London: B.T. Batsford, 1902. First edition. Original burgundy cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. Folio (12.5" x 17.5"), pp. viii, 10. Fifty full plates of nicely rendered architectural detail drawings. Ex-library markings. A very technical study of Renaissance, Classic, Jacobean, and Wren architectural examples, with wonderful line drawings of joinery..... More

Chicago, IL: American Builder Publishing Corporation, 1933. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 66, illustrated w/ b/w photographs and drawings. This issue has a special emphasis on the garage, including remodeling, design, equipment, and a photographic portfolio. There are also articles on good architecture in small inexpensive homes, sketches and..... More

New York: Architecture Magazine, 1935. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. This portfolio features examples from across the United States, with a concentration in New England and the mid-Atlantic states, and a few examples from Europe. The featured cornices are identified by location and architect..... More

New York: Architecture Magazine, 1935. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. This portfolio features examples from across the United States and Europe. Doorways, chimneys, exterior border walls, windows, and ornamentation examples. More

New York: Architecture Magazine, 1934. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. This is an arresting collection of all sorts of ornament: brick, stone, wood, metal and more. It features the work of such architectural firms as Shreve, Lamb & Harmon; Voorhees, Gmelin & Walker; Sloan..... More

New York: Architecture Magazine, 1932. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 16, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. A beautiful collection of French photographs depicting stone work across several centuries. Corner quoins, cottage walls, storefronts, pilasters, arched doorways, and much more. More

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1964. Tenth printing. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 238, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This thoroughly illustrated study traces the history of the world-famous Chicago school of architecture from its beginnings with the functional innovations of William Le Baron and others to their imaginative development..... More

New York: Funk and Wagnalls, 1967. Reprint of 1859 sixth edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xvi, 576, indexed, illustrated with b/w engravings. Published originally in 1841, this book has become a classic in the literature of American gardening. The author adapted the principles of the English landscape style to..... More

Boston, MA: L. Prang and Company, 1876. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xxxiii, 274, indexed, illustrated with chromolithographic plates and woodcuts. Ex-library markings. This book was intended to make artists and persons engaged in industrial artistic pursuits familiar with the results of investigation into the physical and..... More

New York: John Wiley, 1849. First American edition. Decorated Embossed Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 205. + 6 Pages of advertising. Illustrated w/14 fold out lithograph plates. Ruskin's text is an enduring architectural classic, a book which was, to quote Sir Kenneth Clark, "in the history of taste, perhaps the..... More

Philadelphia: Athenaeum of Philadelphia, 1976. Reissue of 1885 title by Devoe Paint Company. Leatherette, black w/Dust Jacket. Oblong folio, pp 95. 20 Color plates including a reproduction of an early paint card from 1871. A reprint by the Philadelphia Athenaeum of an iconic paint treatise by Dornsife in the 1880s..... More

New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2001. First edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 285, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. What factors create a successful resort? How did the rise of lavish hotels and spas reflect the changing values of American society as the nineteenth century progressed? Historians have argued..... More

Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Technical Preservation Services Division, 1980. First edition. Decorated Wraps, Black. Quarto, pp. 170. Includes notes and bibliography. Illustrated with b/w photographs. An excellent, practical guide to the preservation of architectural metalwork. Part I is "A Historical Survey of..... More