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. 1867, New Edition. Half Bound, 355mm. x 265mm. Book, xiii. 291 pages, 116 plates (including engraved title page), many in-text illustrations. Half bound in dark green, 4 raised bands to spine, with gilt titling and decoration, marbled endpapers. 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. Bumping to extremities, spine split at head and tail, minor spotting to prelims.[807]. Very Good.

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