"This no-nonsense book deals with on-the-job residential carpentry. Step-by-step it describes essential methods in single family construction and concentrates on getting a quality job at lowest cost." 373 pages with index. DJ is Good with wear and tearing to corners and edges, scuffing to cover faces, stains to back of jacket. Cover corners are bumped, edges rubbed, spine ends bent. Foxing spots to page edges. Interior tight and clean. View More...
Handy guide to help amateurs find gold in the western United States by panning or creating a simple sluice box. 70 pp. Yellow paper covers. Cover edges and corners are rubbed, covers are quite dirty, some soiling spots on back, spine is creased, spine ends are bumped and rubbed. Cocked spine. Interior is clean, no marks. Book in VG- condition. View More...
Images of kewpie drawings by Rose O'Neill, as well as descriptions and wholesale prices of character dressed kewpies from a 1917 catalog. 43 pp. Tan paper covers with rubbing and chipping to corners and edges, dirt smudges, small tear to bottom front cover near spine, miscolored/darkened square on front and back cover faces. Interior clean. Book in Good condition. View More...
Step-by-Step Instructions for 12 Traditional Patterns. 31 pp. Stiff paper covers with light wear to corners and edges. Interior tight and clean. Book NF. View More...
"There are houses and houses. Comfort and cleanliness are not indigenous to any special soil. They are, rather, like growth in grace -- the outcome of struggle, of conflict and of eternal patience." Early description of how to properly keep your house. 209 pp. Blue decorative covers in Fair condition with cover faces rubbed/faded, corners and edges rubbed to boards, joints partially exposed, tears to spine, spine ends are bent and fraying. Spots on top page edge. Broken front hinge. Interior is clean. Book in Good condition. Scarce. View More...
"For many years the need of a further book on the subject of figure drawing has been apparent to me. I have waited for such a book to appear which could be recommended to the many young artists with whom I have come in contact. Finally, I have come to the realization that such a book, regardless of one's ability as an author, could be written only by a man actually in the field of commercial art, who in his experience has met and countered with the actual problems that must be clarified." 204 pp. Blue cloth cover with drawn image of nude woman on front in yellow, title lettering in yel... View More...
How You Can Have Modern Fixtures and Plumbing in Your New or Modernized City or Country Home - At Half Cost. With Explanation, Selections, Planning, Installation, Plumbing Repairs and Maintenance. Savings Provided Exclusively by Montgomery Ward. Catalogue #20999. 72 pp. Fully illustrated repair guide and catalogue. No publication date. Light wear to corners and edges, rubbing to spine ends. Interior clean, no marks. Catalogue in VG condition. View More...
With 336 Engravings. Contents include: Tables and Sideboards; English Pottery and Porcelain; Chairs and Sofas; Antique Glassware; Chests and Cupboards; Brass and Copper Utensils; Old-Fashioned Bedsteads; Lustre Ware; Old-Fashioned Timepieces; Desks and Secretaries; Old Pewter; Bureaus; and Cottage Ornaments. 329 pages with index. Blue cloth covers. Missing DJ. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed, browning along edges, fading to front cover title bar, white marks on back cover. Spine is discolored from sun exposure, fading to title, rubbing to joints, spine ends are bent and fraying. ... View More...
Reprinted from BIOS: Vol. XV, No. 1. Pages 15-19. Illustrations for construction of a blue bird box and wren house. Red stiff paper covers. Rubbing to cover edges and spine, some darkening to edges. Interior is tight and clean. Pamphlet in VG condition. View More...
With 112 illustrations. 183 pages with index. Orange cloth covers with faded gilt lettering on spine. Covers in Fair condition with bumped and rubbed corners and edges. Sun exposure on spine and covers have caused fading. Dirt smudges and black stain along spine and covers are dirty. Black top page edge, long page edge untrimmed. Endpapers are a graph depicting the chief known American cabinet makers and the years they worked. Endpapers are browning and stained along spine edges. Interior is tight, but has foxing throughout. Book in Good- condition. View More...
Entirely revised, re-written, and enlarged under the editorship of M. Jourdain and Alice Dryden. With 266 illustrations. 536 pages with index. Green cloth covers with white lace inlay on front cover and gilt lettering on front and spine. Cover corners and edges are bumped and rubbed to boards, joints rubbed, scuffing to cover faces. Spine is creased, stained, faded from sun exposure, spine ends are missing. Ex. library marks include: identification numbers to bottom spine, library bookplate on front inside cover, embossed stamp and numbers on preface page, embossed stamp on various interior pa... View More...
208 pp. Chandler's Price Guide (27 pp.) is at conclusion of book, as well as a separate pamphlet included with the text. Paper cover with wear to edges, corners and spine. Interior is tight, clean. Bookstore sticker on title page of book, and on copyright page of pamphlet. Both in VG+ condition. View More...
History, style and identification. More than 100 illustrations. 174 pages with index. DJ is Good with wear and creasing to edges and corners, wear to cover faces, tears along joints and spine ends. Cover corners and edges rubbed, spine ends are rubbed and worn. Cocked spine. Remainder spray on bottom edge. Interior clean. Book in VG- condition. View More...
