St. Louis, MO: Hydraulic-Press Brick Company, 1914. Original edition. Cloth over Boards. Canvas carrying case 20" x 2.5" x 0.5" containing 17 cardstock rulers. The fronts are printed with a scale title and the rule lines, and the backs are stamped with the name Edward A. Nitsche. Nitsche's name is... More about Brick Scales in Canvas Carrying Case
Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Howland & Co., nd c. 1910. Original edition. Pamphlet. 7.25" x 6.25" folding pamphlet, with four sample paint chips. A very scarce advertising pamphlet from this Boston area paint and varnish company. The color samples are bright and in nice condition. More about Bay State Piazza Chair Enamel
London: Caxton, ca 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto; pp. 200, 213, 209; well illustrated, with half tones, scale drawings, photographs, etc., indexed, with several appendices of a technical, buildings-trade nature. While there are many books dealing with carpentry and joinery, this work is differentiated by the fact... More about The Modern Carpenter and Joiner (complete in 3 volumes); With Special Sections on the Use of the...
New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company, 1929. Fourth Edition, revised and enlarged. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xiii, 351, 125 full page plates and 278 illustrations in the text. With introductory chapter by G. T. Robinson. Appendices (standard plastering specifications), indexed. The pages that contains plates 12 and 13... More about Plastering Plain & Decorative; A Practical Treatise on the Art and Craft, Including Full...
London: The Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd, nd, post-1937. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 30, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. A thorough list of over 300 modern bricklayer bonding examples, such as English, Flemish, Dutch, Monk, Quetta, and many more, with clear illustrations of each. Scarce! This is a.... More about The Modern Bricklayer; Bonding Examples
Braintree, England: Crittall Manufacturing Co., Ltd., January, 1925. First edition. Decorated Paper over Boards. Folio, pp 146. b/w photographs of installations and window type elevations and construction details throughout. With company presentation stamp and signature opposite title page. This catalog includes casement, composite, and other types of metal windows. Among... More about Crittall Metal Windows: Catalogue No. 36
New York, NY: Frank A. Lent, March 1935. Original edition. Paperback journal. Quarto, pp. 39, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Beautifully illustrated period advertisements. This magazine, devoted to the architectural uses of stone, is always interesting reading. Two feature articles in this issue include "Domestic Marbles in Terrazzo Construction"... More about Stone Magazine, March 1935; Vol. LVI Number 3
New York: M. T. Richardson, 1906. Revised. Publisher's pictorial cloth. 12 mo. pp iv, 183. illustrated with black-and-white plates. Glossary, index, publisher's ads. A very good treatment on the subject for the tradesman. Amazingly practical, with hundreds of tricks of the trade. From the Old House Journal library. More about Everybody's Paint Book; A Complete Guide to the Art of Outdoor and Indoor Painting, designed for...
Paris: Chrles-Antoine Jombert, 1751. Third edition. Half leather over linen boards. Folio, pp. 212, illustrated with full page plates and b/w illustrations. Many subtle, expert repairs done to tears in the pages. Page 85 is misnumbered, making it appear that several pages are missing, but the book is complete. Text... More about L'Art de Charpenterie de Mathurin Jousse (The Carpentry Art of Mathurin Jousse); Architect and...
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. for Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1911. Revised. Cloth over Embossed, Decorated Boards. Octavo, pp. 261 (Hodgson's Estimator and Contractor's Guide), 261 (Guide to Correct Measurements) plus rear section of house plans and publishers' ads (not numbered; about 70 pages). Special exclusive edition printed expressly... More about Builders' Reliable Estimator and Contractors' Guide: A Complete Guide for Pricing All Builders'...
London: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1982. First paperback edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 160, indexed, richly illustrated in 150 b/w photos & 60 diagrams, surveys history of English brickwork throughout the centuries, includes glossary. A thorough survey of English brickwork through the centuries, including manufacturing and building techniques, patterns, and the development... More about Brickwork
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
New York: Theodore Audel, 1924/1949. Later printing. Hardcover. 12 mo (4 1/2 X 6 1/2), pp ca. 400 per volume, iIlustrated with wood engravings. Contains several tables and data. A standard for every tradesman and apprentice in his day. We always have several sets of this wonderful, standard item in... More about Masons and Builders Guides (4 volumes
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1925. Later edition. Original Cloth w/gilt lettering on spine. Octavo, pp. viii, approx. 450; 346 illustrations with 11 in color. Very professional text, well drawn and aimed at the tradesman of the early twentieth century. Most apprentices learned their trades from these texts. Beautiful renderings... More about Brick, Stone, and Plaster; ICS #31F; Common Brickwork, Face and Ornamental Brickwork,...
Detroit, MI: Buhl Sons Co., 1924. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small octavo, pp. xxxvii, 1116, indexed. Richly illustrated with b/w engravings. A comprehensive hardware catalog from an ambitious Detroit company that strove to offer everything a contractor could need. Over a thousand pages long, with beautiful engravings throughout, from... More about Wholesale Hardware; Mill, factory and railway supplies, mechanics' tools, iron and steel,...
Omaha, NE: Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 1890. First edition. Leather bound. Small octavo, pp. 427. Richly illustrated with b/w engravings. Marbled endpapers. A scarce hardware catalog from a Nebraska company, featuring supplies that any farmer or retailer would find useful. More about Illustrated Price List of Fairbanks' Standard Scales, Engines and Boilers, Steam Pumps, Trucks...
New York: Austral Sales Corp. nd. c. 1935. First edition. Staplebound wraps. Quarto, pp. 125, illustrated with b/w specification drawings and photographs. Previous owner signed the cover in pencil. District representative stamped front end paper. University of the State of New York, State Education Department, Rules of Cubage (typed manuscript)... More about Austral Windows, Wardrobes, Folding Partitions; Catalog Number Thirty
