New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1980. First edition. Trade Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 240, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and pen-and-ink drawings. This book examines each part of the structure, from basement to roof, pointing out trouble areas and offering solutions to such problems as decay, seepage and..... More
New York: Monticelli Press, 1999. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 367, illustrated with b/w and color photographs and drawings. Signed with an original sketch on the title page by Robert Venturi. Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown are among the world's leading contemporary architects. Their writings, including..... More
Bound Brook, NJ: American Cyanamid Company, 1953. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 111, indexed, illustrated in b/w. This book is a practical guide in the important art of color matching. It presents a brief technical review of the numerous factors which influence so greatly the reliable..... More
New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1992. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 204, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings and floor plans. This study presents a comprehensive overview of Wright's work in a comparative analytical format. Wright's major building types have been identified to enable the reader to pursue a...... More
Livonia, MI: Sharpshooter Productions, Inc., 2000. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 166, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Riverview Park was Chicago's largest and best known amusement park. Although Riverview closed at the end of the 1967 season, it is still lovingly remembered by the citizens of Chicago..... More
Washington, D.C. Preservation Press, 1982. First edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. 185, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book answers the questions you always wanted to ask about rehabilitating an old building. Prepared by the historic preservation staff of the US Department of the Interior, the book..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 1990. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 137, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. An excellent guide to period gardens; how to research them and how to create them in all their lovely forms. There is also a complete list of plants of..... More
Chicago, IL: American School of Home Economics, 1916. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 224, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Ex-library markings. Chapters on house planning, decoration and care; household bacteriology; household hygiene; chemistry of the household; principles of cookery; food and dietetics; household management; personal hygiene; home care of..... More
Hanover, NH: University Press Of New England, 1984. Boards. Quarto, pp. 226, indexed, glossary, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. This classic work on the vernacular farmhouse architecture of New England is an enduring customer favorite. Examples of these stately and functional buildings can still be found in rural areas. Has attained..... More
Canton, OH: Stark Brick Company, 1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. Stark Salt Glazed Brictile is a smooth fire clay unit, glazed on the face, back and both ends. It is essentially a double brick, and the glaze is a thin coating..... More
Paris: Gide, 1858. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Folio (13.5" x 19"), 43 full-page plates, some in color, some fold out. Text in French. Withdrawn from the Museum of Fine Arts collection, with two book plates from the MFA affixed inside the front cover. Ex-library markings on the back..... More
Harrington Park, NJ: Pyramid Publications, 1939. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 152, indexed, illustrated in b/w. This book gives practical information to all those interested in color, and clarifies in a logical way much of the confusion that seems to surround this subject. A section of the book is..... More
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1926. Third Revised and Enlarged Edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 358, indexed, no illustrations. Ex-library markings. The author assures that every formula has been subjected to a scrutiny, and none has been included in this book unless it was considered to be a practical..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1915. First edition (of 6,000). Cloth over Boards. Oblong octavo, pp. vi, 73, indexed, illustrated with 340 b/w drawings. Ex-library markings. The author was instructor in decorative design at the College of the City of New York and at the Woman's Art School..... More
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1984. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo. pp 543. indexed. illustrated with b/w technical drawings and photographs. A very good treatment on the subject, well illustrated and thorough. Belongs in every professional tradesman's library! More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1967/1975. Third Printing. Original Wraps. Rectangular Quarto, pp. 96, illustrations by the author in pen & ink line drawings on sepia paper. At the center is a selection of 8 of Sloane's works in full color, which are preceeded by their individual captions. This book takes..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Glidden Company, nd c. 1950. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 96, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and paint color chip charts. Several previous owners signed the front endpaper in ink. This descriptive catalogue is especially designed to assist maintenance engineers, building owners, managers..... More
London, New York: Ward, Lock & Co., 1891. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 27, with11 fold-out plates (several detached and laid in; one torn). Illustrated with 224 in-text b/w drawings and diagrams. Ex-library markings. An important and extremely rare late 19th century masonry and brickwork technical manual, extremely..... More
London: Cassell & Company, Limited, 1891. Revised. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. viii, 192, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and 6 color plates. The author, a British chemist and a talented artist, presents many of the chief facts connected with the origin, the phenomena, and the employment of colour. Chapters..... More
New York: George Braziller, 1975. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 111, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. When Steingruber's book was originally published more than 200 years ago, it was intended for "those learned in architecture and curious readers." Anyone in either of these categories today will be..... More
Boston, MA: Houghton, Osgood, & Company, 1879. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xii, 282. Ex-library markings. The author proposes that the existence of bright colouring in the world at large is almost entirely due to the influence of the colour sense in the animal kingdom. The book..... More
London: Ward, Lock, Bowden and Co., 1892. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 142, plus publisher's advertisements, illustrated with 19 folding plates and 75 b/w drawings. Ex-library markings. This book guides the reader through lessons for gaining proficiency in freehand or ornamental drawing, a skill essential to the..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1962. First American edition. Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with 30 two-page plates of color samples. A color memory in pocket form, it contains 1,266 color swatches systematically organized and identified for easy reference. Practically designed and easy to use, this atlas..... More
New York: The Pencil Points Press, Inc., 1932. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. ~80 each issue, illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings and trade advertisements. The series was a bible for architects in the 1920's and 1930's and the predecessor for publications such as Progressive Architecture. Each issue features line..... More
Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1999. First paperback printing. Perfect Bound. Quarto, pp. 335, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Color is fundamental to life and art yet so diverse that it has seldom been studied in a comprehensive way. This ground-breaking analysis of color in Western culture..... More
