Name/Title
AUDEL'S CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS GUIDE, VOLUME 3Entry/Object ID
2000.29.1.3Description
AUDEL'S CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS GUIDE, VOLUME 3
Color: Black
"Audel's Carpenters and Builders Guide, Volume Three," (New York: Theo. Audel & Co., 1924,) 251 pp. This is the third of four volumes on general building and carpentry work. The softcover book has a faux leather look with the front cover having a dentil-like border, within which, at the top, is the title embossed into the material. At the bottom is an image of a setting sun with a hammer superimposed over it. On the spine, in gold lettering, is the title, volume number, and list of main topics. Toward the bottom is an image of a hammer and there is a single horizontal line at the top and two of these lines at the bottom. One of the flysheets has a quotation on hand labor from John Ruskin with an illustration of balloon frame construction on the other side. Following is the title page. A foreword outlines the purpose of the guides. An "Outline of Chapters" includes chapters on laying out lots; foundations; house frames; girders and sills; joists; framing of outer walls; openings and partitions; roof framing; skylights; porches; scaffolding and staging; and hoisting apparatuses. Pagination continues from the second volume and continues into the fourth. The index is following the outline and at the beginning before the text. Many illustrations and charts, including drawings of tools, correct use of them, and information on applying them, accompany the text. At the back are advertisements for the guides and a series on electricity. There are some creases on the inside of the covers and dented cover corners, but the artifact is in good condition.Lexicon
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Roofs, Building, Doorways, Foundations, Skylights, Windows, Porches, Carpentry, Hoisting machinerySearch Terms
Three-dimensional, Books, Theo. Audel & Company, Framing (Building), Scaffolds