QUANTITIES AND QUANTITY TAKING,
by W E Davis
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- All cover edges have wear. Small white-out to front endpaper (prev owner's name?). Original bookseller's label to inside
- Seller
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McCrae, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Sir Isaac Pitman, publishers, London - fourth edition, revised n.d. (1901?) hardcover, 5" x 7¼" (no jacket issued) All cover edges have wear. Small white-out to front endpaper (prev owner's name?). Original bookseller's label to inside front cover ('Coles Book Arcade, Sydney'). Book in FAIR condition This is a basic text for students of quantity surveying at the outset of their studies; the examples provided, while intentionally simple, will avoid confusing the student by a mass of detail. It sets out the Modes of Measurement for: Excavator, Concrete, & Drains; Bricklayer's Work; Mason's Work; Carpenter's Work; Joiner's Work; Founder and Smith's Work; Plumber's Work; Zinc & Copper, Hot Water Work; Plasterer's Work; Glazier's, Painter's, Paperhanger's Work - with examples of 'taking off', abstracting, and billing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pegasus Book Orphanage (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34924
- Title
- QUANTITIES AND QUANTITY TAKING,
- Author
- W E Davis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover, 5" x 7¼" (no jacket issued)
- Book Condition
- Used - All cover edges have wear. Small white-out to front endpaper (prev owner's name?). Original bookseller's label to inside
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sir Isaac Pitman, publishers, London - fourth edition, revised
- Date Published
- n.d. (1901?)
- Pages
- 168 pages
- Keywords
- Modes of Measurement Engineering Quantities Quantity Surveying Surveyors taking off abstracting construction trades
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About the Seller
Pegasus Book Orphanage
Biblio member since 2016
McCrae, Victoria
About Pegasus Book Orphanage
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