A Guide to Old American Houses 1700-1900

This lovely volume, "A Guide to Old American Houses 1700-1900", written by Henry Lionel Williams and Ottalie K. Williams, is a visual history of 200 years of American domestic building. It is a large book with a mildly worn and lightly soiled dustjacket, and is full of great black and white photos, floor plans, and illustrations. Published in 1962 by A.S. Barnes and Co. it is priced at only $7.49. Stock number 95090.

Washington Doorways

"Washington Doorways" was written by Annabel Paxton and breathtakingly illustrated with sketches by Frederick M. Moss, Newman S. Sudduth, Joseph E. Blanton, and Howard W. Armstrong. It is filled with snippits of history and information on some of the most note-worthy doorways in the Washington DC area. Illustrations are pen and ink. It was published by The Dietz Press in 1940. A steal at $7.89. Stock number 14626. PS: There is a lovely inscription in this copy: For Blossom Pixlee from Ivy S. Mueller, April 1941.

The New England Meeting Houses of the Seventeenth Century

Marian Card Donnelly wrote this little volume-"The New England Meeting Houses of the Seventeenth Century". It is the history of meetinghouses, from the Great Migration, 1630-1642, to Puritan Architecture to Reformation to Revolution. It has lots of black and white photos and floor plans of these meeting houses and has a library-type cellophane covered dustjacket. The book is in great condition. $17.99; stock nuber 30566.

The Amateur's Guide to Architecture

Interested in architecture, but don't know where to begin? Try this gorgeous book: "The Amateur's Guide to Architecture" by S. Sophia Beale, with numerous illustrations (again--magnificently detailed pen and inks), published by John Grant in 1914. This book begins with general outlines and goes on to trabeated or beam architecture from Egypt, Chaldea, Assyria, Persia, India, China, Japan, Asia Minor, Greece and Sicily. From there we go on to Round-arched architecture, then pointed, or gothic architecture and then on to the renaissance. These are followed up examples which may be studied in London. A great way to get your feet wet. $17.49. Stock number 90303.

Art, Crafts, and Architecture in Early Illinois

Put out by the University of Illinois Press in 1974 and written by Betty I. Madden, this large book with a landscape orientation is brimming with great historical information on the early architecture and art of the State of Illinois. The illustrations and photos are black and white, the dustjacket is edgeworn with some light soiling, but the book itself is in very good condition. $7.99. Stock number 62551.

City--A Story of Roman Planning and Construction

If you love architecture like I do, you'll want this book! "City--A Story of Roman Planning and Construction" by the great David Macaulay, gives us a glimpse at the people who built Rome . . . literally. With the how, why, and what, he shows us with pen and ink sketches that will blow you away, where life was lived. An oversized hardback wtih lightly soiled dustjacket. $9.99. Stock number 59537. Some of the amazing drawings in this book