Chicago, IL: Byron William Dalton, 1949. Second edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. vii, 408, index, reference tables. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. A title that was so prized in its day, that each plasterer that joined the professional guild received a copy by the president of the guild! This... More about Practical Plastering Cement Finishing and Related Subjects
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914/20. Later printing. Original Maroon Pictorial Boards depicting a bricklayer. Small octavo; bricklayers' guide is pp. 254 plus index; concretes and cements section is pp. 509 plus index. Both sections illustrated with b/w drawings. Signed on front endpaper and on several internal pages by... More about Cyclopedia of Bricklaying, Stone Masonry, Concretes, Stuccos and Plasters; and everything...
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1920. Second edition, revised and enlarged, third impression. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp xii, 433, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A knowledge of the properties and behavior of the gases found or generated in the mine, and the means for effecting their safe removal... More about Mine Gases and Ventilation; Textbook for students of mining, mining engineers and candidates...
Zeeland, MI: Herman Miller Furniture Company, nd c. 1952. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w photographs. Herman Miller was founded in 1905, and produces high quality furniture. The home and office furniture featured in this 1950s advertising brochure are some of the strongest mid-century Modern... More about ABC Book of Modern Furniture
London: Charles Griffin and Company, Limited, 1895. Original edition. Embossed cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp xiv, 238, appendix (with fold-out table in excellent condition), indexed, with fold-out b/w illustration; 32-page publisher's catalog bound in. History of cement and Portland cement in particular, including composition, manufacturing and drying processes, calcination... More about Calcareous Cements; their nature and uses,with some observations upon cement testing
Philadelphia, PA: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1895. Original edition. Embossed cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp 254, appendix, with fold-out b/w illustration; 28-page publisher's catalog bound in. This book was intended to place information and models needed by skillful marble workers within their reach, with the hope that it... More about The Marble-Workers' Manual; designed for the use of marble-workers, builders, and owners of...
London, England: Crosby Lockwood And Son, 1904. Ninth edition. Cloth over Boards. 16mo, pp. xxi, 394, indexed, illustrated in b/w and color, with 16-page Weale's publishing catalog and 48-page Crosby Lockwood publisher's catalog bound in. A fine and historic guide for house and sign painters. Topics include the painter's tools... More about A Practical Manual of House-Painting, Graining, Marbling, And Sign Writing; containing full...
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1901. Fourth edition. Original Tan Cloth on Boards w/embossed lettering & emblem. 16mo, pp viii, 128, index, appendix, illustrated with b/w drawings, plus 16-page Weale's publisher's catalog and 48-page Crosby Lockwood publisher's catalog bound in. This book was intended to introduce the student of architecture... More about An Elementary Treatise on the Construction of Roofs of Wood and Iron; introduced chiefly from the...
New York: The Viking Press, 1949. Second printing. Boards. Quarto. pp 196. illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans of houses. Forty new houses selected by a jury of architectural photographers from all parts of the country; all are actual houses, already built and occupied. All were built for $15,000... More about America's Best Small Houses; 40 Actual Homes, Recently Completed, Costing from $6000 to...
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1945. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small Quarto (8 x 11), pp. 214. Contains index of architects whose work appears in book.. 232 b/w photographs and drawings. Interesting perspective, based often purely on the time, i.e. the absolutely first wave of the post-war era. A.... More about Tomorrow's House; How to Plan your Post-War Home Now
New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1976. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp 119, 8 pages in full color, 100 b/w illustrations. This book is richly illustrated with photographs fofthe many innovative Herman Miller furniture systems and prototype designs now accepted as classics as well as anecdotal pictures of the chief... More about The Design of Herman Miller; Pioneered by Eames, Girard, Nelson, Propst, Rohde
Koln, Germany: Taschen, 2015. First edition. Hard Cover. Small quarto, pp. 96. Indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Nothing says modernist perfection like an Eames design. Though they are best known to the general public for their furniture, the husband and wife duo of Charles and Ray Eames were... More about Eames: Pioneers of Mid-Century Modernism
London: Constable & Company, 1913. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 412. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Ex-library. Chapters include raw materials for cements, concretes and bricks; methods of manufacturing; chemical and physical changes in preparation of these materials; testing their properties, and more. One of the... More about Cement, Concrete and Bricks
Kansas City, MO: Goldblatt Tool Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 12mo, pp. 240. Illustrated with b/w drawings. A wonderful 1920s period trade catalog for plasterers, bricklayers, tile-setters, stonemasons, and other "trowel trades", including trowels, corner blocks, floats, blades, picks and hammers, levels, crawlers, mixers, brushes, ladders, power tools, and... More about Goldblatt's Catalogue and Handy Book 1927
New York: The Co-Operative Building Plan Assoc. 1891. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio 11 1/2" x 14 1/2, each issue approximately 60 pp., with b/w perspective drawings and floor plans. Trade advertisements throughout. Two advertising pages bound in upside down. Ex-library. A bound copy of four issues of Shoppell's beautiful... More about Shoppell's Modern Houses, No. 31, 32, 33, 34
Washington DC: National Lumber Manufacturer's Assoc. 1964. First edition. Comb Bound. Oblong folio (14.5" x 11"), profusely illustrated with plans and construction details. First of two volumes on the UNICOM Method of House Construction, based on modular design principles. This volume explains the principles of coordinated modular design for house... More about UNICOM Manual No. 1: Design Priciples
London: J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, 1810. Third edition, revised and corrected. Full Leather. Small quarto, pp. x, 81, indexed, plus 79 plates, some of which fold out. Signed by a previous owner on front endpapers in 1823. A well-loved example of an early edition of this carpentry classic... More about The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant; containing practical rules for making all kinds of joints,...
Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 1908. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 316, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. This volume discussed the qualities of clays which can be manufactured into satisfactory pavers, the means in determining those qualities, and the methods of testing. The authors believed this... More about Paving Brick and Paving Brick Clays of Illinois; Bulletin #9
St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1914. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong small quarto, pp. 32, limited edition and numbered. This book was aimed at eliminating as much of the labor as possible for the draughtsman's preparation of working drawings for ornamental brickwork. The introductory text describes in detail... More about Brick-Scale Tables
Ontario, Canada: Boston Mills Press, 1988. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Quarto, pp. xi, 239. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs and architectural drawings. This guide to good conservation practice was assembled because the Ontario Heritage Foundation considers it vital that everyone involved in conserving built heritage have ready access... More about Well-Preserved; The Ontario Heritage Foundation's Manual of Principles and Practice for...
Washington, D.C. National Park Service, 1989. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 325. Indexed, illustrated with numerous b/w photographs. Copy from DJ pasted on back cover. This technical preservation bibliography was developed to assist owners, architects and administrative officials with the planning, review, and implementation of preservation work on historic... More about Preserving Historic Lighthouses; An Annotated Bibliography
Washington DC: Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1984. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Narrow Octavo, pp. 65. Glossary, reading list. A very early and compact publication on the subject, but chock full of details and illustrations. Ideally suited for the professional. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More about A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preservation Treatments
Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1958. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w photos and specification drawings. This copy was circulated by Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Company in San Francisco. A guide in the proper practices to be used with Portland Cement stucco and plaster. Many photos... More about Plasterer's Manual; Concrete for Permanence
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1911. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 137, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, including a fold-out geological survey map in color. Signed on the cover by several early owners, including Gordon College professor of geology Edwin K. Gedney. Scarce Department... More about The Granites of Connecticut
Toronto: Association for Preservation Technology, 1984. Original edition. Plastic comb binding. Quarto, c. pp. 400, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by Patricia Poore on the front cover. A comprehensive compilation of reprinted articles and technical papers, covering a variety of topics related to masonry conservation and cleaning, including the chemistry... More about Masonry Conservation and Cleaning; APT Pre-Conference Training Course, Toronto, Canada, Sept....
