HAY, JOHN .

Nicholson's New Carpenter's Guide; Being A complete Book of Lines for Carpenters, Joiners, Cabinet Makers, and Workmen in General. An Enlarged and Improved Edition, By John Hay, Esq. Architect...

London: George Virtue, c. 1850 . 0. "The Theory and Practice Explained by Numerous Engravings." A very good half leather binding. 4to. 11.0" x 8.5" x 1.5". pp.xii./pp.122 + 131 leaves of plates . Brown calf and corners over grey buckram boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, gilt decorated compartments, black leather title label and gilt owner's name to base: "T. M. Tremain". Grey marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait frontis, facing an engraved title-page, followed by a printed title-page (undated). Clean text and illustrations throughout, just a few marks and blemishes to the margins from previous use. VG. ** " Peter Nicholson (20 July 1765 – 18 June 1844) was a Scottish architect, mathematician and engineer. Largely self-taught, he was apprenticed to a cabinet-maker but soon abandoned his trade in favour of teaching and writing. He published his first book (at the age of 27); The Carpenter's New Guide in 1792, illustrating it with plates engraved by his own hand. It is notable for containing an original method for the construction of groins and niches of complex, double curved forms.." - See Wikipedia.

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Book number: 50576

Catalogue: Crafts: : 19th Century

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SNOWDEN WARD, H. (HENRY SNOWDEN WARD 1865-1911

Grangerising Or Extra-Illustrating By H. Snowden Ward. Being No. 52 of the Useful-Arts-And Handicrafts Series .

London: Dawbarn And Ward, Ltd, 6 Farringdon Avenue, [c. 1902] . 0. Original single booklet. Grey-green illustrated covers. 7.2" x 6.4". pp.24/[4pp. - Adverts]. Spine carefully repaired with some loss. Clean text and illustrations throughout. VG. **Henry Snowden Ward (27 February 1865 – 7 December 1911) was an English photographer and author. Often in collaboration with his wife, the photographer Catharine Weed Barnes, he produced periodicals and textbooks about photography and produced illustrated works of literature.

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Book number: 52250

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STOKES, GORDON .

Beginner's Guide to Woodturning. Revised Edition .

London: Pelham Books, 1985 . 0720716306. First edition published in 1974. This is the revised edition of 1985 . Good clean dustwrapper. pp.128 . Brown cloth with bright gilt tiles to spine. Clean endpapers. No ownership details of library marks. Clean text throughout, well illustrated with numerous black & white illustrations. VG.

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Book number: 49143

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Keywords: 50633 Pelham Books Beginner's Guide to Woodturning. Stokes, Gordon Crafts