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   ALLEN AND KENWAY ARCHITECTS - THE HOUSE OF MARLBORO

 1. A complete set of 8 architectural drawings for the House at Marlboro for S.M. Howe, Esq., drawn by the Boston firm of Allen and Kenway. Frances Richmond Allen worked with the Kenway firm in Boston between 1878 and 1890. From 1896 to 1898 he was with the firm of Allen and Vance when that firm were the architects for the Lathrop House (1901) and Davison House (1902) at Vassar College. The firm was known for its Gothic Revival design work. In total Allen was the architect for 8 buildings for Williams College and 12 for Vassar plus homes including "Brownleigh Hall" which was the residence of James Wentworth Brown in Needham, MA; the Quincy-Wardner House (1885) in Dorchester, MA and the House at Marboro for S.M. Howe, Esq. There is a possibility, although I cannot prove it at this time, that this set of house plans may have been for a relative of Lois Lilley Howe (1864-1964) who worked for Allen and Kenway prior to 1894 when she left to open her own architectural firm. The 8 elevation plans complete with measurements, room designations, window sizes, etc. are each on a type of oil parchment and rolled in a black canvas for protection. The scale is 1/4" to 1 foot with the page sizes being 19 1/2 x 15 inches each. The outside walls and fire places are back colored as drawn. There is some wear with a small border hole in the front elevation and another border hole in the attic elevation. As one would expect there is some discoloration, but overall the elevations are very vibrant and in very good condition. Sources: Lewis, Arnold: American Country Houses of the Guilded Age. (Sheldon's "Artistic Country Seats"). Brandt, Beverly K.: The Craftsman and the Critic. Defining Usefulness and Beauty in Arts and Crafts-Era Boston. Elevations of S. M.Howe, Esq. House at Marlboro. A "Cottage Style Home" - 1880-90.  $895.00
 2. Bicknell, A.J. BICKNELL'S VILLAGE BUILDER AND SUPPLEMENT. (title page) BICKNELL'S VILLAGE BUILDER. ELEVATIONS AND PLANS FOR COTTAGES, VILLAS, SUBURBAN RESIDENCES, FARM HOUSES, STABLES AND CARRIAGE HOUSES, STORE FRONTS, SCHOOL-HOUSES, CHURCHES, COURT-HOUSES, AND A MODEL JAIL; ALSO EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR DETAILS FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BUILDINGS WITH APPROVED FORMS OF CONTRACTS AND SPECIFICATIONS. CONTAINING FIFTY-FIVE PLATES DRAWN TO SCALE SHOWING THE STYLE AND COST OF BUILDING IN DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF THE COUNTRY, BEING AN ORIGINAL WORK, COMPRISING THE DESIGNS OF FIFTEEN LEADING ARCHITECTS, REPRESENTING THE NEW ENGLAND, MIDDLE, WESTERN AND SOUTH WESTERN STATES. A.J. Bicknell and Co., Architectural Book Publishers. Revised 1st with three additional plates and a variety of details., 1872. Folio. Specifications, frontis of supplement is a color lithograph. Architects included are Lyman Underwood, C. Edward Loth, G.B. Crioff, E. Boyden and Son, Alfred Gable, E.R. Francisco, Davis D. Hopkins, etc. One of the great mid-Victorian pattern books which is not very hard to find. New endpapers, vg cond.  $1775.00


 3. Brandon, J. Arthur and Raphael. THE OPEN TIMBER ROOFS OF THE MIDDLE AGES. ILLUSTRATED BY PERSPECTIVE AND WORKING DRAWINGS OF SOME OF THE BEST VARIETIES OF CHURCH ROOFS; WITH DESCRIPTIVE LETTER-PRESS. Stevens and Co. Printers. 1870 (?). Cloth bound, 87 numbered pages. Frontis, list of illustrations, contents include chapters on description of terms, first division or tie-beam roofs; second division ro trussed-rafter roofs; third division or hammer-beam roofs; fourth division or collar braced roofs, aisle roofs, description of plates, etc. The book has the book plate of Anthony Salvin (1799 - 1881) who was an English architect that gained a reputation as an expert on medieval buildings and applied this expertise to his new buildings and his restorations. He was a restorer of castles and country houses and built a number of new homes and churches. Hinges starting, usual wear, 1/4 leather and leather tips, overall in vg cond.  $495.00
 4. Brunner, A.W. COTTAGES OR HINTS ON ECONOMICAL BUILDING. William T. Comstock Printer. 1884. 1st. 23 plates of homes including measured drawings. Chapter titled "The Water Supply, Drainage, Sewerage, Heating and Ventilation and Other Sanitary Questions Relating to Country Houses by W. Paul Gerhard. This book is of particular interest as it shows home designs from ten architects including Wm. A. Bates; Chas. I. Berg; A.W. Brunner; Jas. D. Hunter, Jr.; Messrs. Rossiter and Wright; Thos. Tyron; Wm. B. Tuthill; Frank F. Ward and Fred B. White. Twenty pages of advertisements.  $450.00


 5. Bullock, John. THE AMERICAN COTTAGE BUILDER. (title page) THE AMERICAN COTTAGE BUILDER: A SERIES OF DESIGNS, PLANS, AND SPECIFICATIONS FROM $200 TO $20,000 FOR HOMES FOR THE PEOPLE. 1854. R. Craighead, Printer. 1st. 326 pgs. +1 of advertisements, frontis (tissue), contents include The Various Parts; Prairie Cottage; The Farm Cottage; The Village Cottage; Thatched Cottage; Warming and Ventilation; Model Cottage; Rural Cottage; Octagon Cottage; Drainage; Rural Homes; Suburban Residences; Cost; page of Designs, 60 plans and illustrations of various designs, minor foxing on several pages, overall in vg cond.  $450.00
 6. Butte, William P and Berne S. Barker. PACIFIC'S BOOK OF HOMES. Volume 25. (title page) PACIFIC'S BOOK OF HOMES. A NOTABLE EXHIBITION OF CALIFORNIA ARCHITECTURE.. Los Angeles, CA: Pacific Ready-Cut Homes, Inc., 1330 South Hill St., 1925. 4to. 160 pp. With 100s of black & white text illustrations, diagrams, nearly 100 blueprint floor plans & diagrams. VG cond. First edition, thus, of this lavishly illustrated architectural catalogue for the famed Southern California manufacturer of ready-to-assemble homes, which from 1908 to 1940 sold nearly 40,000 homes based on 1800 plans across the West. These well-designed California bungalows replaced the fancy Victorians in many western neighborhoods, and although most of the homes were one story, they also sold schools, gas stations, duplexes, bungalow court apartments, hotels, and office buildings. This catalogue also lists plumbing, sashes, doors, mantels, cabinets, trim, water heaters, and more, with total cost ranging from $ 600.00 to $ 25,000. In 1922, Pacific Ready-Cut built a dozen model homes at South Hill Street near Pico Boulevard, and would receive over 80,000 potential customers viewing them. Hundreds of these homes still dot Pomona, Pasadena, Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Santa Monica, Claremont, Glendale, South Central Los Angeles, and many other regional neighborhoods. See: Carolyn Flynn, Pacific Ready-Cut Homes; Mass-Produced Bungalows in Los Angeles, 1908-1942; Pollard-Terry, 12,000 Easy Pieces, Was Your '20s House Built From a Kit? (2006), Los Angeles Times; Latker, Pacific Ready Cut Kit Homes (2007)  $495.00 


 7. Christensen, William. WM. CHRISTENSEN CO. INC. STRUCTURAL AND ORNAMENTAL IRON. (title page) SERVING A TWO-FOLD PURPOSE. THIS BOOK OF VIEWS WAS PREPARED TO FUNCTION TWO WAYS. FIRST: AS A REFERENCE FOR YOU; SECOND; TO ENABLE US TO SERVE YOU. ... c. 1920. 79 linen-backed silver gelatin photos with 72 having printed labels mounted on verso with gilt lettering. Limp black leather post binder with 3 brass screws at gutter margin. This is the 1st edition of this spectacular salesroom photo album of ornamental ironwork for awnings, stair railings, balconies, advertising signs, fireplace screens, fences, gates during the Arts and Crafts Era and Roaring 20's. The catalog offers an invaluable historical reference to the buildings designed by the famed architectural firm of John Augustus Dempwolf (1848-1926) and his many apprentices, including his son Frederick (1885-1970) as well as the work of Charles Downing Lay (1877-1956). Many of the most beautiful buildings ever constructed in York, PA were designed by the Dempwolf Architectural firm, and apprentices afterward, including the York Country Club, the American Legion Building, the stunning S. Fahs Smith estate known as Eltham, the York National Bank, Union Lutheran Church, with their ornamental ironwork and stunning Arts and Crafts metalwork elements illustrated by the photos in this catalogue. In addition, there are also several of the homes and building ornamental elements designed by such noted apprentices as Edward Leber, Harry E. Yessler (who established his firm with his son Russell), Robert A Stair (designer of Eltham), William Billmeyer, and many others establishing a vibrant body of work influenced by the Arts and Crafts era, as well as reflecting the changes coming from the emergence of Art Deco in the 1920's. There are a number of images of the beautiful gates, fences, railings and architectural elements of Lauxmont, the famed estate of S. Forry Laucks - founder of York, Safe and Lock Company, which overlooks the Susquehanna River and considered one of the finest pieces of design work by Charles Downing Lay (1877-1956), noted landscape architect. There are nine images in total showing the iron gates, fences, entrance to the Lauxmont pool, and more. Included as well are images of the Montgomery Ward Building, Stetler Garage in downtown York with beautiful images of touring cars and sedans sitting in showroom, and even splendid images of the effects created by Arts and Crafts ironwork for the Pearl E. Page Clothing Store in York, PA. William Christensen (1870-1935) emigrated from Denmark in 1896, and by 1915 had set up one of the largest ornamental ironworks firms in Pennsylvania, and was closely associated with Dempwolf's firm on numerous projects. See Butcher, The Dempwolf Apprentices; Virtual York, An Architectural Experience; Philadelphi Architects and Buildings; Karson, Pioneers of American Landscape Design; No copies located in Worldcat. Vg cond.  $2500.00


 8. CLEVELAND, Henry, William and Samuel D. Backus. VILLAGE AND FARM COTTAGES. New York: D. Appleton, 1856. Engraved title page, xii, 189 pages, 24 plates. First edition. [Hitchcock, 272]. Vincent Scully grouped the twenty-four plans by Cleveland in what he called the "second phase" of the Stick Style. They stressed convenience and the values of living in an aesthetically designed house. The authors also advocated landscape gardening to improve the home's setting. Some minor cover wear and sunning. Overall in vg cond.  $395.00


 9. Eastlake, Charles L. HINTS ON HOUSEHOLD TASTE. 1877. 5th American ed. Originally published in London in 1868. 304 pgs., 36 plates of which 6 are chromolithographs and 4 are color wallpaper designs on 8 textured sheets, illus. This book of Eastlake's was very instrumental in influencing the rise of the Eastlake style in America. The ideas expressed by Eastlake directly led to the amazing reception of foreign goods displayed at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. Eastlake's design seemed to be more suitable to the domestic life of the American home as opposed to the previous Gothic style. Vg cond.  $450.00


10. Elsam, Richard. THE PRACTICAL BUILDER'S PERPETUAL PRICE BOOK. (title page) THE PRACTICAL BUILDER'S PERPETUAL PRICE-BOOK: ELUCIDATING THE PRINCIPLES OF ASCERTAINING THE CORRECT AVERAGE VALUE OF THE DIFFERENT ARTIFICER'S WORKS USUALLY EMPLOYED IN BUILDING; WITH CURSORY OBSERVATIONS ON THE CUSTOMS OF MEASURING IN THE VARIOUS PARTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN REFERENCE TO THE RECENT ACT FOR ESTABLISHING UNIFORMITY IN WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.....TO WHICH IS ATTACHED, AN APPENDIX COMPREHENDING THE SUBSTANCE OF EVERY CLAUSE IN THE BUILDING ACT; WITH INFORMATION OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE TO THE PRACTICAL BUILDER, NOT ONLY IN THE METROPOLIS, BUT IN EVERY PART OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND. Printed for Thomas Kelly. 1838. Half-calf, marbled boards. 180 pgs., 7 plates. OCLC list editions for 1825, 1827, 1828, 1832 and 1841, but none for 1838 nor is it mentioned in The Literature of British Domestic Architecture, 1715-1842 by John Archer. Very comprehensive architectural book, which "conveys the fullest instructions for altering, methodizing, and arranging, all manner of builder's charges." Financial estimates are included for areas of carpenter's and joiners work, roofing, bricklaying, stone cutting, plumbing, etc. Also included are an abstract of the 1774 Building Act and extracts from the London Paving Act of 1817. Usual wear, several ink and pencil notations on front endpapers, overall in vg cond.  $395.00


11. Fuller, Albert W, ARTISTIC HOMES IN CITY AND COUNTRY. (title page) ARTISTIC HOMES IN CITY AND COUNTRY. A SELECTION OF SKETCHES PREPARED IN THE ROUTINE OF OFFICE-WORK AND NOW AMPLIFIED AND ENLARGED. James R. Osgood and Co. 1888. 1st. 44 plates, printed on recto only. An important book on the aesthetic movement illus. with plans and fine heliotype drawings of "Stick Style" homes, rediscovered by Vincent Scully. Several on OCLC, but none have sold on auction of any edition over the last 30 years. Early owners names on title leaf, "Geo. H. Hastings, Sept. 20th '83." Usual wear, overall a very good copy of an architectural rarity.  $1750.00


12. Garnett, Porter. STATELY HOMES OF CALIFORNIA. Pub. by Little, Brown and Co. 1915. Cloth. 95 pgs. 4 color plates, photos plates, contents include the history and illustrations of 12 famed California homes, including the palatial homes of W.H. Crocker, J.D. Grant, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Huntington, James D. Phelan, J.M. Gillespie, C. Templeton Crocker, etc. Many of the homes reflect Italian influences and designed with Italian gardens illustrating pre WWI elegance in the West. Vg cond.  $225.00


13. Holly, Henry Hudson. HOLLY'S COUNTRY SEATS. (title page) HOLLY'S COUNTRY SEATS: CONTAINING LITHOGRAPHIC DESIGNS FOR COTTAGES, VILLAS, MANSIONS, ETC., WITH THEIR ACCOMPANYING OUTBUILDINGS; ALSO COUNTRY CHURCHES, CITY BUILDINGS, RAILWAY STATIONS, ETC. ETC. D. Appleton and Co. 1863. 1st. xiii, 171, 1pp. table of contents, thirty-six tinted lithographic plates. An important book by the architectect Henry H. Holly with most the buildings featured showing floor plans. Especially interesting is the fact that this is the first American book to include a design for a railway depot (see Meeks, THE RAILROAD STATION, p.75, fig. 81). Expected wear with some light foxing, overall in vg cond.  $975.00
14. Jennings, A.S. PAINT AND COLOUR MIXING. (title opage) PAINT AND COLOUR MIXING. A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK FOR PAINTERS, DECORATORS, PAINT MANUFACTURERS, ARTISTS AND ALL WHO HAVE TO MIX COLOURS CONTAINIING OVER 300 SAMPLES OF ACTUAL OIL AND WATER-PAINTS AND WATER-COLOURS OF VARIOUS COLOURS, AND UPWARDS OF 1,500 DIFFERENCT COLOUR MIXTURES, WITH SEVENTEEN COLOURED PLATES. E. and F.N. Spon. 1921. 6th revised ed. 234 pgs. plus 12 pgs. of ads, illus., info., 263 paint chips of which 202 are color identified and 41 are number identified. Vg cond.  $575.00


15. Lacroux, J. and C. Detain. LA BRIQUE ORDINAIRE - 1RE SERIE (title page) CONSTRUCTIONS EN BRIQUES. LA BRIQUE ORDINAIRE AU POINT DE VUE DECORATIF. C. Marpon and E. Flammarion, Printers. 1st. 1878. Vol. 1 of 2 vol. set. Title page, introduction, table of contents, 43 pgs. of text with 189 illustrations followed by 75 colored plates, pages loose as issued, minor wear to cloth boards, overall in vg cond. Considered to be one of the best books concerning the use of bricks as a decorative material in the 1870's. Numerous examples of decorative brick patterns.  $4500.00


16. National Building Publications. NATIONAL BUILDERS CATALOG FORMERLY HOME BUILDERS CATALOG. 5th annual edition. 1931. A REFERENCE WORK FOR CONTRACTORS, BUILDING MATERIAL DEALERS AND BUILDERS - CONTAINING MANUFACTURERS' CATALOGS AND DATA ON MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT - ARTICLES ANALYZING THE PROBLEMS OF HOME CONSTRUCTION - ILLUSTRATIONS AND PLANS OF SMALL HOMES AND GARAGES. Index includes chapters by manufacturers; by products; by trade names; facts and figures that will help get business; manufacturers' catalogs and house plan section. Photos (some color), ads, costs and measurements. Catalog includes garage door equipment, glass, ventilators, fence, lavatories, windows, roofing tile, paint, mantel ornaments, roofing materials, building shingles, linoleum, air heaters, fireplace units, chemical toilets plus numerous other products for home building. 63 pictured homes with floor plans. Vg cond.  $325.00
17. Palliser, Palliser and Co. PALLISER'S MODEL HOMES. (title page) PALLISER'S MODEL HOMES SHOWING A VARIETY OF DESIGNS FOR MODEL DWELLINGS ALSO, FARM-BARN AND HENNERY, STABLE AND CARRIAGE HOUSE, SCHOOL HOUSE, MASONIC ASSOCIATION BUILDING, BANK AND LIBRARY, TOWN HALL AND THREE CHURCHES, TOGETHER WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF MISCELLANEOUS MATTER, MAKING IN ALL A VERY VALUABLE BOOK FOR EVERY ONE WHO CONTEMPLATES BUILDING. Palliser, Palliser Co. Pub. 1878, 2nd. 96 pgs., 28 styles of homes from stick style to Queen Anne, info for each plan, cost. Vg cond.  $525.00

18. (English Architecture) Phillips, R. Randal. THE BOOK OF BUNGALOWS. 1920. Country Life Pub. 1st. 160 pgs. 31 bungalows with floor plans and architectures names, photos, list of materials, other relevant information, index. Vg cond.  $85.00


19. RADFORD'S ARTISTIC HOMES. 1908. (title page) RADFORD'S ARTISTIC HOMES - 250 DESIGNS. Being an absolutely brand new book illustrating the newest and most up-to-date designs in modern homes. Great care has been exercised in the selection of original, practical and ideal house designs such as seventy to ninety per cent of the people of today wish to build. Every effort has been made by a corps of experienced licensed architects to provide for the most economical construction, thus giving the contractor and the home builder the benefit of the saving of many hundreds of dollars. This is the largest single book of house designs ever published. Each of the homes are illustrated with floor plans, 262 pgs., index, 16 pgs. of advertising, directions for ordering special plans page and a single draft page. Minor wear, overall in vg cond.  $285.00


20. Smith, Oliver P. SMITH'S ARCHITECTURE. (title page) THE DOMESTIC ARCHITECT: COMPRISING A SERIES OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS FOR RURAL AND ORNAMENTAL COTTAGES, WITH FULL AND COMPLETE EXPLANATIONS AND DIRECTIONS TO THE BUILDER, EMBRACING THE ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF THE GRECIAN AND COTTAGE STYLES, WITH PRIMARY RULES FOR DRAWING AND SHADING, AND THE RUDIMENTS OF LINEAR PERSPECTIVE. ILLUSTRATED BY OVER TWO HUNDRED ENGRAVINGS. Pub. by Derby and Co. Buffalo; D.B. Cooke and Co. Chicago. 1st. 1852. 125 pgs. 42 plates. The Domestic Architect..., "a practical and useful work" which would "aid in elevating the standard of rural architecture in this country from its present degraded position to a point of excellence more worthy of the American people." Smith, a Buffalo architect, offered plans for small houses and cottages, and plates showing decorative and practical carpentry, giving an accurate view of provincial American architecture in the middle of the 19th century. Smith's book is unique as having 34 lithographic plates and eight woodblock illustrations as opposed to copper engraved plates. Minor foxing, hinges strengthened, overall a vg copy of a rare book.  $1975.00


21. Tuthill, William B. INTERIOR AND INTERIOR DETAILS. (title page) INTERIORS AND INTERIOR DETAILS. FIFTY-TWO LARGE QUARTO PLATES, COMPRISING A LARGE NUMBER OF ORIGINAL DESIGNS OF HALLS, STAIRCASES, PARLORS, LIBRARIES, DINING ROOMS, AND C. TOGETHER WITH SPECIAL DESIGNS FOR LOW COST, MEDIUM AND ELABORATE WOOD MANTELS, SIDEBOARDS, FRNITURE, WOOD CEILINGS, DOORS, DOOR AND WINDOW TRIMS, WAINSCOTS, BANK, OFFICE AND STORE FITTINGS, IN PERSPECTIVE, ELEVATION AND DETAIL, MAKING A VALUABLE SERIES OF SUGGESTIONS FOR ARCHITECTS, AND ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNERS, AND A LAERGE COLLECTION OF INTERIOR DETAILS SUITED TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF CARPENTERS, BUILDERS AND MECHANICS. REPRODUCES FROM THE DRAWINGS OF PROMINENT ARCHITECTS OF NEW YORK, BOSTON, CHICAGO AND OTHER CITIES WITH AN INTRODUCTION, DESCRIPTION OF PLATES AND NOTES ON WOOD FINISH BY WM. B. TUTHILL, A.M., ARCHITECT. 1882. 1st. William T. Comstock, Architectural Pub. Frontis., 10 pgs., 52 plates, 16 pgs. of advertisements. Architects represented include W.A. bates, Burnham and Root, Cabot and Chandler, Edward Dewson, Gould and Angell, William Tuthill, etc. Usual wear, crease to front endpaper, overall in vg cond.  $885.00