Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser, 2007. First edition. Decorated Boards. Quarto, pp. 255, illustrated with color photographs. This book is the first to present a coherent guide to the planning and design of glass supporting frameworks. The focus is on the pressure-resistant, flat supporting element as a basic building block for broad..... More
Oxford: Butterworth Architecture, 1994. First paperback edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 372, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs. This book is a comprehensive guide to the nature and performance of glass and its relationship with the building occupant. Prepared by a team of expert contributors from Pilkington Glass..... More
Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag, 2007. Second edition, revised and expanded. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 352, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and architectural drawings. Glass offers a wide variety of possible applications for the realization of even the most ambitious designs in architecture, and in the past two..... More
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1989. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This comprehensive guide to the new uses of architectural glass provides professionals with the detailed technical information they need on installation and maintenance while presenting a wealth of design ideas..... More
New York: Overlook Press, 2000. Third edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 416, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. This volume, by leading ceramics teacher Susan Peterson, is the most comprehensive available guide to modern ceramics, packed with step-by-step illustrations of ceramic techniques to guide the beginner as well as inspirational ceramic..... More
Basel, Switzerland: Birkhauser Verlag, 2009. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 112, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and drawings. This book offers a clear, compact, and illustrated overview of the material-appropriate use of this varied and versatile material in building construction and provides information that goes far..... More
Champaign, IL: Small Homes Council, 1989. Facsimile of 1869 edition. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. xvi, 28, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The specifications for the Jarvis Williams House, built in 1869 at 152 Commonwealth Avenue in Boston, provide an unusually early example of detailed master specifications. Produced by one..... More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. This issue contains articles on early Italian architectural style (including Italian motif and stucco exteriors), a Colonial-era Massachusetts church, load-bearing testing of a sheetrock-pyrofill roof deck, the advantages of..... More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. This issue contains articles on James River Colonial style in Virginia, making lath more enduring, Rocklath, and testing gypsum plaster. More
Chicago, IL: United States Gypsum Company, 1928. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 7, illustrated with b/w photos with spot color. This issue contains articles on old houses of Normandy, acoustics, and insulation. More
New York: Clifford and Lawton, 1907. First edition. Original Blue Gilt Decorative Cloth. Octavo, pp. 95, indexed and with glossary of color terms, illustrated with b/w drawings and diagrams. A very sensible look at the application of color in decoration and design. Uncommon. More
Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003. First edition. Hardcover. Small quarto, pp. 120, illustrated with color photographs. Bibliography and appendix of resources. Linoleum is not vinyl! The word "linoleum" has become a generic term for resilient flooring of all kinds, but it is NOT vinyl. Linoleum is a flooring..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, 2015. First edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 347, indexed, illustrated with color and b/w photographs and drawings. This volume offers hands-on guidance to the specific challenges involved in conserving cultural heritage in hot and humid climates. It includes seven case studies of successful climate improvement..... More
Fresno, CA: Thomson Publications, 1988. Second edition. Oversized Paperback. Quarto, pp. 304, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. This book presents a comprehensive picture of major pests and their management in and around the home, garden, lawn, greenhouse and backyard orchard. It is a fully illustrated catalog of selected pests and..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Getty Publications, 2004. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 210, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs and drawings. This volume outlines the techniques that are currently employed to analyze the synthetic resins used in modern painting materials, such as pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry, Fourier Transform..... More
Dublin: The O'Brien Press, 2001. Reprint of 1998 edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 224, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book is a plea for a sympathetic approach to the conservation and repair of traditional stone buildings. These beautiful buildings are in danger of disappearing from the landscape..... More
Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 1997. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 141, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. These essays represent an effort to collate the various disciplines working in the area of building stone degradation. Structures composed of natural building stones are subjected through time to mechanical loads..... More
London: The Caxton Publishing Co., Ltd., 1948. Second edition. Cloth over Boards, red w/gilt lettering and embossed design. Small quarto, pp. 331, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and architectural specification drawings. An extensive and in-depth manual for roofing from measuring and ordering the materials, to specifications, types of tiling, shingles..... More
London: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd, 1998. First paperback edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 254, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. One of the problems which beset the practical conservation of stone buildings is the fragmentation of the disciplines involved. This book, in two volumes, brings these disciplines together by..... More
Chicago. IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Third edition. Cloth over Boards w/ embossed cover. 12mo, pp. 525, indexed, a self-quiz; illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough, practical guide to using the above materials with a discussion of terms, tools, building methods and maintenance. Very useful for the builder..... More
Chicago. IL: Frederick J. Drake & Co., 1914. Third edition. Cloth over Boards w/ embossed cover. 12mo, pp. 525, indexed, a self-quiz; illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough, practical guide to using the above materials with a discussion of terms, tools, building methods and maintenance. Very useful for the builder..... More
