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American Carnival
David Skernick
Available April 2019Come celebrate the community, connection, and quirkiness of the American carnival. Stunning photographs by David…
Size: 9″ x 6″ | 93 color & b/w photos | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764357299 | Binding: hard cover$16.99
Architectural Details from Victorian Homes
Stanley Schuler
Available NowExplore a golden age in architecture when architects, builders, and homeowners let their imaginations run wild. If…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 317 color, 10 b/w photos | 192 pp
ISBN13: 9780764318290 | Binding: hard cover$49.95
Arts & Crafts Houses
Steven Paul Whitsitt and Tina Skinner
Available NowTour sixteen beautifully restored homes built and decorated in the Arts and Crafts style, an early twentieth…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 295 color photos | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764336706 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
Bridges: A Postcard History
Geoffrey H. Goldberg, with E. Ashley Rooney, Editor
Available NowTake a tour through time and learn about the exciting engineering developments that allowed the primitive bridges…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 480+ color & b/w images | 208 pp
ISBN13: 9780764337925 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
Classic American Diners: Collectible Postcards and Matchcovers
Don Preziosi
Available NowThe classic diner is an icon of the American roadside. As cars were mass-produced, so were these aluminum gems,…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 339 color & 113 b/w images | 176 pp
ISBN13: 9780764326103 | Binding: hard cover$39.95
Early Domestic Architecture of Pennsylvania
Eleanor Raymond
Available NowThere have been a number of books published illustrating the early buildings in Pennsylvania. The authors of these…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 474 photos & drawings | 158 pp
ISBN13: 9780916838119 | Binding: hard cover$29.95
Homes in a Box: Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck
Available NowHomes in a Box – Modern Homes from Sears Roebuck is a facsimile reproduction of the Sears Modern Homes catalog. It…
Size: 10 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ | 129 photos | 120 pp
ISBN13: 9780764304323 | Binding: soft cover$19.99
It Came From the Video Aisle!: Inside Charles Band\’s Full Moon Entertainment Studio
Dave Jay, William S. Wilson & Torsten Dewi
Available NowCharles Band’s Full Moon Entertainment was the most remarkable B-movie studio of the 1990s, responsible for…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 430 color images | 480 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354106 | Binding: soft cover$34.99
Let’s Get Monster Smashed: Horror Movie Drinks for a Killer Time
Jon Chaiet & Marc Chaiet
Available NowA horror movie inspired cocktail book with gross-looking but delicious party drinks, all wrapped up in an awesome…
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 152 color images/artwork | 144 pp
ISBN13: 9780764353703 | Binding: hard cover$19.99
Lilian J. Rice: Architect of Rancho Santa Fe, California
Diane Y. Welch
Available NowLilian J. Rice was given the opportunity of a lifetime in 1922, when her employer—architect, Richard…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 390 color photos | 224 pp
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ISBN13: 9780764334566 | Binding: hard cover$49.99
Luxury Design for Living
Steve Huyton
Available NowLuxury is defined in this stylish look at over 145 examples of ultra-high-end architecture, automobiles,…
Size: 9″ x 12″ | 288 color images | 288 pp
ISBN13: 9780764354212 | Binding: hard cover$60.00
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House
Paul Clemence with Foreword by Dirk Lohan
Available NowPhotographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 40 b&w and 33 color photos | 96 pp
ISBN13: 9780764324437 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House: Postcard Book
Paul Clemence
Available NowPhotographer Paul Clemence celebrates a revered icon of modern architecture, the Farnsworth House, located near…
Size: 5″ x 7 1/4″ | 20 b&w postcards
ISBN13: 9780764323768 | Binding: soft cover$14.95
Modern American Homes: Prairie & Craftsman Architecture
H. V. von Holst, editor
Available NowIn 1913, a Chicago architect compiled this wonderful portfolio of American homes and buildings that he said…
Size: 11″ x 8 1/2″ | 242 b/w photos; 188 line drawings | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764330056 | Binding: hard cover$29.99
Moving Sam Maloof: Saving an American Woodworking Legend’s Home and Workshops
Ann Kovara, AIA, LEED AP
Available NowWorld-class woodworker Sam Maloof (1916-2009), the first craftsperson to receive a MacArthur Foundation grant,…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 120 color and b/w images | 128 pp
ISBN13: 9780764351365 | Binding: hard cover$34.99
Play Ball!: Doughboys and Baseball during the Great War
Alexander F. Barnes, Peter L. Belmonte & Samuel O. Barnes
Available March 2019Baseball is the most American game. No other sporting contest so closely reflects the American psyche and culture….
Size: 6″ x 9″ | 158 color and b/w images | 256 pp
ISBN13: 9780764356780 | Binding: hard cover$26.99
Radford’s Artistic Homes
Tina Skinner, editor
Available NowWhen this book first came out, in 1908, it was touted as the “largest single book of house designs ever…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 272 b/w photos | 264 pp
ISBN13: 9780764314551 | Binding: soft cover$19.95
Shaker Architecture
Herbert Schiffer
Available NowEach of the Shaker communities is represented with very interesting photographs of the buildings that made up…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 282 b/w photographs | 190 pp
ISBN13: 9780887401534 | Binding: soft cover$24.99
Stone in Traditional Architecture
David Campbell
Available NowA sweeping overview of traditional stone architecture that graces the landscapes of many nations. Over 350 vivid…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 378 color photos | 216 pp
ISBN13: 9780764336140 | Binding: hard cover$45.00
The Smaller American House
Ethel B. Power
Available NowEthel B. Power compiled this wonderful selection of home designs in 1927. She selected works by the era’s most…
Size: 8 1/2″ x 11″ | 130 b/w photos & 105 line drawings | 100 pp
ISBN13: 9780764327698 | Binding: soft cover$19.95
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