Part of a series of little volumes, The House & Garden Making Books, comprising of "...a complete library of authoritative and well illustrated handbook dealing with the activities of the home-maker and amateur gardener." 61 pp. Brown cloth covers. Cover corners are bumped and rubbed, edges are lightly rubbed, spine ends are bent and fraying. Hinges and spine are loose. Brown stain along spine between pages 30-31. Rest of interior pages are clean. Book in VG condition. View More...
Described by Cecil Headlam. Painted by Gordon Home. 20 painted images each with tissue guard and fold-out map on back inside cover. 211 pages with index. Red decorative cloth covers with gilt lettering and images on front cover and spine. Cover corners are bumped and edges rubbed, scuffing and some water spots on cover faces. Spine is darkened from sun exposure, spine ends are bent and starting to fray. Gilt top page edge. Previous owner's name written on top of title page. Browning and foxing throughout interior, in some places heavy, but text is not affected. Interior tight. Book ... View More...
Printed as Manuscript. Synopsis includes: Fine Arts (General); Architecture; Sculpture; Graphic Arts in General-Drawings, Design; Painting; Engraving; and Art Applied to Industry-Decoration and Ornament. 161 pp. includes Index. Brown paper covers. Faint watermark at spine joint, 1 3/4" to top edge. Doesn't go through. Mildly soiled covers. Overall covers are Good. Interior is tight, clean and Very Good+. View More...
"Introduces and instructs you to use your instruments correctly and step-by-step, to draw simple and elementary designs, shop drawings, perspectives and isometrics, neatly and accurately, to any scale." 140 pp. Paperback covers lightly worn, top corner is bumped, edges and spine browning. Interior tight and clean. View More...
Document No. 9. Transmission from President James Monroe with details about expenditures at the President's House by J. Elgar, Commissioner of Public Buildings and information about the construction of the U.S. Capitol Building submitted by Charles Bulfinch, Architect of the Capitol of the United States. 6 pp. Disbound government document. Creasing and residue from book along spine edge, corners have some creasing. Browning and heavy foxing throughout document pages, text is easily legible. Document in VG- condition. Scarce. View More...
Disbound from an Annual Report Of The Board Of Regents Of The Smithsonian Institution1895. pages 537 - 555. 6 full page plates: Distribution of Styles of Building in Middle America; Indian Settlements in Central America (2 Plates with several illustrations on each plate); Principal Parts of the Ruins of Tonina, near Ososingo (Chiapas); Ruins of San Clemente (Peten), 1:1600; and Plan of the Surroundings of Utatlan, 1:18000. Some pages loose, otherwise text is clean and Very Good. View More...
"Working in close collaboration with Liaigre, Herbert Ypma set out to document a number of his recent and previously unpublished residential projects." 256 pp. DJ in VG- condition with light rubbing to edges, small tear to top spine corner. Cover top spine is bumped and creased. Spine slightly cocked. Interior tight and clean. Book in VG+ condition. View More...
