Nigel Watson The Story of the Howarth Timber Group 1840-1990
Garian Press, 1990 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Size: 10" x 8.5" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 750 grams. Category: Business, Finance & Marketing; Inventory No: 0036821. (Book ref. 0036821) £5.00
A.W Pugin A SERIES OF ORNAMENTAL TIMBER GABLES, FROM EXISTING EXAMPLES IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE, OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY. Drawn on Stone by B. Ferrey, under the Direction of A. Pugin: with Descriptive Letter-Press, by Edw. James Willson, Architect, F.S.A.
Pugin, 1831 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. 13pp + plates, later quarter brown calf over marbled boards, gilt title, title page and 30 engraved plates. Extremities rubbed. Prelims and several plates somewhat foxed. Size: 12" x 9" approx. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1.25 -2 kilos. Category: Architecture; Inventory No: 0036614. (Book ref. 0036614) £120.00
Brunskill, R W: Timber Building in Britain.
London: Victor Gollancz (in association with Peter Crawley), 1985. First edition (hardback). 4to, 239pp. 128 illustrations. Original blue cloth, dustwrapper. The book and the dustwrapper are in very good condition. ISBN 0575033797 (Book ref. 27249) £12.50
Sarawak Forset Dept.: COMMON SARAWAK TIMBERS
(Borneo Literature Bureau 1964 2nd revised edn) Demy 8vo pbk. 72pp. bw ills. . Good. (Book ref. 10200) £5.00
Pearson & Webster: TIMBERS USED IN THE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS INDUSTRY
(Forest Products Research Laboratory 1967 rep) 8vo paperback stapled booklet. 48pp. Good clean copy. (Book ref. 10195) £10.00
Thomas: TIMBERS USED IN THE BOAT BUILDING INDUSTRY
(Forest Products Research Laboratory 1967 rep) 8vo paperback stapled booklet. 40pp. Good clean copy. (Book ref. 10193) £4.75
Woods: TIMBERS OF SOUTH AMERICA
(TimberDevelopment Association 1951 2nd edn) 8vo paperback stapled booklet. 77pp. bw ills. Folding map. A bit dog-eared, but a perfectly Good co[py otherwise. (Book ref. 10192) £7.50
Brown: TIMBERS OF THE WORLD - 2 - SOUTH AMERICA
(Timber Research and Development Association 1978) 8vo paperback booklet. 121pp.. Fine, clean copy.. (Book ref. 10191) £8.75
Brown: TIMBERS OF THE WORLD - 9 - CENTRAL AMERIUCXA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Timber Research and Development Association 1979) 8vo paperback booklet. 86pp. Fine, clean copy.. (Book ref. 10190) £8.75
Mallnson, R.F.A. & Grugeon, Roland: TIMBER TRADE PRACTICE
(Cleaver-Hume 1953 2nd edition revised and enlarged) 8vo hbk.brown cloth. 328pp. Sample forms etc in pocket at back. Rubbed. good with remains of a dustwrapper. (Book ref. 10105) £5.00
Holtman, Dudley F.: WOOD CONSTRUCTION - PRINCIPLES - PRACTICE - DETAILS
(McGraw-Hill, NY 1929) Demy 8vo brown cloth 711pp. bw ills. Good clean sound copy. (Book ref. 10096) £28.00
: 100 MALAYSIAN TIMBERS
(The Malaysian Timber Industry Board 1991 reprint) Large 4to 226pp. col ills. VG+ in VG dustwrapper. (Book ref. 10094) £50.00
Cox D & Krupa C: The Kerry Tramway and Other Timber Light Railways
Plateway Press 1992 1st 72pp Ills dwgs card covers, fine,scarce. (Book ref. 27082) £15.00
Tredgold, Thomas: Peter Barlow. Elementary Principles of Carpentry; A Treatise on the Pressure and Equilibrium of Beams and Timber Frames, the Resistance of Timber; and the Construction of Floors, Roofs, Centres, Bridges Etc., With Practical Rules and Examples
London: Lockwood. 1870 4to. Fifth and the best edition. Considerably enlarged. Pp. 336, 64 plates, and a portrait of the author. Many of the plates are folding. Earlier editions had only 22 plates. Barlow added many specimens of ancient and modern roofs.Bound in original brown blind stamped cloth with new matching spine with gilt titles, and recased so lengthening the life of the book. Very good. Scans available. (Book ref. 16196) £210.00
Howard, D J; Hayes, F W Aid Tools for Timber Harvesting (Forestry Commission Leaflet no 81)
HMSO, 1983. 1st Edition. Paperback. Good. 1983 HMSO first edition paperback booklet, ODC 36; Good ex-library copy, usual stamps, scuffing to title p3 where lending plate has been removed; protected in removable plastic sleeve; UK dealer, immediate dispatch (Book ref. J896) £6.99
Howes, F.M. A Dictionary of Useful and Everyday Plants and Their Common Names
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0521085209 Reprint with corrections, green cloth, ix & 290 pages, no previous marks, very nice dustjacket. Listed are common names of plants throughout the world, where English is, or has been, spoken or used. Trade names and the names of economic or commercial plant products, including timbers, are included. (Book ref. 6028) £6.25
Brunskill, Ronald W. Timber Building in Britain: New Revised, Enlarged Edition
London: Victor Gollancz, 1994. Revised Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall 0575056118 255pp, index, bibliography, 128 plates, over 300 drawings. Contents in 4 parts:- I The Construction of Timber Buildings and Roofs; II Illustrated Glossary of Terms and Techniques; III Chronological Survey of Timber Building; IV Regional Variations. Blue boards, VG clean tight copy in dustwrapper. (Book ref. 015206) £34.95
Wimbush, S H: Colony and Protectorate of Kenya: Catalogue of Kenya Timbers
Nairobi: Government of the Colony and Protectorate of Kenya, 1957 Second reprint May 1957, stapled paperback, very good condition internally except a few small neat ink notes added by previous owner, grey card covers showing signs of heavy useage - tear to bottom of spine and creasing to bottom front corner, neat ink owners name to front cover, 74 pages with over 100 species described with trade name - local name - the tree - distribution - frequency - timber - local uses, indices to botanical names - english and common trade names - native names - abbreviations used. (Book ref. 2922) £25.00
Stokes, W B: Canadian Softwoods
Ottowa, 1925 First edition, 13 page paper pamphlet, very good uncreased condition, stamp to front cover - Imperial Institute Permanent Empire Exhibition distributed gratis-------spruce,douglas fir, white pine, hemlock, cedar, balsam fir, red pine, jack pine, western soft pine - pondosa pine, tamarack (Book ref. 2441) £5.00
Finlayson, E H - Director of Forestry: Western Cedar: Department of the Interior, Canada; Forest Service: - Tree Pamphlet No 11
Ottowa 1926 First edition, 6 page paper pamphlet, very good uncreased condition, b/w photographic illustration and b/w line drawings, stamp to front cover - Imperial Institute Permanent Empire Exhibition distributed gratis. (Book ref. 2439) £5.00