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

[London: J. Bennett, 1765]. With Folding Plates in Two States. The plates, printed in two states on vellum and card, to illustrate John Lodge Cowley's The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated, which was printed in London in editions in 1765 and 1766. Both editions are rare. Cowley also used folding plates..... Read More about The Theory of Perspective Demonstrated [plate volume only

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 Ruhlmann, Englinger..... Read More about Ensembles Mobiliers. Exposition Internationale 1925. 2eme Serie

Edinburgh: Thomas C. Jack, [n.d., circa 1860]. Wilson, Daniel. With a folding frontispiece bird's-eye view of Edinburgh in 1647. Read More about Memorials of Edinburgh in Olden Times

[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]: n.d. [after 1891]. Clayton: The Frick Family Home. "Henry Clay Frick and his wife, Adelaide Howard Childs, purchased Clayton in August 1882 for $25,000. At the time the house was considerably smaller, an 11-room, Italianate-style building on a 1.43-acre parcel of land. The home fronted Penn Avenue in..... Read More about Photograph of "CLAYTON", the Frick family mansion in Pittsburgh

New York: Geo. E. Woodward, [1870]. American Architect George Harney is perhaps best known for his 11-story Clinton Hall building for the New York Mercantile Library on Astor Place, built in 1891. Read More about Stables, Outbuildings and Fences

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1935. First edition. Presentation Copy to His Wife. Inscribed by the author and famous New York architect (1884-1972) on the flyleaf, to his wife, Beatrice [Sulzberger] Kahn: "To Beatrice - a fine design "Ely Kahn" A unique association copy of an important - and very..... Read More about Design in Art and Industry

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1909. First American Edition. Read More about The Decoration and Furniture of English Mansions during the XVII & XVIII Centuries

Greenwich, Ct: Smith Building, 19323. published by The House of Hasyden Twiss NY. Read More about A Monograph of Recent Work constructed by Geo. L. White Builder (Edwin Bartels) Associate

Paris: Éditions Albert Lévy, 1924. Featuring work by Dominique, Maurice Dufrène, René Gabriel, André Groult, Joubert et Petit, Rob. Mallet-Stevens, and F. Nathan. Read More about Intérieurs – II

London: J. Taylor, 1801. Third edition. An attractive copy of the third edition of this popular builder's manual, first published as The New Carpenter's Guide in 1792. With rare 4-page folio catalogue of architecture books available at Josiah Taylor's Architectural Library, no. 59 High Holborn. Read More about The Carpenter's New Guide: Being a Complete Book of Lines for Carpentry and Joinery …