Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2000. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 170, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Every great architect offers an original vision, one that synthesizes and then transcends all that he or she has learned. Roland Terry's career follows that archetypal mode, yet..... More
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 456, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. H. H. Richardson is generally considered to be the greatest American architect of the second half of the 19th century. This lavishly illustrated study presents the first complete catalog of Richardson's architectural..... More
Berlin: Ernst Wasmuth Verlag, 1993. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 60, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. The Glessner House is significant because it was created toward the end of the life and career of Richarson, who was the most important American architect of the 19th century. It..... More
New York: New York Public Library, 1965. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Folio, unpag., 50 theatres each with a photo or two plus plans, bibliography with 1700+ entries covering 1946-1964. This book contains a comprehensive bibliography of theatre architecture, 1946-1964, with over 1700 entries, compiled by Ned Bowman of the..... More
Proctor, VT: Vermont Marble Co., nd c. 1940. First edition. Decorated Stock Covers. Small octavo, pp 22, illustrated with b/w photographs. A history of this iconic Vermont marble company, its development, quarrying methods, marble mills, plant locations, monument shops, and works. Beautifully photographed. A one of a kind publication. More
Chicago: Sears, Roebuck and Co., nd c. 1930. First edition. Paperback. Oblong octavo, pp. 128, with facing pages of wallpaper samples. It's a shame this catalog is missing its covers and first few pages, but what's left is still lovely! Each page is a sample on the front, with text..... More
St. Louis, MO: Mississippi Glass Co., nd c. 1960. Original edition. Solid Wood Case w/metal latch. 5" x 10" x 5.75" wooden case with company name on front in black painted label, a company label inside the cover with product recommendations, and working latch. Labeled glass samples, 4" x 4"..... More
Wheeling, WV: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., 1917. First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong quarto, pp. 54, illustrated with b/w photographs. Some pencil notations on the front cover. Small dark stain on title page. This catalog displayed metal ceiling designs that were in stock for immediate shipment from..... More
New York: Canton Steel Ceiling Co., n.d. (ca. 1915). First edition. Decorated Original Wraps with cloth spine. Oblong folio, pp. 144, illustrated with b/w photographs. A 2" square of the margin of page 33/34 has been torn out; does not affect any illustration. A few pencil notations. A beautiful catalog..... More
Chicago, IL: Masonite Corporation, 1933. First edition. Pamphlet. Folded pamphlet, 4.25" x 6.75", folding out to 8.5" x 11" At the 1933-1934 Chicago World's Fair, the Home and Industrial Arts Group included several buildings and homes, including a Masonite home. The display showcased advances in modern building materials, architecture, and..... More
Portland, ME: The Laclede Manufacturing Co., nd c. 1915. First edition. Pamphlet. Trifold pamphlet, 3.75" x 7", folds out to 11" x 7", contains twelve shingle stain samples, each 0.5" x 2" An attractive booklet advertising Brown's high grade rustic shingle stains, made with linseed oil and creosote liquid oil..... More
Chicago: Hollow Building Tile Association, 1920. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 47. Thoroughly illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A wonderful trade piece with numerous examples of hollow tile barns, cisterns, granaries, garages, dairy buildings, and other outbuildings. More
Lansing, MI: Rikerd Lumber Company, 1926. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Quarto, pp 184, illustrated with b/w photographs, color perspective renderings and floor plans. Period advertisements for building materials. An extensive and uncommon plan book of a wide selection of homes, including American Colonial, New England, English Colonial, Dutch Colonial, English..... More
Oxford, NY: David Hayles, 2015. First edition, Limited to 100 copies. Color Pictorial Boards. Quarto, pp 326, illustrated with color photographs. Signed by the author in 2020 on the front endpaper. Scagliola, a plastering technique used to create the look of marble is the life work of author and expert..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: American Standard, 1945. First printing. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong octavo, pp. 24, illustrated in color. Terrific representations of 1940s kitchens and bathrooms, featuring many unusual fixtures, such as corner style bathtubs, laundry sinks, and porcelain colors we haven't seen in decades. Attractive and scarce; we haven't seen this one..... More
Netherlands: Various, nd c. 1940-1980. First edition. Various. More than 25 brochures, catalogs, magazines, and ephemera. A wonderful grab-bag of advertising materials for Bosch, Coburn, Tweha, Versluis, Cordima, Kaether, Fiehl, Laufwerke, and many more. Furniture, flooring, skylights, doors, hardware, and others. Includes three issues of Interieur magazine from the 1960s..... More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1836. Fourth edition, greatly improved. Quarter Leather. Quarto, pp. iii, with 96 plates drawn on stone and explanatory text between. The author was vice president of the Institute of British Architects and author of books on ornamental villas, designs for farm buildings, village architecture, designs for..... More
Chicago, IL: Elgo Plastics, Inc., nd c. 1947. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 16, illustrated with color drawings. A classic toy that predated the Danish LEGO by a full decade, it was popular with both boys and girls. This booklet suggests many different ways to put together the..... More
New York: Scott, Foresman & Co., 1962. First edition. Matted and framed illustration under glass. 22.5" x 25.5", matted with wooden frame, under glass. Dick and Jane are the two main characters in a series of children's books created to teach children to read. The characters first appeared in 1930..... More
Basel, Bern, Switzerland: Christoph Merian Verlag, 2019. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 320, more than 100 illustrations, mostly in color. Text in English and German. This is a book to bury yourself in, to look and learn. By using impressive photographs, Brigitte Schuster documents cat ladders in Bern..... More
Canton, OH: T.C. Snyder & Co., nd c. 1881. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. 24mo trade pamphlet, pp 16, some b/w illustrations. This roofing company advertised that its roofing was "the most perfect and practical fire-proof, lightning-proof, wind, water, and rust-proof," and that its iron ore paint spreads farther than any..... More
London: The Architectural Press, 1937. Third revised and enlarged. Original coarse beige linen binding. Missing page 89. Quarto, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w photographs and floor plans. Index of architects' names. A very influential book, on the continent and in the United States. Somewhat of a modernism manifesto, and a...... More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1924. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. viii, approx. 450 w/many drawings & illustrations throughout, including some in color. As with all of the International Library of Technology trades-related titles, good solid professional text, well illustrated and aimed at the tradesman of the early twentieth..... More
London: Victor Gollancz, 1997. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings and photographs. This book looks inside the buildings and shows how and why they were originally planned and how they have evolved, often from very simple structures. It reveals in the..... More
London: John Murray, 1872. First edition. Cloth over Boards, gilt details. Small quarto, pp 559, indexed, illustrated with 234 b/w drawings, a color fold-out map of Europe, and a 32-page publisher's list bound in. One of the most interesting of antiquarian studies is that which relates to the origin and..... More
