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Kelly's Practical Builder's Price Book, or Safe Guide to the valuation of all kinds of Artificer's work : with the Modern Practice of Measuring, and a copious abstract of the New Building Act, for regulating the construction of buildings. ; Revised and corrected by new calculations upon the present value of Materials and Labour. and founded upon the most approved Modes of Measurement. The whole arranged by An Architect of Eminence, assisted by several experienced measuring surveyors. Illustrated and exemplified by Steel engravings and numerous wood-cuts
by Kelly, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wilmington, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Thomas Kelly Paternoster Row, 1867. Hardcover. Very good. Octavo; pp; iv, [5], 168, 32, (4, iv) catalogue, Illustrated with six engraved plates; pebbled brown cloth lettered in gilt, yellow coated endpapers; Some toning, spine ends worn, else very good and complete. A nice unsophisticated copy.
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- Austin's Antiquarian Books
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- 15752
- Title
- Kelly's Practical Builder's Price Book, or Safe Guide to the valuation of all kinds of Artificer's work : with the Modern Practice of Measuring, and a copious abstract of the New Building Act, for regulating the construction of buildings. ; Revised and corrected by new calculations upon the present value of Materials and Labour. and founded upon the most approved Modes of Measurement. The whole arranged by An Architect of Eminence, assisted by several experienced measuring surveyors. Illustrated and exemplified by Steel engravings and numerous wood-cuts
- Author
- Kelly, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Thomas Kelly Paternoster Row
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1867
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About the Seller
Austin's Antiquarian Books
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Wilmington, Vermont
About Austin's Antiquarian Books
Austin's Antiquarian Books is a used, rare and out of print bookshop located on West Main Street in Wilmington, Vermont. At our shop we have a general stock of approximately 15,000 used, scarce and out-of-print books, with particular strength in American History, especially Theodore Roosevelt the West, Travel, Decorative Arts, Natural History, and Sporting. We also offer a selection of antique maps and prints, historical paper and ephemera.
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