Author: RIDDELL Robert
Title: The Carpenter and Joiner, Stair Builder and Hand-Railer. With thirty-three plates.
Description: London, Thomas C. Jack, c1870, 2nd ed revised. Single sided frontis and single sided plates with nine illustrations of 'Dignity in Mechanic Art', 82pp, 33 single-sided plates, including one fold-out. 34x28, half bound in black with black patterned cloth, glt lettering, all edges glt. Contemporary owner's name in ink on ffep, dated 1871, rubbing and shelfwear to calf and cloth, one corner bumped not affecting pages, internal hinges repaired; overall a very nice edition. Riddell's first edition had sold out in just 90 days, so this new edition gave him the chance to add the 'Dignity of Mechanical Art' plate at the beginning, as well as changes to plates 9 and 10 as "a very important and decided improvement for the construction of the French or Mansard roof", alongside corrections to the text. However the major change is that the original edition had 59 plates, with templates to cut out to make cardboard models. While the models make finding a first edition intact difficult, this revised edition seems to be considerably scarcer.

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