Tate, GA: Georgia Marble Co., 1928. First edition. Three-ring bound. Quarto, 24 architectural drawings of Curtis woodwork plus 8 4-page brochures and 2 plates by Georgia Marble on various topics, stored in sheet protectors and bound in a three-hole plastic-covered binder. The Georgia Marble documents illustrate the panel of Tennessee..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1983. First US edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Text notes, bibliography, dictionary of stuccoists and plasterers, indexes of persons and places. The author traces stucco decoration from its classical beginnings to its rediscovery in the Renaissance, from its miraculous..... More
London: Copper Development Association, 1946. Later printing. Boards with cloth spine. Small quarto, pp 71, illustrated with b/w construction details. Ex-library stamps and labels. A very nice manual on copper roofing, flashings and other uses for this valuable material. Includes building requirements, sizing, and very good detailing. Invaluable for builders!..... More
Proctor, VT: Vermont Marble Co., nd c. 1936. First edition. Decorated Stock Covers. 12 mo, pp 22, illustrated with b/w photographs. A previous owner added the date Aug. 22, 1936 in ink inside the front cover. Three ephemeral pieces laid in: (1) postcard of the Last Supper, carved from Vermont..... More
Philadelphia, PA: J. Huffy, 1856. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 9, mild ex-library markings. An extremely scarce study of the stone industry in Tennessee. The author covers the history of the land, a description of the marble bed, and descriptions of the twenty varieties of marble that are..... More
New York: National Terra Cotta Society, 1930. First edition. Illustrated Wraps. Quarto, each pp. 15, illustrated with b/w photographs. Four brochures: "Terra Cotta for your New School," "Terra Cotta for Small Apartments," "Terra Cotta Stores and Store Fronts," and "Terra Cotta Buildings Superior for Floodlighting." Each booklet includes many photographs..... More
Kingsport, TN: Blue Ridge Glass Corp. nd c. 1946. First edition. Hardwood Case w/brass fittings, gilt lettering. 7.5" x 6" x 4" Latched wooden case with 14 - 3" x 5" samples of frosted, embossed, and wire-embedded glass. A very uncommon boxed set of Blue Ridge Glass samples.They include Muralex..... More
Akron, OH: Goodyear Company, nd ca 1950. Original edition. Cardboard Box, aqua. 3" x 5" x 3.75" Cardboard box with 49 3" x 5" samples, with style number and name printed on the back of each sample. A beautiful set of vinyl flooring samples, housed in its original box, representing..... More
Detroit: Ornamental Products Co, nd c.1930. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. 41, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Lovely illustrated catalogue of carvings, modern as well as Chippendale and Louis XV and XVI characteristics, rosettes, capitals and pilasters made of oak, mahogany, gum, and walnut. The company guaranteed..... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1896. First edition; first thousand. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 47, illustrated with b/w drawings, including two fold-out plates, and 16-page publisher's catalog bound in. The authors aimed to collect material that had direct application in engineering and architectural practice, and make it..... More
London: The Architectural Press Ltd, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Tall thin quarto, pp 105, indexed, price clipped, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs, library bookplate on front end paper, mild ex-library markings. This book puts information about construction methods in the context of current research into the qualities of stone..... More
Rochester, NY: Northeastern Retail Lumbermen's Association, 1929. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp 238, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Presentation copy personalized to Frank Parker in gilt on the cover, compliments of Driscoll Brothers; probably the lumber company in Ithaca, New York. This volume was prepared for the..... More
New York: Louis Deck Jr, nd c. 1950. Original edition. Treated cotton sample. 4.25" x 6" cotton roof deck sample, printed with advertising information. "Louis Deck, Jr. announces the presentation for your approval of Deck cotton roof deck / a positive waterproof membrane for repairing a foot or a mile..... More
Chicago, IL: The Barber Asphalt Company, nd c. 1900. Original edition. Albumen photographs. 3 albumen photographs, 5" x 7", showing buildings featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs, with advertising information printed on the reverse sides. Three photographs, each featuring Genasco Latite shingle roofs. St. Columba's Roman Catholic Church, Lafond & Hamline..... More
Philadelphia, PA: House Painting and Decorating Publishing Co., 1887. First edition. Half-Leather with Marbled Boards. Small quarto, pp. 406, xlv, indexed, each issue illustrated with b/w engravings and a beautifully colored chromolithographic print. An interesting assortment of articles focused on house painting and decorating at the height of Victorian styling..... More
Rutland, VT: Unknown publisher, 1947. First edition. Leather-look boards with leather tie. 16mo, pp. 25, with 25 b/w snapshots measuring 2.5" x 3.5" each. "Visiting the Van Roalte's in October, 1947" involved traveling through Williamstown, Massachusetts and the Taconic Trail, to Pownal and Rutland Vermont. The photographer took snapshots flood..... More
New York: Leo Popper & Sons, nd post 1925. Original edition. Wooden box with hinged lid and working brass clasp, gilt lettering. Wooden box is 7.75" long, 4.25" high, 6" deep, with just over 200 glass samples, all about 3" wide and 1-2" tall. Most have labels for Leo Popper..... More
New York: Myron C. Clark Publishing Co., 1909. First American edition. Cloth over Boards; gilt lettering. Small quarto, pp. 321, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs, and b/w drawings of brick patterns. Previous owner signed and stamped the front endpaper. This book puts in writing that knowledge which has been handed..... More
Washington DC: U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Heritage Conservation and Recreation Service, Technical Preservation Services Division, 1980. First edition. Decorated Wraps, Black. Quarto, pp. 170. Includes notes and bibliography. Illustrated with b/w photos. An excellent, practical guide to the preservation of architectural metalwork. Part I is "A Historical Survey of..... More
London, UK: Copper Development Association (UK), 1948, 1949. Second impression. Boards with Green Cloth Spine. Small quarto, pp 105, 31. Illustrated with b/w photos and construction details. Volume I is tan boards with green cloth covered spine, inside is clean and tight. Supplement is staplebound wraps in similar colors. A..... More
