New York: E.P. Dutton, 1986. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, crimson. Quarto, pp 122. Beautifully illustrated with 80+ color plates and b/w drawings on every page. Mild ex-library. A comprehensive survey of the use of decorative glass in buildings from 1840 to 1920. Also described are glass working techniques and... More about Great Glass in American Architecture, Decorative Windows and Doors Before 1920
New York: Frank M. Snyder, 1906-1913. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Elephant Folio (16" x 21.5"). each part contains 10 full page plates of building and architectural features plans, several with b/w photos and period ads inside the cover. Part 1 has a water stain on front cover. Part 3's cover... More about Building Details, Parts 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 (incomplete
Seattle, WA: Seattle Hardware Co., nd ca 1915. Original edition. Embossed boards. Quarto, pp xxxii, 1898, II. Tabbed index, illustrated with b/w engravings. Seattle Hardware was established in 1883. This extensive, early catalog demonstrates how well this company was doing after only one generation. A very attractive copy, considering these... More about General Catalog #9; Shelf hardware; automobile merchandise; builders' hardware and paints;...
New Britain, CT: P. & F. Corbin, 1922. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 683, richly illustrated w b/w engravings of locks and keys offered. Mild ex-library. Corbin Cabinet Lock was founded in 1882 in Connecticut, and moved to Illinois in 2003, where it is still a manufacturer and... More about Illustrated Catalogue; Manufacturers of cabinet locks, padlocks, trunk, suit case locks and...
Firefly Books, 1998. Paperback. More about Restoring Houses of Brick and Stone
New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1967. Third printing. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. 110, illustrations by the author. Beloved author and illustrator Sloane "recreates the flavor of the country store in all of its delightful moods and poses." At a time when the pace of life gets faster and faster, it's... More about The Cracker Barrel
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers Univ Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo, pp. 260, index, bibliography. Profusely illustrated with drawings, diagrams & b/w photos. The influence of Pattern Books on New Jersey's residential architecture. Demonstrates how architectural ideas were shaped from books & popular periodicals from the Colonial era to the... More about Building by the Book: Pattern Book Architecture in New Jersey
New York: F. W. Dodge Corporation, 1952. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 442, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This collection of houses were selected from Architectural Record between 1948 and 1952, capturing the evolution that occurred in American house design in that period. Many beautiful interior... More about 82 Distinctive Houses from Architectural Record
Sydney: Flannel Flower Press, 1985. Second Printing. Oversized Paperback. Oblong small quarto, pp. 108, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, and a color paint chart. Signed by previous owner on front endpaper. A six-page article clipped from "Fine Homebuilding" (Apr/May 1989) laid in, titled "Two Hundred Years of the Australian... More about Colour Schemes for Old Australian Houses
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 176, profusely illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. "Impeccable in its scholarship, yet also aware of current trends... vaults across 120 years to make the Aesthetic Movement meaningful for our times..... a paradigm of what I.... More about Creating the Artful Home: The Aesthetic Movement
Chicago: American Face Brick Assn. 1920. First edition. Staplebound in Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 115. Illustrated with numerous color drawings and b/w photos, drawings and plans. A scarce early 20th century pattern book promoting the use of brick as a durable and attractive building material. Features numerous fine color renderings... More about A Manual of Face Brick Construction
Downers Grove, IL: SERMAC, 1979. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 22. b/w photographs and construction detail drawings. Mild ex-library. Repointing is the process of removing deteriorated mortar from a masonry joint and replacing the old mortar with new, sound mortar. This information has been written to assist building owners... More about The Repointing of Historic Masonry Buildings
New York: Time, Inc., 1951. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, each issue over 200 pp., indexed. Illustrated with b/w and color photographs and drawings. Trade advertisements throughout. Mild ex-library. An outstanding collection of building projects and concerns during the Korean War era. Includes Frank Lloyd Wright projects, a rotogarage... More about Magazine of Building, Jan-Dec 1951 (vols 94 and 95; 2 bound volumes
New York: Crown Publishers, 1946. First edition. Cloth over boards. Quarto, pp 143. with 150 b/w photographs and 100 plans, as well as many other illustrations. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. This book goes beyond a typical pattern book, and also includes articles on estimating costs, making... More about The Book of Houses
New York: Robert M McBride & Company, 1920. Second edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 120. Illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and floor plans. This book was intended for those who wanted a comfortable house with a modest price. It supplies simple, direct plans that serve the needs... More about Low Cost Suburban Homes; A Book of Suggestions for the Man with the Moderate Purse
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. for Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1911. Revised. Cloth over Embossed, Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 261 (Hodgson's Estimator and Contractor's Guide), 261 (Guide to Correct Measurements) plus rear section of house plans and publishers' ads (not numbered; about 70 pages). Special exclusive edition printed expressly... More about Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for Pricing All Builders'...
Cleveland, OH: American Steel & Wire Company, 1939. Original edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. 16mo, pp. 128, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This company made nails for all purposes: basket, barrel, hinge, roofing, fence, clinch, finishing, and many many more. Includes a manual of carpentry bound in, covering topics such has... More about Catalog of United States Steel American Nails; with specifications and data covering staples,...
Chicago: American Technical Society, 1913. First edition. Brown Half-Leather, title on cover. Oblong folio (13 X 9 1/2), pp. 108 b/w photographic plates with floor plans (Each plate is really a page with b/w illustration and text.). A scarce title with page after page of period homes, with an especially... More about Modern American Homes
Los Angeles, CA: Hennessey & Ingalls, Inc., 1978. Reprint of 1884 publication. Cardboard Covers. Oblong folio, pp. vii, 7, plus 35 b/w plates. (Yes, subtitle says 40 plates, but the volume only has 35 plates, the index only has 35 plates, and no pages are missing.). Of all the pattern... More about Picturesque California Houses; A Volume of 40 Plates, Plans, Details and Specifications of Houses
London: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First paperback edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 160, indexed, richly illustrated in 150 b/w photos & 60 diagrams, surveys history of English brickwork throughout the centuries, includes glossary. A thorough survey of English brickwork through the centuries, including manufacturing and building techniques, patterns, and the development... More about Brickwork
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1980. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp x, 255, indexed. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. This practical, plain-speaking book brings together essential information on the causes of all kinds of damage, distress, and deterioration problems in the home, and guides the homeowner toward... More about Diagnosing and Repairing House Structure Problems
Chicago, IL: Sears Roebuck and Co., nd c. 1910. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 32; illustrated with b/w perspective drawings and home plans. An early kit house catalog from Sears, for buildings that could be assembled with only a wrench, hammer, and screwdriver. The catalog includes single... More about Ready Made Buildings
New York: Theodore Audel, 1924/1949. Later printing. Hardcover. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 6 1/2), pp ca. 400 per volume, iIlustrated with wood engravings. Contains several tables and data. A standard for every tradesman and apprentice in his day. We always have several sets of this wonderful, standard item in... More about Masons and Builders Guides (4 volumes
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1925. Later edition. Original Cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. Octavo, pp. viii, approx. 450; 346 illustrations with 11 in color. Very professional text, well drawn and aimed at the tradesman of the early twentieth century. Most apprentices learned their trades from these texts. Beautiful renderings... More about Brick, Stone, and Plaster; ICS #31F; Common Brickwork, Face and Ornamental Brickwork,...
St. Louis, MO: Mississippi Glass Co., 1954. Original edition. Solid Wood Case w/metal latch. 5.25" x 10.25" x 5.75" wooden case with company name on front in black painted label, paper label inside cover, and working latch. Labeled glass samples - 8 are 4" x 3.5", 1 is 5" x.... More about 34 Glass Samples in a Solid Wood Case
