Cleveland, OH: Sandusky Cement Co., nd c. 1922. Original edition. Color Pictorial Wraps. Quarto, pp. 32, ilustrated with b/w photographs. A beautiful trade piece for Medusa Cement, with many examples of residential architecture around the country, including the home of President Herbert Hoover located in Stanford, CA. Also includes an..... More
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co. for Sears, Roebuck & Co., 1917. 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
Cincinnati, OH: Applegate & Co., 1854. First edition. Embossed Cloth over Boards. 12mo, pp. 60 plus 12-page publisher's catalog bound in, illustrated with b/w drawings. This book was written about the "new discovery" of using a cement composed of gravel, sand, and lime for the construction of walls in buildings..... More
Chicago, IL: Operative Plasterers & Cement Finishers International Association, 1937. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 40, illustrated with b/w photographs. This was the official monthly journal of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers International Association.This issue features an anonymous poem called "The Plasterer's Glee," an article on the..... More
Bath, NY: Combination Ladder Company, nd c. 1930. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Octavo, pp 36, illustrated with b/w drawings. A scarce and historic trade piece from a company that produced light, durable ladders from air-dried spruce lumber and cadmium hardware to prevent rust. More
Geneva, Switzerland: Masters of Architecture Ltd, 1930. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. xvi, 114, plus 11-page advertising section. John Burnet was a Scottish architect who lived and practiced in Glasgow. Burnet designed many of Victorian Glasgow's public buildings, employing a range of styles, including Neoclassical, Gothic, Renaissance, Italianate..... More
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1924. First edition. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 26 plus 34 b/w photographic plates. Book plate from a previous owner adhered to front endpaper. Sir William Chambers was a Scottish-Swedish architect based in London. Among his best-known works are Somerset House, London (1776) and the pagoda..... More
London: Archetype Books, 2007. First edition. Decorated Boards, black. Quarto, pp. 214, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. The Proceedings of the second conference "Architectural Paint Research in Building Conservation," held in Denmark in 2005. Features 26 papers presented by world experts in architectural paint isssues. Well documented, illustrated and indexed..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1904. Fifth edition, enlarged. Decorated Cloth on Boards, brown. Small quarto, pp. viii, 218 w/ 8 page publisher's catalogue bound in. Illustrated with 52 b/w lithographic plates, comprising about 400 diagrams. Signed by a previous owner in 1911. This work was compiled as a means..... More
London: Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd., 1951. Reprint of 1931 edition. Red Cloth over Boards with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Octavo, Vol. 1 pp. 212, Vol. 2 pp. 214, Vol. 3 pp. 244. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, and photographic color frontispieces. A thorough compendium of techniques and details..... More
London: George Virtur, nd (circa 1844). Enlarged and improved edition. Leather Bound with new cloth spine. Quarto, pp 122 and pp 8 on measuring. Illustrated throughout with b/w construction drawings. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, but..... More
Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 1992. Second Printing. Paperback Original. Quarto, pp. 151, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Here is the definitive survey of woodworking joints for builders and craftsmen. More than 450 variations on 66 basic joints are explained. You'll learn when and where to use each joint..... More
New York: Palliser, Palliser & Co., 1880/1883. Third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Cloth over Boards. 12 mo, pp. viii, 98. Illustrated with nearly 100 woodcuts. 4 pages of trade advertisements at the back. A very early and scarce Hodgson title, one which shows the full functionality of the carpenter's..... More
