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: Alphons Custodis Chimney Construction Co., 1924. First edition. Staplebound Wraps. Small quarto, pp. 92, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This book was published to furnish engineers and architects with the data essential to their study of design and size for general chimney requirements. Views and designs are..... 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
Amsterdam, NY: Mohawk Carpet Mills, January 1948. Third Printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 176, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Six pages in color on the topic of color harmony. This manual was published primarily as a textbook for use in the Mohawk Educational Clinic, to serve as..... 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
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
London: Victor Gollancz, 1997. First edition. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with b/w line drawings and photographs. This book looks inside the buildings and shows how and why they were originally planned and how they have evolved, often from very simple structures. It reveals in the..... More
