St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1914. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Canvas carrying case 20" x 2.5" x 0.5" containing 17 cardstock rulers. The fronts are printed with a scale title and the rule lines, and the backs are stamped with the name Edward A. Nitsche. Nitsche's name is... More about Brick Scales in Canvas Carrying Case
Mineola, NY: Dover Publications, 1991. Reissue. Decorated Wraps. Quarto, pp. 146, illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. A joint publication between the Philadelphia Athenaeum and Dover, this classic pattern book is reissued to bring popular Sears kit homes to a new generation. Over 300 photographs and illustrations, with... More about Catalog of Houses 1926; An Unabridged Reprint
Munich: Franz Schiermeier, 2012. Later printing. Decorated boards. Small quarto, pp. 352, with 200 construction line planning by Theodor Fischer; 66 photographs on characteristic urban development situations; 12 photographs of buildings by Theodor Fischer; plus CD with plan synopsis of the construction planning based on a current black plan. Text... More about Theodor Fischer Atlas; Urban Planning in Munich
London: Edward Arnold Publishers, Ltd., 1971. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 1094, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This volume is many books rolled into a comprehensive encyclopedia of the principles and mechanisms of every aspect of corrosion, along with the results of research work; opinions and interpretations... More about The Corrosion and Oxidation of Metals; Scientific Principles and Practical Applications
Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Howland & Co., nd c. 1910. Original edition. Pamphlet. 7.25" x 6.25" folding pamphlet, with four sample paint chips. A very scarce advertising pamphlet from this Boston area paint and varnish company. The color samples are bright and in nice condition. More about Bay State Piazza Chair Enamel
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1913. First edition. Decorated Cardboard Covers. Small quarto. pp 62, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. This booklet was prepared in the hope of increasing appreciation for brick in American home building, and spreading the realization that brick is the most economical home-building material... More about Genuine Economy in Home Building
New York: New York School of Interior Design, 1993. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, lavishly illustrated with b/w photographs. Beaux-Arts buildings in New York City include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Custom House, the Brooklyn Museum, the Public Library, and Grand Central Terminal. The special power and... More about Beaux-Arts New York; An Exhibition at The Gallery of the New York School of Interior Design 155...
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1929. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 134. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos. Cover and first two pages missing. A wonderful pattern book from the days when Sears sold affordable kit houses. From a great period in U.S. home building, showing a variety of popular... More about Honor Bilt Modern Homes
London: Caxton, ca 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto; pp. 200, 213, 209; well illustrated, with half tones, scale drawings, photographs, etc., indexed, with several appendices of a technical, buildings-trade nature. While there are many books dealing with carpentry and joinery, this work is differentiated by the fact... More about The Modern Carpenter and Joiner (complete in 3 volumes); With Special Sections on the Use of the...
Garden City, NY: Garden City Publishing Co., Inc., 1949. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 188, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. The purpose of this book is to tell you how to do almost any kind of paint, varnish, and papering job around the home in the easiest, quickest... More about Painting and Paper Hanging for the Home Owner
New York: MAC Publishers Association, 1965. Gypsum Association Edition. Cloth over Boards. Square small quarto, pp. 366, glossary, index, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Stamped by a previous owner on front endpaper. A relatively early treatment on the subject, in light of the changes in the building trades at... More about Manual of Lathing and Plastering
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1929. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xiii, 351, 125 full page plates and 278 illustrations in the text. With introductory chapter by G. T. Robinson. Appendices (standard plastering specifications), indexed. The pages that contains plates 12 and 13... More about Plastering Plain & Decorative; A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft, Including Full...
London: The Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd, nd, post-1937. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 30, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough list of over 300 modern bricklayer bonding examples, such as English, Flemish, Dutch, Monk, Quetta, and many more, with clear illustrations of each. Scarce! This is a.... More about The Modern Bricklayer; Bonding Examples
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. Second edition, fourth printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 312, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Architect's stamp on front endpaper. Part of the material in this volume was used by the author for a course in modern timber design given as... More about Modern Timber Design
Hamburg: nd c. 1910. Fifth improved edition. Decorated Portfolio Boards. Folio, pp. 2 plus 26 chromolithographic prints on thirteen plates and five monochrome lithographic plates from drawings; two advertising sheets; all loose in illustrated portfolio boards. A good complete set. A set of chromolithographed prints showing examples of painted wood... More about Neue Holz Malereien (New Wood Paintings
London: B. T. Batsford, 1900. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Folio, pp. 33 plus 21 full page b/w plates of home exteriors and floor plans. Bookplate for a previous owner on front endpaper. Publisher's advertisement and receipt for the book laid in. Building homes for the working class, at rents that... More about Houses for the Working Classes in Urban Districts; comprising 30 typical and improved plans...
St. Paul, MN: White Pine Bureau, 1917. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 197, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book furnishes architects with authoritative information to enable them to easily and correctly determine and as a result properly specify the various grades of white pine lumber desired... More about White Pine Standard Grading Rules; Classified Recommended Uses for White Pine in House...
Vienna, VA: Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association, Inc., 1979. Third edition, third printing. Spiralbound wraps. Quarto, pp. viii, 285, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Architectural firm's rubber stamped name and address on some pages. SMACNA bookstore flyer from 1991-1992 and staplebound wrap "Architectural Sheet Metal Specifications" (quarto... More about Architectural Sheet Metal Manual
New York: Broadway Park Place Co., 1918. Revised edition. Decorated Wraps, beige w/gilt design & lettering. Quarto, pp. 30, color illustrations & b/w photographs throughout. A beautifully illustrated volume describing the opening of the Woolworth Building by then President Wilson, depicting its facade, its place on the New York skyline... More about The Cathedral of Commerce - Woolworth Building, New York - The Highest Building In The World
Davenport, IA: Gordon-Van Tine Co., 1921. First edition. Original Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 72, illustrated with b/w drawings. A beautiful and scarce edition of this farm building catalog from Gordon-Van Tine, gorgeously illustrated. Includes line drawings and photos of barns, corn cribs, hog houses, tractor shed, implement shed, poultry... More about Farm Buildings
New York: Hugh McAtamney, 1913. First edition. Decorated Wraps, beige w/gilt design & lettering. Small quarto, pp. 29, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A beautifully illustrated volume published for distribution among the visitors to Woolworth Tower in New York City. The text discusses the history of New York City... More about Above the Clouds and Old New York; A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many...
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1863. First edition. Leather spine; custom box. Octavo, pp. 171. Illustrated with b/w engravings. Housed in a custom box due to fragile condition. The engraving for house plan #2 is present, but its floor plan has been cut out of the book. American architect... More about Holly's Country Seats; containing lithographic designs for cottages, villas, mansions, etc., with...
Braintree, England: Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., January, 1925. First edition. Decorated Paper over Boards. Folio, pp 146. b/w photographs of installations and window type elevations and construction details throughout. With company presentation stamp and signature opposite title page. This catalog includes casement, composite, and other types of metal windows. Among... More about Crittall Metal Windows: Catalogue No. 36
Smethwick, Birmingham, UK: Henry Hope & Sons, Ltd., 1926. First edition. Boards. Folio (10 x 15"), pp. 151. Indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w photos and drawings, some pages in color. A remarkably beautiful Hope's window catalog, the largest and most comprehensive we've seen. Gorgeous, large illustrations and installation diagrams include... More about Hope's Metal Windows and Casements Catalog 1818-1926
Pittsburgh, PA: Jackson-Remlinger Printing Company, 1915. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 36. Illustrated with b/w photographs. The object of this book is to point out the factors which should be considered in plastering. The contents are compiled from the author's experience as well as that of many... More about Better Plastering and Better Acoustics; A Treatise on Interior Plastering for the use of...
