limited. Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 326. Bibliography. Richly illustrated with b/w photos and reproduced catalog pages. A fascinating look at Montgomery Ward's collection of kit homes, ordered by catalog and shipped by rail throughout the U.S. A valuable research tool, a helpful... More about Montgomery Ward's Mail-Order Homes (signed by the author); A History and Field Guide to Wardway...

Buffalo, NY: W. A. Case & Son Mfg. Co., nd c. 1900. Original edition. Green cloth over boards, black lettering. Folio, pp. 335, indexed, illlustrated with b/w engraved drawings. Pages 3-7 have been pasted over with clipped recipes from women's magazines; pages 1, 9, 17, 24, 37, 45, 51, 57... More about Catalog C

Detroit, MI: Creo-Dipt Company, 1928. Original edition. Paper portfolio. Small quarto, folding portfolio with 8 home designs in color drawing or b/w photograph, and a letter written in 1928 that gives dimensions for all the home designs. The houses shown in this portfolio were the most popular models designed by... More about Portfolio of 8 House Designs

Reston, VA: Brick Institute of America, 1973. Second revised. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 69, indexed, b/w photographs, construction details, and tables. A workbook for brick construction and wall design with descriptions of structural properties, materials analysis and plenty of construction details for the various types of brick and tile walls... More about Principles of Clay Masonry Construction; Student's Manual

London: Ward Lock, 1997. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 96. Indexed, glossary, illustrated with b/w drawings and color photographs. Turn crumbling plaster, chipped stonework, or a tumble-down wall into a home's most attractive site. All the techniques are clearly explained, including restoration, repainting, cleaning stone and plaster, and... More about Stone and Plaster Work

Pittsburgh, PA: McKinney Mfg. Co., 1938. Second edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 100. Richly illustrated with b/w product photos. 4-page advertising pamphlet laid in. A scarce and beautiful trade piece, featuring wonderful b/w drawings as well as numerous photos of these fine forged pieces, including ornate iron door hinges... More about Forged Iron Hardware by McKinney; Catalog No. 7; A.I.A. File 27-B

Dallas, TX: Southern Pine Assoc. nd c. 1935. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 98, illustrated with b/w watercolor paintings, photographs, and floor plans. This book presents pictures, descriptions and floor plans for 78 homes, among the most popular that have appeared in Holland's magazine, covering all types of... More about Distinctive Southern Homes

New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1908. First edition, first thousand. Full Leather. 12 mo, pp. 458, indexed, illustrated w/line drawings. The author endeavored to present this material for the ordinary mechanic or worker in cement and concrete, not for the use of engineers. A large amount of information... More about The Building Mechanics' Ready Reference; Cement Workers' and Plasterers' Edition

London: John Weale, 1895. Eleventh edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo. pp 146, illustrated with 49 b/w wood engravings, 51 illustrations drawn on stone, and four folding plates of specimens of Gothic masonry. A classic that was reprinted many times over many decades, each time finding a devoted audience. Sections on... More about A Rudimentary Treatise on Masonry and Stonecutting; exhibiting the principles of masonic...

London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1899. Tenth Edition, Carefully Revised, With Additions. Original Cloth on Boards. 12mo, pp 116, illustrated with 68 woodcuts; 48-page Weale's publishers catalog bound in. A popular introductory manual to the trade from the late 19th century covering general principles, architectural drawings, methods such as pointing... More about The Rudiments of Practical Bricklaying; in six sections: general principles of bricklaying; arch...

Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1909. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 138, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, including fold-out map. Ex-library stamp on the cover and on the fold-out map. The geographic distribution of Vermont granites, and their economic value, are described by county and quarry... More about The Granites of Vermont

Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1915. First edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 67, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, including a fold-out reference map of Vermont showing the locations of its outcrops and quarries. Signed by a previous owner, with an ex-library stamp, on the front cover. The... More about The Calcite Marble and Dolomite of Eastern Vermont

London: Charles Griffin & Co., 1909. First edition. Embossed boards. 12mo, pp. viii, 146, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. At the time this book was written, there were numerous elementary treatises on steel work, but nothing had been produced about the stresses in masonry. This volume was the first to... More about Stresses in Masonry