Portland, ME: Historic HomeWorks, 2013. Revised and expanded. Perfectbound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 177, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. Lists resources (products and services). A newly expanded and revised version of Leeke's earlier wooden windows restoration book. With over 20 years experience in building consulting (specializing in practical methods for..... More
Erie, PA: Pennsylviania Fireproofing Co., nd c. 1915. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 23, illustrated with b/w photographs. This pamphlet highlighted Denison interlocking building tile, which was a hard burned, hollow clay tile designed for bearing walls, curtain walls, foundations, and partitions in all kinds of buildings. The tile..... More
London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1875. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. vii, 311, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A very detailed and descriptive book on multiple aspects of timber, with a focus on preserving wood or removing dry rot. Includes 9 black and white plates and a...... More
nd c. 1890. Marbled Boards. Folio (13.25" x 18.5"), 38 2-page plates of architectural specification drawings. Some foxing and minor creasing. Text in German. Library stamp on reverse side of each plate. The title page is handwritten, with no indication of author or publishing house. The text volume is lacking..... More
Washington, D.C. Government Printing Office, 1917. First edition. Original Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 143, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. In 1914, an agreement was entered into between the United States Geological Survey, the United States Bureau of Standards, and the Bureau of Mines for a cooperative study of..... More
Dublin, NH: Yankee Books, 1971. First edition, 10th printing. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 61, numerous b/w photographs and drawings. This book offers practical ways of how to build a tailored stone wall without the use of mortar. Taking safety precautions, finding and working with stones, altering unsatisfactory walls, and building new..... More
Northfield, VT: Wall/Goldfinger Inc., nd c. 1990. Original edition. Loose wood sheets. 52 wood veneer samples, 30 of which are 10" x 8", 7 are 10" x 7", 5 are 10" x 6.5", 2 are 10" x 6", 2 are 10" x 5.5", 2 are 10" x 5", 1 is..... More
New York: H. W. Johns-Manville Co., c. 1921. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. 16mo, pp. 20 on Johns-Manville Asbestos Shingles (cover detached); pp. 27 on Roofing and Building Materials; pp. 23 on Re-Roofing for the Last Time; and three samples of roofing in paper covers. Asbestos built-up roofing, prepared roofing, and..... More
London: Country Life Ltd., 1929. First edition. Cloth over Boards w/brown back, tan covers, protected in Mylar. Folio, (10" x 12 1/2") pp. 196 indexed. Wonderful b/w photographs, here in the original English first edition with the preferred images. Gift inscription from 1934 on front endpaper. A very nice copy..... More
Dublin, NH: Yankee Books, 1971. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 61, numerous b/w photographs and drawings. This book offers practical ways of how to build a tailored stone wall without the use of mortar. Taking safety precautions, finding and working with stones, altering unsatisfactory walls, and building new ones are..... More
Amesbury, Mass: Powwow River Books, 2014. First edition, in 100 copies. Stiff Wraps. Quarto, pp. 170. Well illustrated, with index and many appendices. Another beautifully done book on local use of stone. Extremely well illustrated and researched. More
New York: Seeley Brothers, 1886. First edition. Embossed Boards. Folio, publishers blind-stamped cloth. Lithographic title leaf, pp. 8, 20 chromolithographic plates, each with descriptive text facing, pp. 3 of advertisements, one with paint samples, which includes 2 chromolithographic plates with one incorporating 12 flat pastel paint samples. Presentation book plate..... More
Portland, ME: Historic HomeWorks, 2004. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp. 31, illustrated in b/w. List of resources presented (suppliers and publications). With over 20 years experience in building consulting (specializing in practical methods for the restoration of wood elements in period buildings), John Leeke's "Practical Restoration Reports" are on..... More
Pittsburgh, PA: National Fireproofing Co., 1927. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp 6, illustrated with b/w and color drawings. This pamphlet highlighted NATCO's hollow building tile, which was economical, dense, strong, protected against fire, didn't need painting, easy to install, and never decayed. The product line is illustrated, along with..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1914. Original Cloth over Boards. Folio (10.5" x 14"), 70 numbered plates, indexed. Original brown cloth in very good order, internally sound. Indexed. Signed by a previous owner inside front cover. With 70 large, scaled drawings of terra cotta in building applications (from windows..... More
Amesbury: Powwow River Books, 2021. First edition, in 100 copies. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 336, illustrated with b/w photographs. The main complex of the America's Stonehenge site in New Hampshire is a collection of stone chambers, enclosures, niches, standing stones, carved drains and basins, and astronomical alignments. The archaeological community..... More
