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Hornbostel, Caleb & Hornung, William J.
Materials and methods for contemporary construction
292pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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JAPAN CARPENTRY / ARCHITECTURE Ishii UsaburoI IzumiKojiroI.
Shinsen taishoÌ„ hinagata taizen. æ–°æ’°å¤§åŒ é››å½¢å¤§å…¨. New Selections of The Complete Master Craftsman / A New Edition of complete Patterns for Master Craftsmen.
Osaka.: Seikadō. Meiji 30. 1897. SIX VOLUMES COMPLETE full page and in-text black and white woodblock illustrations throughout each volume 8 1/2 x 6 inches decorative embossed paper wrappers with title labels double sheets with stab binding in modern cloth-covered case with clasps. Two labels glued to the front of each volume label to spine of case clean and bright throughout. Apparently the first edition of a treatise on architecture and carpentry based on an 1851 title but here containing information on Japanese traditional methods as well as on the European architecture carpentry and detailing that was being introduced into Meiji Japan. The images include detailed drawings and instructions for construction. An extraordinarily detailed compendium of East meets West architecture. . Seikadō. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 47165
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Jones Peter
Shelves Closets & Cabinets from A-Frames to Z-Outs
New York NY U.S.A.: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1977. Cover rubbed with edgewear. Pgs clean tight and unmarked. Spine and cover have gold gilt writing. Spine seems to have been cut. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 316956 ISBN : 0442241720 9780442241728
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Jones, Michael Owen
The Hand Made Object and Its Maker
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 261 pages. B&w photos. Front endpaper torn out.
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Judge, Arthur W.
The Handyman in the Home : Volume I
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, bump to top of spine and no bumping to corners. Clear bright gilt lettering to spines and no browning or foxing to pages or to slightly dusty page edges. 329pp. Volume I only.
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Judge, Arthur W.
The Handyman in the Home : Volume III
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. Very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and very minor bumping to lower corners. Clear bright gilt lettering to spines and no browning or foxing to pages or to slightly dusty page edges. 323pp. Volume III only.
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Marfleet, Peter
Carpentry for the homeowner
143pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Martensson, Alf
The book of furniture making
256pp. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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Mercer Henry C.
Ancient Carpenters' Tools Illustrated And Explained Together With The Implements Of The Lumberman Joiner And Cabinet - Maker In Use In The Eighteenth Century
Dover Publications. Very Good. 2000. Soft Cover. 0486409589 . 010104: Covers and pages are clean unmarked bright tightly bound and sharp cornered except for a crease in the corners of the front cover and pp. 119-122 are lightly wrinkled. "This Dover edition first published in 2000 is an unabridged unaltered republication of the fifth edition 1975 of the work originally published in 1929 by The Bucks County Historical Society Doylestown Pennsylvania. More than 250 illustrations depict these rare artifacts such as tools for cutting down trees; those for splitting and sawing logs; sleds wagons log grabs and lumber sticks for moving and measuring; clamps for holding and gripping; hand saws; chisels and mallets for shaping and fitting; instruments for sharpening tools; and much more ." Scarce Out Of Print Book.: 6.25 x 9.25 in.: 339 pages . Dover Publications paperback
Bookseller reference : 010104 ISBN : 0486409589 9780486409580
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Mesirow, Kip & Herman, Ron
The Care and Use of Japanese Woodworking Tools
95 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Mondin, Ch
Batiment . . . a l'usage des: ingénieurs, architectes, entrepreneurs, conducteurs, agents voyers, métreurs et commis de travaux
2 vols. Hardcover Very good condition, spines faded
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MURSELL J.
Windsor Chairmaking. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
8vo., First Edition, with numerous illustrations and diagrams throughout; original laminated boards, a near fine copy. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR ON TITLE
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Méras, Phyllis
A Yankee way with wood
255pp., illus. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
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National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship Committee.
National standards for carpentry apprenticeship; prepared and approved by the National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship Committee representing the Associated General Contractors of America Inc. and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in conformance with standards recommended by the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. 1954 Hardcover
2018. Hardcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 36. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back 1954. This book is Printed in black & white Hardcover sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Dust Cover Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. hardcover
Bookseller reference : 1111012487232
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National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship Committee.
National standards for carpentry apprenticeship; prepared and approved by the National Joint Carpentry Apprenticeship Committee representing the Associated General Contractors of America Inc. and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America in conformance with standards recommended by the Federal Committee on Apprenticeship. 1954
2018. Softcover. New. Lang: - eng Pages 36. Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back 1954. This book is Printed in black & white sewing binding for longer life with Matt laminated multi-Colour Soft Cover HARDCOVER EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE Printed on high quality Paper re-sized as per Current standards professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set then it is only single volume. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Any type of Customisation is possible. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. paperback
Bookseller reference : PB1111012487232
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NEWLANDS James
The Carpenter's and Joiner's Assistant: being a comprehensive Treatise on the Selection, Preparation and Strength of Materials, and the mechanical Principles of Framing. [Best Edition]. BRIGHT, CLEAN COPY IN PERIOD BINDING
Folio, Best Edition, with 100 engraved plates and many hundreds of wood-engraved illustrations in the text, neat contemporary signature on front free endpaper; attractively bound in black half calf, brown cloth sides, back with five raised bands tooled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered and ruled in gilt, red sprinkled edges, backstrip lightly scuffed at edges else a remarkably well-preserved, bright, crisp copy. Lovely copy of the best edition of this immensely detailed manual, first published in 1857. In this edition several of the plates have been improved by the introduction of new figures, and several new plates added. SCARCE IN THIS CONDITION.
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Nouvel, Jean (Hrsg.)
Das Internationale Design Jahrbuch 1995/96.
Mchn., Bangert (1995). 4°, 255(1) S., mit zahlr., meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
Bookseller reference : EEzz6962
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P. Hoffsummer (ed.);
Roof Frames from the 11th to the 19th Century. Typology and development in Northern France and in Belgium,
Turnhout, Brepols, 2010 Paperback, 376 p., 220 x 280 mm. ISBN 9782503529875.
Bookseller reference : 33568
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PAIN (William)
The Practical Builder; or workman's general assistant; shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building; as the use of the tramel for groins, angle brackets, niches, &c. semi-circular arches on flewing jambs, the preparing and making their soffits; rules of carpentry, to find the length and backing of hips strait or curved; trusses for roofs, domes, &c. Trussing of girders, sections of floors, &c. The proportion of the five orders in their general and particular parts: gluing of columns; stair-cases with their ramp and twist rails, fixing the carriages, newels, &c. Frontispieces, chimney-pieces, ceilings, cornices, architraves, &c. In the newest taste; with plans and elevations of gentleman's and farm-houses, barns, &c.
Fourth edition, revised and corrected by the author, 4to, [20]pp., signatures: [A]-K4, each leaf of letterpress has its own signature and many of the rectos are blank, 83 engraved plates, text and plates age toned, title page creased, fore-edge a little frayed and repaired with archival paper, some light water staining and foxing throughout, recent half calf in a period style, marbled boards, five raised bands, spine decorated in blind and gilt, red morocco title label. Bound in at the back is a folio sheet: A Catalogue of Modern Books on Architecture, &c. Theoretical, practical, and ornamental; which, with the best Ancient Authors, are constantly on sale at I. and J. Taylor's Architectural Library, no. 56, High Holborn, London. [London, s.n., 1788?]. folio, [2]pp., 57 items listed, inner margin repaired with archival paper with the loss of several words, ESTC no. T121354. Archer, 240.4; Harris, 643; ESTC returns a single copy located at the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin for this fourth revised edition.
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PAIN (William)
The Practical Builder; or workman's general assistant; shewing the most approved and easy methods for drawing and working the whole or separate part of any building, as The Use of the Tramel for Groins, Angle-Brackets, Niches, &c. Semi-Circular Arches on Flewing James, the preparing and making their Soffits. Rules of Carpentry; To find the Length and Backing of Hips, strait or curved; Trusses for Roofs, Domes, &c. - Trussing of Girders, Sections of Floors, &c. The Proportion of the Five Orders, in their general and particular Parts, Gluing of Columns, Stair-Cases with their ramp and twist Rails, fixing the Carriages, Newels, &c. Frontispieces, Chimney-Pieces, Ceilings, Cornices, Architraves, &c. in the newest Taste. With plans and elevations of gentlemans and farm-houses, yards, barns, &c. By William Pain, Architect and Joiner. Engraved on eighty-three plates.
First edition, 4to (270 x 215 mm), 5, [11]pp., with the final advert leaf, [20]pp., 83 engraved plates (the contents of which are well represented in the title), some light foxing throughout, some minor worming to upper blank margin of first few leaves, recent calf calf, red morocco label to spine. Archer, 240.1; Harris, 640.
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Pattou, Albert Brace & Vaughn, Clarence Lee
Furniture, Furniture Finishing, Decoration and Patching
551p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition good
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R. J. DeCristoforo
The New Handy Man's Carpentry Guide
The New Handy Man's Carpentry Guide. A Fawcett How to Book on Carpentry. Packed full of information for restoration work. Fawcett paperback
Bookseller reference : biblio49
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Readers Digest
Fix-It Yourself Manual
New York N. Y. U. S. A.: Readers Digest 1983. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good. No DJ Issued. A complete guide to home repairs includes small household appliances with schematics. 480 pages. <br/><br/> Readers Digest hardcover
Bookseller reference : 02414 ISBN : 0895770407 9780895770400
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Reed, Mortimer P.
RESIDENTIAL CARPENTRY.
698p. + Index. Illustrated with numerous photographs and drawings. 4to. Original full cloth binding. Original dust jacket, worn at extremities. Hardbound. ARCH BOX 2
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Reeves, David
Furniture : An Explanatory History
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with very tiny rub to front. 199pp. This book studies the style of furniture rather than minutiae, with changes in construction and design which followed from new techniques. With over 100 photographs and many line-drawings.
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Rose, Walter
The Village Carpenter
A clean, unmarked book with a tight bindin. Full brown cloth boards. 146 pages. Black and white photographs. "The reminiscences recorded in this book are nearly all those of our old carpentry business prior to my grandfather's death in the year 1893."
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ROY CARPENTRY
PHOTON ACTIVATION STUDIES OF FACTORS CONTROLLING THE MARINE GEOCHEMISTRY OF FLUORINE
LA JOLLA: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO 1968-05-12. Loose Leaf. Like New. NICE CONDITION PRONG-BOUND LOOSELEAF PLASTIC COVER DISSERTATION. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. NO WEAR TO COVER. A CLEAN AND SOLID BOOK LIKE NEW. LA JOLLA: UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO unknown
Bookseller reference : X-5107
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Rybczynski Witold
One Good Turn: a Natural History of the Screewdriver and the Screw
NY USA: Touchstone 2000 First Thus. Trade Paperback/Paper Wraps. VG Reading Wear. Illus. by B & W Drawings. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Touchstone paperback
Bookseller reference : 031803 ISBN : 0684867303 9780684867304
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Sanders, Peter
The Simple Annals: The History of an Essex and East End Family
History of the Sanders family from 17thC Essex to 20thC Bethnal Green. Illustrated. 230 pages. Index. Illustrated. Dedication from author on half-title page.
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Self, Charles
Joinery: Methods of Fastening Wood
213 pages. Index. Black and white illustrations. "Here is the complete, step-by-step illustrated information to help you make perfect joints every time." - from back cover. Book
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Sidey Ken ed
STANLEY SHELVES AND BOOKCASES
2002 . Sidey Ken ed. STANLEY SHELVES AND BOOKCASES. First edition. Des Moines: Meredith Books c2002. 120pp. index illus. photos. drawings. Sq. 4to. New paperbound copy. $12.95 unknown
Bookseller reference : 57197 ISBN : 0696213532 9780696213533
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Sims Perry
The Home Wine Cellar: A Complete Guide to Design and Construction
<p>Philadelphia: Running Press 2004 1st ed. 176pp. illus. hardback 4to: Fine in a Fine dj.</p> Philadelphia: Running Press hardcover
Bookseller reference : 19590 ISBN : 0762420847 9780762420841
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Sipek, Borek (Hrsg.)
Das Internationale Design Jahrbuch 1993/94.
Mchn., Bangert (1993). 4°, 256 S., mit 365, meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
Bookseller reference : EEzz6956
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Sunset Books
Furniture Finishing and Refinishing
79 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Sunset Books
Furniture You Can Make
95 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Sunset Books
How to Make Bookshelves & Cabinets
96 p., illus. Paperback Very good condition
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Sunset Editors
Basic Carpentry Illustrated
Menlo Park California U.S.A.: Sunset Pub Co 1984. Cover rubbed bumped and sunned. Pages clean slight browning and tight. Tenth Printing. Soft Cover. Good. 4to - over 9�" - 12" tall. Sunset Pub Co Paperback
Bookseller reference : 301745 ISBN : 0376010150 9780376010155
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The Editor
The Handy Man and Home Mechanic
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with unmarked very slightly rubbed faux leather boards and no bumping to corners. 671pp. How to make so many things. Crafts, skills, with timber, electrics, decorating, a rabbit hutch, repairing a lawn mower and so much more. Undated ca 1950s.
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The Editors
The Woodworker : Volume LIX : 1955
Pages well browned. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with dull lightly marked boards, sunned spine and slight bumping/rubbing to corners. 272pp.
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The Editors
The Woodworker : Volume LVII + LVIII (part) + LXII (part) : 1953, 1954, 1958
Pages slightly browned. No other marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A clean tight copy with dull lightly marked boards, sunned and rubbedspine and slight rubbing to corners. 240 + 140 + 20pp. January to December 1953, January to July 1954, August 1958.
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Time Life Books
Advanced Woodworking Home Repair and Improvement Updated Series
good. spiral bound hardcover. cover and corner wear. hardcover
Bookseller reference : B80317xxxN21602 ISBN : 0783539126 9780783539126
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TREDGOLD (Thomas)
Elementary Principles of Carpentry; a Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Beams and Timber Frames; the Resistance of Timber; and the Construction of Floors, Roofs, Centres, Bridges, &c. with Practical Rules and Examples. To which is added an Essay on the Nature an Properties of Timber, including the methods of Seasoning, and the causes and Prevention of Decay, with Descriptions of the kinds of Wood used in Building. Also numerous tables of the scantlings of Timber for different purposes, the specific gravitates of materials &c.
First Edition, 4to, xx,250,[2]pp., without half-title, 22 engraved plates (3 double-page), some light spotting to text and plates, orig. cloth, a little faded. The rare first edition of a work that was continually reprinted and updated throughout the 19th and well into the 20th centuries.
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Tredgold, Thomas.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY.
Full Title: "ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Centres, Bridges, Roofs; Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, etc. To Which is Added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber. 4th Edition, Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With an Appendix Containing Specimens of Various Ancient and Modern Roofs, by Peter Barlow." pp. xxiv, 333 + Fifty-three (53) engraved plates [as called for], some folding. Old age stain. Partially unopened. Small folio. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was an important English architect and engineer. In 1813 he joined William Atkinson, architect to the ordnance in London, and in 1823 went into private practice as a civil engineer. These 'Elementary Principles of Carpentry' were first published in 1820. He also wrote 'Strength of Cast Iron' (1821), and 'The Steam Engine' (1827). Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150 / DC
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Van Gaasbeek, Richard M.
Wooden Boat and Shipbuilding: The Fundamental Principles and Practical Methods Described in Detail
238 pages. Index. Extensively illustrated with black and white photos and diagrams. Charts and tables. A wartime text "especially written for carpenters and other woodworkers who desire to engage in boat or ship building, and as a textbook for schools." - subtitle. Amazingly, a prior owner has neatly handwritten over twenty pages of pertinent notes on and near front and back endpaper! Some additional markings to contents. Binding intact. Somewhat above-average external wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
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War Departement
Technical Manual Carpentry; TM 5-226 T0 00-25-102
<p>9" x 6" 269 pages. Cover soiled and stained interior and spine have not been compromised. Clean text. Everything one needs to know about carpentry. Our book number 13016.</p> Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office paperback
Bookseller reference : 13016
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Waugh Herbert R. & Nelson Burbank
Handbook of Building Terms and Definitions
New York: Simmons-Boardman 1954. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good /Very good. 421-page reference book with numerous illustrations. Blue book is clean and straight and has light rubbing on board edges. Bright blue and red dust jacket with $5 price on flap has few small tears rubs and creases. <br/><br/> Simmons-Boardman hardcover
Bookseller reference : 16958
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Zea Philip; Dunlap Donald
The Dunlap Cabinetmakers: A Tradition in Craftsmanship
Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania U.S.A.: Stackpole Books 1994. Very Good Hardback Dust Jacket Very Good Color Photos Black and White Photos and Illustrations . First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Nelson John Measured Drawings. Stackpole Books Hardcover
Bookseller reference : 071109-MT439 ISBN : 0811709906 9780811709903
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