Colonial Ironwork in Old Philadelphia : The Craftsmanship of the Early Days of the Republic ; [by] Philip B. Wallace. Measureddrawings by William Allen Dunn. Introd. by Fiske Kimball.

New York, Bonanza Books, 1930, circa 1966., 1966. Good. 147 pp. ; (chiefly illus.) ; 32 cm. ; ISBN: 0486220796; 9780486220796 ; LC: NK8212.P4; Dewey: 739/.47/74811 ; OCLC: 564457 ; "147 pages of detailed drawings and magnificent photographs show the craftmanship of the early days of the Republic in the s tudies of gates, railings, lamps, locks, hinges, weathervanes, and all the beautiful things that were made by our forefathers ;"This lavishly illustrated tribute to Philadelphia's many well-preserved examples of colonial ironwork features 182 crisp black-and-white photographs and 41 measured drawings. These imaginatively rendered ironworks appear in the railings and gates of churchyards, on the marble steps of town houses, in the balconies and lanterns of banks and other buildings, and elsewhere." ; blue and grey decorative cloth in photographic dustjacket ; wear to dustjacket ; foxing to covers ; G/G