Cambridge: MIT Press, 1971. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 159, bibiliography, illustrated with b/w photos, maps. More about Report Three: Cambridgeport (Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge
Bay City, Michigan: The Aladdin Company, 1919. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with sepia-toned photographs of home exteriors. Packaged with a sales letter from Aladdin. This pattern book featured exterior views of homes built with Aladdin plans, identifying the names of the owners, the towns where... More about Aladdin Homes
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1963. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, yellow. Small quarto, pp 70 with b/w and color perspectives & b/w floor plans. This is another very nice Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are ranch houses, 1960's contemporary homes, and plumbing specifications. More about Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes 57th Catalog
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1917. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 120 Illustrated with b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. One fold-out plate is partially detached. Cover signed by previous owner. An early Aladdin pattern book with several fold-out plates in color. More about Aladdin Homes
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1917. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 120 Illustrated with b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. One fold-out plate is partially detached. Cover signed by previous owner. An early Aladdin pattern book with several fold-out plates in color. More about Aladdin Homes
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1922. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 8 Illustrated with color and b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Packaged with several advertising flyers. A nice collection of 1920s advertising and home plans. More about Aladdin Homes; Some interesting facts for the home-builder that will enable him to build his home...
Bay City, MI: Aladdin Co., 1927. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 24 Illustrated with color and b/w photos, renderings, and plans. Sales letter from the general manager bound in. This is another very nice Aladdin home catalog with beautiful color perspective renderings. Included are garage, cottage and small home designs. More about Aladdin Readi-Cut Homes; Sold By The Golden Rule
Bay City, Michigan: The Aladdin Company, 1919. First edition. Decorated Wraps. 12mo (5 1/4 x 8 1/4). pp 118. Wonderfully illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, including several fold-out pages. A delightful early hard-cover catalog from one of America's first kit home manufacturers. A local competitor of Lewis (manufacturer of... More about Aladdin Homes Catalog #32
Washington DC: Office of Technology Assessment, Congress of the US, 1986. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Small quarto, pp. xi, 198, index and appendices, illustrated with b/w photographs. Mild ex-library. This report presents the primary findings of an assessment reviewing how federal agencies implement federal preservation policy, and showing how the... More about Technologies for Prehistoric & Historic Preservation
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 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: 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
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
Portland, ME: Historic HomeWorks, 2006. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Cover, tan. Quarto, pp. 21, illustrated with b/w photographs. A practical manual for this method of removing exterior and interior paints which works particularly well for historic buildings with layers of old paint. This volumes discusses, advantages, disadvantages, methods, safety, case... More about Steam Paint Removal
West Chester, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 1987. First edition. Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp 176, indexed. Several pages of color photographs and b/w photographs on each page. Architectural drawings from the Library of Congress and Benjamin Asher. Listing of New England homes to visit. From the Old House Journal Reference Library... More about Architectural Details from Old New England Homes
