Search Results: House and Home from Sandhill Books

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1967. fourth printing. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. Stiff card covers and plastic comb binding, 22 pages of text and illustrations plus 24 leaves showing many detailed floor plans, 11x17. Fourth printing, originally published in 1956. Basic considerations of footings and foundations; wall, roof, interior, and exterior construction; household storage, and more. Includes 576 detailed floor plans. A very good copy that shows a trifle of wear and soil to the covers.

Butterick Publishing, 1896. Softcover in good condition. Green covers with red title, 112 pages, many drawings and photos, 24cm tall, octavo. Published in the Metropolitan Handy Series, volume II number 1. Chapters cover dining room furnishings, embroidered table linen, fancy methods of folding napkins, ettiquette at the dinner table, and much more. Front cover shows light soil and vertical creases, spine has some loss of color from light surface wear. internally fine and good binding.

International Magazine Company, 1931. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. 258 pages, many illustrations, 29cm tall, quarto. Volume xciii number 3. Cover art by Jessie Willcox Smith, a portrait of a young girl. Rear cover has 1.5in tear at spine, otherwise a clean and unworn copy.

Grand Rapids, Michigan: Grand Rapids Sash and Door Company, 1937. Softcover in good condition. 112 pages, illustrations throughout, 23cm tall, octavo. Yellow card covers, wire-o binding. Catalog for entrances, doors, stairs, windows, casements, frames, mouldings, trim, cabinets, etc. Covers show moderate soil and slight paper loss. Title page has short marker line. Good binding, clean interior.

Chicago: Seng Company, 1928. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. 142 pages, photos and drawings throughout, 23cm tall, octavo. Black leatherette and gilt title and title block. Interior decoration principles for home furnishing salesmen. A noncirculating copy in a museum reference collection, institutional stamp on endpaper and title page, no other markings. Gift inscription dated 1929 on endpaper. A clean copy with good binding, light edge wear.

Detroit: Ros Curtis Company, 1938. Softcover. Good/no jacket. Brown card covers, 141 pages, illustrations throughout, 23 cm tall, octavo. A vintage home supply catalog featuring doors, millwork, stairwork, window frames, kitchen cabinets, china cabinets, front entrances and porches, fireplace mantels, and much more. A good reference for period design and decoration. Covers show light wear and soil, front cover has owner's stamp.