Gateway Cities and Other Essays (Great Plains Environmental Design Series).
Ames: Iowa State Press, 1989. First edition. Hardcover. oblong quarto, pp. xvii, 203. Well illustrated and researched. Bibliography. Index. An interesting study. More
Architecture Miscellaneous
Wood Motifs in American Domestic Architecture; Phantasy in Wood
New York: Bonanza, 1966. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 8x13, pp 255, hundreds of illustrations (porches, cornices, brackets, gables). A very good treatment of the idiosyncratic usage of wood in exterior house decoration. At the same time a wonderful study in vernacular exterior architecture and building. We..... More
Wood Motifs in American Domestic Architecture; Phantasy in Wood
New York: Bonanza, 1966. First edition thus. Cloth over Boards. Oblong quarto, 8x13, pp 255, hundreds of illustrations (porches, cornices, brackets, gables). A very good treatment of the idiosyncratic usage of wood in exterior house decoration. At the same time a wonderful study in vernacular exterior architecture and building. We..... More
Architecture in the United States, 1800-1850.
Yale Univ Pr, 2002. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 312. Indexed, Bibliography, b/w and color illustrations. An interesting and readable history of the development of architecture in the US, connecting the early buildings with their European sources. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
Dutch Ovens Chronicled: Their Use in the United States.
Fayetteville, AR: University of Arkansas Press, 1991. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 105, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. This book offers a condensed history of the technological advancements that resulted in these versatile utensils. With over twenty photos, several recipes, references to earlier works, and observations and recommendations..... More
A Museum of Early American Tools.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12 mo, pp. 108, indexed, with many wonderful illustrations by the author. More
A Museum of Early American Tools.
New York: Ballantine Books, 1964. First paperback edition. Paperback. 12 mo, pp. 108, indexed, with many wonderful illustrations by the author. More
Greene and Greene: Masterworks.
San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1998. Seventh printing. Hardcover. 4to, cloth. 240 pp, (188 in color, including endpapers), chronology, bibliography, lists of works, index. An in-depth tour of 25 magnificent homes, this book examines the creative evolution of the Arts and Crafts style. More
Grandeur on the Appoquinimink: The House of William Corbit at Odessa, Delaware.
Delaware: University of Delaware Press, 1959. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 126, index, extensive bibliography and notes. Heavily illustrated. Winterthur Series book, volume 1. Architecture and interior decorations. More
Monographs of American Architecture, No. VI.
Boston: American Architect and Building New Company, 1898. First edition. Cloth over Boards. folio (14 x 19). 20 magnificent b/w full-page plates. in quite good condition for age and all 20 images still completely intact. great visually-guided tour through the history of American architecture. More
(Architectural Treasures of Early America Series) miscellaneous volumes.
Pittstown, NJ: Arno Press, Inc., 1977. First edition. Original Red Cloth. Octavo, pp.226, indexed, illustrated in b/w photos & drawings. From material originally published as The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs. More
American Gothic: Its Origins, Its Trials, Its Triumphs.
New York: Vintage, 1975. First edition. Original Wraps. Small Quarto, pp. 153, indexed, profusely illustrated w/ b/w photographs. An excellent overview of this distinctive architectural style that began in Georgian England and spread to the U.S. to eventually become the dominant style of architecture here for nearly a century. More
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
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
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
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 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