The Builder's Pocket Manual; Containing the Elements of Building, Surveying, and Architecture; with Practical Rules and Instructions in Carpentry, Bricklaying, Masonry &c.
by SMEATON, A. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Spine sunned; tight and sound.
- Seller
-
Rochester, New York, United States
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About This Item
London:: M. Taylor,, 1836.. publisher's pebbled blue cloth.. Spine sunned; tight and sound.. 12mo,. 12 engraved plates (lightly foxed)..
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- Bookseller
- Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55066
- Title
- The Builder's Pocket Manual; Containing the Elements of Building, Surveying, and Architecture; with Practical Rules and Instructions in Carpentry, Bricklaying, Masonry &c.
- Author
- SMEATON, A. C
- Illustrator
- 12 engraved plates (lightly foxed).
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's pebbled blue cloth.
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine sunned; tight and sound.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- M. Taylor,
- Place of Publication
- London:
- Date Published
- 1836.
- Pages
- viii, 102 pp.
- Size
- 12mo,
Terms of Sale
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
All books are returnable within ten days if returned in the same condition as sent. New York residents please add 8% sales tax. All items guaranteed. Members ABAA, ILAB.
About the Seller
Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Rochester, New York
About Jeffrey H. Marks Rare Books
Specializing in modern first editions since 1978. Fine and rare books in all fields.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....