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Common Sense Stair Building and Handrailing
by Fred T. Hodgson
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
-
Gleneden Beach, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: The Radford Architectural Company, 1903. Publishers hardbank. Very Good/None. Illustrated with over 250 drawings and diagrams, containing a glossary of terms in stair building and handrailing, written and illustrated by an architect. 196 pages plus 59 pages of Radford plans, plus Radford advertisements. Book is Very Good, half bound ribbed green cloth with red leather spine and corners, leather shows wear and worn through on corners and head and heel of spine, tight and square with No previous owner bookplate or writing. Top edge gilt which shows some wear. Text and illustrations are Fine.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pacific Coast Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3831
- Title
- Common Sense Stair Building and Handrailing
- Author
- Fred T. Hodgson
- Format/Binding
- Publishers hardbank
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Radford Architectural Company
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Architecture, Carpentry, Radford Architecture Books
Terms of Sale
Pacific Coast Books
10 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 10 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Pacific Coast Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gleneden Beach, Oregon
About Pacific Coast Books
Pacific Coast Books specializes in quality of books of interest from our store on the Central Oregon Coast. We are proud members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and have been buying and selling books for almost 20 years. Visit our website at www.Pacifc CoastBooks.net. Please feel free to call or email with any titles you would like to add to your collection. Only a small fraction of our inventory is online. We buy book collections.
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- Bookplate
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- Half Bound
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- Tight
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Spine
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Fine
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- Cloth
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