Restoration and Preservation
[Scottsville, New York]: Carl F. Schmidt, 1976. First Edition. Large Hardcover. Very Good / No Jacket. Item #1842686
First edition. Signed and dated by author without inscription on title page. Ink stamp on front endpaper, otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square, pages clean, bright, and unmarked.
272 pp. Introduction by Richard C. Quick. A guide to restoration and preservation of early American architecture with drawings to scale, tracings, photos, glossary of old terms, historical examples. Filled with black-and-white photographs, index follows text. Schmidt was best known for his works on cobblestone architecture, but the fastidious attention to detail in all his works is what makes his books stand the test of time.
Price: $250.00