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187025390Boston Mass.: Not Published 1870. Document dated Sept. 27th 1870; with two cent revenue stamp also dated and initialed. Work was accomplished from April 20 - August 13; for various repairs sash nails screws lathes balusters and for the labor associated with accomplishing the tasks. Approx. 6 1/2" x 7" size; plain lined paper; with ink handwriting very legible. Light edge-wear old fold lines; in very good condition. Interesting 19th century Boston occupational trades history ephemera. Manuscript. Not Bound. Very Good. Not Published paperback books
Dag Thorstensen and KnutNot in perfect condition. unknown
11074Hundreds of drawings & some text. Nine scrolls all roughly 260 x 4500 mm. & one notebook. Japan: late Edo.<br /> <BR> <BR> Japanese shrines and temples require constant maintenance restoration and rebuilding. These nine scrolls and one notebook are concerned with the architectural aesthetics of shrines and temples and the highly specialized construction techniques used to construct them including the complex joinery methods which did not require the use of nails glue or fasteners. As constant reminders in the texts in the scrolls tell us the crafts illustrated here were to be carefully guarded and passed on to future generations in great secrecy. Apprenticeships could last as long as ten years. Some of the master joiners are named.<br /> <BR> <BR> The drawings in the scrolls are exceptionally detailed oftentimes in extreme close-up depictions showing many of the methods of joining the desired proportions accompanied by measurements names of individual parts of the materials used in construction and the problems in building and maintaining a shrine or temple.<br /> <BR> <BR> These nine scrolls contain hundreds of drawings of plans for all aspects of shrines and temples; each is focused on a different topic. These include the many varieties of traditional shrine gates torii 鳥居 oftentimes with measurements references to known gates and their creators and idealized gates with ratios. There are also examples and styles of hafu ç ´é¢¨ decorative bargeboards or gable end boards including kara hafu undulating or cusped gables irimoya hip-and-gable and mukuri hafu curved gables.<br /> <BR> <BR> The concept of kiwari 木割 the proportional system used to determine the dimensions of building components based on their relationship to other components is also discussed in one of the scrolls along with the methods of measuring and cutting wood to achieve a harmonious structure.<br /> <BR> <BR> Many drawings also illustrate the components of taruki 垂木 rafters used to help support a roof in traditional Japanese wooden construction.<br /> <BR> <BR> One scroll illustrates an idealized temple building with succeeding detailed drawings of its components measurements and ratios along with many illustrations of ornaments. Other scrolls are concerned with the ornamental aspects of shrines and temples all illustrated in great detail again with measurements and ratios.<br /> <BR> <BR> One scroll deals with decorative windows screens wooden sliding doors and shelves in many styles.<br /> <BR> <BR> Another scroll discusses and illustrates a NÅh performing stage and ancillary buildings constructed in August 1774 for Matsudaira Chikuzen no kami in Kaga fiefdom.<br /> <BR> <BR> These nine scrolls are accompanied by a manuscript notebook 37 leaves 8vo 247 x 173 mm. which discusses and illustrates gegyo æ‡¸éš decorative wooden boards or pendants traditionally attached under the roof gables found on Shinto shrines Buddhist temples and castles.<br /> <BR> <BR> At the ends of four scrolls it is indicated that they were copied in 1811 and 1819.<br /> <BR> <BR> In fine condition; all preserved in an old wooden box. unknown
255pp., illus. 29 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
11071Brush & ink some in color or heightened in color. Late Edo.<br /> <BR> <BR> A fascinating collection of fine and detailed architectural drawings of the Kyoto Palace several Kyoto temples and mansions. This collection can be divided very roughly into three groups:<br /> <BR> <BR> 1. Palace: The Kyoto Palace burned down many times in its long history and the most recent reconstruction was completed in 1855. About 17 sheets of varying sizes some quite large depict ornamental details; floor plans; details of sliding doors; plans for guard offices at entrances buildings for ladies-in-waiting and entranceways to court offices; ornaments for bathrooms; floor plans of the inner palace including the emperor’s residence seiryÅden 清涼殿 the tutors’ living quarters and teaching rooms the layout of the roof beams for the seiryÅden beam measurements sumigi 隅木 roof styles metalwork designs for shitomi 蔀 traditional shutters or doors another complete floor plan of the seiryÅden with labels for placement for each decorative work of art and a diagram of the placement of the weight-bearing wooden pillars color-coded to support the floors; roof-beam styles; palace outer buildings’ floor plans; a very large hand-colored illustration of a decorative drum to perform gagaku 雅楽; pattern sheet of the drum; and a bundle of seven sheets of various palace buildings some in color.<br /> <BR> <BR> 2. Temples: a drawing of a model of elaborate woodwork; ornamental roof details in color; layout for roof beams; a rubbing of an architectural detail; floor plan of the building containing the Great Buddha of the HÅkÅji temple; detailed measurements of the roof beams of the Rokkaku-do temple; plan for a two-story pagoda sheet measuring 1210 x 760 mm.; the design of an ornamental bottle-shaped strut taiheizuka 大瓶æŸ; and a sheet with actual size drawings of other ornaments. Some have the name of the creator Tanaka Heibei ç”°ä¸å¹³å…µè¡› a Kyoto ornamental woodcarver.<br /> <BR> <BR> 3. Miscellaneous: drawings of ornamental aspects of unnamed buildings about 30 sheets of varying sizes.<br /> <BR> <BR> In very good condition. unknown
739pp. 21 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
2 vols. Hardcover Very good condition, spines faded
38327CARPENTRY AND BUILDING. DECEMBER 1906 VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 12. New York: David Williams 1906. Folio. Wrappers. xv 16 385-418 51-68 wit inlaid insert XV pages. Single issue of this building trade monthly periodical. With numerous illustrated articles on construction plumbing house designs machinery and interior details. Among the featured articles are "Frame Residence at Riverhead Long Island N.Y." with elevations floor plans and construction details; and a section on "Law in the Building Trades." Laid-in the center i prospectus for the 1907 volume of Carpentry and Building. Advertisements in front and back of text. unknown
38324CARPENTRY AND BUILDING. JANUARY 1879 VOLUME I NUMBER 1 New York: David Williams 1879. Folio. Wrappers. 20 pages. First issue of this bulding trade monthly periodical. With numerous illustrat articles on construction plumbing house designs machinery and interior details. Among the featured articles are for a "Stone and Frame Country Vill in Westchester County New York with detailed elevations and plans designed Arthur B. Jennings architect; and a "Queen Anne Sideboard and Mantel" finely illustrated designed and built by Warren WArd & Co. New York. Top edge of front cover chipped. unknown
MA07C-04365David Williams. Collectible - Acceptable. NY: David Williams 1882 and 1883. 1st edition. 2 volume set. Volume 4 Numbers 1-12 and Volume 5 Numbers 1-12. 4to Hardcover. 246; 256pp. B/W plates and text figures. Ex-Library Set. Both volumes: Heavy edgewear. With usual library markings. Vol 2: Majority of spine chipped away. engineering architecture carpentry buildings Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES. David Williams hardcover
33402CARPENTRY AND BUILDING. Volume IV. 1882. New York: David Williams 1882. Folio. Contemporary quarter-morocco marbled boards. viii 240 162 pages. First edition. A practical American periodical on carpentry and bricklaying with articles o wrought iron facades and aesthetic designs. Richly illustrated with elevatio plans and architectural details; the complete twelve monthly issues for 1882 Advertisements are bound-in. With the contemporary bookplate of Charles Harw Bethlehem Pennsylvania. Rebacked with original spine as an overlay. Some minor rubbing. Internally very good. unknown books
1952S5846Salem Oregon:: State Department of Education 1952. 1952. i 27 pp. 6 figs. bibliog. Printed wrappers. Fine. State Department of Education, 1952. unknown books
38327CARPENTRY AND BUILDING. DECEMBER 1906 VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 12. New York: David Williams 1906. Folio. Wrappers. xv 16 385-418 51-68 wit inlaid insert XV pages. Single issue of this building trade monthly periodical. With numerous illustrated articles on construction plumbing house designs machinery and interior details. Among the featured articles are "Frame Residence at Riverhead Long Island N.Y." with elevations floor plans and construction details; and a section on "Law in the Building Trades." Laid-in the center i prospectus for the 1907 volume of Carpentry and Building. Advertisements in front and back of text. unknown books
38324CARPENTRY AND BUILDING. JANUARY 1879 VOLUME I NUMBER 1 New York: David Williams 1879. Folio. Wrappers. 20 pages. First issue of this bulding trade monthly periodical. With numerous illustrat articles on construction plumbing house designs machinery and interior details. Among the featured articles are for a "Stone and Frame Country Vill in Westchester County New York with detailed elevations and plans designed Arthur B. Jennings architect; and a "Queen Anne Sideboard and Mantel" finely illustrated designed and built by Warren WArd & Co. New York. Top edge of front cover chipped. unknown books
143pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
1989EEzz6957Mchn., Bangert (1989). 4°, 240 S., mit 448, meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
1993EEzz6956Mchn., Bangert (1993). 4°, 256 S., mit 365, meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
1994EEzz6963Mchn., Bangert (1994). 4°, 256 S., mit 535, meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
1995EEzz6962Mchn., Bangert (1995). 4°, 255(1) S., mit zahlr., meist farb. Abb., OPp. m. farb. OU.
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. Very large format book with plates in b&w fine line drawnigs, often scaled mechanical drawings from the 18th century depicting such trades as Agriculture and rural arts, War, Iron foundry and forge, Extractive industries, Metal working, Glass, Masonry & carpentry, Textiles, Paper and printing, Leather, Gold, silver & jewelry, Fashion, etc.
Full gray cloth boards. Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 9 1/4"w x 12 1/8"h. Very large format book with plates in b&w fine line drawings, often scaled mechanical drawings from the 18th century depicting such trades as Agriculture and rural arts, War, Iron foundry and forge, Extractive industries, Metal working, Glass, Masonry & carpentry, Textiles, Paper and printing, Leather, Gold, silver & jewelry, Fashion, etc.
No marks or inscriptions. Slight creasing to covers. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards and no bumping to corners. 191pp. This encyclopedic work presents close to fifty different patterns that are sure to fit any door need. With step-by-step instructions, hundreds of valuable pattern drawings, photos and illustrations plus all you need to know about hardware, installation, maintenace and repair. Very scarce in the UK.
Volumes 1 & 2 in one book. No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, slightly dusty page edges, clear gilt lettering to spine and no bumping to corners. 382 + 385pp. A lavish work covering the history of English furniture from the 15th century and woodwork from the fourteenth century up to the end of the 17th century. The woodwork covers such as stairways, doors and church decoration. and much more. The furniture includes domestic clocks. Very well illustrated. A heavy book.
Full Title: "ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF CARPENTRY. A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Timber Framing, the Resistance of Timber, and the Construction of Floors, Centres, Bridges, Roofs; Uniting Iron and Stone with Timber, etc. To Which is Added an Essay on the Nature and Properties of Timber. 4th Edition, Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. With an Appendix Containing Specimens of Various Ancient and Modern Roofs, by Peter Barlow." pp. xxiv, 333 + Fifty-three (53) engraved plates [as called for], some folding. Old age stain. Partially unopened. Small folio. Original full cloth binding, embossed in blind. Thomas Tredgold (1788-1829) was an important English architect and engineer. In 1813 he joined William Atkinson, architect to the ordnance in London, and in 1823 went into private practice as a civil engineer. These 'Elementary Principles of Carpentry' were first published in 1820. He also wrote 'Strength of Cast Iron' (1821), and 'The Steam Engine' (1827). Scarce and significant. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W150 / DC
First Edition, 4to, xx,250,[2]pp., without half-title, 22 engraved plates (3 double-page), some light spotting to text and plates, orig. cloth, a little faded. The rare first edition of a work that was continually reprinted and updated throughout the 19th and well into the 20th centuries.
