Bristol, PA: 1913. Letter from Charles E. Scott, cashier of the Farmers National Bank of Bucks County, concerning an article written by Edward Biddle about the bank's architecture. "The only alteration of the interior was the conversion of the river front parlor into a banking room. A country director several..... Read More about Autograph letter, signed. One page to Edward Biddle, Esq. " I have read with much delight...

London: J. Haberkorn, 1761. First edition. Matthew Brettingham was in charge of the building of Holkham from 1734. Here Brettingham does not mention that the original designs of the building and estate of Holkham were drawn up by William Kent, which contribution was explained in a subsequent edition published by..... Read More about The Plans, Elevations and Sections, of Holkham in Norfolk, the Seat of the Late Earl of Leicester

Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moureau, n.d. Printed in the early 1930s, with examples of art deco ironwork by Subes, Schenck et Fils, Poillerat, Bergue, Le Bourgeois, Piguet, Szabo, and others. Read More about La Ferronnerie Moderne. Nouvelle Série

Paris: Editeur Charles Moureau, 1925. Art deco interior design from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, the World's Fair of design – the first since the War – and the exhibition that defined Art Deco (an abbreviation of Art Décoratifs). Examples of work by Montagnac, Matet..... Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925

Paris: Éditions d'Art Charles Moureau, 1937. Art deco interior design from the 1937 Exposition Internationalede Paris. Examples of work by Arbus, Lamy, Soubrier, Kahn, Domin et Genevrière, Adnet, Montagnac, Sognot, Dufrène, et al. Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Vol. 1

(Glasgow, Scotland): [William Armstrong Fairburn Manuscript Notebook/ Glasgow University], (1896 - 1897). Original manuscript; naval architect and author William Armstrong Fairburn's lecture notes (in Fairburn's ink holograph, with interleaved original charts and graphs), when he was a student (studying naval architecture) at Glasgow University (1896-1897), specially bound for W. A...... Read More about LECTURES: 1896-1897. W[illiam] A[rmstrong] FAIRBURN/ GLASGOW UNIVERSITY. [Lecture notes, in ink...

1915. "Alfred M. Githens was born in Philadelphia and attended the Episcopal Academy before receiving his B.S. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania in 1896. He then attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts while working as a draftsman for Cope & Stewardson during the years 1896-1901. In..... Read More about 3 pen and ink drawings of Interiors for House & Garden, 1915

18th Century. Depicting large central hall ( 49 x 41 feet), flanked by two wings, one containing the greenhouse, the other the kitchen and scullery. Read More about Ink and watercolor rendering of an English manor house, with detailed plan of first floor

New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1908. First edition. A splendid and valuable book, infour Chapter entitled: The Italian Villas; The FrenchChateaux; The English Places; and TheAmerican Places. Included are Villa Castello, Villa Lante, Villa d'Este, Villa Medici, Chaumont, Chantilly, Versailles, Clevendon, Chatsworth, Batsford Park, Longfellow Place, Biltmore, Faulkner Farms..... Read More about Country Residences in Europe and America

London: J. Taylor, 1811. First edition. An important work on the origins of the Gothic style in England. Read More about A Treatise on the Ecclesiastical Architecture of England, During the Middle Ages, with Ten...

Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1924. Featuring work by Pierre Chareau, Francis Joudain, J. Rhulmann, and Süe et Mare. Read More about Intérieurs – I

Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1925. Featuring work by Djo Bourgeois, Mme Chauchet-Guilleré, André Fréchet, M. Guillemard, René Herbst, E. Kohlmann, M. Matet, and Lucie Renaudot. Read More about Intérieurs – III