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.....
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. [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.....
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......
Philadelphia. Orman Wesley Ketcham. 1899. First Edition. Hard cover book, beautifully illustrated, 11 x 8 inches, 53 numbered pages plus 14 unnumbered pages at front of book. Cover features a vintage "horn book" design. A loose sheet "With Personal Greetings" signed by O. W. Ketcham at front of book. Text.....
Chicago, Illinois. Radford Architectural Company. 1907. Hard cover book (paper-covered boards) 8 3/4 x 6 inches, 210 numbered pages plus 8 unnumbered pages estimated costs and another 6 unnumbered pages of Radford advertisements. Each house plan features a sepia illustration of the house plus a floor plan and text describing.....
Padova (Padua), Italy. Presso I Fratelli Gamba Editori. 1822. First Edition. Volume entitled "Il Vignola. Illustrated by Giambattista Berti, Architect, of Vicentino," 11 x 8 inches, 103 numbered pages plus 33 pages of delicately rendered architectural plates by Berti. The impression made by the copper engraving plates is clearly present.....
No date. Ca. 1883. 30 black and white plates, sheet size approximately 11 3/8 x 14 5/8 inches, loose in 15 1/4 x 11 3/4 inch cloth covered board portfolio with cloth ties. A scarce publication, the Plates portfolio is in very good condition (discolored streak to front of portfolio;.....
London. Studio. 1924. Color plates, black and white photo illustrations, xi+190pp, 11 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches, gilt lettered embossed cloth covered boards (hardbound). Cover extremities a trifle worn with sunned spine, light scattered foxing; very good condition. Features attractive illustrations of the exterior and interior of houses, furniture. etc......
Friling, H. (illus).
Paris. Librairie des Arts Decoratifs. No date. Ca. 1900. 24 black and white plates, 18 1/2 x 14 inches, loose in paper covered board folder with cloth spine and cloth ties. Folder worn and soiled, extensive wear to lower right corner of folder, 2 inch tear to.....
Chicago. Homefurnishing Arts, Inc., 1934. Fall/Winter. Volume II, No. II. Hardcover color-illustrated volume, 14 x 11 1/2 inches, 100 pp., picturing furnishings for the home organized on a room by room basis (living room, dining room, bed room) with additional color-illustrated coverage devoted to furniture, lamps, carpets, etc. and and.....
London. Lewis E. Nunn, Builder and Decorator. 1938. Rectangular booklet 5 1/2 x 8 1/8 inches featuring creative uses of wall and ceiling paper to achieve striking results in eight model rooms: two bedrooms, four lounges (living rooms), a dining room, and an entry. A full page color illustration of.....
Dusseldorf. Ca. 1926. Color frontispiece, black and white illustrations and plans, 50 pp, 12 x 9 1/4 inches, pictorial paper-covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound). Very good condition: light soiling to cover, spine sunned, boards slightly bowing at top and bottom edges, interior clean. Text in German. Preface dated 1926.....
Lydon, A.F. (illus).
Edinburgh and Dublin. William Mackenzie. No date. Ca. 1880. Volume III ONLY, bound in gilt-decorative embossed red cloth (hardbound), all edges gilt, 40 color wood engraved plates and one color vignette title page illustration. Wear to cover extremities including rubbing and tears to spine and corner extremities.....
Stuttgart. Julius Hoffmann. 1923. 119 of 120 color plates, vii + 119 pp, 11 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches, paper-covered boards with cloth spine (hardbound) and gilt lettered cover label. Moderate rubbing to extremities, rear free endpaper creased, ONE PLATE MISSING, otherwise plates in very good condition with very light.....
Braund, J. (illus). Engraved by E. Salandri.
London. J. Braund. 1858. 48 black and white engraved plates, 18 x 13 inches, plates loose in later portfolio with ties. Foxing to title page and first and last two plates. The rather crude portfolio (brown paper-covered boards) was evidently fashioned when the.....
New York. New York Botanical Garden. 2003. Profusely illustrated in black and white with full page and fold-out plates, one color fold-out plate, 104pp, index, 11 x 8 inches, pictorial stiff card wrappers (soft bound). Soft bump to tail of spine, otherwise as new condition. A beautifully produced exhibition catalog.....
Grand Rapids, Mich. W. C. Hopson Co., No date. Ca. 1910- 1920. Lavishly illustrated catalog, 9 x 12 inches, 64 pages, embossed decorative card covers, picturing and describing an extensive variety of metal ceiling designs, sidewalls, mouldings, cornices, and related products. A small circular illustration on the first page of.....
New York. Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition. Hard bound volume in cloth covers approximately 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 145 pp plus 26 pp adverts; "fully illustrated." One bumped corner; owner's signature on verso of front cover. Overall very good, clean condition. Appears not to have been.....
New York. Norman W. Henley Publishing Co., 1910. First Edition. Hard bound volume in cloth covers approximately 7 1/2 x 5 inches; 132 pp plus 24 pp adverts; copious illustrations emphasizing templates for use in crafting ornamental concrete products. Owner's signature on verso of front cover. Overall very good, clean.....
Perth Amboy, NJ. Fords Porcelain Works, Inc., 1925. Hardbound catalog, 10 1/4 x 8 inches, 233 pp., gilt-lettered embossed cloth covered boards, picturing and describing a variety of porcelain and vitreous china plumbing fixtures, including laundry tubs, kitchen and bathroom sinks, bathtubs, urinal stalls, water closets (toilets), drinking fountains, etc......
Seattle. Enterprise Wallcoverings. No date. Ca. 1970s? Commercial wallpaper sample book, 20 x 18 inches, 2 inches deep, color wallpaper-covered thick boards. Overall very good condition: light wear to covers, 3 to 5 inch area clipped from five sheets (eg. see image with colonial style ships and houses which is.....
