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
Rare and modern books
Newlands James
Blackie,
1880
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
Rare and modern books
Newlands James
Blackie,
1880
304.75 €
(Devon,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1880
- Author
- Newlands James
- Publishers
- Blackie
- Keyword
- architecture, carpentry, joinery, james newlands, james newlands, fine art, architecture, the, carpenter's, joiner's, assistant, being, comprehensive, treatise, the, selection, preparation, strength, materials, the, mechanical
- Languages
- English
Description
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.
