Chicago: Society of Architectural Historians, 1960. First edition. Pamphlet. Quarto, pp. 10, illustrated w b/w photographs and drawings. Reprint of an article on the history and development of the Cape Cod house from the Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. From the Old House Journal Reference Library. More
Garden City: Doubleday, 1912. First edition. Cardboard Covers. Folio, pp. 2 (text) followed by 50 b/w photographic plates with description on verso, intro by Glenn Brown. All plates present. Scarce, visually quite impressive with many photographs. More
London: International Texbook Co., N.D. circa 1920. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo. pp vi, xxi, 678 profusely illustrated w/ b/w and color photographs, drawings, and plans. As with all the international textbook technical series for building tradesmen, solid, trustworthy, and practical studies, wonderfully illustrated. A scarce series. Great on learning..... More
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1985. First edition. Glossy Pictorial Wraps. Octavo, pp. 374. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A still useful textbook on architectural history in Europe and the US, from ancient to modern times. More
Eugene, OR: School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon, Eugene, 1998. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 95. Illustrated with b/w photos. A publication honoring the 55th anniversary of the Society of Architectural Historians, recounting its founding and early years, its development and achievements. More
Boston: Lee and Shepard Publishers, 1894. First edition. Red Cloth over Boards, Gilt Page Edges. Large Octavo, pp. 211. Illustrated with 20 b/w photos. A wonderful collection of accounts of notable historic colonial homes. More
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1926. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Sm. Quarto, pp. 277, indexed, well illustrated with b/w photos, maps and drawings. More
Bolinas, CA: Shelter Publications, 1978. First edition. Color Pictorial Wraps, brown/white. Quarto, pp 224. b/w photographs and/or construction details on every page. An extensive and in-depth study of indigenous and native housing movements around the world. Everything from Mongolian Yurts, English Cottages, and North American Barns are covered in terms..... More
New York: Whitney Library of Design, 1981. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with over 200 color and 47 b/w photographs and drawings. Enticing a customer to enter and then buy is the primary function of the design of commercial spaces. Achieving such a successfully designed..... More
New York: Appleton, 1890. First edition. Cloth over Boards, gilt lettering. 12 Mo, pp. 286, engraved b/w frontis. by Sidney L. Smith. More
New York: William Helburn Inc., n.d. ca. 1920. First edition. Boards w/cloth spine, brown. Quarto,, pp. 21 plus 76 engraved plates. A fine book on the five Classical Orders of Architecture, illustrated with 76 engraved plates by author Esquié, a noted French architect who won the Grand Prix de Rome..... More
Leipzig: J.J. Arndt, 1912. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Quarto, pp. 75, richly illustrated in b/w. Special issue on work of architect Martin Elsasser. More
Downer's Grove, IL: SERMAC Surface Maintenance Systems, 1977. First edition. Original Wraps. Quarto, pp. 44. Illustrated with 90 b/w photos and drawings. A useful photographic survey of American architectural styles and their European influences, listing the distinguishing characteristics of each style and the period of their emergence and prominence in..... More
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1947/1966. Second revised and enlarged edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. xii, 350, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. We also have Vol II - "American Building - The Environmental Forces That Shaped It" Ex-library Franziska Porges Hosken (1919 - 2006), with her ownership stamp (Viennese born, Smith College..... More
Boston: McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., 1982. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. xii, 433, indexed, profusely illustrated in b/w. Mild ex-library. Written by one of the US's leading authorities on historic preservation, this book focuses on a wide spectrum of strategies available for the adaptation or renovation of..... More
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Quarto, pp. 546. Profusely illustrated with b/w drawings, plans, and photos. Notes and Index. A monumental study in the history of American architecture after the career of H.H. Richardson, focusing on the work of three successful architects in Boston..... More
New York: Harper & Row, 1980. First edition, as stated. Cloth over Boards. Square octavo, pp. 299, indexed, illustrated with over 300 detailed drawings. Forward by James Marston Fitch. If you love American architecture, this has just about every type of American style home sketched with precision, each architectural detail..... More
New York: The Architectural Record, April, 1932. Original Reprint from 1932. Original wraps, b/w. Quarto, pp 22. b/w photographs on each page. A photographic portfolio of prize winning homes designed by American architects. They include a two-story colonial, a Spanish style stucco home in Santa Barbara, a cottage in Palos..... More
London: Joseph Masters, 1849. First edition. Marbled paper over boards. Large 12 mo (5 1/2 X 8 3/4), pp.ix, 456, engraved frontispiece by Freeman. The noted historian's third book in which he notes regretfully in the preface that the work was to have originally been a part of Burns' Select..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2018. Third edition, greatly expanded. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 232. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A field guide and survey of different types of root cellars, pits, trenches, root houses, and others that were used for centuries to preserve root crops and vegetables before the..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2012. Revised First edition, in 100 copies. Glossy B/W Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 302. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A useful field guide to identifying Native American and agricultural stone structures one may encounter on hikes throughout the forest and conservation lands in New..... More
Amesbury, MA: Powwow River Books, 2021. Ninth printing. Glossy B/W Pictorial Cover. Octavo, pp. 316. Illustrated with b/w photos and drawings. A useful field guide to identifying Native American and agricultural stone structures one may encounter on hikes throughout the forest and conservation lands in New England. These include cairns..... More
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1874. First edition. Original Blue Cloth w/ gilt design and embossed title on cover. 12 mo (5 X 6 1/2), pp. 314, illustrated with wood engravings. Hitchcock 492. Charles Wood says: "... this is an important work because it gives a sophisticated architect's rationale..... More
Seacaucus, NJ: Wellfleet Press, 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 192, indexed, glossary, illustrated with b/w & color photographs. Shows the extraordinary variety and style of buildings and monuments from all over the world, both religious and secular, public and private. Scarce title. More
New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1990. Fourth printing. Perfect Bound. Octavo, pp. vii, 467, indexed, richly illustrated in color and b/w. The great wealth of 19th-century Britain led to an astonishing boom in the building of country houses. These houses were generally of an enormous size and complexity, and..... More
