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BRICKS: THEIR PROPERTIES AND USE
by Author Not Stated
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good /Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0904406040
- ISBN 13
- 9780904406047
- Seller
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Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Lancaster, UK: The Construction Press. Bound in scarlet cloth with bright gilt titles tro spine, this 1974 hardcover First Edition is ex-Technical library reference Dept. 251pp with Introduction, Clay & Calcium Silicate Bricks, Basic Information, Brick Data, Metric Brickwork, Bricks in Use, Bricklaying in Winter, Reinforced Brickwork, Motors for Brickwork, Selecting Bricks for performance, Cleaning Brickwork, Prefabricating Brickwork. Illustrations on every page: Diagrams, Sketches, Photos, Scale architecture plans, graphs, Maps, equations, tabular information. An invaluble technical manual for builder or architect, developed by the Brick Development Association. Boards a trifle warped, jacket has small teat at foot of spine, nams of late owner to FFEP, several library rubberstamps and accession number: otherwise VG work reference book . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1974.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Camillas Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0021956
- Title
- BRICKS: THEIR PROPERTIES AND USE
- Author
- Author Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0904406040
- ISBN 13
- 9780904406047
- Publisher
- The Construction Press
- Place of Publication
- Lancaster, UK
- Date Published
- 1974
- Keywords
- Bricks Their Properties and Use: Brick Development Association
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12".
Terms of Sale
Camillas Bookshop
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About the Seller
Camillas Bookshop
Biblio member since 2009
Eastbourne, East Sussex
About Camillas Bookshop
Camilla's Bookshop is a large secondhand and antiquarian bookstore situated in the resort town of Eastbourne.We have more than 500,000 books in all categories. Our specialities include: armed forces, transport, travel, politics, history, literature (several thousand novels including modern firsts), religion, esoteric & occult and art.Shop hours are 10:00 - 17:00, excepting Sundays and Bank Holidays.Unfortunately, we do not ship to Denmark.
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