The Building Encyclopedia: A Handbook of Modern Building Practice For The Working Builder. 4 Vols. by Stubbs, S.G. Blaxland (Ed.) - 1950

Sampson Low, Marston and Co Ltd, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 253 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth with a colour illustrated frontis and photographic black and white plates throughout. Heavy tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Pen inscriptions to front endpaper and major tanning to text block edges. There is cracks to guttering with exposed netting and binding is loose. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable bumping to corners. Fair crushing to spine ends and visible rubbing to spine. Splitting to joints.

Waverley Book Company, 1111. Hardcover. Acceptable. No Edition Remarks. 471 pages. No dust jacket. Black cloth. Contains black and white illustrations and plates throughout. Volume 1. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout. Thumb-marking present. Minor dog-eared corners. Thumb-marking present. Grubby pages throughout. Noticeable creasing to gutter. Cracking to gutters, with exposed netting. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Some crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. White marks and water staining overall. Textblock is shaky.

London , The Waverley Book Company, (1948), due volumi in-8vo legature originali tutta tela con impressioni a secco ai piatti, fregi e titoli dorati ai dorsi, pp. VIII-353/704 CON 418 illustrazioni nel testo e 8 tavole fuori testo + XII-1057/1440 con 537 illustrazioni n.t. e 9 tavole f.t.

London, Sampson Low, n.d. c.1931.. xvi+254pp. 8vo. Original cloth, a little stained, in dustwrapper. Name on ffep. B&W plates with protective tissue paper covering. A very good copy.

London: Waverley Book Co. Ltd. . Hardcover. Very Good. Volume 1, Carpentry and Woodwork; Volume 2, Simple Building and services; Volume 3, The house & its Repair; Volume 4, Cabinet Work and Furniture; Volume 5, Metalworking for the Handyman. No printing date, assume late 1940s. Bound in black pebbled cloth with lettering in gilt. Foldout frontis missing in volumes 1 and 5, else all are very good or better.

London: The Waverley Book Company Ltd, 1950. Third edition, undated; early-to-mid twentieth century. Hardback in very good condition. Black, blank-stamped boards; gilt titles on spine; no jacket, as issued. Endpapers slightly discoloured. contents otherwise clean and sound. With twelve folding plates in colour and half-tone, three charts, and 706 other illustrations. TPW. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

London: The Waverley Book Company, 1950. Third edition, undated; early-to-mid twentieth century. Hardback in very good condition. Black, blank-stamped boards; gilt titles on spine; no jacket, as issued. Hinges cracked; contents otherwise clean and sound. With six folding plates in colour and half-tone, one chart, and 686 other illustrations. TPW. hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Used.

London: The Waverly Book Company Limited No date. Black cloths on boards with BW embossed initials and border trim; gilt titles; faint dusting of smudges to covers. Edges: top-edge light green; moderate foxing. All volumes pages are clean, fldg illustrations are clean & intact, bindings are As New. Comprehensive b/w illustrations. Vol.I: Access - Fall; 392p Vol.2: Fan - Pipework 393 -800 Vol. 3: Pit -Zinc. Ffep wiht dog-eared to head fore-corner. 801 -1218. Djs: brown paper bag type jacket with very faint dusting of just a little age soiling; some light creasing to top and bottom edges. Quite a heavy set. 25 5 x 17.5 each / 5 kgs. Third Edition Revised and Enlarged. Hb. VG/VG.