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London: Miles Henslow. No publication date [circa mid. 60's]. 40pp., book clean, square. Staples firm. Intext, instructional b/w halftone and line-drawn illustrations. Leaves clean. Limp wrap has insect damage on foredges, price sticker ghost and fingermarks. Part 1 covers "Twenty practical experiments in Magnetic Recording". Part 2 covers "Building a fully Portable Recorder". Book weight apprpx. 110g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILAB... more information

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London: Edward Arnold [Publishers], 1961. ix, + 260pp., intext line drawings, graphs and formulae. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Silver titles. Boards lightly bumped. Mild dampstain [and some colour-bleed on head of text-block], original supplier's stamp on ffep., otherise leaves clean. No dustjacket. A textbook applicable to students on 'National Diploma' courses, and of interest to many people in the building industry. 16 chapters, each with Revision Exercise. Answers to Exercises. Book ... more information

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New York: McGraw-Hill, 1995. 339pp., b/w line drawings. Book clean, slightly askew, spine firm. Leaves clean. Gloss boards undamaged. Written and published for the American market, never-the-less many ideas and principles can be applied outside the U.S. 25 chapters, appendices, Index. Book weight approx. 630g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT SHOP PREMISES. DIGITAL PHOTOS AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ... more information

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Blue Ridge Summit, PA, U.S.A.: TAB Books, 1992. ix+262pp. Intext, instructional, demonstrative, b/white line-drawings, graphs and tables throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Printed card wrapper lightly bumped on foredge corners, otherwise v/good. Revised and updated by S. Blackwell Duncan, this volume contains all the information needed to build a well or septic system yourself...Contents, in 'Parts', include:Intro., 1/ Septic Systems-how septic tanks work, Percolation Test, T... more information

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Caloundra, QLD, Australia: Pinedale Press, 1986. 111pp., line drawn illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper nominally scuffed, mildly colour-faded (sunned) to spine and thin strip at head of rear panel. This companion volume to 'The Australian Owner Builders Manual', Allan Staines, covers most aspects of building and renovating in Australia, including extensions, alterations and new houses. Includes practical advice on how to save money, iden... more information

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Caloundra, QLD, Australia: Pinedale Press, 1989. 111pp. Line-drawn illustrations throughout. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn at foot. Published to enable the owner builder to carry out the construction of his home in a more tradesmanlike manner, it is also a ready reference guide for tradesmen and apprentices. Includes Brick Veneer, Timber Frame, Concrete Block, Cavity Brick. Book weight approx. 510g. PLEASE NOTE: LISTED BOOKS ARE NOT STORED AT S... more information

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United States: University of Arizona Press, 1978. x, + 157pp., b/white halftone, and line-drawn, illustrations throughout. Book clean. Spine firm. Faint foxing specks to textblock edge, several small spots, otherwise leaves clean. Art-illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn and scuffed, small area of surface loss to spine, foxing and moderate sunning, soft vertical crease to front panel. A step-by-step guide to planning and building an Adobe home. 22 chapters, including: History of Adobe, Space and Roo... more information

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Brattleboro, Vermont : The Stephen Greene Press , 1977. 240pp., First thus, a reprint of the 1881 edition, published by Orange Judd, New York, entitled 'Barn Plans and Outbuildings'. 257 reproduced illustrations throughout. Book clean, negligibly canted. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially illustrated, loose-plastic protected, price-clipped dustjacket edgeworn, short closed tears and minor abrading. Design and instruction for a diverse variety of structures, such as: Dog houses, Bird houses, Gen... more information

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Camden East, Ontario, Canada: Camden House Publishing, 1986. 145pp., intext illustrations throughout: b/white halftone plates, line-drawings, and schematics, Oblong (landscape) format. Book clean. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper slightly bumped and edgeworn. An illustrated guide to fine woodstrip-constructed Canadian canoes. Contents include: Prelims., Poor Man's Yacht, Well-bred Canoe, Anatomy, Pipe Dreams to Paper, The Plans: Peterborough-Chestnut Prospector-English 20-... more information

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London: Architectural Press, 1951. 189pp., b/w frontis. plate, intext line drawings and half-tone plates throughout. Book clean, square, minimal shelfwear on foot. Minor foxing specks on block edges and lead pages, otherwise clean. Contemporary art design [Donald Dewar Mills], loose-plastic protected dustjacket price-clipped, edgeworn, thumbnail-size piece missing from lower edge, short closed tears, nipped and chipped, U.V. affected spine panel. "This is a book for architects and industrialists. Its ... more information

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London: Batsford, 1947. viii, + 159pp., intext b/w line-drawn diagrams throughout. Book clean, square. Mildly shaken, and shelf-worn on foot. Acidic strips on fep's., former owner's name on preface, otherwise leaves clean. Printed, heavy paper, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, nipped and chipped, short closed tears, partial text abrading and minor colour change on spine panel. First published in 1939, the contents of this second revised and enlarged edition include: Prefaces, Intro., No... more information

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London: The Architectural Press, 1983. 182pp., illustrated endpapers, and numerous, intext line drawings [sketches and plans], half-tone plates and diagrams throughout. Book mildly cocked. Spine firm, silver title there-on. Former owner's stamp randomly throughout, reference on ffep., otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated, loose-plastic protected dustjacket edgeworn, with closed tears, and old owner's stamp on rear flap . . . "This first book on the subject examines the appeal of Atr... more information

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Gloucester, United Kingdom : Alan Sutton, 1987. 124pp., numerous b/white halftone illustrations, prints, line-drawings, maps, throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Light foxing to endpapers, otherwise leaves clean. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper minimally edgeworn and scuffed, mild foxing to inside front and rear covers. First published in 1950, this 1987 reprint includes a new introduction written by the author, who explored, in his own boat, 600 miles of English canals from London to Llangoll... more information

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Kensington, N.S.W., Australia: Bay Books, 1982. 160pp., b/white halftone historic photographic illustrations throughout. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean, with mild tanning. Pictorially-illustrated card wrapper minimally scuffed, '50th Anniversary 1932-1982' sticker to front. "Fifty years after its opening day, 19 March, 1932, the Sydney Harbour Bridge is still an engineering marvel, one of the all-time great construction feats of the world . . . Promoting, planning and building th... more information

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Willoughby, N.S.W., Australia: Weldon Publishing, 1989. 68pp., plus unpaginated four-page index at rear. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Previous owner's partially erased stamp to ffep., slight browning to front and rear endpapers, otherwise leaves clean. Printed card wrapper nominally scuffed only. This comprehensive giuide has been produced to assist owner builders plan the refurbishing of an existing home, a small or major extension, or take on the mighty task of building their own home. This book i... more information

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Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Osboldstone & Co., 1939. 52pp. B/white contempory trade advertisments, half-tone and line drawn illustrated, front and rear of book, including endpapers. Book square, negligibly frayed corners, slight mark on rear cover. Leaves clean. Produced for estimating costs in the building construction industry in Melbourne, May 1939. Covers labour costs, concrete, bricklayers, carpenters, plumbers, plasterers, electricity, stonework, painters, glaziers and more. Book weight approx. 40... more information

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London: George Newnes, 1950. 230pp., intext, b/w halftone and line-drawn illustrations and diagrams throughout. Book square, clean. Spine firm. Gilt titles [cover and backstrip] patined, but readable. Very lightly bumped corners. Small original seller's stamp on ffep., a few fingermarks on random leaves. No dustjacket. Developed from an initiative for goverment postwar training schemes in the asphalte industry, contents include: Prelims., 10 chapters; viz: Nature, Composition, Uses, Large scale constru... more information

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Australia: Ancold (Australian National Committee of Large dams), 1969. ii, + 233pp., intext and fold-out tables. Book clean and square. Side-staple bound. Taped-in (with stains) amendments and errata throughout, plus several minor correcting annotations in pen, otherwise leaves clean. Limp card, printed wrapper decidedly U.V. affected on spine and front, which has a former owner's name there-on. This publication, the culmination of intensive work by a team and committee of experienced engineers that co... more information

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London: The Architectural Press, 1968. 209pp., intext b/white illustrations throughout: plans, interior and exterior building photographs and diagrams. Book clean and square. Spine firm, vivid silver title there-on. Shelfwear and splash-stain on cloth. Original seller's sticker affixed to front pastedown, an iconic [now deceased] Australian architect's company stamp in several places, plus former owner's name stamp on head of textblock. Just fair, pictorially-illustrated dustjacket price-clippe... more information

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Botley, Oxford, U.K.: Osprey Publishing, 2000. 128pp., intext colour-plate illustrations throughout: examples and demonstrative techniques. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated gloss boards undamaged. Leaves clean. The author, Geoff Coughlin, has been building scale models for over 20 years, and so is well-placed to provide help, tips and hints to the scale modeller...Contents of this stand-alone volume, in the 'Osprey Masterclass' series, include: Intro., Getting Started, Refs., Basic Co... more information

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