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.....
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).....
London. Bartholomew & Fletcher. No date. Ca. 1890. Profusely illustrated furniture catalog from the highly regarded London firm (established 1843) of Bartholomew & Fletcher; premises at 217 & 219 Tottenham Court Road (London W). Paper wraps; 10 ½ x 14 ½ inches; 79 pp. On verso of page one catalog.....
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.....
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.....
Chicago. American Face Brick Association. 1925. Illustrated catalog, 9 3/4 x 7 1/2 inches, 48 pp., decorative card wrappers, picturing and describing a wide variety of "facebrick" fireplaces. Booklet binding is coming unglued; overall very good clean condition. With ORIGINAL MAILING ENVELOPE with decorative design (couple of long tears to.....
New York. Atlas Portland Cement Company. 1921. Authorized reprint from American Concrete. Booklet, black and white photo illustrations, 15pp, 11 x 8 1/2 inches, pictorial paper wrappers. Very light toning to front cover; very good condition overall. The heavily illustrated booklet makes a case for using stucco on a variety.....
San Francisco. California Pottery Company. No date. Ca. 1920s. 11 x 8.75 inch pamphlet describing and picturing five types of clay roofing tile: California Spanish Tile; Escornada Tile; Medium Sierra; California Pan Tile; Italian Pan Tile. Diagrams show the design features of individual tiles while line drawings depict their appearance.....
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.....
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.....
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.
Chicago. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Copyright 1924. Booklet, black and white illustrations, 16pp, 11 x 8 3/4 inches, stiff paper wrappers. Faint soiling and penciled date "1926" on front cover, otherwise booklet in very good, clean condition. The booklet pictures a dozen home water plants and accessories. The machines are.....
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......
