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	Davidson, DRAWING FOR STONEMASONS. Ref: 7313 Published by Cassell. This is the 1st ediiton (1871) reprinted in 1896 with a partooially erased Teacher's Prize label for 1898 on the inside front cover.The Contents include: The Importance of Freehand Drawing; Linear Drawing (6 Chapters) on Mouldings, Bricks in relation to stone, Methods of Drawing a Window with Cornice, Pedestals and Semi-circular Arches, Recessed and Splayed Stone Arches; Staircases; Drawing from Solid Objects; Outline of the History of Gothic Architecture. Gilt lettering on spine which is rubbed as are the fore and top and bottom edges edge. The content is unaffected. 160 x 100 mm. 96 pp. +12 pp. of adverts. 31 foldout pages of b&w drawings. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £35.00


	Wm Cooper Ltd., THE GARDENERS' AND POULTRY KEEPERS' GUIDE AND ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE. Ref: 7239 Published by Wm Cooper Ltd. This is the late 19th century catalogue of a portable buildings manufacturer, timber, iron and glass importers, heating engineers, horticultural suppliers and furniture. The company claimed to have 500 houses in stock. Sections of the catalogue are: Consevatories and Greenhouses; Poultry Appliances and Incubators; Pigeon Cotes and Houses; Dog Kennels; Portable Wooden Buildings; Rustic Work; Heating Apparatus; Hoticultural Timber; Horticultural Manures; Iron Buoi;ldings (Home and Export); Church, Mission Hall, &c., Furniture; Horticulural Sundries; Billiard Tables (Portable and Reversible). 185 x 120 mm. 638 pp. 1064 b&w engravings and 16 b&w photographs. hb. Click imsge for further details. Price: £65.00


	Ellis A. Davidson, DRAWING FOR STONEMASOONS. Ref: 7401 Published by Cassell and Co., Ltd. This is the 1st ediiton (1871) reprinted in 1896 with a partially erased Teacher's Prize label for 1898 on the inside front cover.The Contents include: The Importance of Freehand Drawing; Linear Drawing (6 Chapters) on Mouldings, Bricks in relation to stone, Methods of Drawing a Window with Cornice, Pedestals and Semi-circular Arches, Recessed and Splayed Stone Arches; Staircases; Drawing from Solid Objects; Outline of the History of Gothic Architecture. Gilt lettering on spine which is rubbed as are the fore and top and bottom edges edge. The contents are unaffected. 160 x 100 mm. 96 pp. +12 pp. of adverts. 31 foldout pages of b&w drawings. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £30.00


	Ensor & Co., Ltd., CATALOGUE. Ref: 7228 Published by Ensor & Co. Ltd. This Burton-on-Trent manufacturers of sanitary pipes and fittings, red, buff and blue ridges and chimney pots. air bricks, firebricks, landdrains, fire backs, fireclay runners for steel furnaces, Lists all their products with a complete 948 price list. The is a slight warping of the front cover otherwise a good copy. 286 x 225 mm. 64 pp. Illustrated throughout mainly in colour. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £20.00


	J. A. Gotch, THE GROWTH OF THE ENGLISH HOUSE. Ref: 1009 Published by B. T. Batsford. Covers the development of the English house from Norman times through to the late 18thC. The book is well illustrated with plans, diagrams and photographs of decisive features. Boards bound in red cloth with gilt lettering and pictorial design to front cover and spine. Slight rubbing on spine otherwise good condition. 203 x 130 mm. viii + 336 pp. 214 b&w illustrations. Hardback. Click image to enlarge. Price: £16.00


	H. J. Jennings, OUR HOMES AND HOW TO BEAUTIFY THEM. Ref: 1007 Published by Harrison & Sons. Fourth edition. An informative guide to the history of interior design. INcludes numerous illustrations in the form of photographs, plates and etchings. Green cloth with Art Deco design in black ink and white lettering on both covers. Spine covered in cream paper with gilt lettering 245 x 185 mm. 254 pp. Hardback. Click image to enlarge Price: £10.00


	Charles F Mitchell, FORTY PLATES OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Ref: 0206 Published by Cassell. Produced iin 1893 for students in advanced courses at the City and Guilds Institute in London. The 40 plates are as follows: Brickwork and Masonry, 9 plates; Carpentry and Joinery, 20 plates; Plumbing, 5 plates; Constructional Ironwork, 5 plates; Small Town Residence with a complete set of working drawings, 2 plates. Very large size clear drawings. red binding stained and endpapers reinforced. The drawings are complete.1895 dedication on the title page. 500 x 320 mm 80 pp. Drawings oare plates prinmtwed on one side of the page only. hb. Click image for further details. Price: £40.00


	Ch. E. Peterson. ed., BUILDING EARLY AMERICA. Ref: 4102 Published by Astragal. A reference work in 20 chapters by a variety of distinguished experts on early carpentry and building methods, including a survey of building in England and a guide to the current methods of preservation 276 x 210 mnm. 424pp. 350 illustrations, mainly photographs. Paperback. Click image to enlarge Price: £20.00


	L. Weaver, SMALL COUNTRY HOUSES OF TODAY. Ref: 1006 Published by Country Life Ltd. First edition, second series.1919 A classic work from the Edwardian period and its domestic architecture, detailed examination of architectural styles,with models, at the turn of the century and of houses designed by men, steeped in the Arts and Crafts Movement. Copiously illustrated, mostly photos and many floor plans. Embossed green cloth boards,with slight rubbing and with faded endpapers. Gilt titles 285 x 205 mm. xv + 222 pp.300 b&w illustrations. Hardback. Click image to enlarge Price: £95.00

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