Carpentry Made Easy; or the Science and Art of Framing, on a new and improved system. With specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc. Comprising also a System of Bridge Building; with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables. Illustrated by thirty eight plates and near two hundred figures
Published by Philadelphia. Howard Challen, 1858
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Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.Riverby Books
AbeBooks seller since June 4, 2001
Condition: Used - Good
US$ 300.00
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Slightly oversized hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gold lettering on the cover and (much faded) spine. Corners bumped, foot of spine scuffed and cloth of front hinge beginning to fray. Binding good and tight. 134 pages + full complement of plates. There is a slight blush of foxing here and there. The plates show detailed, measured drawings for construction. This pre-Civil War construction handbook seems to be the only 19th century book to use the phrase Balloon Frames in its title. It was not a complementary term when it was first introduced, though it is now almost universally practiced. It requires 2x4 studs and (usually) exterior scaffold, to build quickly and cheaply. A scarce title. No date on the title page. Copyright page is dated 1857 but preface is dated 1858.
Seller Inventory # Fred-Y152
Bibliographic details
- Title
- Carpentry Made Easy; or the Science and Art of Framing, on a new and improved system. With specific instructions for building balloon frames, barn frames, mill frames, warehouses, church spires, etc. Comprising also a System of Bridge Building; with bills, estimates of cost, and valuable tables. Illustrated by thirty eight plates and near two hundred figures
- Author
- Bell, William E.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia. Howard Challen
- Publication year
- 1858
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
Riverby Books
Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
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