Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1975. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. 239, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book is an offspring of Negroponte's "The Architecture Machine," published by The MIT Press in 1970. As is usually the case where computer systems are involved, the new generation... More about Soft Architecture Machines
Milwaukee, WI: City of Milwaukee, 1997. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. 116, illustrated with b/w drawings. This publication is intended to help property owners better understand the Historic Preservation Commission's preservation guidelines for locally-designated houses by illustrating the do's and don'ts for some of the more common... More about Living with History; A Guide to the Preservation Standards for Historically Designated Houses in...
Detroit, MI: Detroit Hardware Manufacturing Company, 1927. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 36 plus six-page price list issued June 1, 1927 laid in; illustrated with b/w photographs. This well-illustrated catalog included the more important items in Detroit's antique hardware line: special hardware produced from sketches from their clients, produced... More about Antique Hardware of Quality, Catalog B; A.I.A. - File No. 27B
Syracuse, NY: Main Line Homes, nd, c. 1960. Original edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 34, contains exterior illustrations and the floor plans for 19 homes. Original salesman's business card stapled to front cover. Main Line Homes was one of the nation's largest manufacturers of pre-cut, panelized houses in... More about Main Line Homes; More Living for the 1960s
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum, 1944-1945. First edition. Staplebound Wraps with Illustrated Covers. Quarto, pp 14 and 22, illustrated with b/w and color drawings and photographs. An outstanding selection of techniques for the use of plaster, laminated millwork, lighting coves and much more. Ideas for remodeling homes and hallways, outdoor... More about Two issues of Popular Home magazine (winter 1944 and spring building preview 1945);...
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 130. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A wonderful pattern book from the days when Sears sold affordable kit houses. From a great period in U.S. home building, showing a variety of popular home styles and floor... More about Honor Bilt Modern Homes
Long Island, NY: House Plan Guild, Inc., 1949. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, brown/yellow. Quart, pp. 50, illustrated with b/w perspective renderings and floor plans on each page. Distributed by House Plan Guild, Long Island, NY. Rudolf A. Matern was a popular mid-century architect who designed and popularized such features... More about 50 House Plans for 1950 From the Portfolio of Rudolf A. Matern Architect; 50 House Designs of...
Chicago, IL: Radford Architectural Company, 1924. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 160. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Presented in this book are 155 good home building designs. There are homes shown that range all the way from three to ten rooms; of every style of... More about Radford's Blue Ribbon Homes
Pittsburgh, PA: Pittsburgh Steel Company, nd c. 1920. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 13, illustrated with b/w photographs. The increased popularity of automobiles and population of towns and cities made the enclosed lawn very desirable by the 1920s. This catalog illustrates Pittsburgh Steel's fencing products as installed on farms... More about Beautiful Protection for the Home; Revealing the Improved Designs of Pittsburgh Perfect Lawn Fence
Syracuse, NY: Bildor Swift Homes, Inc., 1957. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp 32 plus 8-page foldout of house plans and prices; color perspective renderings and floor plans on each page. Architect designed family homes with customized features and flexible arrangements in one, two, three and four bedroom plans... More about The Key to Your Future; Happiness Security Comfort
London: International Correspondence Schools, Ltd, nd c. 1910. Reprint. Boards. Octavo, pp. vi, approx. 480 w/many drawings & illustrations throughout, including color plates and a foldout floor plan. As with all of the ICS trades-related titles, good solid professional text, well illustrated and aimed at the tradesman of the early... More about ICS #41B - Joinery, Stair Building, Ironmongery, Plastering, Glass and Glazing, Painting and...
New York, NY: Frank A. Lent, April 1933. Original edition. Paperback journal. Quarto, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Beautifully illustrated period advertisements. This magazine, devoted to the architectural uses of stone, is always interesting reading. Articles in this issue discuss stone entrances, stone for decoration, earthquake and... More about Stone Magazine, April 1933; Vol. LIV Number 4
Oak Park, IL: The Frank Lloyd Wright Association, 1979-1982. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, each issue approximately pp. 12, illustrated with b/w photos, 13 issues covering 1979 (4), 1980 (4), 1981 (3 issues; third issue covered two quarters), and the first half of 1982 (2). This quarterly newsletter was published... More about The Frank Lloyd Wright Newsletter Vol 2 - Vol 5, complete, including the elusive "Oak Park...
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1929. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 134. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos. Cover and first two pages missing. A wonderful pattern book from the days when Sears sold affordable kit houses. From a great period in U.S. home building, showing a variety of popular... More about Honor Bilt Modern Homes
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1953. Second edition, fourth printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. viii, 312, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Architect's stamp on front endpaper. Part of the material in this volume was used by the author for a course in modern timber design given as... More about Modern Timber Design
London: B. T. Batsford, 1900. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Folio, pp. 33 plus 21 full page b/w plates of home exteriors and floor plans. Bookplate for a previous owner on front endpaper. Publisher's advertisement and receipt for the book laid in. Building homes for the working class, at rents that... More about Houses for the Working Classes in Urban Districts; comprising 30 typical and improved plans...
Vienna, VA: Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association, Inc., 1979. Third edition, third printing. Spiralbound wraps. Quarto, pp. viii, 285, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Architectural firm's rubber stamped name and address on some pages. SMACNA bookstore flyer from 1991-1992 and staplebound wrap "Architectural Sheet Metal Specifications" (quarto... More about Architectural Sheet Metal Manual
New York: Hugh McAtamney, 1913. First edition. Decorated Wraps, beige w/gilt design & lettering. Small quarto, pp. 29, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A beautifully illustrated volume published for distribution among the visitors to Woolworth Tower in New York City. The text discusses the history of New York City... More about Above the Clouds and Old New York; A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many...
Braintree, England: Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., January, 1925. First edition. Decorated Paper over Boards. Folio, pp 146. b/w photographs of installations and window type elevations and construction details throughout. With company presentation stamp and signature opposite title page. This catalog includes casement, composite, and other types of metal windows. Among... More about Crittall Metal Windows: Catalogue No. 36
Smethwick, Birmingham, UK: Henry Hope & Sons, Ltd., 1926. First edition. Boards. Folio (10 x 15"), pp. 151. Indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w photos and drawings, some pages in color. A remarkably beautiful Hope's window catalog, the largest and most comprehensive we've seen. Gorgeous, large illustrations and installation diagrams include... More about Hope's Metal Windows and Casements Catalog 1818-1926
Albany: Historic Albany Foundation, 1978. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 26, illustrated w/ b/w drawings and photographs. In the late 1970s, there were efforts to rebuild Albany, efforts which in retrospect were proved to be devastating. Many landmark buildings were demolished. These essays were a first step in providing... More about Albany Architects; The Present Looks at the Past
Savannah, GA: Beehive Press, 1976. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 436, Indexed, richly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. This is the first complete survey of Georgia architecture between the Revolution and the Civil War, and presents the best of 14,000 miles of travel throughout Georgia, nearly 500... More about The Architecture of Georgia
San Francisco, CA: Charles Hall Page & Associates, 1976. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 106. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Glossary, bibliography. Ink number on front cover. This manual was provided to help the Santa Cruz homeowner plan for the satisfactory rehabilitation of an older home... More about Santa Cruz Renovation Manual: A Homeowner's Handbook
New York: Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. First paperback edition. Color pictorial wraps, b/w. Quarto, pp 224. Illustrated with b/w photographs. Indexed. Julius Shulman, one of the great masters of modern architectural photography, is the preeminent recorder of early California modernism. Shulman documented the famous Cast Study House Program, and architecture... More about A Constructed View: The Architectural Photograph of Julius Shulman
Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1983. First edition. Brown Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 834. A very good ex-library copy of this scarce index. More about The Print Council Index to Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American Artists Under the...
