Constructive Architecture Guide Practical Builder by Samuel Sloan (41 results)

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 4to, modern cloth, chromolithographic frontispiece (corner bit chipped), 148pp. With 66 lithographed plates, in black and white, or in delicately light tinting, or in color, many of them exhibiting an unusual attentiveness to shadings and shadows, a quality enhanced by the clean, sharp paper used. One of the better graphic displays of architectural orders printed in this country during the nineteenth century. Ex-lib., with plates inside front cover and a few stamps internally. A little less than a Very Good copy. HITCHCOCK 1198.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original clotoh embossed in gilt and blind. Corners/spine ends worn/frayed. Front hinge cracked. PO entry. ; quarto; 148 pages.

Hardcover. First edition. 148 pages. 30 x 24 xm.Sixty-six plates, 32 are colored or tinted lithographs. Glossary. Geometrical Definitions. KARPEL B295. "Before this work appeared in 1859, the standards for carpentry and building construction were largely set by foreign publications, most notably those of Peter Nicholson and Thomas Tredgold. Sloan filled a great need by documenting current American developments, many of which have made contemporary European practices obsolete. He covers domes, roofs, spheres, carpentry, joinery, and the five orders. HITCHCOCK 1198. A lovely copy, clean throughout, very bright and fresh. Discrete ex-library stamp at lower margin of the Preface page -- no other ex-library marking. Orig. publisher's cloth rebacked; decorated in blind with front cover gilt decoration bright and clean. Near fine.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 282. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1859 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1859 Language: English Pages: 282 Volume 1859.…

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 294. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1873 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 294.…

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SLOAN, Samuel. Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. In which is Contained a Series of Designs for Domes, Roofs and Spires, with a Number of Plates Showing the Interior Construction and Finish of Bays, Window Shutters, Sliding Doors. Choice Examples of the Five Orders of Architecture, Selected from the Most Celebrated Specimens of Antiquity, with the Figured Dimensions of their Height, Projections and Profile, and their Division into Parts. To which is Added a Number of Useful Geometrical Problems, Examples of Groins, Centering for Arches, Diagrams of Stair Lines, with Architraves, Door Moldings, ETC. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1866. 148pp. Frontis., plus Sixty-five plates, some folding and colored. Orig. cloth decorated in blind and in gilt. Binding a bit rubbed, spine rubbed, internally very clean, a very good copy. Hitchcock 1198. Sloan was the most prolific and influential American architect of the period. This is a notable American color plate book, important for documenting current American developments in the field of carpentry and building construction. This book reflects how American builders established their own standards, and in doing so rendered contemporary European practices obsolete. The text provides interesting comments regarding the history of architectural styles and motifs.…

Condition: Fair. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1859. 1st edition. 4to. 148pp, lxvi leaves of plates. Illus. Fair book. Spine cover missing. Slightly dampstained. (roofs, building, domes, spires, orders) Inquire if you need further information. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.…

(ARCHITECTURE). Sloan, Samuel. Sloan's Constructive Architecture; A Guide to the Practical Builder and Mechanic. Philadelphia, 1866. Lg. 4to. 148 p. 66 lithographed plates (many tinted, frontis. colored). Neat modern cloth, leather spine label. A very nice copy. A practical manual, with much cabinetmaking and joining detail.…

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