Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1933. Second Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xxxv, 625, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. The urgency of the need for better homes, built with less waste of human effort, is recognized universally. The best way to meet that need is through the natural forces..... More
Indianapolis, IN: United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, 1929-1946. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, each issue pp. ~60 plus several pages of period advertisements, illustrated with b/w photographs. Issues included are: Nov 1929, Jul 1930, Nov 1931, Jul 1932, Sep 1933, Mar 1934, May 1935, Oct 1936..... More
Oxford, NY: David Hayles, 2022. First edition. Spiral Bound Wraps. Octavo, pp. viii, 239, illustrated with color photographs. This is a day by day account of a 73-year-old grandfather's solo 20,000 mile bicycle ride around the world. David Hayles is the author of Scagliola, a perennial favorite among our plastering..... More
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1995. First edition. Original Cloth over Boards w/Illustrated Dust Jacket. Small quarto, pp 240, indexed. Very well illustrated with b/w photographs of historic buildings, architectural details and diagrams throughout. An overview of structural and design considerations which had been used to build in..... More
Amherst, MA: 1984. Cloth over Boards. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the evolution of North American folk architecture. This first volume discusses such diverse dwellings as American colonial houses in the Northeast; English, French, and Spanish houses in the Southeast; Native American tipis, hogans, and dugouts; Spanish-Mexican adobes;..... More
New York: 1969. Boards. This book surveys examples of the successful use of wood in modern buildings in the United States, Japan, Scandinavia, England, and Central, Europe. Structural details treated include stairs, sun decks, screens, benches, fences, and roofs in traditional as well as new forms. More
Rutland, VT: 1967. Cloth over Boards. A comprehensive study of the early days of America's most vital iron and steel industry. The author presents a thoroughly documented historical panorama, depicting vividly the growing importance of ironware in the lives of our ancestors. More
London: 1994. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. A very informative book on all aspects of historic British timber building. Extremely well illustrated showing details of the many various styles and joints used and the pros and cons of each. More
Philadelphia, PA: 1973. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Frank Furness was an American architect of the Victorian era. He designed more than 600 buildings, most in the Philadelphia area, and is remembered for his diverse, muscular, often unordinarily scaled buildings, and for his influence on the Chicago architect Louis Sullivan. More
New Haven, CT: 1999. Cloth over Boards. This abundantly illustrated book provides for the first time a full account of the houses that were built and inhabited by the upper classes during the rich and fascinating period from the end of the 15th century to the closing years of the..... More
London: 1909. Original Red Cloth w/gilt title. This volume tells the story of the growth of the English house from its first appearance in a permanent form to the 18th century. More
Washington, D.C. nd c. 1985. Staplebound Wraps. This technical report provides information on removing dirt, stains, paint and related coatings, graffiti, and other disfiguring or potentially harmful substances from exterior masonry. More
New York: Adams and Prentice, 1938. First edition. Original Wraps. Folio, 25 b/w photographic plates of architectural construction and remodeling projects, plus 8 pages of period advertisements. Adams & Prentice was an American architectural firm active 1929-1941 in New York City. The projects featured in this portfolio were located in..... More
Jamestown, NY: Hope's Windows Inc., 1941. First edition. Pictorial Stock, b/w. Quarto, pp 27, Window elevations, constructions details and photographs on each page. A catalog of metal windows with a standard Hope's Window finish, showing mullion details, installations details in brick and wood frame construction, and photographs of several residential..... More
New York: 1903. Reprint. Perfect Bound. This book reproduces directly from a 1903 Roberts catalog, displaying a vast assortment of finely crafted products - from window blinds, brackets, china closets, church fittings, doors, frames, gable finishes, linen closets, moldings and office furniture to parquet floors, sashes, shingles, sideboards, side lights..... More
London: 1982. Perfect Bound. The author examines the changing role of these traditional buildings. He shows the farmhouse at the centre of the economic, social and farming life of the community, and the many buildings which have lost their lands and have since been modified for other uses. More
New York: 1976. Cloth over Boards. The book describes and shows plans of buildings and monuments, that were planned but never built, throughout the first two centuries of the history of the United States. Projects featured in book include rejects entries for building competitions like the New York Crystal Palace..... More
1928. Staplebound Wraps. Arnold House in Weymouth, Women's Club in Taunton, Deane-Barstow House in East Taunton, and more, with b/w photographs and some architectural drawings. More
1928. Staplebound Wraps. Street views of Charleston buildings such as St. Michael's Church, South Carolina Society Hall, St. Philip's Church, and more, along with some lovely sketches. More
1918. Staplebound Wraps. Joseph Nightingale House, George Benson House, Pidge House, and many more, with beautiful b/w photographs. More
1915. Staplebound Wraps. Isaac Royall House in Medford, Mass., Doak House in Marblehead, Mass., John Dockray House in Wakefield, RI, and many more, with beautiful b/w photographs. More
Spiral Bound Wraps. Respectability vs. Architecture, Federal Reser Board Competition, Emerging Houses, AIA's 67th anniversary, historic American buildings survey, Reviving Main Street. More
Hamilton, NY: 1977. Perfect Bound. This exhibition sought to present examples of the kinds of art sponsored by the government in the 1930s, to give a better picture of the period and of the possibilities of public art. More
Chicago, IL: 1989. Cloth over Boards. The author explores how New York's celebrated municipal sculptures were supported, who created them, and why the majority of significant pieces were produced between 1890 and 1920. More
Winnipeg: 1991. Perfect Bound. There are lions, dragons, gods, goddesses, gargoyles and historical figures inhabiting an unexplored landscape in Vancouver and Victoria. Cast in metal, carved in stone, formed in concrete or fired in terra cotta clay, the architectural ornament on the original buildings of these two Canadian cities reveal..... More
