Harrisburg, PA. The Rocbond Company. No date. Ca. 1927. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, color illustrations of differing stucco applications, 21 pp, 12 x 8 1/4 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers. Covers a trifle worn with faint soiling to edges, previous owner's name in ink on title page; folded.....
Mowery, Eldred (illus).
National Lumber Manufacturers Association. 1929. 7 color illustrations with plans, numerous additional plans and black and white illustrations, 32pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Spot of paper adhered to upper left corner of front cover, marking and pen marks to lower front cover.....
Chicago. Distinctive Homes Plan Service. 1928. First Edition. 40 pp booklet of home designs, 6 x 9 inches, in pictorial paper wrappers (soft cover). Two page introduction, then each page contains a black and white photographic image of the house front with floor plans and brief description. Very good condition.....
Quigley, Edward (cover illus).
New York. Eastern States Building Developer. 01- 1928. January 1928 issue of the magazine, color pictorial wrappers as issued, black and white illustrations and plans, color and black and white ads throughout, 86 pp, index to advertisements, 12 x 9 inches. Covers lightly worn with chips.....
Boston. E. F. Hodgson Co., Copyright 1928. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations of homes, cabins, etc. accompanied by floor plans, 64 pp, 11 x 8 inches, color pictorial stiff paper wrappers. Light wear, centre of the front cover is toned; interior very good condition. The booklet pictures and describes.....
Chicago. [National Plan Service, Inc. (?)], No date. Ca. 1925. Oblong illustrated catalog picturing and describing "summer cottages," 11 x 8 inches, 16 pp., pictorial paper wrappers. Catalog held together with staples (not as issued) and REAR COVER is MISSING. Pages are dog-eared and thumbed. Black and white line drawings.....
Portland, OR. and Los Angeles: Redimade Building Company. 1921. No. 15. A poster 17 x 22.5 inches that unfolds from a pamphlet of four pages (each 11.25 x 8.5 inches with light "after-issue" centerfold) offering information, through photos and text, relating to Redimade sectional houses and garages. "From the Tree.....
Peerless Color Works. No date. Ca. 1920. Pamphlet, color paint swatches, 8 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches unfolding to 8 1/4 x 7 1/4 inches. Very light wear and soiling. A 1920s vintage brochure featuring eight paint swatches of Peerless Paint.
Seneca Falls, N.Y. The Goulds Manufacturing Company. No date. Ca. 1924. Booklet, black and white illustrations, 44pp, 11 x 8 inches, stiff paper wrappers, original mailing envelope. Envelope worn and missing inserted letter. Pencil notation dated 1924 to front endpaper, otherwise booklet in very good, clean condition. The booklet (with.....
Neutra, R. (architect). R. Cornell (landscape architect).
Los Angeles. Cleveland Publications for the Manufacturers and Dealers of Brick and Clay Products. 1939. Booklet, 8 x 6 1/2 inches, 24 pp. picturing and describing the multiple home projects which are best realized when brick is employed. The booklet's title provides a......
Chicago. National Plan Service Inc., 1932. Copiously illustrated catalog, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 32 pp., pictorial paper wrappers, featuring black and white photographs and line drawings of summer vacation homes of various sizes. The common denominator appears to be the presence of a "screened porch" on virtually all of.....
Jefferson City, Missouri. No date. Ca. 1939. Booklet, black and white illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans, unpaginated (8pp plus covers), 12 x 9 1/8 inches, pictorial wrappers. Black and white centrefold picturing over two dozen houses (including the White House) most of which have nothing to do with.....
Clinton, Iowa. 1933. Thin card portfolio of glossy single sheets, 12 x 9 inches, picturing, in black and white, small homes together with floor plans. The plates are numbered 1 through 46, with sheets 34, 36, 37, 38, 41 and 42 not present (interestingly we have received information from a......
Pittsburgh, PA. Heinz 57 Varieties. 1933. Brochure touts the Heinz company's contribution to the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago. Replicas of eight kitchens representing "kitchens of many lands," past and present, are featured as the centrefold of the brochure 8 3/4 x 3 3/4 inches, unfolding to a......
Chicago. Crane Co., 1939. Booklet, black and white illustrations, 15pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, stiff paper wrappers. Faint soiling to covers and a few interior pages, otherwise booklet in good condition. The pamphlet, illustrated in black and white, describes and pictures fixtures and accessories for bathrooms, fixtures for kitchens.....
Chicago. Ponderosa Pine Woodwork. Copyright 1945. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations throughout, 28pp, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, color pictorial cover wrappers. Light wear to covers, soft bump to upper right corner, pencil notation on single page, mid section loose; otherwise good, clean condition. A profusely illustrated booklet featuring.....
Topeka, Kansas. L. F. Garlinghouse Company, Inc., No date. Ca. 1948. Magazine format home design catalog, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches, 72 pp., color pictorial stiff card covers, featuring black and white photos of numerous homes, two or three to a page, together with floor plans. The catalog appears.....
Boise Payette Lumber Company. 1940. Issue No. 3. Twelve page brochure, 10 x 8 inches, pictorial paper wrappers, comprised chiefly of short chatty illustrated articles pertaining to historic homes, rustic homes, home interiors etc. An illustrated centerfold pictures four variants on the floor plan of a two bedroom house, showing.....
New York. Hearst. 09- 1949. September 1949 complete issue of the magazine, profusely illustrated in color and black and white, 180pp, 12 3/4 x 9 3/4 inches, crease to cover corners, light soiling to back cover, very good condition. A fascinating glimpse into post-war interior design and architecture. Articles include.....
Lancaster, PA. Armstrong Cork Company. 1948. 20 pp booklet, 7 x 5 inches, in pictorial paper wraps. Four inch triangular water stain from spine to lower margin, most noticeable on back cover. Spotting to front cover. Despite flaws, an interesting and colorful publication. The emphasis of the booklet is on.....
New York. Authentic Publications. 1949. First Edition. Magazine format house-plan catalog; 10 ¾ x 8 ¼ inches; 48 pp. Text on the interior of front and rear covers printed upside down; evidently nobody noticed or cared. Covers show wear; spine is frayed; creasing and short tears with 1½ inch tear.....
Shahn, Ben (cover illus).
Chicago. United States Gypsum. Late Spring 1949. 14 pp pamphlet, 12 x 8.5 inches, featuring house plans and adverts for US Gypsum products. Light spotting to rear cover, otherwise good clean condition. The pamphlet pictures various new homes together with their floor plans; blueprints of these.....
Chicago. Crane Co., No date. Ca. 1940. Booklet, black and white illustrations, 16pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, pictorial paper wrappers. Very good condition. The booklet, clearly addressed to women, features ground plans for what Crane terms a "humanized, Family Planned Kitchen" emphasizing efficiency. One such plan depicts an arrangement.....
Chicago. Swift and Company. No date. Ca. 1940. H-2 (Revised). 2 full color double-sided landscape plans, 17 x 24 inches, folding as issued to 8 1/2 x 12, with small 7 x 5 1/2 inch booklet and original pictorial envelope. Moderate wear to envelope. Booklet and plans in very good.....
Portland, OR. Home Building Plan Service. Copyright 1958. Booklet with photographic, full color and duo-tone illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans, 72 pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, green-tone pictorial paper wrappers. Light soiling and wear to covers, previous owner's name in ink on front cover; ink "rearrangement" of.....
