Day, Maurice (cover illus).
Concord, N.H. The House Beautiful Publishing Company Inc., 09- 1919. Volume XLVI. Number III. Complete September 1919 issue of magazine, profusely illustrated in black and white, 204pp, 12 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches, color pictorial paper wrappers. Light wear and short tears to covers, overall good...
Saxton, Glenn L. (architect).
Minneapolis, MN. Glenn L. Saxton. No date. Ca. 1910. 234 pp book in paper wraps 9 1/4 x 6 inches. Paste-down illustration to front cover; plans for homes both great and small. Book also includes advertising from Minneapolis home furnishing and building supply firms. 2 1/2...
New York. The William T. Comstock Co., Copyright 1915. Second Edition. Black and white photo illustrations, plus line drawings and floor plans, featuring bungalows primarily. 125 pp, pictorial embossed cloth covered boards (hardbound). Corners lightly bumped or abraded; chipping at top and bottom of spine; faint soiling to back cover;...
Bay City, Michigan. The Aladdin Company. Copyright 1919. Extensive color (including four fold-out double page illustrations) and black and white illustrations of homes each accompanied by floor plans. Color pictorial endpapers, 116 pp, index, 8 1/4 x 5 1/4 inches, color pictorial cloth covered thin boards (hardbound). WITH FOLDING PRICE...
Orr, Forrest W. (cover illustration).
New York. Hearst. 11- 1927. November 1927 issue of House Beautiful magazine, color pictorial wrappers as issued. Illustrated in color and black and white, 481-616pp, 12.5 x 9.75 inches. Covers split and detached, long tear and library stamp to front cover, tear to back cover...
Davenport, Iowa. Gordon-Van Tine Co., No date. Ca. 1923. Profusely illustrated catalogue in paper wraps; 11 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches; 64pp; catalogue contains several loose sheets relevant to ordering goods. Remnant of paste-on information sheet on front cover. Booklet features all manner of farm buildings; also barn doors, tools...
Davenport, Iowa. Gordon-Van Tine Co., Copyright 1926. Profusely illustrated catalogue in paper wraps; 11½ x 8½ inches; 52pp; catalogue contains several loose sheets relevant to ordering goods (a folded sheet with printed grid to plan your own barn floor--each square = 1 foot; also a mail-in card for free booklet...
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...
Allentown, PA. Architectural Forum Service Division for the Lehigh Portland Cement Company. 1926. Booklet, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, 32 pp., pictorial paper wrappers, featuring prize-winning designs for various categories of homes, such as "Six Room House" or "Five Room Bungalow." The houses are depicted in line drawings with floor...
New York. Building Age and National Builder. 1925. Black and white illustrations and house plans, 96pp, 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches (softbound). MISSING COVERS; light soiling to title page otherwise very good, clean condition. The book features illustrated articles focusing on homes of varying styles and sizes, stressing the...
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...
Chicago. Wm. A. Radford. 1925. Color illustrations with plans, 16pp, 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches, in color pictorial wrappers (softbound). Single 3/4 inch tear to left edge of back cover, very good condition. One of a series of such publications from William A. Radford, one of the major firms...
Chicago. Wm. A. Radford. No date. Ca. 1925. Booklet, color illustrations of homes with black and white floor plans, 16 pp, 11 1/4 x 8 1/4 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Scattered foxing and light soiling to covers, a couple of short edge tears with modest paper loss to back cover...
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...
Chicago. Woman's World. 1927. Magazine, illustrated throughout in color and black and white, 63pp, 13 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, color pictorial wrappers. Covers are detached with two repaired tears of 4 inches each; lower right corner of first two pages is creased, otherwise interior is in good condition. A....
New York. F. W. Dodge Corporation. 12- 1938. Illustrated magazine; 12 x 9 inches; 148 pp; damp stain impacting top of front and back covers and, internally, the top margin of approximately 24 pages both at the front and at the rear of magazine. Magazine contains numerous illustrated articles of...
New York. Hearst. 06- 1936. Complete June 1936 issue of magazine, black and white photo illustrations and ads, 150pp, 12 x 9 inches, color pictorial covers as issued. "Discard" stamp to cover and text block; interior very good. Articles: "The William Gibbes House, Charleston, S.C. Mrs. W. A. Roebling, Owner"...
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....
Topeka, Kansas. Garlinghouse. 1949. Booklet promoting exceedingly small but inexpensive houses to meet post WWII housing demands; 10 1/2 x 8 inches; 16 pp., paper wrappers; illustrated with line drawings, floor plans, and descriptive text. Construction materials include poured concrete for foundations, asbestos-cement shingles, concrete block masonry, etc. Some but...
