Detroit, MI: Kirk & Koskela Architects, 1986. Original edition. Plastic comb binding. Oblong quarto, pp. 40, illustrated with b/w photographs, drawings, and architectural plans. This firm put together a book with resumes for each architect, a list of the projects they'd done, and drawings relating to many of the projects..... More
Aylesbury, UK: Shire Publications Ltd, 1983. Later printing. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small octavo, pp. 48, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. William Morris led the crusade against the materialism and ugliness of Victorian England. Now considered to be the founder of modern design, his love for the Gothic style and his..... More
Seattle, WA: Structural Clay Products Institute, nd c. 1962. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with b/w photographs. Label for Columbia Brick Works in Portland, Oregon attached to front cover. This company firmly believed in the old adage "one picture is worth a thousand words" ... they packed..... More
Goshen, IN and more: Various, c. 1930s and 1940s. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 8, 18 (plus 4-page insert), 18, 23, illustrated with b/w and color drawings and photographs. These four catalogs give a nice overview of the basic kitchen units available in the 1930s and 1940s. The first..... More
London: B.T. Batsford Ltd., 1926. Reissue. Staplebound Wraps. 24mo (4" x 5.5"), pp. 43, illustrated with b/w drawings. Preservation Trades Network member and Askins Award winner James Turner just reprinted this booklet. He noted in the forward, "As time has passed, we seem to have lost a clear and direct..... More
New York: Tompkins-Kiel Marble Company, 1911. Original edition. Leatherette, bound w/cloth ties. Oblong quarto, pp. 56. Full color 6" x 8" marble tile sample on each page. An outstanding source of information about the many colors, patterns and qualities of marble. A very scarce and valuable volume. These catalogs were..... More
Washington, D.C. National Museum of American Art, 1998. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 192, illustrated with color photographs. This book was published to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Renwick Gallery in the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. It tells how the Smithsonian Institution created a...... More
New York: Crescent Books, 1992. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, pp. 112, indexed, illustrated with 90 color and 8 b/w photographs. Art Deco is a distinctive modernist style that took its name from the Exposition Internationale des Art Decoratifs et Industriels Modernes held in Paris in 1925. The popularity..... More
Washington, D.C. National Museum of American Art, 1992. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 205, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The museum's collection of African-American art is one of the largest and most comprehensive in existence. The museum's 19th century African-American holdings are especially strong. The author..... More
New York: Reinhold Publishing Company, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 238, indexed, illustrated with b/w architectural drawings. Signed by the original owner inside front cover in 1965. This authoritative book presented the most up-to-date reference and drawing data in the field of architecture, construction, and design..... More
New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1968. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 42, illustrated with b/w photographs. This issue of their monthly bulletin was devoted to architecture and environment, a theme suggested by the exhibition "Visionary Architects" which was on view at the Museum at the time the..... More
Bayport, MN: Andersen Frame Corporation, nd ca 1945. Original edition. Ephemera. Cardstock envelope, 2.75" x 5.5", with printed card that slides up and down within the envelope to reveal lumber sizes for each size window. A handy pocket tool in its day, and an attractive advertising piece. More
New York: Hennessey + Ingalls, 1977. Second edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 218, Illustrated with b/w photographs, architectural plans and drawings. This volume of modern Californian homes begins at the end of World War II. John Entenza, the editor of "Arts & Architecture" commissioned a group of architects..... More
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2010. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 216, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs. In this book, 95 artists, architects, and designers reflect on the idea and reality of glass houses, and respond to two of modernism's greatest masterpieces: The Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Farnsworth..... More
New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 2011. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, pp. 200, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. The standing of the Yale Center for British Art as one of the world's great museums and study centers finds expression in its remarkable building, designed by..... More
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with over 200 color and 47 b/w photographs and drawings. Enticing a customer to enter and then buy is the primary function of the design of commercial spaces. Achieving such a successfully designed..... More
San Francisco: California Redwood Association, 1934. First printing. Brass fastener-bound wraps. Quarto, pp. 57, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. The California Redwood Association put out small publications on many topics, and they were compiled in this definitive reference guide. Topics include shrinkage, painting characteristics, termite control, decorative effects by..... More
Washington DC: The Preservation Press, 1977. First edition. Paperback. Quarto, pp. 64, glossary of fabric terms, selected bibliography, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book tells how to choose and buy the correct fabrics for a historic building and provides a unique catalog of reproduction fabrics available arranged according to historical..... More
Bath, NY: Combination Ladder Company, nd c. 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp 36, illustrated with b/w drawings. A scarce and historic trade piece from a company that produced light, durable ladders from air-dried spruce lumber and cadmium hardware to prevent rust. More
Manchester, NH: Currier Museum of Art, 2011. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 56, illustrated with color photographs. Jon Brooks is firmly rooted in his native state of New Hampshire. He took his first art classes at the Currier Museum Art Center as a boy. While studying at Rochester..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 26 plus 34 b/w photographic plates. Book plate from a previous owner adhered to front endpaper. Sir William Chambers was a Scottish-Swedish architect based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, London (1776) and the pagoda..... More
Martha's Vineyard, MA: (n.d. c. 1880). Ephemera. Two trade cards related to Martha's Vineyard industry. The first (3.75" x 2.5") is King & Bosworth, Carpenters and Builders in Vineyard Highlands. "Cottages built in any desired style and in a superior and workmanlike manner, by the Job or Day work. Particular..... More
New York: M. Barrows & Company, 1950. Fifth printing. Hard Cover. Quarto. pp vii, 128, illustrated with b/w and color diagrams and patterns. In two parts: part one presents materials and intro "how to." Part two offers hundreds of painting and stenciling patterns, many in color. A good period source..... More
New York: Sweet's Catalog Service, 1927. First edition. Original Cloth, half inch of backstrip missing in one volume. Octavo, pp. 3171, 3-volume complete set, illustrated with b/w drawings and spot color. Very uncommon to find a complete set in such good condition. More
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1914. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small octavo, pp. 172, indexed. The author takes us through the evolution of the home, from tree houses in the tropics to the ancient Greek homes with one large room, to cave dwellers in northern Europe, to the old..... More
