World Timbers, Volume Three [3]: Asia & Australia & New Zealand

First Edition. Boards in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows very light wear at corners; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated in color throughout. 175 pages. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Covers more than 70 different species of Asian, Australian and New Zealand timbers, both hardwoods and softwoods. Beautiful color plates showing the grain(s) of each specie, along with a general description, notes on its distribution and supply, technical properties, and uses. Designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber, but are not specialists in wood technology, indicating the outstanding characteristics of the timbers and, where appropriate, each timber is compared with allied or technically similar timbers that may be considered for the same purpose. Intended primarily for use by timber-using industries as well as architects and their clients, explaining the technical and aesthetic properties together with economic factors.…