Published by Building Trade Publications, 1952
Seller: Flamingo Books, Menifee, CA, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. [1952] Building Trade Publications (Mount Vernon, New York), 9 3/4 x 12 1/2 inches tall paperbound in blue felt covers, gold lettering to front cover, blue endpapers, mostly captioned black-and-white photographs of structures built by the featured contractors, printed only on recto side of each leaf throughout substantive contents, followed by period sponsor contractors' advertisements, [30] ff., 22 pp. Slight soiling, rubbing and edgewear to covers. Prior owner name and date to blank front free-endpaper. Otherwise, a very good copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this rare work, a pictorial profile of the achievements of four prominent mid-twentieth century Connecticut contractors, with ads from numerous subcontractors whose work is incorporated into the pictured structures. Not in OCLC. ~P~ [2.0P] Captioned photographs of representative works of six Connecticut residential and commercial builders - The Dwight Building Co. of New Haven; Mondelci and Benvenuti of New London; The Brooklawn Construction Co. of Hartford; William J. Lyons Construction Co. of Norwalk; The Deluca Construction Co. of Stamford; and O.F. Burghardt, Inc. of Bridgeport. Includes 22 pages of ads from subcontractors who worked on the pictured projects.