London: Constable & Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 412. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Ex-library. Chapters include raw materials for cements, concretes and bricks; methods of manufacturing; chemical and physical changes in preparation of these materials; testing their properties, and more. One of the... More about Cement, Concrete and Bricks
Kansas City, MO: Goldblatt Tool Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 12mo, pp. 240. Illustrated with b/w drawings. A wonderful 1920s period trade catalog for plasterers, bricklayers, tile-setters, stonemasons, and other "trowel trades", including trowels, corner blocks, floats, blades, picks and hammers, levels, crawlers, mixers, brushes, ladders, power tools, and... More about Goldblatt's Catalogue and Handy Book 1927
New York: The Co-Operative Building Plan Assoc. 1891. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio 11 1/2" x 14 1/2, each issue approximately 60 pp., with b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. Trade advertisements throughout. Two advertising pages bound in upside down. Ex-library. A bound copy of four issues of Shoppell's beautiful... More about Shoppell's Modern Houses, No. 31, 32, 33, 34
Washington DC: National Lumber Manufacturer's Assoc. 1964. First edition. Comb Bound. Oblong folio (14.5" x 11"), profusely illustrated with plans and construction details. First of two volumes on the UNICOM Method of House Construction, based on modular design principles. This volume explains the principles of coordinated modular design for house... More about UNICOM Manual No. 1: Design Priciples
London: J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1810. Third edition, revised and corrected. Full Leather. Small quarto, pp. x, 81, indexed, plus 79 plates, some of which fold out. Signed by a previous owner on front endpapers in 1823. A well-loved example of an early edition of this carpentry classic... More about The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant; containing practical rules for making all kinds of joints,...
Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1889. Second edition, thoroughly revised. Cloth over Embossed Boards, gilt lettering. Octavo, pp. xxxi, 501 (plus publisher's 32 pp. catalog), indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. This second edition was deemed necessary to present the state of brick and tile making as it existed in the United... More about A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick, Tiles, Terra Cotta, Etc.; including hand-made,...
London: John Weale, 1850. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 104, indexed. Illustrated with 83 b/w drawings. This volume is written in a simple and practical style, in order to be accessible to those who needed the information the most. The author gives a clear description of the actual... More about Rudimentary Treatise on the Manufacture of Bricks and Tiles (Part I); containing an outline of...
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1908. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 316, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. This volume discussed the qualities of clays which can be manufactured into satisfactory pavers, the means in determining those qualities, and the methods of testing. The authors believed this... More about Paving Brick and Paving Brick Clays of Illinois; Bulletin #9
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1907. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 202, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, including fold-out map in an envelope bound in. The material for the local details and descriptions given in this report was collected in three months in 1905... More about The Granites of Maine
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1904. First edition; second thousand. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w drawings, including two fold-out plates in excellent condition. The authors aimed to collect material that had direct application in engineering and architectural practice, and make it available for the... More about Modern Stone-Cutting and Masonry; with special reference to the making of working drawings
London: John Wiley & Sons, 1922. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xxxi, 655, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This exceptionally detailed volume presents a wealth of information drawing on the author's own research as well as the work of all the eminent international authorities in the field... More about Cements, Limes and Plasters
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1906. "Fourth Thousand" Original Brown Cloth. Octavo, pp. xi, 126, includes 10 fold-out plates of stone cutting application and specifying (one is torn, but present). Signed by its original owner on front endpaper, a third-year engineering student in the class of 1908 at Ohio... More about Problems in Stone Cutting; in four classes. I. Plane-Sided Structures. II. Structures Containing...
New York: Owen B. Maginnis, 1900. Revised. Cloth over Boards; gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 85, illustrated with over 200 engravings. This book contains extensive, detailed explanations of the most approved methods of bricklaying as applied at the beginning of the 20th century. The author drew heavily on serial and... More about Bricklaying
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1914. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 32, limited edition and numbered. This book was aimed at eliminating as much of the labor as possible for the draughtsman's preparation of working drawings for ornamental brickwork. The introductory text describes in detail... More about Brick-Scale Tables
Ontario, Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1988. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. xi, 239. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs and architectural drawings. This guide to good conservation practice was assembled because the Ontario Heritage Foundation considers it vital that everyone involved in conserving built heritage have ready access... More about Well-Preserved; The Ontario Heritage Foundation's Manual of Principles and Practice for...
Washington, D.C. National Park Service, 1989. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 325. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. Copy from DJ pasted on back cover. This technical preservation bibliography was developed to assist owners, architects and administrative officials with the planning, review, and implementation of preservation work on historic... More about Preserving Historic Lighthouses; An Annotated Bibliography
New York, NY: Frank A. Lent, October 1936. Original edition. Paperback journal. Quarto, pp. 40, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Beautifully illustrated period advertisements. This magazine, devoted to the architectural uses of stone, is always interesting reading. Articles in this issue discuss artificial sun, the wire saw, masonry of... More about Stone Magazine, October 1936; Vol. LVII Number 10
Washington DC: US Department of the Interior, 1980. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w photographs and several fold-out building specification drawings. The Main Street of Van Buren, Arkansas is a nine-block commercial area within the larger city. It was developed between 1880 and 1910, and then... More about Main Street Historic District, Van Buren, Arkansas; Using HCRS Grant-in-Aid Funds for Storefront...
Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Narrow Octavo, pp. 65. Glossary, reading list. A very early and compact publication on the subject, but chock full of details and illustrations. Ideally suited for the professional. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More about A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1958. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w photos and specification drawings. This copy was circulated by Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company in San Francisco. A guide in the proper practices to be used with Portland Cement stucco and plaster. Many photos... More about Plasterer's Manual; Concrete for Permanence
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1911. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 137, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, including a fold-out geological survey map in color. Signed on the cover by several early owners, including Gordon College professor of geology Edwin K. Gedney. Scarce Department... More about The Granites of Connecticut
Parsippany, NJ: Craftsman Farms Foundation, 1993. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 120, illustrated with b/w photographs. This informative book served as the catalog for a comprehensive exhibition held at Craftsman Farms in Parsippany, New Jersey, from November 15, 1992 to January 31, 1993. Patricia Bartinique authored the text, and other... More about Gustav Stickley His Craft; A Daily Vision and a Dream
Dublin, NH: Yankee Books, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 61, numerous b/w photographs and drawings. This book offers practical ways of how to build a tailored stone wall without the use of mortar. Taking safety precautions, finding and working with stones, altering unsatisfactory walls, and building new ones are... More about The Forgotten Art of Building a Stone Wall: An Illustrated Guide to Dry Wall Construction...
Seattle, WA: Historic Seattle Preservation Foundation, 1999. Second edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 225. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos. From the exotic splendor of motion picture palaces to the dignity of neighborhood libraries and from the grandeur of first-family homes to the simple honesty of pioneer cabins, farmhouses, and barns... More about Made to Last; Historic Preservation in Seattle and King County
Toronto: Association for Preservation Technology, 1984. Original edition. Plastic comb binding. Quarto, c. pp. 400, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by Patricia Poore on the front cover. A comprehensive compilation of reprinted articles and technical papers, covering a variety of topics related to masonry conservation and cleaning, including the chemistry... More about Masonry Conservation and Cleaning; APT Pre-Conference Training Course, Toronto, Canada, Sept....
