Asheville, NC: Lark Books, 1998. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 160, indexed, illustrated with color photographs. Stonescaping is one of the few simple pastimes in our high-tech, high-speed world that allows us to reconnect with our natural surroundings. Dry-stacked and dry-laid stonework requires no mortar. You won't..... More
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008. First edition. Decorated Boards. Small quarto, pp. xvi, 236, indexed, illustrated with b/w and color photographs. Press release for the book's publication laid in. An estimated 76 million American Baby Boomers are approaching retirement age. This population is looking for creative solutions..... More
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1904. Fifth edition, enlarged. Decorated Cloth on Boards, brown. Small quarto, pp. viii, 218 w/ 8 page publisher's catalogue bound in. Illustrated with 52 b/w lithographic plates, comprising about 400 diagrams. Signed by a previous owner in 1911. This work was compiled as a means..... More
New York: Old House Journal, 1985. Special Issue. Staplebound Wraps with 3-Ring Holes Punched. Quarto, pp. 32, illustrated with b/w photographs and period advertisements and real estate listings. A special issue from Old House Journal devoted to bungalows: restoration, maintenance, proper materials, and more. Articles include a first-person account of..... More
London: Caxton Publishing Co. Ltd., 1951. Reprint of 1931 edition. Red Cloth over Boards with Gilt Lettering on Spine. Octavo, Vol. 1 pp. 212, Vol. 2 pp. 214, Vol. 3 pp. 244. Indexed, illustrated with b/w drawings and photos, and photographic color frontispieces. A thorough compendium of techniques and details..... More
London: George Virtur, nd (circa 1844). Enlarged and improved edition. Leather Bound with new cloth spine. Quarto, pp 122 and pp 8 on measuring. Illustrated throughout with b/w construction drawings. Peter Nicholson (1765-1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker, but..... More
Newtown, CT: Taunton Press, 1992. Second Printing. Paperback Original. Quarto, pp. 151, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Here is the definitive survey of woodworking joints for builders and craftsmen. More than 450 variations on 66 basic joints are explained. You'll learn when and where to use each joint..... More
New York: Atlas Portland Cement Company, 1909. Revised. Staplebound Wraps with cloth back strip. Octavo, pp. 168, illustrated with b/w photos & drawings. This publication endeavors to point out, in language free of technical terms, some of the uses for which concrete is well adapted. Chapters on mixing and handling..... More
New York: Palliser, Palliser & Co., 1880/1883. Third edition, revised and greatly enlarged. Cloth over Boards. 12 mo, pp. viii, 98. Illustrated with nearly 100 woodcuts. 4 pages of trade advertisements at the back. A very early and scarce Hodgson title, one which shows the full functionality of the carpenter's..... More
New York: Daniel Burgess & Co., 1853. First edition. Full Leather. Quarto, pp. 136, plus 44 plates (1 missing, #43). Signed by two previous owners in pencil inside front cover, in 1853 and 1890. The object of this work is to furnish house carpenters with the practical directions necessary to..... More
Chicago, IL: Foster-Munger Co., August, 1897. Original edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small octavo, pp. 29, illustrated with b/w drawings. Stock in cypress, and white and yellow pine. Mouldings, doors, porch posts, newels, spindles, balusters, porch rail, gable ornaments, brackets, gutters, shingles, hardware, paints, grilles, mantels, and more. An attractive catalog in..... More
Boston: Bates &Guild, 1914. First edition, later printing (Eighth Thousand). Cloth over Boards, Gilt Lettering. Quarto, pp. 4, plus 33 plates. Written by a professor of architecture at Cornell, it was created to present to his students as part of his course on architectural construction. A nice book: most plates..... More
London and Glasgow: William Collins, Sons, & Co., 1877. First edition. Original Embossed Cloth Over Boards. Quarto, 59 plates. Signed in ink by a previous owner in 1883 on the title page. Some neat notations in pencil by the same owner on some plates. We've had the text volume before..... More
Scranton, PA: International Textbook Co., 1924. First edition. Original Cloth. Octavo, pp. viii, approx. 450 w/many drawings & illustrations throughout, including some in color. As with all of the International Library of Technology trades-related titles, good solid professional text, well illustrated and aimed at the tradesman of the early twentieth..... More
