Boston, MA: Thomas Todd Company, 1975. First edition. Perfect Bound. Small quarto, pp. xiv, 111, illustrated with b/w photographs. We cannot know where we are likely to be tomorrow unless we know where we were yesterday and the day before. Preserving some evidence of where we have been so that..... More
Chicago: Harris Brothers Co., 1915. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 974, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. Building materials, furniture and furnishings, plumbing and heating, ladies and men's apparel, machinery and equipment, and home plans. So much to read and admire! The book is in rough shape, but all..... More
St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown-Blodgett, Inc., 1942. Third edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. One page has its photograph ripped away. A wonderful example of WWII affordable housing. A scarce piece of ephemeral vernacular architecture and a very nice pattern book. More
Chicago: Portland Cement Assoc. 1949. First edition. Staplebound Wraps, blue. Quarto, pp 12, illustrated with b/w photographs, site plans, floor plans, and perspective sketches. To meet the special housing needs of the post-WWII farm family, architects of the US Department of Agriculture, working with state colleges, prepared plans for the..... More
St. Paul, MN: Brown-Blodgett Co., 1942. First edition. Decorated Stock Wraps, red. Quarto, pp.104, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. An extensive 20th century home plan catalog, this one aimed at the first-time home buyer. The homes vary in size from 2 story dwellings to 4 room cottages, and..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: National Fireproofing Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 6, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. This pamphlet highlighted NATCO's hollow building tile, which was economical, dense, strong, protected against fire, didn't need painting, easy to install, and never decayed. The product line is illustrated, along with..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: R. J. Cunningham Designs, 1980. Reissue. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 304. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos, drawings and designs. A scarce item, this ornamental ironwork design catalog was originally issued in the late 1950s, and includes furnishings, exterior ornamental pieces, chimney pieces, archways and fences, grilles..... More
Detroit, MI: American Concrete Institute, 1963. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xi, 339, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This publication was born of a concern for improving the safety and quality of formwork for concrete construction. It provides a how-to-do-it manual useful to form designers, contractors..... More
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1955. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 240, illustrated with margin drawings and b/w photographs. Henry Dreyfuss was one of America's formost industrial designers. At the peak of his career, he flew about 100,000 miles a year, mostly in planes he designed himself..... More
East Sussex, UK: Priory Press Ltd, 1975. Second impression, 1977. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 96, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Have you ever thought what life would be like in London, New York or Sydney, if there were no bridges over the rivers on which these..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1914. Original Cloth over Boards. Folio (10.5" x 14"), 70 numbered plates, indexed. Original brown cloth in very good order, internally sound. Indexed. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. With 70 large, scaled drawings of terra cotta in building applications (from windows..... More
Louisville, KY: Reynolds Metals Company, 1956. First edition. Decorated Album Sleeve. 33 1/3 vinyl record album, ex-library, appears to be in good playing condition, but untested. This recording was compiled from informal conversations tape recorded over the period of a year in the offices and homes of seven US architects..... More
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. First edition. Hardcover w/DJ. Quarto, pp. 400, index, illustrated with 1000+ photographs and renderings including 117 color plates. A comprehensive survey of the entire 150-year range of Shaker design arranged to show the work of 14 Shaker communities, this book combines lavish illustrations, informative..... More
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Springfield, OH: The Petticrew Real Estate Company, 1929. Fifth Edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 64, illustrated with color perspective photographic reproductions of homes already constructed and b/w floor plans. This book was published to aid home builders in selecting a home best suited to their individual tastes and requirements. Interior..... More
London: John Weale, 1841. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt decoration. Small quarto, pp. 68 plus 10 plates on heavy card stock including frontispiece. Frontispiece is a print of an engraving with colored text, title page is colored, decorated and illustrated, leaves have a decorative border and full gilt edges..... More
New York: Johns-Manville Corporation, 1937. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 28, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and some color drawings. This company built homes that were insulated against fire, weather and wear. The roof and siding were asbestos to protect against fire, the house was insulated against temperature..... More
London: The Studio, Ltd., 1921. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 122. Illustrated with numerous b/w drawings, plans and photos and 9 color plates. A fine collection of illustrated articles by Sydney R Jones, L. Sutton Wood, Maurice S. R. Adams, M. H. Baillie Scott, and Erik Wettergren on..... More
Cleveland, OH: Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America, 1922. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp 63, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This booklet illustrates sixty economical, beautiful homes of common brick. More
London: Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd., March 1948. Second edition, reprinted. Blue Cloth over Boards. Octavo, Vol. 1 pp. 212, Vol. 2 pp. 214, Vol. 3 pp. 244. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, and photographic color frontispieces. A thorough compendium of techniques and details of the bricklayer's craft in..... More
Seattle: Enetai Press, 1985. First edition. Boards. More
Scranton, SC: Merritt & Tomlinson, Inc., nd, c. 1950. Original edition. Mechanical pencil. Antique mechanical pencil. "Merritt & Tomlinson, Inc. Manufacturers of Quality Masonry Products since 1946 READY MIXED CONCRETE Scranton, S. C. - Phone 2711 - 2721 Lake City, S. C. - 8-2651" This charming pencil has a transparent..... More
Chicago, IL: American Technical Society, 1951. Revised. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. vii, 504, indexed, illustrated with over 500 b/w photographs, architectural drawings and construction details. Signed by a previous owner in pencil on the front endpaper. A very thorough examination of timber building construction from roofing to walls..... More
Washington, D.C. Urban Land Institute, 1984. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. xi, 212, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Innkeeping has changed dramatically since 1948, when the lodging industry consisted almost entirely of independently owned and operated properties Hotels with fewer than 50 rooms dominated the market. Today, the hotel industry..... More
Potomac Falls, VA: Architectural Woodwork Institute, 2009. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 632, illustrated with b/w drawings. Includes compact disc (CD) with the full document in searchable PDF format. Like all architectural components of the construction process, woodwork design and configuration possibilities are limited only by the creativity..... More
