Boston: C.B.Webster & Co., 1912. First printing. Original Wraps with String Tie Binding. Octavo, pp. 23, sepia toned photos of colonial style doorways in Salem and Newburyport, MA and Portsmouth, NH. A red and white sticker is adhered to front cover. From first period, unpainted, to high style Federalist, a...... More
London: B. T. Batsford, 1880. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. xix, 43, plus 112 full page b/w engraved plates. Edmund Sharpe was an English architect, architectural historian, railway engineer, and sanitary reformer. He was born in a small town on the River Nene in Northamptonshire, England, so this..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933-1934. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~10-15 each, illustrated with b/w photographs. A lovely assortment of photographs illustrating various architectural details. Scarce and always in high demand. More
Canton, OH: T.C. Snyder & Co., nd c. 1881. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 24mo trade pamphlet, pp 16, some b/w illustrations. This roofing company advertised that its roofing was "the most perfect and practical fire-proof, lightning-proof, wind, water, and rust-proof," and that its iron ore paint spreads farther than any..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1914. Original Cloth over Boards with Leather Backstrip. Folio (10.5X14), 70 numbered plates, indexed. Original brown cloth in very good order, internally sound. Indexed. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. With 70 large, scaled drawings of terra cotta in building applications (from..... More
London: The Architectural Press, 1937. Third revised and enlarged. Original coarse beige linen binding. Missing page 89. Quarto, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Index of architects' names. A very influential book, on the continent and in the United States. Somewhat of a modernism manifesto, and a...... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2012. Second edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 152. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A field guide and survey of different types of root cellars, pits, trenches, root houses, and others that were used for centuries to preserve root crops and vegetables before the advent of..... More
New York: William Helburn Inc., 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. forward, list of plates and 159 b/w photo plates. Photos of interiors, many with corresponding line drawings of interiors or woodwork. With introduction by J. Frederick Kelly. With many line drawings of millwork profiles and fitted interiors..... More
Chambersburg, PA: Architectural Ecology, 1979. First edition. Paperback. Oblong quarto, pp. 46, numerous drawings and diagrams. An invaluable, practical guide to the care and maintenance of stained glass. Very scarce today. Web Wilson was one of the contributing writers to Old House Journal in the early days of that publication..... More
Salt Lake City UT: Gibbs-Smith, 2004. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 286, illustrated with color photographs. Eighty-five of the truest examples of the bungalow form across North America are showcased in this lovely book. Experience the beauty of the bungalow in this behind-the-front-porch look at many homes never..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1972. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. xxv, 262, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This is the first book to examine the architectural styles of the New York row house, the way of life of the families who lived in these unique houses, and..... More
Boston: Bates &Guild, 1914. First edition, later printing (Eighth Thousand). Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 4, plus 33 plates. Written by a professor of architecture at Cornell, it was created to present to his students as part of his course on architectural construction. A nice book: most plates..... More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1924. First edition. Boards. Folio, pp. 25 plus 94 plates, mostly b/w photographs, but some sharp gravure images of architectural drawings. Signed in ink by a previous owner on front endpaper. The purpose of this group of measured drawings and photographs is to present to the..... More
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1913. First edition. Brown Cloth Over Boards, title on cover. Oblong folio, pp. 108 b/w photographic plates with floor plans (each plate is really a page with b/w illustration and text.). A scarce title in any condition, with page after page of period homes, especially a...... More
New York: Harper Collins, 2006. First American edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 144 (antiques) and 160 (furniture), indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Care and Repair of Antiques is the definitive resource for looking after small collectibles that one might inherit, pick up at a fair, or find in..... More
London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co., 1877. First edition. Original Embossed Cloth Over Boards. Quarto, 59 plates. Signed in ink by a previous owner in 1883 on the title page. Some neat notations in pencil by the same owner on some plates. We've had the text volume before..... More
Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Association, 1935. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 56, illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed on the front cover by a previous owner in 1935. In this booklet, rational recommendations for design and suggestions pertaining to construction are presented which will insure safe, economical small buildings..... More
New York: The Painter's Magazine, 1904. Second edition. Decorated Green Cloth Over Boards. Small quarto, pp 368. Indexed. Advertising section in rear. Several formulas added by a previous owner on the front and rear endpapers. Very practical, hands-on, for the tradesman and professional. Chock full of traditional techniques, trade secrets..... More
Boston: Boston Architectural Club, 1928. First printing. Green Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. 100, plus pp. 63 of Boston-area advertisements with advertiser's index; illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. The Boston Architectural Club was organized in 1889 for the purpose of associating those interested in the profession of architecture, with a...... More
London: Ernest Benn, Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xx, 188, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by a previous owner on the front endpaper in 1930. This book describes the spirit of traditional building as developed in the west of England during the preceding three centuries..... More
London: Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, 1831. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, paginated from 289 to 592 being a complete section of Partington's Mechanics Library, illustrated with engravings and 5 plates, which are all present. Charles Frederick Partington was a British science lecturer and writer. He was associated with the London..... More
Topeka, KS: L. F. Garlinghouse Company, nd c. 1930. Fifth improved edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 48, illustrated with b/w exterior photographs and floor plans. Two center pages loose, but present. Order form missing. 72 designs of 1 and 2-story duplexes, small apartments, and garage apartments. Many unusual styles..... More
London: Virtue & Co. Ltd, 1931. First edition. Original Cloth. Small quarto, pp. xi, 912, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. The plan of this book is to include everything that may fairly come within the province of the general practitioner in repairs, but to exclude the work which rightly falls..... More
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Warsaw: Arkady, 1988. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. ~243, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Text in Polish. Tadeusz Przemyslaw Szafer was a Polish architect and urban planner. He lectured at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Cracow University of Technology, and was director..... More
New York: Payson & Clarke Ltd, 1928. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 80, plus 122 b/w photographic plates. Paul T. Frankl was an Art Deco furniture designer and maker, architect, painter and author. In the years between the two world wars he, more than any other designer, helped..... More
