Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1912. Third edition. Original Brown Cloth. 24mo, pp. xvii, 409, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings, plus 16-page supplement about ICS (International Correspondence Schools). Covers virtually all aspects of construction. You can't pack any more information into such a small package without needing a microscope! More

New York: Munn & Co., June 1890. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 18, plus xvi (advertising), indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings; supplement with two plates in colors. Outstanding photographs of historic homes in New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New York, as well as articles about fireproofing wooden floors, the..... More

New Orleans, LA: Batture Press, Inc., 1997. Second Printing. Boards. Quarto, pp. 207, illustrated with color photographs. A trifold flyer for a cemetery tour by Historic New Orleans Walking Tours is laid in. This book examines thirteen regional burial grounds, focusing not only on gravesite structures but on people profoundly..... More

Bonn: Dumont, 2002. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. 384, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Text in German. The sacred spaces of the occident have an overwhelming effect on each of us to this day. They make us pause, invite us to contemplation and meditation and dissolve everyday..... More

Watkins Glen, NY: American Life Foundation, 1976. Reprint. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. ca 50, reprint of 1886 London edition, illustrated with 50 plates. More

London: Cassell Petter & Galpin, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Embossed cloth over boards with gilt lettering. Oblong small quarto, pp. 33, illustrated with 24 sepia plates. Ex-library bookplate and spine sticker. The instruction given in this book is intended to be an intermediate step between painting in sepia and..... More

Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Association, 1929. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 23, illustrated with b/w photographs. Properly made concrete floor finishes are durable, serviceable and economical. This brochure deals with the top finish of concrete floors, such as hardener treatments, heavy duty floor finish, light duty floor finish, terrazzo..... More

London: W. & C. Johnson, 1899. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. 16mo, pp. 23. W. & C. Johnson participated in a building trades exhibition held in the Royal Agricultural Hall in London in May of 1899, and this catalog was distributed there. They offered imported mahogany from Honduras and Nicaragua; oak..... More

New York: Seeley Brothers, 1886. First edition. Embossed Boards. Folio, publishers blind-stamped cloth. Lithographic title leaf, pp. 8, 20 chromolithographic plates, each with descriptive text facing, pp. 3 of advertisements, one with paint samples, which includes 2 chromolithographic plates with one incorporating 12 flat pastel paint samples. Presentation book plate..... More

Montreal: McGill University Press, 1966. First edition. Perfect Bound. Oblong small quarto, pp. 132, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. With the growth in the number of students at university, the problem of undergraduate housing had become acute. In this critical survey, two architects consider university residences throughout Canada. Their..... More

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1849. First edition. Buckram. Quarto, pp xvi, 537, illustrated with 5 plates and 98 wood engravings. The first section of this book elaborates a theory of art which stemmed from a study of Indian, Islamic and Gothic architecture. The second section of the book..... More

Princeton, NJ: Princeton Architectural Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 385, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Frank Furness was the most unique and prolific American architect of the 19th century. Apprenticed in the atelier of Richard Morris Hunt and inspired by the values of his..... More

Zurich: Benteli, 1975. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 310, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in German. Published for the 100th anniversary of the Museum Bellerive. Excellent collection directory with artist biographies of the most important examples of Art Nouveau. More