London: B. T. Batsford, 1900. First edition. Decorated Wraps. Folio, pp. 33 plus 21 full page b/w plates of home exteriors and floor plans. Bookplate for a previous owner on front endpaper. Publisher's advertisement and receipt for the book laid in. Building homes for the working class, at rents that... More about Houses for the Working Classes in Urban Districts; comprising 30 typical and improved plans...

New York: Hugh McAtamney, 1913. First edition. Decorated Wraps, beige w/gilt design & lettering. Small quarto, pp. 29, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. A beautifully illustrated volume published for distribution among the visitors to Woolworth Tower in New York City. The text discusses the history of New York City... More about Above the Clouds and Old New York; A Historical Sketch of the Site and a Description of the Many...

Smethwick, Birmingham, UK: Henry Hope & Sons, Ltd., 1926. First edition. Boards. Folio (10 x 15"), pp. 151. Indexed, profusely illustrated with b/w photos and drawings, some pages in color. A remarkably beautiful Hope's window catalog, the largest and most comprehensive we've seen. Gorgeous, large illustrations and installation diagrams include... More about Hope's Metal Windows and Casements Catalog 1818-1926

San Francisco, CA: Charles Hall Page & Associates, 1976. First edition. Original Wraps. Oblong small quarto, pp 106. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Glossary, bibliography. Ink number on front cover. This manual was provided to help the Santa Cruz homeowner plan for the satisfactory rehabilitation of an older home... More about Santa Cruz Renovation Manual: A Homeowner's Handbook

Millwood, NY: Kraus International Publications, 1983. First edition. Brown Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 834. A very good ex-library copy of this scarce index. More about The Print Council Index to Oeuvre-Catalogues of Prints by European and American Artists Under the...

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., 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

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 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

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: 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

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