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Treehouse Chronicles: One Man's Dream of Life Aloft


Lewis, S. Peter

Hardcover. US, TMC Books, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 131 pages, illustrated throughout in color. SIGNED BY AUTHORS on title page. Light edgewear to dust jacket, else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 460732


Price: $25.00 

Light Construction Techniques: from foundation to finish by: Ball, John E.
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Light Construction Techniques: from foundation to finish by: Ball, John E.

Hardcover. Reston, Reston, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 402 pages. Boards. Illustrated with black & white photographs and line drawings. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Record # 510827
Price: $12.00 

 

America's Valley Forges and Valley Furnaces


Pool, J. Lawrence

Hardcover. Dalton, Mass, The Studley Press Inc., 1st, 1982, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Ed. Angeline J. Pool. 211 pages. Red cloth cover with gold lettering. Spine cocked. Light wear to dust jacket. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front end paper.

Record # 804541


Price: $22.00 

 

House-Drainage and Sanitary Plumbing


Gerhard, Wm. Paul

Hardcover. New York, Van Nostrand Co., 9th Ed., 1900, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 231 pages plus 36 pages of ads. Illustrated with b&w drawings, some fold-out. Clean, tight pocket-size volume.

Record # 403609


Price: $20.00 

ASTM Standards on Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings (With Related Information) by: N/A
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ASTM Standards on Hot-Dip Galvanized Coatings (With Related Information) by: N/A

Softcover. Philadelphia PA, American Society for Testing and Materials, 1962, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover. 128 pages. Brown covers with sunned spine. Light soiling to covers. Record # 504018
Price: $12.00 

 

Handbook of Reinforced Concrete Building Design


Lord, Arthur R.

Softcover. Detroit, Portland Cement Association, Reprint, 1928, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 262 pages. Flexi-cloth cover. Illustrated with black & white charts, graphs, tables. Includes chart and tables in rear pocket. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 612670


Price: $19.00 

 

Theory and Practice of Reinforced Concrete. Fourth Edition


Dunham, Clarence W.

NY, McGraw-Hill, 4th ed., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Good, Black & white illust. 629 pages. Dust jacket with edgewear.

Record # 66766


Price: $35.00 

 

American Concrete Institute 55 - Year Index 1905-1959


Wiedyke (Eds), Robert G. and Mary K. Hurd

Hardcover. Detroit MI, American Concrete Institute, 1960, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 364 pages. Previous owner's stamping to endpapers. Some foxing to endpapers. Soiling to covers.

Record # 503860


Price: $15.00 

 

Design & Construction of Stables, The


Smith, Peter C.

Hardcover. London, J.A. Allen , Reprint, 1973, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 98 pages. Illustrated with black & white diagrams. Book has slight warp. Standard wear to covers.

Record # 603709


Price: $18.00 

 

J. Russell and Co., Catalog 37


Catalog

Hardcover. Holyoke, MA, J.Russell, 1st, 1937, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 576 pages of hardware, factory supplies, automotive merchandise, nuts & bolts, etc.

Record # 56039


Price: $40.00 

Boatwright's Companion, The: Repairs Below the WaterlineTaube, Allen
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Boatwright's Companion, The: Repairs Below the Waterline


Taube, Allen

Softcover. Camden, Maine, International Marine Pub Co, 2nd, 1986, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 170 pages. Softcover with minor wear to wrapper edges. Sun fading to spine and front wrapper. Fold across top right corner of front wrapper. Some foxing to text block edges. Otherwise clean copy. Black and white illustrations throughout

Record # 470987


Price: $19.00 

 

Selected Reference on Water Purification


McGauhey, P.H. and others

Taiwan, National Taiwan University, reprint, n.d., Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of writings on all aspects of water purification. Articles appear to have been lifted from various journals and reprinted in this pirated edition. Unpaginated but appears to be 200 plus pages, b&w photos, drawings. Previous owner's stamp and signature.

Record # 601158


Price: $15.00 

 

Low Dams: A Manual of Design for All Small Water Storage Projects


Water Resources Committee

Softcover. Washington, DC, National Resources Committee, 1st, 1938, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages. B&W illustrations, fold out charts, and maps. Black cover with gilt title to spine. Previous owner stamp on front flyleaf. Overall, a clean, tight copy.

Record # 850604


Price: $30.00 

 

Kitchen Makeovers for Any Budget: Layout, Design, Build (BONUS DVD)


Gleason, Chris

Softcover. Cincinnati, OH, Betterway Home, Reprint, 2010, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 143 pages. Softcover. BONUS DVD INCLUDED. WRAPPER VERY GOOD, PAGES CLEAN AND UNMARKED. BINDING TIGHT. IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.

Record # 31950


Price: $13.00 

 

Plywoods: Their Development, Manufacture and Application


Wood, Andrew Dick and Thomas Gray Linn

Hardcover. Brooklyn NY, Chemical Publishing Company, 1st, 1943, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 373 pages, b&w illustrations. Blue cloth covers, clean and bright copy.

Record # 404685


Price: $15.00 

 

Automatic Screw Machines and Their Tools


Goodrich, C. L. and F. A. Stanley

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1909, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 255 pages. Maroon covers with gold lettering. Part of the Machine Shop Library series.

Record # 508563


Price: $25.00 

 

Slate Roofs


Quarry Slate Industries, Inc.

Softcover. Poultney, Quarry Slate Industries, Inc., Reprint, Circa 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 83 pages. Softcover. Reprint of catalog circa 1926. Black & white illustrations throughout. Spine faded. Clean unmarked text.

Record # 750023


Price: $38.00 

 

Instruments of Change - New Hampshire hand tools and their makers, 1800-1900


Garvin, James L. & Donna-Belle

Paperback. Canaan NH, New Hampshire Historical Soc., 1st wraps, 1985, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, An exhibition catalog illustrated with photos of old tools & the marks of their makers. 114 gs, Ltd to 1500 copies.

Record # 105679


Price: $63.00 

 

Concrete Construction: Methods and Cost


Gillette, Halbert P. and Charles S. Hill

Hardcover. New York, Myron C. Clark, 1908, Book: Fair, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 690 pages plus ads in rear. Previous owner's signature front end paper. Both hinges cracked. Top of spine missing. Darkened spine. Wear to corners and spine. Marking to back cover.

Record # 503862


Price: $41.00 

 

Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures


Cowan, Henry J.

Hardcover. Englewood, Prentice Hall, 1st, 1982, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 286 pages. Illustrated with black & white photographs, line drawings, and charts. Light foxing to endpappers. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608383


Price: $15.00 

 

Chronicle of Early American Industries Association, The (2 Vols.)


Early American Tools

Hardcover. S.Burlington, VT, E.A.I.A., 1st thus, 1976, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Vol I: Contains vols. 1-11. A reprint of the 1st 25 years 1933-1956. Vol 2: Contains Vols 12-26 1959-1973. Thousands of black & white illust. photos on early tools and implements used in building..Large books - shipping extra.

Record # 57476


Price: $190.00 

 

Sloop: Restoring My Family's Wooden Sailboat: An Adventure in Old-Fashioned Values


Robb, Daniel

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st, 2008, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 336 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Very clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. Large scratch to dust jacket front, likely by something sharp, but didn't break through. Otherwise tight copy. Black and white images and maps throughout.

Record # 471144


Price: $19.00 

 

Thai Fluorspar Survey - October 1970


N/A

Manila, Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co., 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A first-hand survey of iron ore mining operations in Thailand during 1970. Many b&w photos, fold-out maps and diagrams. Thai Export Bulletin(color brochure) in rear.

Record # 601573


Price: $15.00 

 

Fine Furniture for the Amateur Cabinetmaker


Marlow, A. W.

Hardcover. New York, Bonanza Books, reprint, 1955, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 200 pages. Black cloth covers, maroon cloth binding with gilt titles to spine, dust jacket with simple illustration, book includes detailed instructions on 14 furniture projects, with 435 b&w plates throughout. Mild rubbing and edgewear to dust jacket, with small half-inch strip missing from bottom right corner of front panel, otherwise dust jacket in neat condition, clean covers, pages crisp and unmarked; overall, a neat, tight copy.

Record # 850852


Price: $20.00 

Homes, And How To Make Them or Hints on Locating and Building a House by: Gardener, E. C.

Homes, And How To Make Them or Hints on Locating and Building a House by: Gardener, E. C.

Hardcover. Boston MA, James R. Osgood and Co. , 1st, 1874, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 314 pages, hard cover. Cloth cover and spine are faded but in otherwise very good condition. Interior binding shows some wear and tear typical of a binding from 1874, though importantly the interior pages are in very good condition and all text is legible. These letters between the architect and his friends are composed of hints and suggestions relating to the building of homes. Their aim is to give practical information to those about to build, and to strengthen the growing demand for better and truer work. Clean copy. Record # 33618
Price: $50.00 

 

Proprietary Capitalism: The Textile Manufacture at Philadelphia, 1800-1885


Scranton, Philip

Softcover. Philadelphia, July 1987, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 431 pages, b&w photographs. Light edge wear, rubbing to wrappers. Else a clean, tight copy.

Record # 451575


Price: $30.00 

Woodsmith - Bookcases, Shelves & Cabinets by: NA
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Woodsmith - Bookcases, Shelves & Cabinets by: NA

Hardcover. Alexandria, Time-Life, 3rd, 1999, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 127 pages. Boards. Illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Clean, tight copy. Record # 510294
Price: $12.00 

 

Sheetrock & Shellac - A Thinking Person's Guide to the Art and Science of Home Improvement


Owen, David

Hardcover. New York, Simon & Schuster, 1st Edition, 2006, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 303 pages. Hardcover. Dust jacket with only minor wear. Illustrated with architectural line drawings in b/w. Clean, unmarked copy.

Record # 750235


Price: $15.00 

 

Electrical Repair and Maintainence Textbooks (13 vols)


N/A

Hardcover. Scranton PA, International Textbook Co., Unknown , 1930's, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Example titles: D.C. Armature and Field Coil Repair, Transformers, D.C. Motors and Generators, Storage Batteries, Alternators and A.C. Motors, 8 others, each 48-64 pages, black fabric covers, excellent condition

Record # 175564


Price: $40.00 

 

Petroleum Mining and Oil-Field Development: A Guide to the Exploration of Petroleum Lands, and a Study of the Engineering Problems connected with the Winning of Petroleum


Thompson, A. Beeby

Hardcover. London , Crosby Lockwood, 1st, 1910, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on back of frontispiece page. 362 pages plus 14 pages of advertisements in rear of book. Gilt edges. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Some rubbing to covers. Foxing to half-title page and pages at rear of book.

Record # 503992


Price: $77.00 

 

Wood Engineering and Construction Handbook - Second Edition


Faherty, Keith F./Thomas G. Williamson

Hardcover. New York, McGraw Hill, 2nd, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 12 chapters - non paginated. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608391


Price: $30.00 

 

Woodsmith (44 issues)


N/A

Paperback. Des Moines, IA, Woodsmith Pub., 1st paperbacks, 1982-1993, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, A collection of Woodsmith - Notes From the Shop. 44 separate issues or booklets, each cover highlighting a special project. All in paper wraps, usually 24-32 pages with photos, Illustrations.

Record # 61612


Price: $120.00 

 

Gypsum Construction Handbook with Product and Construction Standards


N/A

Softcover. Chicago IL, United States Gypsum Company, 1st, 1980, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Paperback. 472 pages. Contains numerous black & white illustrations and photographs of use of gypsum. Rubbing, edgewear, chipping to covers.

Record # 503465


Price: $20.00 

 

Study and Proposal for the TAPPAT TANK (Tactical P.O.L. and Potable Water Tank) for use in the Theater of Operations


N/A

Hardcover. Manila, Atlantic Gulf & Pacific Co., 1967, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Unpaginated. 8 pages of typewritten text, 20 blueprints, charts and drawings (many fold-out), 10 b&w glossy 8X10 photographs laid-in. Bound in hardcovers.

Record # 601599


Price: $15.00 

 

Malleable Iron Castings


Malleable Founders Society

Hardcover. Ann Arbor, MI, Ann Arbor Press, 1st, 1960, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, 526 pages. Red cloth covers with gilt lettering and decoration. Black-and-white illustrations throughout. A little soiling of covers. Some creasing down spine. Minor edge wear on corners of cover. Light foxing on top edge. Good, unmarked copy.

Record # 856368


Price: $15.00 

Audels Masons and Builders Guide #3 by: Graham, Frank D.Emery, Thomas J.
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Audels Masons and Builders Guide #3 by: Graham, Frank D.Emery, Thomas J.Audels Masons and Builders Guide #3 by: Graham, Frank D.Emery, Thomas J.

Audels Masons and Builders Guide #3 by: Graham, Frank D. Emery, Thomas J.

Hardcover. NY, Theo. Audel & Co., reprint, 1951, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 259 pages, hardcover. Pagination begins on 513, and ends with 772. Covers are clean and bright, as are interior pages. Binding is solid. Red-dyed page edges. This book is a practical illustrated trade assistant on modern construction for bricklayers, stone masons, cement workers, plasterers and tile setters. "By hammer and hand all things do stand." Clean copy. Record # 33770
Price: $12.00 

 

Tudor and Jacobean Country House, The : A Building History


Airs, Malcolm

Hardcover. Bramley Books, reprint, 1998, Book: Near Fine, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 240 pages. Like new copy in price-clipped dust jacket.

Record # 454132


Price: $15.00 

Complete Plumbing by: NA
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Complete Plumbing by: NA

Softcover. Des Moines, Meredith , 1st, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 240 pages. Paperback. Illustrated with color photographs and diagrams. Clean, tight copy. Record # 510373
Price: $12.00 

Manual of Moment Design by: Singleton, Jack
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Manual of Moment Design by: Singleton, Jack

Hardcover. Topeka, Kansas, H. M. Ives & Sons, 1st, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 146 pages, b&w photos and diagrams, previous owner's inscription, small amount of pencil underlining, very clean, tight copy. Record # 801076
Price: $12.00 

 

Master Pieces - Making Furniture from Paintings


Ball, Richard and Peter Campbell

Dorset, Blandford Press, 1st U.K., 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good , 144 pages, color, B&W illustrations. 20 original design and instructions for building furniture that appears in famous paintings.

Record # 303661


Price: $20.00 

Practical Ship Production by: Carmichael, A. W.
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Practical Ship Production by: Carmichael, A. W.

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 2nd, 1941, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 283 pages. Previous owner's bookplate and stamping on endpapers. Some soiling to covers. Record # 503993
Price: $12.00 

 

Structural Brickwork


Hendry, Arnold W.

Hardcover. New York, Halsted, 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 209 pages. Black & white illustrations. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 608857


Price: $18.00 

 

Small Space Design - Remodeling Apartments for Multiple Uses


Shafer, Paul and Jean Weiner

NY, Van Nostrand, 1st , 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated with plans for early American children's furniture. 192 pages. Light soil to rear panel of dust jacket.

Record # 66443


Price: $19.00 

 

Marine Structures: Their Deterioration and Preservation: Report of the Committee on Marine Piling Investigations of the Division of Engineering and Industrial Research of the National Research Council


Atwood, William G. and A. A. Jo

Hardcover. Washington DC, National Research Council, 1924, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 534 pages. Previous owner's inscription front end paper. Contains numerous fold-out maps. Foxing to endpapers and some interior pages. Heavy soiling to covers.

Record # 503765


Price: $13.00 

 

New Kayak Shop, The - More Elegant Wooden Kayaks Anyone Can Build


Kulczycki, Chris

Softcover. Camden ME, Ragged Mountain Press, 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover, 194 pages, b&w photos.

Record # 602883


Price: $13.00 

 

Canoes and Kayaks for the Backyard Builder


Snaith, Skip

Softcover. Camden, Maine, International Marine Pub. Co., Reprint, 1989, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 186 pages. Softcover. A very clean, unmarked copy. Black and white photographs throughout.

Record # 2230370


Price: $15.00 

Tool Steel Simplified: A Handbook of Modern Practice for the Man Who Makes Tools by: Palmer, Frank R.

Tool Steel Simplified: A Handbook of Modern Practice for the Man Who Makes Tools by: Palmer, Frank R.

Hardcover. Reading, PA, The Carpenter Steel Company, 10th Print, 1942, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 316 pages, hardcover. Covers are in very good condition despite a few white stains. Interior pages are clean and bright. Binding is solid. Contains B&W photography and illustrations throughout, including a few in full color. This book is written so that the ordinary person can understand the use, tempering, and selection of various types of metals that might be used in tool making and knife-making. Includes tables and index at the end. Clean copy. Record # 33905
Price: $18.00 

BambooAustin, Robert
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Bamboo


Austin, Robert

Hardcover. Weatherhill, reprint, 1970, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, 215 pages, illustrated throughout in b&w. Light shelf-wear to dust jacket. Clean, tight copy.

Record # 459933


Price: $25.00 

Reinforced Concrete Structures by: Wynne, George B.
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Reinforced Concrete Structures by: Wynne, George B.

Hardcover. Reston, Reston Publishing Co., 1st, 1981, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 448 pages. Boards. Some pages with sparce highlighting. Otherwise clean, tight copy. Record # 510412
Price: $12.00 

 

Applied Structural Design of Buildings


McKaig, Thomas

Hardcover. New York , McGraw Hill, 3rd, Dust Jacket: Good, 499 pages. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front fly leaf. Includes tables and charts. Dust jacket edges worn and frayed otherwise clean.

Record # 802832


Price: $16.00 

 

Perforated Metals - Sheet and Light Structural Iron Work


N/A

Softcover. Carbondale PA, Hendrick Manufacturing Company, 1st, 1918, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 128 pages, illustrated in b&w. A trade catalog featuring all kinds of iron screens, plates, buckets, hoppers and other paraphernalia used in industrial manufacturing. Nice, clean copy.

Record # 403171


Price: $30.00 

 

Manual of Underground Surveying, A


Trumbull, Loyal Wingate

Hardcover. New York, Hill Publishing Co, 1908, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 251 pages. Previous owner's signature and bookseller's label on front end paper. Light foxing to some pages. Binding loose. Spine faded. Light soiling to covers. Wear to top of spine.

Record # 504016


Price: $26.00 

 

Crane Company - Valves and Fittings for All Pressures and Purposes - Catalogue No. 51 - June, 1926 (Reprinted August, 1926)


Crane Company

Hardcover. Chicago, Crane Company, Reprint, 1926, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 724 pages. Black & white illustrations. Previous owners name at top of front cover, at top of spine, and at top of front endpaper. Cloth covers show standard wear, with some small areas of darkening. Clean, unmarked text.

Record # 609457


Price: $18.00 

 

Nursery Furniture - 21 Early American Projects


Nelson, John A.

NY, Van Nostrand, 1st, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Illustrated with plans for early American children's furniture. 192 plages. Light soil to rear panel of dust jacket.

Record # 66508


Price: $19.00 

 

American Hydroelectric Practice: A Compilation of Useful Data and Information on the Design, Construction and Operation of Hydroelectric Systems from the Penstocks to Distribution Lines


Taylor, William T. and Daniel H. Braymer

Hardcover. New York, McGraw-Hill, 1st, 1917, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover. 439 pages. Contains numerous diagrams. Front hinge cracked at title-page. Previous owner's stamps on endpapers. Soiling, rubbing to covers. Edgewear. Chipping to spine. Darkened spine.

Record # 503798


Price: $205.00 

 

Building Contracts for Design and Construction


Hauf, Harold D.

Hardcover. NY, John Wiley and Sons, 2nd, 1968, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Hardcover, 342 pages, red cloth covers with light soil.

Record # 603001


Price: $15.00 

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