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The carpenter and joiner's assistant : being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing : also a course of instruction in practical geometry, geometrical lines, drawing, projection, and perspective, and and illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building / by James Newlands
by Newlands, James (1813-1871). Beever, W. A. [etcher]. Joass, W. C. [illustrator]. Le Keux, John Henry (1812-1896) [etcher]. Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879) [etcher]. Marquis, W. [illustrator]. Mayer, David (active 1860) [illustrator]. Orridge, A. F. [illu
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Glasgow : Blackie and Son, 1860. First Edition. Hardcover. Worn copy bound in quarter leather over buckram boards with a gilt title to the spine. Some slight wear and tear as with age. Remains well preserved overall; bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Includes previous owner's inscription. Physical description; 291 p., CXI [i.e. CXV] leaves of plates : ill., plans ; 35 cm. Notes; ""An extensive series of plates and many hundred engravings on wood."" Includes index. Subjects; Carpentry. Joinery. Geometrical drawing. Framing (Building). Carpentry. Geometry and geometrical drawing. Joinery. Genres; Engraved title pages - Scotland - 1860. Engraved title pages - Scotland - 1869. Etchings - Scotland - 1860. Etchings - Scotland - 1869. Illustrated. Library bindings - England - 1894. Library bindings - England - 1934. Library bindings - England - 1974. Marbled papers - England - 1894. Steel engravings - Scotland - 1860. Steel engravings - Scotland - 1869. Treatises - Scotland - 1860. Wood engravings - Scotland - 1860. Wood engravings - Scotland - 1869.
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- The carpenter and joiner's assistant : being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation, and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing with their application in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing : also a course of instruction in practical geometry, geometrical lines, drawing, projection, and perspective, and and illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building / by James Newlands
- Author
- Newlands, James (1813-1871). Beever, W. A. [etcher]. Joass, W. C. [illustrator]. Le Keux, John Henry (1812-1896) [etcher]. Lowry, Joseph Wilson (1803-1879) [etcher]. Marquis, W. [illustrator]. Mayer, David (active 1860) [illustrator]. Orridge, A. F. [illu
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Glasgow : Blackie and Son
- Date Published
- 1860
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