Boston: The House Beautiful Publishing Company, 1918. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 60, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings, and period advertisements. Articles on the Japanese garden in America; Mayfield in Newport, Rhode Island; famous pieces of Adam furniture; canning and drying food; electricity in the home; vines..... More
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Moscow: Order of Lenin Printing House, 1980s-1990s. Original printing. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, each issue about 36 pages, illustrated with b/w photographs. Text in Russian. This monthly illustrated magazine covers a lot of interesting topics related to Moscow architecture. Some sample topics covered in the issues include Moscow antiquities in photographs;..... More
New York: Overlook Press, 2000. Third edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 416, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This volume, by leading ceramics teacher Susan Peterson, is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics, packed with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic..... More
New York: Routledge, 2012. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 208, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The first of its kind, this book is an accessible reference that guides you through the fundamental principles of designing high-rises. Each chapter focuses on one theme central to tall-building..... More
London: Routledge, 2011. Second edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 409, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Analyzing the structural principles behind many of the best-known works of architecture from past and present alike, this book places the subject within a contemporary context. The subject matter is approached in a...... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1931. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto in custom archival case, pp. np ~300, illustrated with b/w photographs and measured drawings. Portfolios and articles in this set include: churches in eight American colonies; Old Salem, North Carolina; John Imlay House in Allentown, NJ; Matthias Hammond..... More
Champaign, IL: Small Homes Council, 1989. Facsimile of 1869 edition. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. xvi, 28, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The specifications for the Jarvis Williams House, built in 1869 at 152 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, provide an unusually early example of detailed master specifications. Produced by one..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook, 1987. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 221, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural plans. A delightful exploration of the smallest of modern dwellings, with numerous details, floor plans, specifications, and diagrams. Includes historic examples such as Thoreau's cabin and Jefferson's honeymoon cottage at Monticello as..... More
New York: McBride, Nast, 1915. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 155, illustrated w/ b/w photographs. Chapters devoted to decorating the living room, dining room, hallway, bedroom, kitchen, bathroom, and children's room. More
Cleveland, OH: World Publishing Company, 1952. Stated First Edition. Original Cloth. Small quarto, pp. 149, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, with a few in color. Mild ex-library markings. An engaging survey of nearly 200 years of great native folk art: weathervanes, portraits, Indians, ship figureheads, toys, decoys, etc. 17th through..... More
Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 2004. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 217, illustrated with color photographs. This remarkable collection of 20 new and remodeled farmhouses celebrates the best American farmhouses built in the 21st century. Over 300 photographs beautifully illustrate these homes, and the accompanying site and floor plans, historical..... More
New York: American Builder Publishing Corp. 1931. First edition. Cloth over Boards, light green w/tipped-in illustration. Quarto, pp. 272, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Signed by previous owner (Ivar R. Petterson) in ink on front endpaper in 1932. Petterson was a carpenter and builder operating in Worcester, Massachusetts..... More
Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann, 1998. Reprint of 1996 paperback edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. ix, 243, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book brings together the wide range of current information relevant to the practicing conservator. The book opens with a discussion of the fundamental nature of the ceramic medium, information which..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, 2015. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 347, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and drawings. This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. It includes seven case studies of successful climate improvement..... More
New York: Billboard Publications, Inc., 1991. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 84, illustrated with b/w photographs. Television and radio reflect our culture. They mark who we are and what we think at a particular instant in history. History is made every day and important events can be documented in..... More
London: Architectural Press, 1981. Reprint of 1980 edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 225, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Although our stock of Georgian buildings is still sadly diminishing, there is also a strong and growing movement for their care, conservation and re-use. This is a task which requires not..... More
Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2004. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 208, illustrated with color photographs. What defines an Arts & Crafts bungalow? What makes it different from other small houses? In this book, you'll learn of the elements that make up the exterior of the whole..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, 2004. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 210, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs and drawings. This volume outlines the techniques that are currently employed to analyze the synthetic resins used in modern painting materials, such as pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry, Fourier Transform..... More
New York: Walker & Co., 2002. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xiii, 287, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. There once may have been 250,000 miles of stone walls in America's Northeast, stretching farther than the distance to the moon. Even though most of them are crumbling today, they..... More
Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 141, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. These essays represent an effort to collate the various disciplines working in the area of building stone degradation. Structures composed of natural building stones are subjected through time to mechanical loads..... More
Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1996. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xiv, 319, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This volume has been prepared in honour of Sir Bernard Feilden CBE, a leading and outstanding practitioner in the field of the conservation and repair of historic buildings for..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988. Second Printing. Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 203, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This magnificently illustrated book documents a history of style in the photography of buildings and a history of the art and technology of photography itself. From photography's beginnings, the authors show, the camera..... More
Washington, D.C. US Department of the Interior, 1990. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 30, illustrated with b/w photographs. The restoration and preservation of a historic building usually requires the preservationist to consider several interrelated issues involving historic paint. Rarely does a historic paint scheme remain intact; a more typical..... More
Chicago. IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Third edition. Cloth over Boards w/ embossed cover. 12mo, pp. 525, indexed, a self-quiz; illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough, practical guide to using the above materials with a discussion of terms, tools, building methods and maintenance. Very useful for the builder..... More
Chicago. IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Third edition. Cloth over Boards w/ embossed cover. 12mo, pp. 525, indexed, a self-quiz; illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough, practical guide to using the above materials with a discussion of terms, tools, building methods and maintenance. Very useful for the builder..... More
