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The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant Ref: BK663 The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation, strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing, with their applications in carpentry, joinery, and hand-railing; also a complete treatise of lines; and an illustrated glossary of terms used in architecture and building by James Newlands. Published by Blackie & Son. Dated 1880. This large old book includes a number of detailed drawings. Good condition for age, has some wear and marks to edges of cover.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £90.00 Quantity:

Practical Carpentry, Joinery and Cabinet-Making - Nicholson Ref: BK662 Practical Carpentry, Joinery and Cabinet-Making being a new and complete system of lines for the use of workmen, founded on accurate geometrical and mechanical principles, with their application, in carpentry - to roofs, domes, centring, etc.. In Joinery - to stairs, hand-rails, soffits, niches, etc,.. In Cabinet-Making, to furniture, both plain and ornamental, fully and clearly explained by Peter Nicholson revised by Thomas Tredgold. This book dates from the mid 1800's has a number of detailed drawings with 92 plates. Page edges are mark with some browning and brown spots plus a few minor water marks.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £105.00 Quantity:

Practical House Carpenter 1860-1 Ref: BK660 Carpentry and building the practical house carpenter more particularly for country practice with specifications, quantities and contracts. Also containing: designs for centering of groins, niches etc.. designs for roofs and staircases, the modern method of trussing girders, joints of carpenters work, designs for a villa, with specification etc.. plus other subjects. Firstly written and published by William pain, secondly remodernised and improved by S. H. Brooks Architect. This old book was published in London by John Weale, no. 59, High Holborn, W.C. Dated 1860-1. This old book includes a number of illustrations, detailed drawings and diagrams. Has some wear to edges of cover, replaced spine and some brown spots on a few pages.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £80.00 Quantity:

The Carpenter's New Guide 1819 Ref: BK659 The carpenter's new guide being a complete book of lines for carpentry and joinery. Treating fully on practical geometry, soffits, brick and plaster groins, niches of every description, sky-lights, lines for roofs and domes; with a great variety of designs for roofs, trussed girders, floors, domes, bridges; staircases and handrails for various construction; angle bars for shop fronts, and raking mouldings with many other things entirely new. Written by Peter Nicholson. Dated 1819. Has some watermarks, browning to a few pages and the cover leather has worn.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £150.00 Quantity:

Modern Carpenter and Joiner and Cabinet Maker Ref: BK664 A collection of the Modern Carpenter and Joiner and Cabinet Maker a complete guide to current practice prepared under the editorship of G. Lister Sutcliffe with contributions from many specialists. Collection includes volumes 1 - 8. Published in London by The Gresham Publishing Co. These old books date from the 1902 - 1904's. These old woodworking books have art nouveau decorated hardback green cloth covers. Volume 1 covers Architectural styles, Woods: their characteristics and uses. 96 Pages. Volume 2 - Woods: their characteristics and uses, woodworking tools and machinery, 192 pages. Volume 3 - Drawing and Drawing Instruments, practical geometry, 295 pages. Volume 4 - The strength of timber and timber framing, 404 pages. Volume 5 - Carpentry (continued), 88 pages. Volume 6 - Carpentry (continued), wood carving, stairs and handrailing,184 pages. Volume 7 - Divisional, includes: Stairs and handrailing, airtight casement making, woodturning, cabinet making, 300 pages. Volume 8 - Joinery, shop management, estimating, building law, 458 pages. These books are in good condition for their age. The books do have some wear with slightly worn and bumped corners, edges, some browning mainly to first 2 and last 2 pages and some very slight browning to edges of pages.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £180.00 Quantity:

SOLD - Carpentry and Joinery 5 Volumes Ref: BK661 A collection of books titled Carpentry and Joinery, prepared under the editorship of John Ednie (architect) with contributions from many specialists. Published by The Gresham Publishing Company. Includes 5 volunes dated from 1925 - 1926. Books cover the following subjects: Volume I: Introduction, practical geometry, strength of timber and timber framing, partitions. Includes 148 pages. Volume II: doors and their architraves, windows and skylights, stairs and handrailings, roofs. Includes 164 pages. Volume III: domes and pendentives, vaults and niches, floors and ceilings, parquet flooring, panelling and chimney-pieces, interior finishings, timber bridges. Includes 148 pages. Volume IV: Joints, gates and fences, scaffolding, wood turning, cabinet making. Includes: 138 pages. Volume V: Building Law, estimating, shop management, temporary structures, wood working tools and machinery. Includes: 160 pages. These old Carpentry and joinery books include many illustrations.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Quantity:

Every Man His Own Mechanic Ref: BK645 Every Man His Own Mechanic a complete guide for the amateur to all decorative work including carpentry, joinery, turning, painting, glazing, metal working, French polishing, veneering, wood-carving etc.. Includes 504 pages with some illustrations. Cover has worn edges and pages are marked with some browning spots.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £14.00 Quantity:

How To Work With Tools and Wood by Stanley Tools Ref: BK644 How To Work With Tools and Wood for the home craftsman by Stanley Tools, dated 1942. Contents includes: All of us can use tools, lets make something, this will be a bench, taking it from a working drawing, some fancy touches.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £48.00 Quantity:

Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery Ref: BK643 Circular Work in Carpentry and Joinery a practical treatise on circular work of single and double curvature by George Collings. Fourth edition published by Crosby Lockwood and Son, dated 1903.Includes 168 pages.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £24.00 Quantity:

SOLD - Carpentry and Joinery Hasluck Ref: BK641 Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery comprising notes on materials, processes, principles, and practice, including about 1800 engravings and twelve plates edited by Paul N. Hasluck. Published by Cassell and Company. Contents includes: Hand tools and appliances, timber, joints floors, timber partitions, timber roofs, arch centerings etc... This old book is in excellent condition has some wear to corners of book cover. Includes 567 pages with many detailed drawings.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Quantity:

SOLD -The Complete Book of Woodwork Ref: BK635 The Complete Book of Woodwork - Tools : Workshop practice : Joints : construction : polishing : carving : veneering : turning : machines design for home and garden. Written by Charles H. Hayward, published by Evans Brothers, dated 1957. This hardback book includes 344 pages with many illustrations throughout. Good clean pages some slight wear to edges of cover.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Quantity:

The Woodworker books 1941 - 1945 Ref: BK633 A collection of 5 Woodworker books published by Evans Brothers London. These old books are in very good condition for their age. Each book has a number of projects, useful tips and information for the woodworker with many illustrations throughout each book.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £44.00 Quantity:

The Modern Carpenter and Joiner and Cabinet Maker Ref: BK631 A collection of the Modern Carpenter and Joiner and Cabinet Maker a complete guide to current practice prepared under the editorship of G. Lister Sutcliffe with contributions from many specialists. Collection includes volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8, missing volumes 6 and 7. Published in London by The Gresham Publishing Co. These old books date from the early 1900's. These old woodworking books have art nouveau decorated hardback green cloth covers. Volume 1 covers Architectural styles. Volume 2 - Woods: their characteristics and uses Volume 3 - Drawing and Drawing Instruments Volume 4 - The strength of timber and timber framing Volume 5 - Carpentry (continued) Volume 8 - Joinery These books are in good condition for their age. The books do have some wear with slightly worn and bumped corners, some browning mainly to first 2 and last 2 pages and some very slight browning to edges of pages.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £110.00 Quantity:

Handcraft in Wood and Metal Ref: BK629 Handcraft in wood and metal a handbook of training in their practical working for Teachers, Students and Craftsman by John Hooper and Alfred J. Shirley. This old book includes over 300 illustrations from the authors drawings of progressive series of decorative objects. Fifth edition published by B. T. Batsford Ltd. This old hardback book includes 332 pages with many illustrations, retains dust cover.  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £20.00 Quantity:

Construction and workshop Practice in Woodwork Ref: BK623 Construction and workshop Practice in Woodwork by J. Maynard senior lecturer in handicraft, Shoreditch college; Examiner for G.C.E examinations at ordinary and advanced levels. Published by Hulton Education Publications. Contents includes: setting out, removal of waste, grooving, rebating, boring, veneering, tambours etc.. This hardback book includes 136 pages with illustrations throughout the book. Date: -- Author: J. Maynard  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £15.00 Quantity:

The Arnold Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry Ref: BK487 The Arnold Manual of First and Second Fixing Carpentry by Les Goring, dated 1998. chapters include: reading construction drawings, tools required, making a carpenters tool box, fixing door frames, linings and doorsets, fixing wooden and uPVC windows, fixing floor joists and flooring plus many other chapters. This softback book is in good condition with 219 pages with many illustrations throughout. Date: 1998 Author: Les Goring  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £19.00 Quantity:

SOLD - Carpentry and Joinery 3 Brian Porter Ref: BK489 Carpentry and Joinery 3 by Brian Porter, department of building trades, Leeds college of Building. Chapters include: prefabricated timber buildings, external cladding, doors, frames, linings and finishing’s, stairs, shoring buildings plus other chapters. This fine paper back book includes 288 pages with many illustrations throughout. Date: -- Author: Brian Porter  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Quantity:

SOLD - Tool Making Projects for Joinery and Woodworking Ref: BK425 Tool-Making Projects for Joinery and Woodworking – A Yankee Craftsman’s Practical Methods by Steve A. Olesin, dated 2005. Softback book, includes 184 pages with many illustrations throughout. Date: 2005 Author: Steve A. Olesin  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Quantity:

3 Books on Timbers Trada Ref: BK437 3 books on timber published by Timber research and development association, includes a book titled Timbers of South East Asia by Gerald Hart (Trada) contents includes: Amboyna, Anan, Belian, Bintangor, Bombway white, Chickrassy, Chuglam white, chumprak plus many other timbers. Includes 91 pages. Book two is titled Timbers of South America by R.P. Woods (Trada), contents includes: Amarillo, Amyris wood, Angelin, Angelique, Balsa, Banak, Boxwood – Maracaibo, Boxwood – San Domingo, Brazilwood plus many other timbers. Includes 77 pages. Book three is titled Timbers of West Africa by B. Alwyn Jay (Trada), contents includes: Abura, Afara, Afina, African Mammee-Apple, African Padauk, African walnut, African, Afzelia, Agba, Alstonia, Antiaris, Avodire, Ayan plus many other timbers. Includes 98 pages. Date: -- Author: --  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £38.00 Quantity:

Practical Home Woodworking Ref: BK516 Practical Home Woodworking illustrated everything the amateur woodworker should know about his craft with detailed working instructions and drawings. This book includes 384 pages with many illustrations, dated 1955. Date: 1955 Author: --  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £12.50 Quantity:

A Glossary of Wood Ref: BK400 A Glossary of Wood 10,000 terms relating to timber and its use, explained and clarified with 1000 illustrations. This hardback book is dated 1979 by Thomas Corkhill, published by Stobart & Son Ltd London. This hardback book retains its dust cover and is in good condition with 956 pages. Date: 1979 Author: Thomas Corkhill  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £46.00 Quantity:

Practical Wood Working Inside and Outside Ref: BK355 Practical Wood Working Inside and Outside edited by Alan Mitchell. This paperback book includes 256 pages with many photographs and plans. Date: -- Author: Alan Mitchell  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £8.00 Quantity:

Light Woodwork Ref: BK304 Light Woodwork An introduction to manual instruction by Herbert Moorhouse, published by Oxford University Press dated 1911. Chapters include: Development by and in a course of woodwork, equipment for light woodwork scheme, light woodwork 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year scheme. Subjects correlated with manual instructions. This old hard back book includes 139 pages many with diagrams. Date: 1911 Author: Herbert Moorhouse  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £10.50 Quantity:

The Woodworkers Handbook Ref: BK274 The Woodworkers Handbook by Roger Horwood, dated 1999. Chapters include: woods for the woodworker, tools for the job, joining wood and turning, finishes and finishing, step – by – step projects, repairs and restoration, your own designs and table leg template. This hardback book includes 160 pages with coloured photographs throughout. Date: 1999 Author: Roger Horwood  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £14.00 Quantity:

Woodworking Crafts Annual Ref: BK185 Woodworking Crafts Annual special woodturning supplement. A few sample chapters include: woodworking crafts in Africa, - A very amateurish start to woodcarving, - The sharpening and setting up of a smoothing plane, - Woodturning and rose painting in Norway, - How I became established in antique restoration, - Old oak reproductions…….Published by Guilds of Master Craftsman Publications Ltd in 1985, this woodworking book includes 160 pages with many diagrams and drawings. Date:1985 Author: Published by Guilds of Master Craftsman  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £10.00 Quantity:

347 Woodworking Patterns Ref: BK130 This 160 page book dated 1991 contains 347 woodworking patterns including: doors signs and decorations, plaques, clocks and lamps, jewelry, peg racks, frames, shelves, racks, holders, toys, games, candleholders, 3-D decorations, garden signs and lots more. There are some extra printouts of woodwork patterns inside the cover. The book is packed with woodworking patterns. The book is in good condition. Book size: 10 7/8" x 8 1/4". Date: 1991 Author: --  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £12.00 Quantity:

Portable Tools Ref: BK465 Portable Tools: a guide to their use by E. Patterson, dated 1963. Chapters include: drilling, grinding, polishing, chisel mortisers, grinding wheels, nutsetters plus many other chapters. This hardback book is in good condition and includes 144 pages. Date: 1963 Author: E. Patterson  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £10.50 Quantity:

Two Woodworkers Pocket Books Ref: BK446 Two Woodworkers Pocket Books one in metric and one book in imperial. Date: -- Author: --  in stock. OUT OF STOCK Price: £10.00 Quantity:

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