Gilborn, Craig
DURANT: The Fortunes and Woodland Camps of a Family in the Adirondacks
Blue Mountain Lake, NY: Adirondack Museum, 1986

Second printing. Quarto. 170 pp; 101 b/w photographs; fold-out map; sources; appendices; index. Paperback. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers have minor soiling, spine slightly sunned. This book tells of a prominent New York family and of the "grand camps" that were built by members of the family in the Adirondacks during the last quarter of the 19th century.
Inventory number #013537

Hulten, Pontus, Editor
Paris 1937-Paris 1957: Creations en France : [exposition], Centre Georges Pompidou, 28 mai-2 novembre 1981
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1981

Quarto. 527 pp; profuse b/w & color photographs; biographies & bibliographies. Text in French. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou from 28 may to 2 november 1981.
Inventory number #013523

Rae, Isobel
CHARLES CAMERON: Architect to the Court of Russia
London: Elek Books, 1971

First edition. Quarto. 111 pp; 32 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine with dustjacket. VG/VG, small spot of tape residue on front flyleaf, else an unmarked copy; jacket shows moderate wear with small tear & creases to fore edge, top corner & spine ends lightly chipped. Illustrated biography of the Scottish architect who became the favorite designer of Catherine the Great.
Inventory number #013484

Paris. Centre Georges Pompidou. Catalog by Pontus Hulten et al.
Paris-Moscou, 1900-1930
Paris: Centre Georges Pompidou, 1979

First edition. Quarto. 580 pp; profuse b/w & color photographs; biographies & bibliographies. Text in French. Paperback. VG, rear corner of spine bumped, small edge tear, binding crack at pp 560, spine edge lightly rubbed, minor edgewear. No internal marks. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture of the USSR and the Centre Georges Pompidou, and held at the Centre from May 31 to November 5, 1979.
Inventory number #013447

Sembach, Klaus-Jurgen
STYLE 1930: Elegance and Sophistication in Architecture, Design, Fashion, Graphics, and Photography
NY: Universe Books, 1972

Small quarto. 175 pp; 8 color & 118 b/w plates; biographies; notes on the plates. Paperback bound in printed wrappers. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; covers show light edgewear.
Inventory number #013358

Turner, Laurence. Intro. by Arthur T. Bolton
Decorative Plasterwork in Great Britain
London: Country Life, 1927

First edition. Folio. xxxviii, 271 pp; 348 photographs & drawings. Original gilt-decorated red cloth, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket has small loss of base of spine & a few short edge tears, shows light soil. A comprehensive illustrated survey of British decorative plasterwork from 1509 to the start of the French revolution in 1789. Includes the work of Inigo Jones, Christopher Wren, Grinling Gibbons, Robert & James Adam, and many others.
Inventory number #013320

Cooke, Robert [Signed]
WEST COUNTRY HOUSES: An illustrated account of some country houses and their owners, in the counties of Bristol, Gloucester, Somerset, and Wiltshire. Being also a guide to domestic architecture from the reign of Henry II to Victoria
Clifton, Bristol: The Author, 1957

First edition. Quarto. 183 pp; 319 b/w photographs. Gilt-lettered blue cloth, top edge gilt. VG, a clean, unmarked copy, spine lightly sunned. Inscribed on title page to J.I.M. Stewart.
Inventory number #013290

Penoyre, John & Michael Ryan
THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF ARCHITECTURE
London / NY: Frederick Warne & Co., 1970

Fifth edition. Sixteenmo. 223 pp; many illustrations (some in color); map; illustrated glossary. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, price-clipped jacket shows minor wear at top of spine & corners, red spine lettering a little faded. #13 in the Observer's Pocket series
Inventory number #013124

Lindeberg, H.T. Introduction by Royal Cortissoz
DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE OF H.T. LINDEBERG
NY: William Helburn, 1940

First edition. Folio. xxi, xiv, 310 pp; illustrated from photographs, drawings, plans, and elevations, including six plates in color; list of clients. Original gilt-stamped red cloth. VG, top & bottom of spine and edges of backstrip lightly rubbed, covers show light soil, gilt spine dull. PRESENTATION COPY TO THE PRINTER - Inscribed "To E.L. Hildreth, With thanks for your care and congratulations on your success in the printing of this book - Harrie T. Lindberg, August 15, 1940.
Inventory number #013116

Trade Catalogue
Manufacture de Carreaux Mosaiques en Portland Comprime. Mosaiques en Marbres des Alpes
Paris: Paul-Dubos & Cie., n.d.

ca. 1900. First edition. Folded size: 7 1/8" h x 4 5/8" w - opens up to 7 1/8" x 23 1/4". 9 pp, full of color illustrations of tile designs. Text in French. Folding stiff cardstock. Near Fine, minor rubbing to fore edge. The catalogue depicts fifteen tile designs with interchangeable borders. Also 2 pp showing several stone balustrade designs.
Inventory number #013022

Trade Catalogue
KELSEY Health Heat. Type R
Syracuse, NY: Kelsey Heating Company, 1927

Quarto. 20 pp; full of b/w photographs & drawings. Stiff brown wraps. VG+, a clean, unmarked copy
Inventory number #012989

Trade Catalogue
WINDOWALLS: Ways to use Andersen complete wood window units in your new Home
Bayport, MN: Andersen Corp., n.d.

ca. 1950's. Quarto. 24 pp; illustrated with b/w photographs & drawings. Illustrated stapled paperback. VG-, no ownership marks; cover has 3" split at top & bottom of spine, tiny chip to top corner. This brochure presents eighteen "Windowalls" or walls of windows. Includes sizes, uses, prices, etc.
Inventory number #012987

Reiff, Daniel D.
HOUSES FROM BOOKS: The Influence of Treatises, Pattern Books, and Catalogs in American Architecture, 1738-1950. A History and Guide
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2000

Quarto. xi, 412 pp; 734 b/w photographs, drawings, floor plans & graphs; notes; bibliography; index. Cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy; binding slightly cocked; jacket slightly rubbed.
Inventory number #012979

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume 1, 3rd edition. Folio. xxiv + 298 pp; the featured estates are illustrated with b/w photographs by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Green pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG, small loss at base of spine, head of spine & corners rubbed, bottom edges of cover lightly rubbed, binding a bit loose. Name of Boston architect Andrew H. Hepburn at top of title page, dated 1905.
Inventory number #012974

Leyland, John, editor
GARDENS OLD & NEW The Country House & Its Garden Environment
London/NY: Country Life/Scribners Sons, n.d.

n.d. Volume Two. Folio. xli + 284 pp; is illustrated by b/w photos by Charles Latham; many of the header illustrations are by Arthur Rackham. Gray pictorial cloth, all edges gilt. VG,
Inventory number #012973

Reid, Richard
THE SHELL BOOK OF COTTAGES
London: Michael Joseph, 1986

First paperback edition. Octavo. 256 pp; b/w photos, floor plans & line drawings; glossary; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG, bottom corner creased, black remainder mark on bottom edge, else a tight, clean, unmarked copy. This comprehensive survey of cottages, region by region, analyses the history, regional styles, materials and methods of construction. Detailed line drawings illustrate different types of walls, roofs, chimneys, doors and windows, along with numerous floor plans and b/w photographs.
Inventory number #012956

Samuely, Felix James & Conrad Wilson Hamann
Civil Protection; the Application of the Civil Defence Act and Other Government Requirements for Air Raid Shelters, Etc.
London: The Architectural Press, 1939

Folio. 165 pp plus 32 pp advertising section; full of diagrams & tables; fold-out map; index. Publisher's cream cloth with dark blue stamped lettering on cover & spine. Good only - binding tender, covers soiled; former owner name on front free endpaper; occasional pencil underlining.
Inventory number #012926

Whitehead, Russell F., ed.
EARLY HOMES OF NEW YORK AND THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES
NY: Arno/Crown, 1977

Quarto. 223 pp; profuse b/w photographs & measured drawings. Red leatherette. VG/VG, architect's ink stamp on front pastedown, light pencil underlining throughout last 7 monographs; unclipped jacket has light edgewear. A re-issue of sixteen of "The White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs" published between 1915 and 1931. The monographs documented,, in both photographs and measured drawings, the historic buildings of the original thirteen colonies, accompanied by a historic essay.
Inventory number #012925

Cawley, Frederick D.
A PRIMER: Preservation for the Property Owner
Albany, NY: Preservation League of New York State, 1978

Oblong quarto. 35 pp; diagrams. Printed stapled wraps. VG, former owner name - Harmon Goldstone - on cover, edge of spine sunned, else a clean, unmarked copy. This guide covers planning, financing, historical research, physical investigation, exterior woodwork, masonry, metal building parts, roofing, painting, floor coverings, energy efficiency, and mechanical systems.
Inventory number #012921

Ferguson, Francis
Architecture, Cities and the Systems Approach
NY: George Braziller, 1975

First printing. Quarto. 168 pp; 55 diagrams, schematics, flowcharts; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine."A good scholarly work that relates current investigation in systems theory to work on the theory of architecture and urban planning - an important task." Ervin Laszlo.
Inventory number #012920