Chicago, IL: Winslow Brothers Company, 1910. First edition. Cloth over Boards with leather spine. Quarto, pp. 234, illustrated with b/w photographs, many full page. An important piece of ornamental ironwork trade literature from a bygone era, both aesthetically pleasing and technically precise. Featuring store fronts, entrances, marquises, canopies, elevator enclosures..... More
Kansas City, MO: American Sash & Door, 1920. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 396, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color drawings, including some chip charts for veneer panels. This extensive catalog includes wood doors, windows (including church windows and stained glass), cupolas, ceiling beams, colonnades, pergolas, store..... More
Atlanta, GA: Foote & Davies Company, 1923. Original edition. Decorated cloth over boards. Small quarto, pp. 25, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings and halftones. Marvelously illustrated trade catalog with extensive sections on doors, paneling, moldings, porch spindles, stairs, breakfast nooks, store fronts and more. Many beautiful details to enjoy..... More
St. Paul, MN: Weyerhaeueser Forest Products, 1922. First edition. Cardboard Covers, light grey. Quarto, pp 63. with two-toned photographs and b/w floor plans. Illustrated by Birch Burdette Long, who worked with Frank Lloyd Wright, Albert Fellheimer, and Henry Bacon. In this volume of wood homes, 17 houses of "distinct architectural..... More
Cleveland, OH: The Common Brick Manufacturers' Association of America, 1921. Third edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 72, illustrated with b/w photographs and building specification drawings. A presentation of facts for prospective owners of houses and other buildings and a manual of construction data on brickwork for architects, engineers, contractors and..... More
New York: Louis Deck Jr, nd c. 1950. Original edition. Treated cotton sample. 4.25" x 6" cotton roof deck sample, printed with advertising information. "Louis Deck, Jr. announces the presentation for your approval of Deck cotton roof deck / a positive waterproof membrane for repairing a foot or a mile..... More
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Leipzig: Anton Schroll & Co., 1904. First edition. Decorated Boards. Folio, portfolio format, 65 full page b/w photographic plates. Text in German. Cover illustration by M. Kammerer. Beautiful building exteriors by noted architects such as Alois Dlabac, Gebruder Drexler, Vaclav Havel, Karel Horak, Sebastian Hubatsch, and many more. This is..... More
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Leipzig: F. A. Seeman, 1895. First edition. Original half-linen wings portfolio; one wing torn. Folio, portfolio format, index plus 50 full sized b/w plates. German. Laid in is a 22" x 34" architectural drawing dated 1929. Arthur Brausewetter was an architect and professor at the k. k. Staatsgewerbesch ule in..... More
New York: Russell F. Whitehead, 1925. Wraps. Octavo, pp. 16, numerous b/w photographs. With much architectural detail. One of the most cherished series in its day, interesting both for its subject matters (cornices, porches, doorways, etc) as well as its regional focal points. wonderful photos with line drawings to scale..... More
Chicago, IL: The Barber Asphalt Company, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Albumen photographs. 3 albumen photographs, 5" x 7", showing buildings featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs, with advertising information printed on the reverse sides. Three photographs, each featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs. St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Lafond & Hamline..... More
New York, NY: The International Nickel Company, Inc., 1929. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 31, illustrated with b/w drawings and specification plans. Signed on the front cover by the original owner in 1930. New and pleasing plans for the kitchens of the American home have resulted from the contest..... More
Woodstock, NY: Overlook Hardcover, 1980. Later printing. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 390, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. A nice copy of an uncommon compendium from a pioneering publication in the preservation movement. Features previously published articles from "Old House Journal," covering hands-on solutions to most problem areas..... More
Philadelphia, PA: House Painting and Decorating Publishing Co., 1887. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Small quarto, pp. 406, xlv, indexed, each issue illustrated with b/w engravings and a beautifully colored chromolithographic print. An interesting assortment of articles focused on house painting and decorating at the height of Victorian styling..... More
London: Scott, Greenwood & Son, 1903. First edition. Embossed Decorated Boards, Black. Small octavo, pp. 163, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Previous owner signed the front endpaper. The materials employed in painting are, perhaps for several reasons, liable to adulteration, and it is not uncommon to find one substance entirely..... More
Rutland, VT: Unknown publisher, 1947. First edition. Leather-look boards with leather tie. 16mo, pp. 25, with 25 b/w snapshots measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. "Visiting the Van Roalte's in October, 1947" involved traveling through Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Taconic Trail, to Pownal and Rutland Vermont. The photographer took snapshots flood..... More
Topeka, KS: Roy Hilton Co., nd c. 1940. Original edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp 40. Illustrated with perspective b/w photographs, and architectural floor plans. One- and two-story homes with distinctive Spanish styling, including tile roofs, long balconies, stucco exteriors, and brick veneer. A very scarce catalog from the popular..... More
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1955. Original edition. Staplebound wraps. Small quarto, pp 32, illustrated with b/w and color photographs, floor plans and drawings. Three houses photographs have been neatly clipped and removed. This is a lovely Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are ranch houses, 1950's..... More
New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp 191. Beautifully illustrated with over 90 color and 60 black-and-white photographs and 50 line drawings. This book features 25 houses designed in a 35-year period by currently practicing architects for their mothers, fathers, and close relatives. Included..... More
New York: Building Age Publishing, 1924. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 248, lots of periods ads, illustrated with b/w photos, drawings, floor plans. Their goal was beautiful homes at moderate cost. And these homes were quite unusual and lovely! The house of the month was located in Loma Portal..... More
New York: Abrams, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Oblong Octavo, pp. 192. Richly illustrated with color and b/w photos and reproductions. A thorough history of the American billboard as a genre of advertising and a reflection of the history of American graphic design. While today's roadsides are dotted with..... More
New York: Curt Valentin, 1944. First edition. Decorated Boards with cloth spine. Quarto, pp. 130, indexed, illustrated with 85 b/w line drawings by Alexander Calder, executed in the spring of 1944. This book was printed by S. A. Jacobs at The Golden Eagle Press, Mt. Vernon, in Granjon type, on..... More
New York: Lightolier Company, 1928. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ceiling and wall-mounted light fixtures in many designs popular in the 1920s. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1994. First paperback edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 318, indexed, richly illustrated w/ color photographs and artworks. The definitive volume on how paint has been used in the U.S. in the last 250 years. Eminent contributors cover the history of this..... More
New York: Myron C. Clark Publishing Co., 1909. First American edition. Cloth over Boards; gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 321, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, and b/w drawings of brick patterns. Previous owner signed and stamped the front endpaper. This book puts in writing that knowledge which has been handed..... More
New York: Architectural Book Publishing, 1946. Fourth printing, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 112, sumptuously illustrated w/ b/w photographs and plans. An uncommon title by America's champion of a neo-Colonial architectural aesthetic, with many intimate insights into the mind of the master designer. A lovely book, scarce..... More
