Gca Tanner (3 results)

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 223 pages. Illustrated paper cover. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning. Lettering is clear.…

Condition: Good. 1965. First Edition. 223 pages. Illustrated paper cover with lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Paper cover has mild edge wear with light rubbing and creasing. Some light marking and tanning.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. House Maintenance and Repairs (1965) by G.C.A. Tanner ? Penguin Books Offered by Crappy Old Books ? because not everything ages like fine wine. Long before YouTube tutorials and MDF everything, G.C.A. Tanner laid out the nuts, bolts, and common sense of keeping a British home upright and vaguely waterproof. House Maintenance and Repairs (1965) is a charmingly no-nonsense guide to the domestic arts: from patching plaster to taming rogue gutters, all delivered in clipped prose and a tone that assumes you own a hammer, a ladder, and a spine. This Penguin edition has certainly seen some DIY action itself ? foxed, faded, possibly dropped in paint ? but still clinging proudly to its integrity, much like the draughty houses it was written to save. Crappy Old Books ? Built to last, like your dad?s shed.…