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THE GREAT CATHEDRALS OF THE WORLD.
Allen, Fred H.:
Boston: Haskell & Post, 1886.
Two volumes. [1],vii,152; [1],[3],[153]-308pp., plus 130 plates including frontispieces. Half titles. Folio. Contemporary three quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine.. more
Price: $400.00
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RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BEING A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF FARM HOUSES, COTTAGES, AND OUT BUILDINGS....
Allen, Lewis F.:
New York: A.O. Moore, [ca. 1860].
378pp. including twenty plates (including frontispiece) and numerous in-text illustrations, plus 12pp. of advertisements. Frontis. Contemporary cloth, stamped in blind,.. more
Price: $250.00
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COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN HOUSES.
Atwood, Daniel T.:
New York: Orange Judd & Co., [1871].
[2]-287pp. including about 150 illustrations (including frontispiece). Original cloth, spine gilt. Spine a bit spotted and faded, else a near.. more
Price: $250.00
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SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE; OR, CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE IMPROVEMENT OF SCHOOL-HOUSES IN THE UNTIED STATES. Sixth Edition.
Barnard, Henry:
Cincinnati: H.W. Derby & Co., 1854.
464pp. including frontispiece and numerous in-text illustrations. Contemporary cloth, stamped in blind, neatly rebacked with cloth spine label. Small library.. more
Price: $150.00
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CARPENTRY MADE EASY; OR, THE SCIENCE AND ART OF FRAMING, ON A NEW IMPROVED SYSTEM....
Bell, William E.:
Philadelphia: Ferguson Bros. & Co., 1886.
152pp. including two hundred in-text illustrations, plus forty-four lithographic plates and [2]pp. of advertisements. Original cloth, stamped in blind and.. more
Price: $225.00
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CARPENTRY MADE EASY; OR, THE SCIENCE AND ART OF FRAMING ON A NEW AND IMPROVED SYSTEM. WITH SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILDING BALLOON FRAMES, BARN FRAMES, MILL FRAMES, WAREHOUSES, CHURCH SPIRES, ETC. COMPRISING ALSO A SYSTEM OF BRIDGE BUILDING....
Bell, William E.:
Philadelphia: Howard Challen, [copyright 1857].
132,[2]pp. plus thirty-eight lithographed plates and numerous in-text illustrations. Tall octavo. Original cloth. Spine ends chipped. Front cover rather dampstained,.. more
Price: $375.00
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THE DYER'S COMPANION IN TWO PARTS...Second Edition, Enlarged and Improved.
Bemiss, Elijah:
New York: Everett Duyckinck, 1815.
vii,[5],307pp. Modern half calf and marbled boards, leather labels. Very good. Second edition of this important early American book on.. more
Price: $600.00
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THE COUNTRY BUILDER'S ASSISTANT, FULLY EXPLAINING, THE BEST METHODS FOR STRIKING REGULAR AND QUIRKED MOULDINGS: FOR DRAWING AND WORKING THE TUSCAN, DORIC, IONIC AND CORINTHIAN ORDERS...CORRECTLY ENGRAVED ON THIRTY-SEVEN COPPERPLATES WITH A PRINTED EXPLANA
Benjamin, Asher:
Boston: Printed by Spotswood and Etheridge, 1798.
[36]pp. plus thirty-seven plates (two folding). Small quarto. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked with original gilt backstrip laid down and a.. more
Price: $8,500.00
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PARIS UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, 1867. REPORTS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS. REPORT UPON BUILDINGS, BUILDING MATERIALS, AND METHODS OF BUILDING.
Bowen, James H.:
Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1869.
96pp. including in-text illustrations. Dbd. Very good. With chapters covering the various nations' "architectural designs and models, and buildings in.. more
Price: $135.00
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ART IN FEDERAL BUILDINGS AN ILLUSTRATED RECORD OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT'S NEW PROGRAM IN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE VOLUME I MURAL DESIGNS, 1934-36.
Bruce, Edward, and Forbes Watson:
Washington. 1936.
xvi,309pp. Oblong quarto. Original cloth. Extremities lightly frayed, else internally clean and bright. Very good. Limited to 1000 copies, this.. more
Price: $125.00
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COTTAGES OR HINTS ON ECONOMICAL BUILDING...TO WHICH IS ADDED A CHAPTER ON THE WATER SUPPLY, DRAINAGE, SEWERAGE, HEATING AND VENTILATION, AND OTHER SANITARY QUESTIONS RELATING TO COUNTRY HOUSES.
Brunner, Arnold W., and William Paul Gerhard:
New York: William T. Comstock, 1884.
77pp. including 21pp. of advertisements, plus twenty-four plates (including frontispiece). Original green cloth, gilt. Cloth lightly rubbed. Front hinge beginning.. more
Price: $200.00
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THE RUDIMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, MACHINISTS, ENGINEERS, AND MECHANICS.
Bullock, John, ed:
New York. 1855.
[2],468pp. plus twelve plates (including frontis.) and in- text illustrations. Original green cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine elaborately.. more
Price: $250.00
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THE RUDIMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE AND BUILDING, FOR THE USE OF ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, DRAUGHTSMEN, MACHINISTS, ENGINEERS AND MECHANICS.
Bullock, John, ed:
Philadelphia. 1872.
468pp. plus plates and ads. Frontis. Original cloth, neatly rebacked. Very good. Revised edition of Bullock's THE HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS.. more
Price: $125.00
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THE HISTORY AND RUDIMENTS OF ARCHITECTURE....
Bullock, John, ed:
New York. 1853.
264,[14]pp. In-text illus. Decorated cloth stamped in gilt. Spine sunned, head and toe worn and a bit chipped. Internally quite.. more
Price: $100.00
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THE AMERICAN COTTAGE BUILDER: A SERIES OF DESIGNS, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS FROM $200 TO $20,000. FOR HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE.
Bullock, John:
New York. 1854.
326,[2]pp. plus twenty-two engraved plates (as called for in the list of designs) and numerous in-text illustrations. Frontis. Original gilt.. more
Price: $250.00
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PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL ARCHITECTURE. A MANUAL OF DIRECTIONS AND PLANS FOR GRADING, LOCATING, CONSTRUCTING, HEATING, VENTILATING AND FURNISHING COMMON SCHOOL HOUSES.
Burrowes, Thomas H.:
Harrisburg: Printed by A. Boyd Hamilton, 1855.
276pp. Handcolored lithographic frontispiece plus many in- text engravings. Narrow quarto. Original cloth, stamped in gilt and blind. Early ownership.. more
Price: $500.00
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THE TINMAN'S MANUAL AND BUILDER'S AND MECHANICS HANDBOOK....
Butts, I.R.:
Boston. 1863.
204,2pp. Original cloth. Some minor fraying at head of spine. Bit tanned. Still very good. Styled third edition on the.. more
Price: $175.00
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A PAPER ON NEW-ENGLAND ARCHITECTURE, READ BEFORE THE NEW- ENGLAND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1858
Chamberlain, Nathan H., Rev.:
Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company, 1858.
30pp. Original printed wrappers. Spine and edges of wrappers chipped. Ex-lib. from the New England Historic Genealogical Society, with blindstamp.. more
Price: $150.00
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THE COLONIAL ARCHITECTURE OF MARYLAND, PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA.
Chandler, Joseph Everett:
Boston: Bates, Kimball & Guild, 1892.
[5]pp. plus fifty plates from photographs. Folio. Fifty-three leaves loose in original three quarter cloth portfolio with marbled boards. In.. more
Price: $250.00
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THE ANCIENT CITIES OF THE NEW WORLD. BEING TRAVELS AND EXPLORATIONS IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA FROM 1857 - 1882. Translated from the French by J. Gonino and Helen S. Conant.
Charnay, Desire:
London. 1887.
xxxii,514pp. plus folding map, many engraved plates and in-text illustrations. Frontispiece portrait. Tall octavo. Contemporary gilt morocco. a.e.g. Some minor.. more
Price: $600.00
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THE PUBLIC LEDGER BUILDING. PHILADELPHIA: WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE PROCEEDINGS CONNECTED WITH ITS OPENING JUNE 20, 1867.
Childs, George W.:
Philadelphia: George W. Childs, 1868.
ix,186pp. including in-text illustrations, plus two plates (including frontispiece). Original gilt cloth. Spine faded, spine ends frayed. Light stain in.. more
Price: $100.00
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ARCHITECT, OWNER AND BUILDER BEFORE THE LAW A SUMMARY OF AMERICAN AND ENGLISH DECISION ON THE PRINCIPAL QUESTIONS RELATING TO BUILDING, AND THE EMPLOYMENT OF ARCHITECTS, WITH ABOUT EIGHT HUNDRED REFERENCES....
Clark, Theodore Minot:
New York: Macmillan Co., 1894.
xxxi,387,iv pp. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt. Inner hinges cracked, else very good. With the ownership inscription of "W.H. Cadwell, New.. more
Price: $200.00
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VILLAGE AND FARM COTTAGES. THE REQUIREMENTS OF AMERICAN VILLAGE HOMES CONSIDERED AND SUGGESTED; WITH DESIGNS FOR SUCH HOUSES OF MODERATE COST.
Cleaveland, Henry W.; and William and Samuel D. Backus:
New York. 1856.
xii,189pp. plus plates. In-text engravings. Extra engraved title. Frontis. Original gilt cloth. Head and toe of spine a bit frayed,.. more
Price: $250.00
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VILLAGE AND FARM COTTAGES. THE REQUIREMENTS OF AMERICAN VILLAGE HOMES CONSIDERED AND SUGGESTED; WITH DESIGNS FOR SUCH HOUSES OF MODERATE COST.
Cleaveland, Henry W.; and William and Samuel D. Backus:
New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1869.
xii,189pp. including in-text illustrations, plus engraved titlepage and twenty-three leaves of plates (including frontispiece). Original cloth, gilt. Spine ends frayed... more
Price: $200.00
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AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF ARCHITECTURE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS.
Clement, Sara Erskine:
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, [1886].
x,206pp. including numerous in-text and full-page illustrations. Original decorative green cloth, gilt. Ex-lib. Spine abraded from removal of library label... more
Price: $20.00
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INDIAN DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE.
De Forest, Lockwood:
[New York]. 1885.
[5]pp. plus twenty-five heliotype plates and [14]pp. of advertisements. Folio. Original cloth boarded rebacked in green spine matching the color.. more
Price: $350.00
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THE MODERN GEOMETRICAL STAIR-BUILDER'S GUIDE, BEING A PLAIN PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF HAND-RAILING, EMBRACING ALL ITS NECESSARY DETAILS...TOGETHER WITH THE USE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL GEOMETRY.
De Graff, Simon:
New York: Published for the Author, 1845.
68pp. plus twenty-two steel engraved plates. Contemporary calf. Spine chipped, leather worn. Hinges cracked, but covers still hanging by cords... more
Price: $450.00
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THE MODERN GEOMETRICAL STAIR-BUILDER'S GUIDE, BEING A PLAIN PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF HAND-RAILING, EMBRACING ALL ITS NECESSARY DETAILS...TOGETHER WITH THE USE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PRINCIPLES OF PRACTICAL GEOMETRY.
De Graff, Simon:
Philadelphia. 1860.
73pp. plus twenty-two engraved plates (some folding). Quarto. Original gilt pictorial cloth, expertly recased. Binding moderately worn and faded, small.. more
Price: $500.00
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SELECTIONS OF BYZANTINE ORNAMENT.
Dehli, Arne:
New York: William Helburn, 1890.
Two volumes bound in one, each volume with titlepage and fifty plates. Folio. Contemporary cloth, spine gilt. A very good.. more
Price: $250.00
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A BOOKE NAMED TECTONICON, BRIEFLIE SHEWING THE EXACT MEASURING, AND SPEEDIE RECKONING ALL MANNER OF LAND, SQUARES, TIMBER, STONE, STEEPLES, PILLERS, GLOBES, &c. FURTHER, THE PERFECT MAKING AND LARGE USE OF THE CARPENTER'S RULER....
Digges, Leonard:
London: Felix Kingston, 1605.
[2],26 leaves. Two folding tables. Numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Small quarto. Dbd. Slight soiling on and chip in margin.. more
Price: $4,000.00
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COTTAGE RESIDENCES; OR, A SERIES OF DESIGNS FOR RURAL COTTAGES AND COTTAGE VILLAS AND THEIR GARDENS AND GROUNDS ADAPTED TO NORTH AMERICA.
Downing, Andrew Jackson:
New York: John Wiley, 1853.
xiii,215pp. including numerous in-text illustrations plus fourteen black and white plates (including frontispiece) and one color plate. Original decorative cloth,.. more
Price: $350.00
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OUR COLONIAL HOMES.
Drake, Samuel Adams:
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1894.
[6],211pp. including twenty-one in-text halftone photographic illustrations, plus frontispiece. Tall octavo. Original red cloth, gilt, a.e.g. Edge of spine chipped... more
Price: $25.00
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HISTORIC FIELDS AND MANSIONS OF MIDDLESEX.
Drake, Samuel Adams:
Boston. 1874.
Two volumes. xiv,442pp., continuously paginated, including in-text illustrations, plus twenty heliotypes and a map. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of scores.. more
Price: $1,250.00
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THE STRAINS IN FRAMED STRUCTURES, WITH NUMEROUS PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS TO CRANES - BRIDGE, ROOF AND SUSPENSION TRUSSES - BRACED ARCHES - PIVOT AND DRAW SPANS - CONTINUOUS GIRDERS, ETC. ALSO, DETERMINATION OF DIMENSIONS AND DESIGNING OF DETAILS - SPECIFICA
Du Bois, A. Jay:
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1890.
xxi,511pp. including approximately 300 in-text illustrations. With twenty-eight plates (seven folding), some included in pagination. Quarto. Original cloth, stamped in.. more
Price: $150.00
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THE IMMIGRANT BUILDER; OR PRACTICAL HINTS TO HANDY-MEN. SHOWING CLEARLY HOW TO PLAN AND CONSTRUCT DWELLINGS IN THE BUSH, ON THE PRAIRIE, OR ELSEWHERE, CHEAPLY AND WELL, WITH WOOD, EARTH, OR GRAVEL.
Dwyer, Charles P.:
New York: Hurst & Co.: 1884.
145pp. including numerous in-text illustrations, plus 10pp. of advertisements. Original decorative cloth, elaborately stamped in black. A near fine copy... more
Price: $150.00
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FABRICAS. A COLLECTION OF PICTURES AND STATEMENTS ON THE MINERAL MATERIALS USED IN BUILDING CALIFORNIA PRIOR TO 1850.
Egenhoff, Elisabeth L.:
[San Francisco. 1952].
189,[2]pp. including illustrations. Original printed wrappers, plastic label. Near fine. A study of the building materials used by Indians, missionaries,.. more
Price: $14.00
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ART TOPICS IN THE HISTORY OF SCULPTURE, PAINTING AND ARCHITECTURE, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCES TO MOST OF THE ENGLISH STANDARD WORKS OF ART.
Farrar, Charles S.:
Chicago: Chas. S. Farrar & Co., 1890.
vi,196pp. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. A near fine copy. Third edition, revised and enlarged. The work was.. more
Price: $20.00
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A HISTORICAL TREATISE ON EARLY BUILDERS' MARKS.
Fort, George F.:
Philadelphia: McCalla & Stavely, 1885.
148pp. plus nine plates of builders' marks and 2pp. of advertisements. Original cloth, printed paper label on cover. Attractive bookplate... more
Price: $175.00
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A CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO THE CONDITION OF THE CONVENTUAL BUILDERS AND THEIR RELATIONS TO SECULAR GUILDS IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Fort, George F.:
New York: J.W. Bouton, 1884.
45pp. Original cloth, gilt. Cloth lightly stained. Front inner hinge partially cracked. Early institutional bookplate. Internally clean. A very good.. more
Price: $100.00
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A HOME FOR ALL OR THE GRAVEL WALL AND OCTAGON MODE OF BUILDING NEW, CHEAP, CONVENIENT, SUPERIOR AND ADAPTED TO RICH AND POOR....
Fowler, Orson Squire:
New York: Fowler and Wells, 1854.
192pp. including thirty in-text illustrations, plus three frontispiece plates, printed in sepia, and 12pp. of advertisements. Original decorative cloth, stamped.. more
Price: $225.00
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ARCHITECTURAL RENDERING IN SEPIA.
Frederick, Frank Forrest:
New York: W.T. Comstock, 1892.
40pp. plus thirteen plates in sepia. Quarto. Original cloth, stamped in dark brown. Cloth lightly soiled on front cover and.. more
Price: $225.00
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HOMES, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.
Gardner, E.C.:
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875.
[3]-314pp. including in-text illustrations, plus frontispiece. 12mo. Original decorative cloth, stamped in black, blind, and gilt. Spine faded. Early ink.. more
Price: $75.00
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HOMES AND ALL ABOUT THEM.
Gardner, E.C.:
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1885.
[5]-710pp. including numerous plates and in-text illustrations, plus frontispiece. Original decorative cloth, stamped in black and gilt. Some edge wear... more
Price: $275.00
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COMMON SENSE IN CHURCH BUILDING.
Gardner, E.C.:
New York: Bicknell & Comstock, 1880.
166pp. plus seven plates of church plans and eight-page advertising section. 12mo. Original cloth, stamped in black, blind, and gilt... more
Price: $250.00
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ILLUSTRATED HOMES: A SERIES OF PAPERS DESCRIBING REAL HOUSES AND REAL PEOPLE.
Gardner, E.C.:
Boston: James R. Osgood and Company, 1875.
287pp. including numerous in-text illustrations and thirty-six plates. 12mo. Original decorative cloth, stamped in black, blind, and gilt. Minor wear.. more
Price: $225.00
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CONVENIENT HOUSES WITH FIFTY PLANS FOR THE HOUSEKEEPER....
Gibson, Louis H.:
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, [1889].
4,321pp. including numerous in-text plans and illustrations, plus six photographic plates (including frontispiece). Original decorative cloth, stamped in brown and.. more
Price: $175.00
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CARPENTER'S AND BUILDER'S ASSISTANT, AND WOODWORKER'S GUIDE....
Gould, Lucius D.:
New York: William T. Comstock, 1882.
78pp. plus thirty-six lithographic plates and 2pp. of advertisements. Contemporary cloth, gilt. Front inner hinge cracked, else very good. Fourth.. more
Price: $150.00
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THE ART OF THE WORLD ILLUSTRATED IN THE PAINTINGS, STATUARY, AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Hitchock, Ripley [ed]:
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896.
Two volumes. [8],xlvii,93;[6]97-197,xlix-lxxxiv pp. including in-text illustrations, plus hundreds of plates, including numerous engraved plates and fifty color plates. Folio... more
Price: $900.00
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[ALBUM OF TWENTY ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR SKETCHES, MOSTLY ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES, BY NOTED SAN FRANCISCO ARCHITECT LEWIS PARSONS HOBART].
Hobart, Lewis Parsons:
Various places. Various dates, 1896-1945.
Twenty original watercolors, most of them 12 x 9 1/2 inches (with four of them measuring on average 6 x.. more
Price: $2,850.00
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HOBBS'S ARCHITECTURE: COMPRISING DESIGNS AND GROUND PLANS FOR VILLAS, COTTAGES AND OTHER EDIFICES, BOTH SUBURBAN AND RURAL, ADAPTED TO THE UNITED STATES.
Hobbs, Isaac H., and Son:
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1876.
[v]-xii,[9]-265pp. including 122 plates, plus two frontispiece plates. Original cloth, stamped in blind, spine gilt. Spine and edges faded. Spine.. more
Price: $450.00
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