New York. The Co-Operative Building Plan Association, Architects. 1889. (No. 13 July, August, September). Vol. III, No. 4. Whole No. 13. Black and white illustrations with house plans, xi+74-96pp, 14 x 10 3/4 inches, pictorial paper wrappers. Front cover detached along spine, rear cover starting to detach; short edge tear... More
New York. Palliser, Palliser & Co., 1887. Black and white frontispiece, 3 pages introductory, 65 plates showing a total of 207 designs in black and white with facing page of text and details, 14 pages of black and white details, 8 pages of various information, 16 pages (2 are blank)... More
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;... More
New York. McBride, Nast & Company. 1912. First Edition. Black and white double-sided plates, 115 pp in color pictorial cloth covered boards (hardbound) 10 x 7 1/2 inches. Light wear to covers; lettering on spine faded; occasional very light foxing to photo illustration and page opposite; otherwise good condition. The... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
Clinton, Iowa. Curtis Service Bureau. Copyright 1920. Black and white illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans on 17 double-sided 12 1/2 x 16 inch sheets folded in half, plus folded insert (16 x 24 3/4 inches), all loose inside color pictorial card covers. Covers lightly soiled and worn, ink... More
Morgan Woodwork Association. Copyright 1923. Second Edition. Full page color illustrations of home interiors; color illustrations with black and white floor plans; additional black and white illustrations; 439 pp, index, 11 x 8 3/4 inches, color pictorial cloth covered thin boards (hardbound). Light edge wear to covers, 1 inch line... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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... More
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.... More
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... More
Bay City, Michigan. Aladdin Company. Copyright 1953. 47th annual edition. Booklet, color and black and white illustrations of homes accompanied by floor plans, 64 pp, 10 1/4 x 7 inches, in color pictorial paper wraps. A few short tears to covers; paper loss to spine; fold to rear cover. Overall... More
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... More
Scranton, PA. International Textbook Co., Copyright 1901. Full page and in-text black and white illustrations throughout, pictorial endpapers, 25+36+14+40pp, index, 11 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches, leather spine and corners with cloth-covered boards (hardbound). Covers worn and rubbed with leather loss to lower right corner and tail of spine; interior... More
Chicago, Illinois. Radford Architectural Company. 1907. Hard cover book (paper-covered boards) 8 ¾ 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... More
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... More
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;... More
