Madison, CT: Sound View Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 428, indexed, illustrated with 37 color plates and 248 b/w photographs. Thirty-two papers presented at the Gilding Conservation Symposium held at the Philadelphia Museum of Art in October 1988 comprise an interdisciplinary compilation of current gilding conservation..... More
Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia, 1981. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 1291, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This impressive and richly illustrated sequel to Charles B. Hosmer's earlier volume, Presence of the Past, reviews the history of preservation activity in the United States from 1926 to..... More
New York: Theodore Audel, 1946. Reissue. Black leatherette, gilt lettering. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 6 1/2), pp ca. 300 per volume, iIlustrated with wood engravings. Contains several tables and data. The Audel guides to the building trades are a practical series of educators on the various branches of building..... More
Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1994. Nineteenth edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 1622, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The 19th edition of Sir Banister Fletcher's A History of Architecture is the first major work of history to include an overview of the architectural achievements of the 20th century..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 224, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This book forms a critical appraisal of the place and direction of architecture and urban design in a new world order at the start of the 21st century. This practical guide highlights..... More
San Francisco, CA: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1981. First American edition. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 191, illustrated with color photographs. This book shows how theories of color and form have been brought to life in modern architecture. Illustrated with examples from throughout the 20th century and around..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1994. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 245, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The move to livable communities - ideal "small towns'' and neighborhoods where people work, live, play, and walk from place to place - is on. Profit from what..... More
Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009. First edition. Decorated Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 272, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Conservation of our existing structures has obvious economic and social value. Moreover, historic structures provide an excellent laboratory for studying aspects of structural engineering, materials science..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2000. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 258, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Includes CD-ROM with MS Excel workbooks. This book presents state-of-the-art information on high efficiency glazing systems and their energetic and environmental impact on modern buildings. The information is presented in..... More
London: Longmans & Co., 1876. First edition. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. Quarto, pp. 285, xliii, indexed, illustrated with 34 b/w engravings and 13 folding plates. Signed neatly in ink by a previous owner on the front endpaper. This volume is a rich history of the interesting buildings and architecture..... More
Oxford: Architectural Press, 2002. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 255, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Peter Blundell Jones details the inadequacy of the first histories of the Modern Movement by revealing the existence of suppressed alternative traditions within the movement and shows their great diversity..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1892. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 211, illustrated with b/w engravings. Ex-library markings. Fascinating look at 19th century American architectural trends. Chapters on Queen Anne, the Vanderbilt houses, the Brooklyn Bridge, an American cathedral, and architecture in Chicago and Minnesota. A...... More
Cleveland, OH: John Henry Newson Co., 1913. Second edition. Cloth over Boards, sage, with tipped-in pictorial label. Quarto, pp. 304. Richly illustrated with b/w, tinted photographs, drawings, floor plans, and detailed renderings. Includes advertising section in back. Ex-library markings. Some foxing in the endpapers. An interesting early 20th century pattern..... More
New York: McBride, Nast & Co., 1912. New & Enlarged. Cloth over Boards, olive w/embossed design & lettering. Small quarto, pp 80, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Ex-library markings. A lovely plan book showing architect designed homes including Georgian, "Country," half-timber, stained shingle, stone, and other attractive materials..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering on Spine. Octavo, pp. 409 (vol 1), pp. 411 (vol 2), illustrated with 436 b/w engravings (vol 1) and 317 b/w engravings (vol 2). Ex-library markings. A good survey of the subject for decorators, students..... More
New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1916. First edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 120. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and floor plans. Ex-library markings. This book was intended for those who wanted a comfortable house with a modest price. It supplies simple, direct plans that serve..... More
Seattle: West Coast Lumber Trade Extension Bureau, 1928. Original edition. Staplebound wraps w/illustrated cover. Small quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with architectural renderings in b/w with floor plans. Fine examples of West Coast design with superb renderings, exterior elevations, interior elevations and floor plans. Cottage styles, farm houses, and other styles..... More
Chicago, IL: The Architectural Forum Service Division, nd ca 1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 32. 20 pages of home designs with b/w architectural drawings and floor plans. Charts of cement stucco textures, and concrete masonry wall construction details. A very uncommon group of prize winning designs for cement..... More
Ambler, PA: Asbestos Shingle, Slate And Sheathing Co., nd c. 1913. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 20, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Includes directions for several different methods of installation of roofing shingles, such as honeycomb, straight laid, and French diagonal. Exterior photographs of buildings with Ambler..... More
New York: Charles Warner Company, 1910-1912. Original printing. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, each issue ~14 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs. September 1910, February 1911, June 1911, August 1911, March 1912. Each issue is 3-hole punched. This monthly illustrated magazine was printed for those interested in masons' building materials. Topics include..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1988. Eighth edition. Original Publisher's Cloth. Small quarto, pp. 854, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural specification drawings. The ultimate in standard references, a "must" for any architect. These older editions remain indispensable for architects and builders/tradesmen who work in more traditional, older built environments..... More
Kohler, WI: Kohler Co., 1948. First edition. Blue Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144. Indexed, illustrated in b/w and color. Aerial photograph of Kohler used for endpapers. Two one-page inserts laid in; 1951 bathtub advertisement, and 1950 bathroom sink advertisement. Scarce edition of this post-war plumbing fixture catalog with marvelous..... More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. Sketch in colored pencil in margin of front cover. This issue contains articles on French Renaissance architectural style; lath used in ancient Egypt, Middle Ages, and English Renaissance, and..... More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1926. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. Sketch in colored pencil in margin of front cover. This issue contains articles on Southern Colonial architecture; a historical church of Southern Colonial design; Rocklath testing; and Structolite for..... More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. Two b/w engravings of Italian architecture laid inside (facade of Saint Stefano in Abruzzo, and Palazzo Canacci in Florence). This issue contains articles on the cathedral of Saint Trophisme..... More
