The Immigrant Builder; Or, Practical Hints to Handy-Men. Showing Clearly how to Plan and Construct Dwellings in the Bush, on the Prairie, or Elsewhere, Cheaply and Well. With Wood, Earth or Gravel. Copiously Illustrated. Tenth Edition.
Published by Hurst & Co., New York, 1884
- Hardcover
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Seller: ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar, Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
AbeBooks seller since November 21, 2006
Condition: Used - Poor
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The Immigrant Builder; Or, Practical Hints to Handy-Men. Showing Clearly how to Plan and Construct Dwellings in the Bush, on the Prairie, or Elsewhere, Cheaply and Well. With Wood, Earth or Gravel. Copiously Illustrated. Tenth Edition. By C.P. Dwyer and printed in New York City by Hurst & Co. C. 1884, 145 pp plus advertisements, 7.5 x 5.25, 8vo, hardcover green cloth Arlington Edition. As-is, with rubbing and wear to boards and spine. Front hinge cracked and title page and one end page detached but included. Ex-libris bookplate at front of book, along with light marginalia. Filled with numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, along with an appendix and small section of advertisements at the back. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce architectural and building reference guide, profusely illustrated throughout. Designed for immigrants, this guide served to assist them in working on their own dwellings, along with being a trade. COLA1884ADEF-0823-aj0361.…
Seller Inventory # COLA1884ADEF-0823-aj0361
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Immigrant Builder; Or, Practical Hints to Handy-Men. Showing Clearly how to Plan and Construct Dwellings in the Bush, on the Prairie, or Elsewhere, Cheaply and Well. With Wood, Earth or Gravel. Copiously Illustrated. Tenth Edition.
- Author
- C.P. Dwyer
- Publisher
- Hurst & Co., New York
- Publication year
- 1884
- Condition
- Poor
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
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ROBIN RARE BOOKS at the Midtown Scholar
Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore.
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The Midtown Scholar Bookstore, Inc. (Rare Books Division)
3401 North Sixth Street
Harrisburg, PA U.S.A. 17110
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Chosen as Publishers Weekly's 2023 Bookstore of the Year! Robin Rare Books is the RARE BOOKS DIVISION of the Midtown Scholar Bookstore. Established in 2001, we are the LARGEST ACADEMIC USED BOOKSTORE between New York and Chicago, with more than TWO MILLION second-hand and out-of-print SCHOLARLY BOOKS IN ALL FIELDS. Our Harrisburg shop has been named the region's Best Independent Bookstore. ... A buyer is eligible to receive a full refund if a book is not in the condition described.
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