Diners. Introd. by. Vincent Scully. .
New York: Abrams, 1995. Reprint. Stiff wraps. Oblong quarto, pp. 144, profusely and lavishly illustrated w/ color and b/w photographs. More
Architecture Miscellaneous
Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses and Families in Northern New Jersey and Southern New York.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1968. Reprint. Original Wraps. Octavo, pp. 612, indexed, bibliography, this edition is an unabridged republication of the work originally published in 1936 by William Morrow & Co., introduction by Franklin D. Roosevelt. The opening section discusses land titles, modern restoration, types of houses, building materials..... More
American Architect June 1936.
New York: International Publications, Inc., 1932. First edition. Original Wraps. More
Brick Architecture of the Colonial Period in Maryland and Virginia.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1970. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. 29 (text) plus 118 b/w plates (a total of 216 illustrations). Scarce! Ex-library noted architectural historian Nancy Halverson Schless. More
Bungalow Style : Creating Classic Interiors in Your Arts and Crafts Home.
Newtown, CT: The Taunton Press, 2005. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo. Another solid study by one of the design industry's established spokes(wo)men. More
Publisher Photo George Washington's Mount Vernon: At Home In Revolutionary America. .
New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Large Octavo, pp. 300, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w drawings and photographs. More
Stately Homes in America from Colonial Times to the Present Day.
New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903. First edition. Decorated Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. xiv, 532, illustrated with b/w photographs. Ex-library markings. The chapters are: Men Who Build Fine Houses; The Colonial Residence; The Meaning of the Transitional Dwelling; The Character of the Transitional Dwelling; The Beginnings of the..... More
Portraits of American Architecture: Monuments to a Romantic Mood, 1830-1900.
Boston: David R. Godine Publisher, 1989. First edition, as stated. Hardcover. Folio (12 X 11), pp. 191, indexed. Profusely illustrated with color and b/w plates. More than 70 structures in full color, from octagonal barns to Cape May cottages, from elegant NY town houses to grand Greek Revivals, paintings and..... More
The House of the Miller at Millback: the Architecture,Arts and Crafts of the Pennsylvania Germans.
Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Museum of Art, 1929. Brown stapled card wraps. Unpaginated (30 pages), with 22 photographic figures and 4 architectural line drawings. Some foxing inside. A study and collection of architectural and domestic artifacts of German colonists in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, in the early 1800s. Very nice examples of iron..... More
Barn Doors and Byways.
Boston: Small, Maynard and Company, 1913. First edition. Original Cloth, teal. Octavo, pp. xii, 300, illustrated w/drawings, a collection of articles previously printed in various magazines. More
Sketches of Early American Architecture.
New York: The Architectural and Building Press, Inc., 1922. First edition. Box with envelope and loose portfolio of plates. Quarto, pp. 19 of description by William Crocker, ed. of The American Architect, plus 56 loose duotone sketches. This set includes 3 additional plates by the same artist (for a total..... More
L'architecture d'aujord'hui; Cinq Architectes
Paris: la Société Technic-Union, 1972. First edition. Trade Paperback. Octavo, pp. 118, profusely illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs. In French, with English summary. Glossy French journal journal issue presents studies of Alba, Bossard, Safdie, Ahrends/Burton/Koralek, and Venturi/Rauch. More
At Home: The American Family 1750-1870.
New York: Abrams, 1990. First edition. Hard Cover. Quarto, pp. 304, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Drawing on diaries, letters, household inventories and novels, the author offers a documented analysis of early American middle-class home life from 1750 to 1870. Illustrated with nearly 200 paintings, drawings, and prints..... More
Gems of American Architecture.
St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, 1935. Decorated Wraps, blue. 12 mo. pp 28. richly illustrated. Appears to be a sort of "pseudo" trade catalog of American Outhouses, that indigenous form of American vernacular Architecture. A wonderful farce, beautifully illustrated, this may from be a small run for a client..... More
Gems of American Architecture.
St. Paul, Minnesota: Brown & Bigelow, 1935. Pamphlet. 12 mo. pp 28. richly illustrated. Appears to be a sort of "pseudo" trade catalog of American Outhouses, that indigenous form of American vernacular Architecture. A wonderful farce, beautifully illustrated, this may from be a small run for a client, as it..... More
The Woman's Athletic Club of Chicago 1898-1998; A History
Chicago, IL: 1999. Cloth over Boards. Published for the centennial of the club, the author captured the heart and soul of the club with incredible and loving skill. The WAC was the first women's athletic club in the united states, and an integral part of Chicago society. The author used..... More
The Gothic Revival Style in America, 1830-1870.
Houston, TX: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1976. First printing - only 2500 copies. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. viii, 101. Very rare. More
American Buildings and Their Architects: Volume 4, The Impact of European Modernism in the Mid-Twentieth Century.
New York: Oxford University Press, 1972. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 469, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. The dramatic changes that have taken place in American architecture from the building of the Rockefeller Center to the early 1960s are traced in this fourth volume of..... More
Our Governors' Mansions.
New York: Abrams, 1997. First edition. Boards. Quarto, pp. 376. Illustrated with color photos. Foreword by Charles Kuralt. An engaging survey of all the official governors' mansions in the U.S., written by the First Lady of Oklahoma who is also an active preservationist. An interesting book on a long-overlooked subject..... More
Domestic Architecture of the American Colonies and of the Early Republic.
New York: Dover Publications, Inc, 1966. Reprint. Oversized Paperback. Octavo, pp. xx, 314, indexed, illustrated in 219 b/w illus., includes chronological chart, "an unabridged and corrected republication of the work orig pub by Scribner's Sons in 1922" More
The American Bungalow, 1880-1930; The fascinating story of a widespread architectural style that once fulfilled the American dream of an ideal home at an affordable price
New York: 1985. Cloth over Boards. This fascinating volume explores the American bungalow as an art form and as a document reflecting middle-class life in its era. Casual and informal, the bungalow mirrored the society that produced it, and (like that society) displayed no predominant architectural ancestry. It was conceived..... More
Where We Lived: Discovering the places we once called home; The American Home from 1775 to 1840.
Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 2006. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 266, sumptuously illustrated w/ b/w photographs and a few color plates, color maps on inside covers and endpapers. A very attractive new book. The jacket copy appears accurate: "Illustrated with the starkly beautiful photographs of the Historic..... More
Historic Houses of Early America.
New York: Tudor Publishing, 1927. First edition. Original Cloth. Quarto, pp. xv, 464, illustrated with over 100 b/w photographs. The author examines hundreds of houses, from humble cabins to magnificent Georgian mansions. The lovely houses of old Charleston, the homes of the Virginia Cavaliers, the Patroon homes in upper New..... More
Bricks and Brownstone : The New York Row House 1783-1929 (Classical America Series in Art and Architecture).
New York: Rizzoli, 2003. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xv, 303, indexed, illustrated in b/w & color photos. Based on the author's senior thesis years ago while at Princeton University, this is a greatly enhanced version of the definitive study on the subject. Interestingly written, stunningly illustrated, including a...... More
The Only Proper Style: Gothic Architecture in America.
Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1975. First edition, as stated. Original Cream Cloth. Octavo, pp. 184, indexed, illustrated with 251 b/w photos, plans & drawings, a "charming and colorful survey of this remarkably diverse and influential style" (from DJ). Visually fascinating look at a uniquely American vernacular architecture. More