Washington, D.C. The American Institute of Architects Press, 1930/1990. Reprint. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 96, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. In 1928 there were about 800 airports in existence in the United States, but most were no more than flying fields. To crystallize public attention on the need for well-designed..... More
London: Jones & Co., 1825. Revised. Full Leather, marbled endpapers. Small quarto, pp. xii, 121, with 88 plates, plus 4 pages and 4 plates devoted to the orders of architecture. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, but..... More
Minneapolis, MN: The Flour City Ornamental Iron Company, 1924. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 34, illustrated with b/w photographs. The original letter from the manager of the memorial department of Flour City Ornamental Iron Company is laid in. After WWI, there was intense interest in creating war memorials using..... More
Jersey City, NJ: Stowell Manufacturing Company, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small octavo, pp 32, illustrated with b/w illustrations with spot color. Stamped by the Philadelphia Office of Builders Exchange on the front and back cover, and on the title page. Some calculations in pencil on the front..... More
Pen Argyl, PA: Structural Slate Company, 1929. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs; some advertisements in color. This booklet advertised the use of slate for the window sills, toilet enclosures, construction, school blackboards, stair treads, kitchens, bathrooms, mausoleums, and more. Buildings around the United States..... More
Newburgh, NY: Mastic Tile Corporation of America, 1956. Original edition. Cardboard Box, maroon. 8.5" x 4.5" x 2.25" full box, filled with 27 4" x 4" floor tile samples. The tiles have color codes and company information printed on the back of each. The box front flips down, with advertising..... More
Boston, MA: George H. Polley & Co., 1901. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Portfolio. Folio, 45 full page plates; originally 70 plates of b/w photographs, but missing plates 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 17, 19, 24, 33, 35, 39, 40, 44, 46, 52, 55, 60, 61, 63, 64..... More
Boston, MA: George H. Polley & Co., 1890. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio, 52 plates of b/w photographs and drawings. Ex-library markings inside front and rear covers, on the border of the first plate, and on fore edge. Marie-Eugène-Melchior, vicomte de Vogüé was a French diplomat, Orientalist, travel writer, archaeologist..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1987. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 355, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. OHJ stamp on title page. As the first book to deal exclusively with interior design in 20th-century America, this volume will undoubtedly find an appreciative readership. It is heavily..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1997. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 205, indexed, 243 illustrations, including 165 plates in full color. This volume was published on the occasion of a major exhibition organized by the Library of Congress, Washington DC, and the Vitra Design Museum in Germany..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1980. First edition. Paperback Original. Quarto, pp. 95, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This is the first book on bungalows since the phenomenon of the early 20th century collapsed in the Great Depression. The author sees these sometimes not-so-modest structures as..... More
London: Copper Development Association, 1963. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Octavo, pp. 147, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, and three color plates. This book provides the architect with sufficient knowledge of decorative and utilitarian metalwork available in copper and its alloys, and what can or cannot..... More
London: Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., nd c. 1950. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Spiralbound Binder. Quarto, pp 64, illustrated with b/w photographs. Stamped by a shop owner inside the front cover and on the first page of the catalog. This catalogue contains three sections.The first section includes standard metal windows..... More
Hollywood, CA: Murray & Gee, Inc., 1945. Second printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto (8.5" x 11"), pp 44. B/w perspective renderings and floor plans on each page. Order blank laid in. McClurg was an architect for the Housing Authority of Los Angeles. These attractive, one-storey, single family homes are classic, popular..... More
St. Louis, MO: Mississippi Glass Co., 1960. Original edition. Solid Wood Case w/metal latch. 5" x 10.5" x 5.75" wooden case with company name on front in black painted label, a company label inside the cover with product recommendations, and working latch. The samples are contained inside a heavy cardboard..... More
Kearny, NJ: Congoleum-Nairn, Inc., nd c. 1955. Original edition. Cardboard Box, yellow. 4.5" x 4.5" x 3.5" full box, filled with 4" x 4" floor tile samples in 13 different colors. The tiles have color and size information printed on the back of each. An attractive set of asphalt tile..... More
New York: Kentile, Inc., 1959. Original edition. Cardboard Box, red/yellow. 3.5" x 3.25" x 3.25" full box, filled with 3" x 3" floor tile samples in 24 different colors. The tiles have color and size information printed on the back of each. A beautiful set of asphalt tile flooring samples..... More
New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. Fourth printing. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 111, illustrations by the author. Includes a color plate of 20 sections of typical American woods. Tells of how different kinds of trees and their wood figured in the American story. Includes a section on identification of nearly sixty native..... More
Boston, MA: Dana Estes and Charles E. Lauriat, 1884. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 40 plates in full color. Ex-library plate opposite title page, and library stamp on the back of each plate. Beautiful chromolithographic prints by renowned Danish artist August Fischer of decorations such as Limousin enamel..... More
Boston: Rogers & Manson for Building Brick Association of America, 1912. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 120, illustrated with b/w drawings and plans. A wonderful early 20th century pattern book, featuring intricate drawings and details for 100 brick bungalows of various styles. The designs were selected from..... More
Reading, England: Samuel Elliott & Sons, nd c. 1920. Original edition. Cardboard Covers with cord binding. Oblong quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. This beautiful catalog features interior photographs of notable buildings in England that featured Elliott woodwork, such as Crawley Grange; Hitcham Place in Burnham; Lewis's Restaurant in..... More
London: Joseph Sandell & Co., Ltd., May 1, 1923. First printing. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 10, illustrated with b/w drawings. Joseph Sandell was a timber merchant in London in the 1920s. This catalog featured interior and exterior doors, ornamental gates, windows, and kitchen and cabinet dressers. Very unusual! We've never..... More
New York: Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1968. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto. pp 202. Indexed, richly illustrated in b/w and 22 color plates. Long neglected in nineteenth history, Rufus Porter, the "Michaelangelo" of America, experienced a rebirth under the watchful eye of Jean Lipman. From his many inventions, his creation..... More
Edinburgh: John Grant, 1898. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, 2-page preface, 59 beautiful colored original plates (one loose plate), in various print mediums, many hand-colored, depicting tiles, stained gl;ass panels and borders, capitala and columns, draperies, ironwork, ornaments in wood and plaster, etc. A selection of the purest and..... More
