O'Neill, Matthew J.
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 82, No. 9., May 5, 1926
NY: American Printer Inc., 1926

Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, minor edgewear, small loss at base of spine.
Inventory number #012963

O'Neill, Matthew J.
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 81, No. 10. November 20, 1925
NY: American Printer Inc., 1925

Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, bottom corner creased, minor edgewear.
Inventory number #012962

Oswald, John Clyde
THE AMERICAN PRINTER. Vol 80, No. 1. January 5, 1925
NY: Oswald Publishing, 1925

Quarto. 80 pp; numerous b/w illustrations. Perfect bound paperback. VG, covers lightly soiled, minor edgewear.
Inventory number #012961

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

Cocteau, Jean
PAST TENSE: The Cocteau Diaries, Vol. 2
NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1988

First edition. Octavo. 355 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, a solid, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket shows mild rubbing on back cover, a remainder mark to the bottom edges of pages.
Inventory number #012942

Saul, Julie & Francis Steegmuller
JEAN COCTEAU: The Mirror and the Mask: A Photo-Biography
Boston: David R. Godine, 1992

Oblong quarto. 112 pp; 77 b/w halftones by well-knows photographers; Cocteau chronology; index. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a crisp, unmarked copy; jacket shows mild shelfwsear.
Inventory number #012940

Adler, Elmer & John T. Winterich, editors
THE COLOPHON: A Book Collectors' Quarterly. Part Eleven
NY: The Colophon Ltd., 1932

Limited to 3000 copies. Quarto. Not paginated; illustrated with b/w & one-color illustrations. Illustrated paper-covered boards. VG, a clean, unmarked copy; extremities lightly rubbed, back cover lightly soiled. Cover design & colophon in Cleland Linotype-ornament.
Inventory number #012937

Chase, Ilka
FRESH FROM THE LAUNDRY
NY: Doubleday & Company, 1967

First edition (stated). Octavo. 230 pp; 24 pp of b/w photos by Norton Brown, author's husband; map on endpapers. Gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket with large chip at head of spine & small loss at tail, numerous tiny edge tears. Travel adventures in the Balkans.
Inventory number #012933

Chase, Ilka
ELEPHANTS ARRIVE AT HALF-PAST FIVE
NY: Doubleday & Company, 1963

First edition (stated). Octavo. 269 pp; 32 pp of b/w photos by Norton Brown, author's husband; map on endpapers. Gilt-lettered cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; unclipped jacket has short tear at top corner fold & bottom of spine fold , light wear to top & bottom of spine. A photo-safari of East Africa
Inventory number #012932

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

Ferriday, Virginia Guest
LAST OF THE HANDMADE BUILDINGS: Glazed Terra Cotta in Downtown Portland
Portland, OR: Mark Publishing Co., 1984

Quarto. 149 pp; numerous b/w photographs; chronological inventory; map; bibliography; index. Paperback. VG, light edgewear & wear at base of spine. Inscribed by author to NYC landmark preservationist Harmon Goldstone in year of publication.
Inventory number #012919

Horst
SALUTE TO THE THIRTIES
NY: Studio/Viking, 1971

Quarto. 192 pp; 162 b/w illustrations. Cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, several edge tears. Foreword by Janet Flanner, photographs by Horst and by George Hoyningen-Heune, notes on the plates by Valentine Lawford.
Inventory number #012899

ARMSTRONG'S QUAKER-FELT RUGS
Lancaster, PA: Armstrong Cork Company, 1928

Folded size: 6.25" x 3.5", opens to 18.75" x 14". Color illustrated booklet with 20 different rug designs with new "Accolac" finish. Near Fine, clean & unmarked copy.
Inventory number #012896

Hotel Promotional Booklet
THE KITTATINNY. Delaware Water Gap, Monroe County, PA
Philadelphia: , 1900

Oblong quarto. [20] pp; numerous halftones. Color illustrated wrapper, silk cord tie. VG, clean & unmarked copy; covers lightly soiled at edges.
Inventory number #012895

Trade Catalogue
BORDER AND FIELD DESIGNS FOR PARQUETRY FLOORS
Louisville, KY: Lanham Hardwood Flooring Co., 1915

Sixteenmo. 16 pp; color illustrations on every page, featuring 44 borders, 6 fields, 10 combinations. Printed wrapper, Good, title page detached but present, folds weakening, light rubbing to covers.
Inventory number #012891

Mygatt, Tracy D.
JULIA NEWBERRY'S SKETCH BOOK or the life of two future old Maids
NY: W.W. Norton & Company, 1934

Oblong quarto.101 pp plus several pages of drawings. Gilt-lettered black cloth with dustjacket. VG/VG, a clean, unmarked copy, light edge toning to pages; jacket toned with one-in. loss at base of spine, a few small edge chips & tears, back panel lightlysoiled. A reprint of the sketch book of a young girl of the 1870's.
Inventory number #012888

Menen, Aubrey
FONTHILL: A Comedy
NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1974

First American edition. Octavo. 223 pp. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, a clean, unmarked copy; price-clipped jacket spine sl. toned. Jacket illustration by Edward Gorey.
Inventory number #012882