Washington DC: Building Research Institute, 1956. First edition. Original Wraps rebound in boards with cloth spine. Small quarto, pp. vi, 163, illustrated with b/w photographs. These are the edited papers and discussions of a research correlation conference on natural stone and clay products conducted by the Building Research Institute in... More
Watkins Glen, NY: Century House, 1966. Limited edition, #701, signed. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 112, indexed, illustrated in b/w, signed by author. Excellent, early study, by a noted Pennsylvania expert/scholar: his Winterthur thesis in its signed/limited edition! More
Mill Valley, CA: Victorian Design Press, 1983. First edition. Paperback. 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 1/2), pp. 118 (text), bibliography, over 200 photographic illustrations with explanatory text for each item in the calligraphic hand of Renee Locks. The author traces the history of the hardware industry in the United... More
New York: Saxton, 1852. First edition. Cloth over Boards, heavy wear. Small octavo, pp. xv, 384 plus 10-page publisher's catalog bound in; illustrated w/ b/w engravings and plans. Signed by the publisher on front end paper. A scarce and sought after book covering rural building needs and practices comprehensively, and... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago Millwork Supply Co., 1913. First edition. Decorated Stock Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp 60. b/w illustrations and floor plans on each page, for homes, garages, cottages, and barns. One of the largest mill work supply companies in the Midwest, also designed and produced materials for homes in the... More
Yorkshire: Dencroft Ltd, nd ca 1940. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 20. Illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Dencroft offered steel-framed buildings with walls made of corrugated asbestos, aluminum alloy, timber, glass, or steel, with windows, doors, and shelving. People used them as garages, greenhouses, or general... More
Philadelphia, PA: E. S. Jones & Co., January 1852. Original edition. Paperback journal. Folio, pp. 16, illustrated with b/w drawings. Period advertisements inside front and rear cover. Sloan's architectural books are always a visual treat for the fan of Victorian architecture, and this oversized magazine showcases three of his popular... More
Ambler, PA: Asbestos Shingle, Slate And Sheathing Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 40, illustrated with color and b/w drawings and photographs. Includes directions for several different methods of installation of roofing shingles, such as honeycomb, straight laid, and French diagonal. Samples of the colors are printed in... More
New York: M. T. Richardson, 1888. First edition. Publisher's pictoral cloth. 12 mo. pp iv, 186. illustrated with black-and-white plates. Glossary, index, publisher's ads. A very good treatment on the subject for the tradesman. Amazingly practical, with hundreds of tricks of the trade. More
New York: Austral Sales Corp. nd. c. 1935. First edition. Staplebound wraps. Quarto, pp. 125, illustrated with b/w specification drawings and photographs. Previous owner signed the cover in pencil. District representative stamped front end paper. University of the State of New York, State Education Department, Rules of Cubage (typed manuscript)... More
Hartford, CT: Cedar Hill Cemetery Foundation, 2007. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 192, illustrated 24 color illustrations, 22 duotones, and 10 b/w plans and sketches. Mild ex-library markings. This volume presents an account of Weidenmann's life (1829-1893) with particular emphasis on his distinguished career. His practice began in... More
San Francisco: Pabco Products, Inc., 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp 120. Color illustrations on each page. Top right corner of each page ripped off from pp. 99-120; does not affect the color illustrations. Some pencil inscriptions in the text. An absolutely gorgeously rendered book of linoleum and... More
St. Paul, MN: Plan Service Company, nd c. 1930. Original edition. Steel prong fasteners with original wraps. Oblong quarto, pp 144. b/w or color illustrations and floor plans on each page. Curiously paginated backwards: page 144 is at the beginning of the book, and page 1 is the end of... More
Lockport, NY: Martin Clifford Lumber Company, 1925. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps with Cloth Spine. Oblong quarto, pp 112. color illustrations and floor plans on each page. The larger pages of this pattern book work to its advantage in showcasing these pretty homes and their details. Even the fonts on... More
Chicago, IL: Chicago House Wrecking Co., 1910. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 64. b/w illustrations and floor plans on each page. In 1893, the Harris Brothers started business as The Chicago House-Wrecking Company, which by 1910 was a misnomer, since they didn't wreck houses any more by then... More
Bay City, Michigan: International Timber Company, 1943. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 39, profusely illustrated w/ color drawings and plans. Sterling homes offered an economical home of high quality by doing all their milling off site, and shipping the precut framing to the construction site for assembly. Some... More
Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Company, nd c. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 72. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Gift inscription inside front cover in ink. Concrete is valuable in farm construction for sanitary, durable, easy to clean floors in barns, poultry houses, granaries and other farm... More
Chicago, IL: Operative Plasterers & Cement Finishers International Association, 1923; 1928; 1950. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 32, 48 and 40, respectively. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This was the official monthly journal of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers International Association. The 1923 and 1928 issues reported on... More
Wilmington, DE: Hercules Powder Company, 1927. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 169, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This book includes a short account of the history and theory of explosives, types of explosives manufactured, and blasting accessories. Principal attention is given to actual results obtained in the... More
Minneapolis, MN: Western Architect Publishing Co., 1914 and 1919. First edition. Original Brown Stock Wraps. Quarto, pp 26, pp 18. Illustrated with b/w photographs, architectural drawings, and plans. The 1919 issue is missing its first page. Two very scarce issues of this periodical, from the era when Robert Craik McLean... More
Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, 1932. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 156 plus 44 page classified index of products. Chapters include topics such as sound principles of mining; mining law; help in case of accidents;and metallurgical, geological, and engineering data. The index of products offered... More
Boston, MA: National Association of Granite Industries of the United States, 1913. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 170 (volume 1) pp 123 (volume 2); both volumes illustrated with full page b/w photographs. Covers embossed with "compliments of the Woodbury Granite Co. Hardwick, Vt." A thorough examination of... More
Brooklyn, NY: Joshua Horrocks, Inc, nd c. 1917. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Trade advertisement for window guards and other wire products used to secure windows and machinery in commercial and industrial buildings. Historic photographs of the guards in place in unidentified... More
Detroit, MI: Detroit Steel Products Company, nd c. 1930. Portfolio; green and cream. Quarto portfolio, containing six illustrated specification sheets. Detroit Steel Products Company, the makers of Fenestra Windows, sponsored a competition among Detroit small house architects, challenging them to use the steel casement windows in a Colonial house, and... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1914. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Folio, pp 32. b/w photographs and architectural drawings on each page. A handsome volume in this series, featuring 30 plates showing school and university buildings across America. The photographs and drawings include exterior elevations and close-ups of the facades... More
