Chicago, IL: Portland Cement Company, nd c. 1925. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 72. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Gift inscription inside front cover in ink. Concrete is valuable in farm construction for sanitary, durable, easy to clean floors in barns, poultry houses, granaries and other farm... More
Dublin: Journal of Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, March 1940. Reprint. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 56. Illustrated with 9 b/w plates and photographs. Inscribed in ink on the front cover "with the writers compliments," and a correction in ink on page 24 by the author as well. This... More
Chicago, IL: Operative Plasterers & Cement Finishers International Association, 1923; 1928; 1950. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 32, 48 and 40, respectively. Illustrated with b/w photographs. This was the official monthly journal of the Operative Plasterers and Cement Finishers International Association. The 1923 and 1928 issues reported on... More
London: Cassell & Company, 1906. First edition. Original Wraps. 12 mo, pp. 96, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings. Some annotations in pencil by a previous owner. This book deals chiefly with the work of the operative plasterer in the building trades. Attention is drawn to the necessary materials and tools... More
Berkeley, CA: Peerless Built-In Furniture, July 1925. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 30, illustrated with b/w specification drawings. This handbook was intended to supplement the information contained in the Peerless catalog with specific technical data for architects and builders who were using Peerless built-in furniture. Each page offers dimensions... More
Brooklyn, NY: Joshua Horrocks, Inc, nd c. 1917. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 24, illustrated with b/w drawings and photographs. Trade advertisement for window guards and other wire products used to secure windows and machinery in commercial and industrial buildings. Historic photographs of the guards in place in unidentified... More
Portland, OR: M. L. Kline, 19311. First edition. Cloth over Boards; red with white letters. Quarto, pp. xxix, 559, indexed and illustrated with many b/w drawings and photographs of bathrooms and fixtures. A 1914 letter from Kline and a period envelope laid in. Everything necessary for a 1910 bathroom: tubs... More
Detroit, MI: Detroit Steel Products Co., 1923. Original edition. Original Embossed Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 116, indexed, illustrated with b/w specification drawings and photographs. Specifications and installation instructions, plus photographs of commercial buildings that feature these windows, including Mt. Morris School and American Chicle Company on Long Island; US Armorplate... More
Chicago: Radford Architectural Co., 1912. First edition. Original beige cloth w/ red & green design on front cover. Octavo, pp. 219 Illustrated with drawings, photographs and floor plans. Index plus a publisher's catalogue at the rear. Over 300 designs. As with all of Radford's titles, industry-defining and highly influential. It... More
Chicago, IL: Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1944. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, green. Quarto, pp. 130, illustrated with b/w drawings, photographs and spot color. Touted as "The World's Greatest Building Paper," this magazine was avidly read by those in the construction and building material trades. Topics in this issue discussed war construction... More
New York: M.T. Richardson Co., Publishers, 1905. Later edition. Original Cloth w/embossed design, dark green/black. Small octavo (5 1/2" x 8") pp. 427, indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings; 2 pages of publisher advertisements. An early hands-on imprint on decorative painting. Covers painting iron, duplicating plaster casts, interior house painting. Technical... More
Seattle, WA: West Coast Lumbermen's Association, nd c. 1928. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 20, illustrated with b/w photographs. This catalog showcases the buildings where Douglas fir sashes and frames were used in the construction, including the W. P. Fuller & Co. building in Portland, OR; the Stroh Building in Detroit;... More
London: Crosby, Lockwood and Co., 1884. Fourth edition. Original Green Cloth, w/gilt lettering & design on spine. 12 mo, pp. xxi, 394, indexed. 9 colored full page illustrations (all present) )of woods and marbles and numerous wood engravings. 16 and 32 pp of publisher's advertisements. One of the well written... More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1909/1908. First edition; second thousand corrected. Cloth over boards; brown with gilt lettering on spine. Small octavo, pp 121, indexed; 20-page publisher's catalog bound in. A practical guide for the home owner covering materials, supplies, tools, mixing paints, varnishing, finishes, glazing, papering, whitewashing... More
Boston, MA: Boston Builders' Hardware Co., 1928. First edition. Original Decorated Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 136. Richly illustrated with b/w drawings. Wholesale price listing, once bound in, is now separated from the text block. A scarce hardware catalog from a Boston company, featuring door and cabinet hardware, window hardware, garage... More
Pittsburgh, PA: Alcoa Albron Aluminum Company, nd c. 1950. First edition. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 23. Illustrated with b/w drawings with spot color. 4-page list of manufacturers laid in. Alcoa Albron offered aluminum metal and masonry paint; aluminum house paint; and aluminum enamel for interior use. This brochure illustrates many... More
Washington DC: National Historic Trust/Columbia Univeristy, 1973. First printing. Oversized Paperback. Tall octavo, pp. 92, indexed, well illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. bibliography and index. An important and scarce trade piece. Well suited for the advanced professional or graduate student in preservation. Hard to find today. More
London: Chapman and Hall, 1979. Third edition. Hard Cover. Octavo, pp. xiv, 504, indexed, illustrated with numerous photographs showing examples of defects. Defects in paints designed for all purposes are discussed - decorative, protective, industrial, marine - in conjunction with various methods of application and a wide range of common... More
Los Angeles, CA: Getty Conservation Institute, 2011. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. vii, 147, indexed. These paints are encountered by conservators in a wide range of areas of 20th century cultural heritage, and not just those dealing with painted door frames or architectural finishes. Although the author discusses many... More
Chicago: Radford Architectural Company, 1917. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with drawings and three fold-out plans in pristine condition, with Radford advertising section bound in. The ability to read plans and take off a bill of materials constitutes knowledge dealers and builders should have, for it... More
Boston: Bates & Guild, 1899. First edition. Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Large quarto, pp. 37 with 33 full page plates and 6-page advertising section bound in, housed in a custom box. Signed on front end paper by original owner. A wonderful book of construction detail drawings: most plates include... More
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
London: Blackie and Son Limited, nd c. 1920. First edition. Pictorial Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 287, illustrated with 32 reproductions from photographs and numerous text cuts. A comprehensive documentation from tree to product: examination of how trees make wood, the cultivation and use of trees in Britain and around... More
