Author: NEWLANDS, JAMES
Title: The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant: Being a Comprehensive Treatise on the Selection, Preparation, and Strength of Materials, and the Mechanical Principles of Framing, with Their Application in Carpentry, Joinery, and Hand-Railing;
Description: London, Blackie & Son. 1880, New , Revised Edition. Half Bound, 355mm. x 270MM. Book, xiii. 254 pages, 107 plates (plate 43a duplicated), many in-text illustrations. 'In this Edition several of the Engraved Plates have been improved by the introduction of new figures, and several new Plates have been added'. Half bound in dark green, 5 raised bands to spine, with gilt titling and decoration. James Newlands (28 July 1813 - 15 July 1871) was a Scottish civil engineer who worked in Liverpool as the first Borough Engineer appointed in the United Kingdom, and is credited with designing and implementing the first integrated sewerage system in the world in 1848. Some bumping, wear, losses to extremities, front hinge detached, rear hinge split, some minor foxing. [779/806]. Very Good.

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