London: The Architectural Press Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Tall thin quarto, pp 105, indexed, price clipped, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, library bookplate on front end paper, mild ex-library markings. This book puts information about construction methods in the context of current research into the qualities of stone..... More
Chicago. IL: Celotex Building Products, 1937. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 26, illustrated with b/w photographs. Displays the company's balance sheet and statement of profit and loss for the year. The president's letter to the stockholders acknowledged that there was little residential construction during the depression, but felt that..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997. Second edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 576. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. A guide to the most influential furniture and lighting designs of the twentieth century, comprised of over 1200 illustrated entries, cataloguing the most distinctive and important creations of renowned..... More
New York: Sapolin Paints Inc., 1969. Original edition. Ephemera. Small quarto, two fold-out paint charts, one for exterior paint colors and one for interior paint colors. A valuable resource for those who are renovating their 1960s-era home, and want to use colors that are authentic to the time period. The..... More
Rochester, NY: Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Association, 1929. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 238, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Presentation copy personalized to Frank Parker in gilt on the cover, compliments of Driscoll Brothers; probably the lumber company in Ithaca, New York. This volume was prepared for the..... More
New York: Whitehead Metal Products Company, 1937. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 18, illustrated with b/w drawings with spot color. An attractive advertising brochure for Whitehead kitchen sinks and many different types of cabinetry, including a towel drier cabinet and a plate warming cabinet! The company even offered..... More
Chicago, IL: Winslow Brothers Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth over Boards with leather spine. Quarto, pp. 234, illustrated with b/w photographs, many full page. An important piece of ornamental ironwork trade literature from a bygone era, both aesthetically pleasing and technically precise. Featuring store fronts, entrances, marquises, canopies, elevator enclosures..... More
Kansas City, MO: American Sash & Door, 1920. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 396, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings, including some chip charts for veneer panels. This extensive catalog includes wood doors, windows (including church windows and stained glass), cupolas, ceiling beams, colonnades, pergolas, store..... More
Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies Company, 1923. Original edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 25, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings and halftones. Marvelously illustrated trade catalog with extensive sections on doors, paneling, moldings, porch spindles, stairs, breakfast nooks, store fronts and more. Many beautiful details to enjoy..... More
St. Paul, MN: Weyerhaeueser Forest Products, 1922. First edition. Cardboard Covers, light grey. Quarto, pp 63. with two-toned photographs and b/w floor plans. Illustrated by Birch Burdette Long, who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Fellheimer, and Henry Bacon. In this volume of wood homes, 17 houses of "distinct architectural..... More
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Leipzig: Meister der Baukunst, 1930. First edition. Decorated Cloth Over Boards. Octavo, pp. 123, illustrated with b/w photographs. Inscribed by French architect Pierre Barbe in 1943 with an original drawing on front endpaper. Text in German. A great classic of the genre with many photographs, illustrating work by Le Corbusier..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America, 1921. Third edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 72, illustrated with b/w photographs and building specification drawings. A presentation of facts for prospective owners of houses and other buildings and a manual of construction data on brickwork for architects, engineers, contractors and..... More
New York: Louis Deck Jr, nd c. 1950. Original edition. Treated cotton sample. 4.25" x 6" cotton roof deck sample, printed with advertising information. "Louis Deck, Jr. announces the presentation for your approval of Deck cotton roof deck / a positive waterproof membrane for repairing a foot or a mile..... More
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Leipzig: Anton Schroll & Co., 1904. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio, portfolio format, 65 full page b/w photographic plates. Text in German. Cover illustration by M. Kammerer. Beautiful building exteriors by noted architects such as Alois Dlabac, Gebruder Drexler, Vaclav Havel, Karel Horak, Sebastian Hubatsch, and many more. This is..... More
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Leipzig: F. A. Seeman, 1895. First edition. Original half-linen wings portfolio; one wing torn. Folio, portfolio format, index plus 50 full sized b/w plates. German. Laid in is a 22" x 34" architectural drawing dated 1929. Arthur Brausewetter was an architect and professor at the k. k. Staatsgewerbesch ule in..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs. With much architectural detail. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. wonderful photos with line drawings to scale..... More
Chicago, IL: The Barber Asphalt Company, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Albumen photographs. 3 albumen photographs, 5" x 7", showing buildings featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs, with advertising information printed on the reverse sides. Three photographs, each featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs. St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Lafond & Hamline..... More
New York, NY: The International Nickel Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and specification plans. Signed on the front cover by the original owner in 1930. New and pleasing plans for the kitchens of the American home have resulted from the contest..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Hardcover, 1980. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 390, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. A nice copy of an uncommon compendium from a pioneering publication in the preservation movement. Features previously published articles from "Old House Journal," covering hands-on solutions to most problem areas..... More
Philadelphia, PA: House Painting and Decorating Publishing Co., 1887. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Small quarto, pp. 406, xlv, indexed, each issue illustrated with b/w engravings and a beautifully colored chromolithographic print. An interesting assortment of articles focused on house painting and decorating at the height of Victorian styling..... More
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1903. First edition. Embossed Decorated Boards, Black. Small octavo, pp. 163, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Previous owner signed the front endpaper. The materials employed in painting are, perhaps for several reasons, liable to adulteration, and it is not uncommon to find one substance entirely..... More
Rutland, VT: Unknown publisher, 1947. First edition. Leather-look boards with leather tie. 16mo, pp. 25, with 25 b/w snapshots measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. "Visiting the Van Roalte's in October, 1947" involved traveling through Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Taconic Trail, to Pownal and Rutland Vermont. The photographer took snapshots flood..... More
Topeka, KS: Roy Hilton Co., nd c. 1940. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp 40. Illustrated with perspective b/w photographs, and architectural floor plans. One- and two-story homes with distinctive Spanish styling, including tile roofs, long balconies, stucco exteriors, and brick veneer. A very scarce catalog from the popular..... More
Basel, Bern, Switzerland: Christoph Merian Verlag, 2019. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 320, more than 100 illustrations, mostly in color. Text in English and German. This is a book to bury yourself in, to look and learn. By using impressive photographs, Brigitte Schuster documents cat ladders in Bern..... More
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1955. Original edition. Staplebound wraps. Small quarto, pp 32, illustrated with b/w and color photographs, floor plans and drawings. Three houses photographs have been neatly clipped and removed. This is a lovely Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are ranch houses, 1950's..... More
