Philbrook Studios (4 results)

PB. Condition: good, wraps (softcover). B&W illustrations (illustrator). 44pp.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Minor shelf wear, rear cover is soiled and has a small closed tear, stapled binding, pages clean and unmarked. Vintage illustrated booklet titled ?The Old Covered Bridge ? Emblem of a Departing Age.? A nostalgic photographic tour of historic covered bridges in New Hampshire, featuring locations including Lancaster, Colebrook, West Ossipee, Andover, Cilleyville, and others.Filled with black-and-white photographs and descriptive text detailing bridge construction, history, and dates (many from the 1800s), the booklet captures mid-20th-century appreciation for disappearing rural architecture. Includes poetic introductory text and historical notes about bridge builders, flood repairs, and structural features such as lattice trusses and one-span designs.Likely published circa late 1940s?1950s based on typography, layout, and reference to bridge ages up to 1950.A wonderful piece of New England regional history ephemera ? ideal for collectors of covered bridge memorabilia, New Hampshire history, Americana photography, or early preservation movement publications.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Saddle stapled booklet with pictorial wraps showing general edge wear and some rubbing but really nice overall. Newspaper column pasted down on front free endpaper. Soldily stapled and overall quite nice.

Paperback. Condition: VG-. Stapled wraps, 6 1/4 x 9 1/4, with fifteen bridges in b/w photographs (each has two or more photographs/ cover photo is of the North Woodstock bridge, swept away by the 1938 hurricane, contains bridge details and history of structures). Soiled/discolored covers, well bound contents wit minor foxing and unmarked. Includes small paper note printed "Vote for your favorite bridge" "Contest closes October 13, 1939." Appears to be a scarce publication. Bridges featured: West Ossipee, Route 25 / Conway, Route 16 / North Conway, just off Route 16 / Jackson, Route 16 / Stark, Route 110 / Lancaster, Route 2 / Colebrook, Route 102 / Errol, Route 26 / Cilleyville, just off Route 4 / Andover, Route 4 / Plymouth, Route 25 / Franconia, just off Route 3 / Woodstock, just off Route 3 / Hollis, Route 111 / Rumney, just off Rout 25. Hamitic culture: North African art work. Illustration from With the World's People by John Clark Ridpath (Clark E Ridpath, 1912).