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Paperback. Condition: New. Second edition. Quarto, pp. 88. Bibliography and Appendices. Illustrated with b/w drawings and photos. "A detailed study of the history, tools, and methods used to split, hoist, and transport quarried stone in pre-industrial New England." Offers an interesting look at early American and particularly New England stone masonry and quarrying techniques. Of interest to stoneworkers, early colonial history enthusiasts, and hikers and explorers who want to know more about the split stones and quarries found throughout the New England woodlands.

Seller Inventory # 18961

Boards. Condition: Near Fine. First edition.

Seller Inventory # 20592

Cloth over Boards. First edition. Quarto, pp. 619, indexed, richly illustrated w/ b/w photographs A nicer copy than flaws make it sound, full of valuable biographical and historical information. Good opportunity at moderate price. Good- spine broken at p. 305, tears to FFE, two ch tear to p. 461, else Very Good (clean pages, VG covers w light edgewear) Priced according to condition.

Seller Inventory # 20222

Color Pictorial Boards. Condition: New. First edition, Limited to 100 copies. Quarto, pp 326. Color photographs on every page. Scagliola, a plastering technique used to create the look of marble is the life work of author and expert preservationist David Hayles. He recently won the prestigious Askins Award from the Preservations Trades Network. This beautiful volume contains techniques and "recipes" developed over the centuries from the Benedictine monks to public buildings in America. Stunning photographs on each page. For a more comprehensive description and images/reviews, consult our website at rarebookstore dot net.

Seller Inventory # 17371

Orange Cloth over Boards. Second edition. Octavo, pp. 231. 61 b/w illustrations. Text in German. A nice copy of the third volume of a 3-volume work, this book focused on German "folk" poets and writers such as Georg Binding, Hans Grimm, Hans Carossa, Ernst Kolbenheyer, Max Mell, Hans Franck, Will Vesper, Ina Seidel, Schnack, Hans Friedrich Blunck and Friedrich Griese. Good+, no DJ; light shelfwear, spine lightly smudged, foxing on endpapers and pageblock edges, interiors clean.

Seller Inventory # 15567

Blue Cloth over Boards. First edition. Octavo, pp. 1140. Ownership stamp of the Women's Constitutional League of Cambridge, Massachusetts on FFEP, along with the Secretary's signature and date. An interesting and voluminous document on the subject. Very Good; Shelfwear, some pages marked with pencil, else clean and tight.

Seller Inventory # 15793

Stiff Wraps. Condition: Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 15341

Pamphlet. Reprint. Small Quarto, pp. 21. Illustrated with b/w engravings Reprint of a very scarce tools catalog from C. Drew & Company, a family business owned by New England shipwrights and mechanics. The company primarily made augers and auger bits, and later diversified into general tools and hardware. Very Good; Front cover sunned, interiors clean and bright.

Seller Inventory # 15027

Cloth over Boards. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Small Quarto, pp. 175. Illustrated with b/w photos.

Seller Inventory # 15508

Cloth over Boards. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto, pp. 314. Indexed, illustrated with b/w photos and drawings.

Seller Inventory # 14709

Green Cloth over Boards. Second edition. Tall Octavo, pp. 347. Indexed, folding b/w frontispiece Plan and Section of the Suez Canal, marbled endpapers, illustrated with b/w drawings, charts, and figures. Includes section of publisher's advertisements. The expanded second edition of this title contains much more material than the first edition, which substantially reproduced the author's Encyclopedia Britannica entry on "Inland navigation". Stevenson was a well-regarded Scottish civil engineer who was a recognized authority on waterway improvement and other marine engineering matters. Fair; several signatures loose, front hinge torn at bottom, some page edges chipped, but contents complete and most pages clean.

Seller Inventory # 13612

Decorated Boards. Condition: Very Good. First edition. octavo. 233 pp. theoretical background plus 111 matches. black and white illustrated. text in German.

Seller Inventory # 14204

Spiral Bound. Condition: Good+, some wear on covers. Tall (6" x 15.5") 6 illustrated puzzle boards. A clever children's board book with bound in puzzle pieces that enable a child to mix and match their own nonsense stories.

Seller Inventory # 13758

Original Wraps. Condition: Good. Original edition. Octavo, each book 32 pages. Illustrated with color drawings. Set of 6 books in The Gay Way Series by Macmillan. The Fifth Blue Book: Chick Little and Jip's Kitten, The Sixth Green Book: The Lonely Hen, The Fourth Red Book: The House in the Hat, The Fifth Red Book: The House in the Boot, The Sixth Red Book: Tod's New Hat, and The Seventh Red Book: The Giant's New Boot.

Seller Inventory # 13749

Boards. Condition: As New. First edition, limited to 500 copies. Quarto, pp. 191. Index, 7 appendices. Richly illustrated with in-text b/w prints. A beautiful look at the life and work of Stephen Parrish, father of the noted illustrator and painter Maxfield Parrish. Stephen Parrish was a noted landscape artist and etcher whose work was celebrated in his time but is far less well-known today. This volume collects all of his etchings, documenting his considerable technical and artistic talent.

Seller Inventory # 13389

Glossy Color Pictorial Wraps. First edition. Quarto, pp. 40. Illustrated with b/w photos A nice copy of this account of the Strasbourg Rail Road, one of Pennsylvania's oldest rail lines. Good, minor shelfwear, edge bent creased, corners lightly rubbed, interiors Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 11245

Gold cloth binding w/DJ. Condition: New. First edition. Square octavo; pp 192. Beautiful color illustrated front and back free end papers.Extensive color and b/w photographs throughout. Printed and bound in Hong Kong. A wonderful and comprehensive treatment on this extraordinary firm which practiced Prairie School style architecture. Stunning photographs and descriptive text.

Seller Inventory # 10750

Staplebound Wraps. Condition: Very Good. Small quarto, pp. ranges from 30-140, most 40-50 Reports prepared for UNESCO's 1982 World Congress on Books; nice copies, containing a wealth of information not easily to be found elsewhere. A scarce group of books!.

Seller Inventory # 9119

Original Wraps. Condition: Very Good+. First edition. Quarto, pp. 56, profusely illustrated w/ 44 color reproductions.

Seller Inventory # 7771

Boards. First edition. Octavo, pp. 198. With 55 b/w illustrations. Good condition, but mild ex-library.

Seller Inventory # 13085

First edition. Octavo, pp. 234. Includes paper-clipped lists and cut out magazine pages in front. A very scarce title, particularly useful to collectors of the beloved children's magazine. Indexes early issues of "St. Nicholas", edited by Mary Mapes Dodge. Very Good, some spotting and edgewear on cover, light tanning on page edges. Rust stain from paper clip on front pages. Red Linen Covered Boards with Gilt Lettering.

Seller Inventory # 12953

Color Pictorial Wraps. Condition: As New. First edition. Oblong Octavo, pp. 85, richly illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings A jewel of a treatise on the predecessors of our American "first period architecture." Available as-new at a wonderful price; belongs in every builder's and architect's library!.

Seller Inventory # 8208

Condition: Very Good+. First edition. Quarto, pp. 243, indexed, richly illustrated in b/w and color Textured Cloth over Boards, red blue and orange over black lettering.

Seller Inventory # 7035

Original Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First edition. Octavo, pp. 43, richly illustrated in b/w and color.

Seller Inventory # 6137

Cloth over Boards. Condition: Very Good. First edition. Quarto, pp. 179, profusely illustrated w. 550 plates in color and b/w. Frontis is an original Chagall colored lithograph! Wonderful edition of the master's colorful and phantasmagoric work. The standard Catalogue raisonne. The original lithograph on the frontis is stunning!.

Seller Inventory # 5950

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: new dust. First edition. Quarto. xi, 412 pp. New copy. red cloth with new dustjacket. 734 Ill. 8 Appendices, notes, extensive bibliography and index. The life's work of noted architectural historian Professor Daniel Reiff, this study is both highly readable and very informative. Extremely well illustrated and researched, a gold mine of information on the history of building/architecture. Currently lists for $108.95.

Seller Inventory # 3949

Paperback. Condition: New. Reissue. Quarto. pp 80. Numerous illustrations and diagrams. Not merely a comprehensive trade catalog, this ambitious 80 page booklet also traces the development of architectural millwork to modern times. A nice "pendant" to Brent Hull's "Historic Millwork, A Guide to Restoring and Re-Creating Doors, Windows and Moldings," published in 2003 by Wiley. See inventory number 10209.

Seller Inventory # 87

Condition: New. First edition. "Confessions of an Ornamental Plasterer is an auto-biography that encapsulates the wanderlust of the 60's and the mischief of the young in its open, and evolves into a story about creativity, hard work and risk taking." Topics David talks about include his family background, education, life of an activist and "pot-smoking hippy", world travels, relationships, and creativity. This ends up with how he has established his homestead with his current wife, Angelique, in upstate New York.

Seller Inventory # 18064

Hardcover. Condition: New. First edition. Oblong Quarto, pp. 347. Indexed, profusely illustrated with color photos. Text in German. A beautiful look at the architectural trends of the period immediately following the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Comprehensive, covering a range of styles from individual dwellings to the onset of institutionalized Soviet architecture.

Seller Inventory # 14320

First edition. Quarto, pp. 834. A very good ex-library copy of this scarce index. Very good condition, but mild ex-library Brown Cloth over Boards With Gilt Lettering.

Seller Inventory # 14584