A very scarce and interesting bit of ephemera. The main booklet (No. 344-A) is oversized at 8-1/2"x11". It is very clean and tightly bound. Only defect is faint dampstain and some mild crinkling to very bottom edge of pages, affecting a height of less than half an inch. Illustrated nicely with drawings and several black and white photographs with text -- 24 pages. Also laid in is a leaflet, also produced by Holophane entitled "Computation of Proper Wire Size Based On Delivering Rated Voltage to the Lamps Instead of Safe Current Capacity of Wires." Also includes a color page la... View More...
Very nice, clean soft cover book with no spine crease, pristine pages, and no names or writing. Measures 8-1/2" tall and 10-3/4" across. A comprehensive guide to preliminary structural design, complete with standard solutions, a minimum of mathematics and numerous explanatory drawings. Not only designed for students, but also as a handy reference for engineers and architects already working in the field. 256 pages. Indexed. View More...
Very nice, clean, tightly bound book with no names or writing. Dustjacket is missing, but book shows very little external wear. Originally published in 1952 after much research which was interrupted during the war years. By the time the book saw print the demand for housing was much geater thanks to the infusion of GIs returnig from war and seeking affordable homes. Believe it or not, the prefab house began before 1900. Book traces the trajectory, both good and bad, and also looks to the future with emphasis on labor, design and marketing. 466 pages including index. View More...
Very handsome book -- clean as a whsitle inside and out with no names or writing, no bumps to boards, and pages and page edges pristine. Illustrated throughout with crisp, black and white photographs of historicx bridges around the state. In addition to selected bridges there is much info on covered bridges, wooden truss designers and builders, and covered bridge rehabilitation. Book measures 9"x11-1/2" and is printed on coated paper. 235 pages. View More...
This is a very interesting booklet advertising contemporary windows for architectural builds. Two pages have new information stapled over the material beneath it. The original was also red X'd, but you can still read that too (see photo). Actually it's a good thing because it shows company momentum.T he drawings are really attractive and all eight pages (not counting the x-d ones) are filled with it. The cover photo is the work done on the Firestone Research Laboratory in Akron, Ohio. Rather scarce. View More...
Nice catalog with additional supplement laid-in. Oddly, not dated, but catalog 19 was issued in 1924. Measures 7-1/4"x10-1/4" and is tightly bound with no names or writing. Pictures of the company at front and numerous bold images of products with descriptions.128 pages. Supplement is the same size printed without the card cove of the larger catalog and contains 14 pages. Main catalog shows small chip to top front edge and sunning to spine which extends to part of back cover.Overall quite nice. View More...
Very nice book, clean and tightly bounf with no names or writing. Card cover designed to look like pebbled leather with gilt printing and pictorial. Measures 4-1/2"x7". No date, but a little research on the LeRoi 4 h.p. gasoline motors used to run the company's plaster and mortar mixers situated it in the early 30's. Divided into 21 parts with 210 pages. Illustrated with drawings, photographs and tables of data. View More...
Very interesting and beautifully illustrated book on appointing the fine hotels of the period whether they be for residential, business, or recreational purposes. Very clean and nice inside and out with just a bit of softness to corners of cloth boards. Printed on coated paper and illustrated in both black and white and color. "A compilation of authoratative information on problems of hotel economics, architecture, planning, food service engineering, furnishing, and general outfitting. Inclues plans and tables of data as well as drawings and florr plans for some of the most beautiful hote... View More...
Very nice clean, tightly bound book with no names or writing and no creasing to pages. Boards show very little wear -- the only fault is fading to silver printing at bottom of spine. Book is illustrated with educational drawings throughout. Text is divided into ten parts: preliminary information; historical background and descriptioin of the steel square, the adjustable fence, roof framing, hip roof framing, hoppers and hopper bevels, stair building, combination squares, the key to steel squares, and possibilites of the steel square. Book measures 6-1/4" x 9-3/4" and has 255 pages including i... View More...
Very nicelt kept book showing no bumps to boards, no names or writing and no tears or chips to jacket which will arrive in brand new mylar cover. Measures 8-1/2"x12" and has 174 pages. Illustrated with techncial drwigns throughout. A comprehensive design guide. View More...
