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Practical Carpentry (2 volume set). [Carpentry]. Radford, William (assisted by Woods & Reuther). Sears Roebuck & Co.: Chicago, 1907. Octavo, pp. ca 255, pp 264, each volume indexed. Illustrated with b/w construction details and diagrams. Plus 8 pages of publisher's advertisements and approx. 50 house plans of Radford houses in the .. more Price: $85.00 The Rudiments of Practical Bricklaying in Six Sections. [Masonry]. Hammond, Adam. Crosby Lockwood and Son: London, 1897. 12 mo, pp 116 + pp 48 (list of Weale's Series of Scientific and Technical Works) with diagrams and drawings in b/w.. more Price: $0.00 A Real Home: Suggestions to Home Builders. [Building Materials]. (Copper and Brass Research Association). Copper and Brass Research Association: New York, 1927. Quarto, pp. 48. Well illustrated, glossary of terms... more Price: $60.00 Ornamental Iron and Wire Work, Catalog No. 8. [Metal]. Badger Wire & Iron Works. Radtke Bros. & Kortsch Co.: Milwaukee, WI, nd ca 1920. Small quarto, pp 64. b/w illustrations and photographs on each page. With a list of "recent" contracts by the company.. more Price: $130.00 Crittal Trade Pamphlet: Steel Windows and Doors: Federal Electric-Arc-Welded Industrial and Commercial Windows, 1948. [Windows]. Crittall Inc. Crittall-Federal, Inc.: Waukesha, WI, 1948. 8 1/2" x 11", pp11. b/w window type elevations and detailed construction drawings on each page... more Price: $25.00 Bibliothèque Portative D'architecture élémentaire à l'usage des artistes: divisée en six parties - Premiere Partie, Contenant Les cinq Ordres d'Architecture de Vignole (Portable library of elementary architecture for artists' use: divided into six parts). [Architectural History]. Vignole (translated from the Italian to French). Chez Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour l'Artillerie: Paris, 1764. Octavo, pp. xvi, pp 72. 76 b/w plates. Marbled end papers. Text in French.. more Price: $1,250.00 View Gallery ...