This section is from the book "Modern Carpentry And Building", by W. A. Sylvester. Also available from Amazon: Modern Carpentry And Building.
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Part 5. - Out-buildings. Paper portfolio; price, post-paid......................$1.25
Plate 40. - Windmill, wagon house and well house. Plate 50. - Three designs for fences, gate and well house. Plate 51. - Gate lodge, brick fence and old Colonial high fence. Plate 52. - Stable, detail of fence and gale, and summer house. Plate 53. - General utility building, including carriage house, stable, shop and chicken house. Plate 54. - Two ways of entering a terrace, summer house, garden house and entrance gate. Plate 55. - Seaside pavilion, bath house and screened privy. Plate 56. - Dancing pavilion, poultry and pigeon house. Plate 57. - Path house, ice house. Plate 68. - Two designs for privies, wagon shed, and three designs for gates and fences. Plate 50. - (Out-huildings for rear of a 100-ft. lot. double privy and covered gateway. Plate 60. - Tool house, wood shed and privy, and three designs for fences.
Vol. 2.
Part G. - $500 to .$2,500 houses, giving perspectives, elevations and plans, with specifications, bills of materials, and estimates of cost. Paper portfolio, twelve plates; price, post-paid........$1.25
Plate 1 - $500 house. Plate 2. - $700 house. Plate 3. - $800 house. Plate 4. - $800 house. Plate 5. - $900 house. Plate 6. - $1,000 house. Plate 7. - $1,000 house. Plate 8. - $1,000 house. Plate 0. - $1,200 house. Plate 10. - $1,500 house. Plate 11. - $2,000 house. Plate 12. - $2,500 house.
Part 7. - Interior woodwork of houses of moderate cost. Paper portfolio, twelve plates; price, post-paid.......$1.25
Plate 10. - Two china closets. Plate 14. - Details of china closet. Plate 15. - An angle fire-place and parlor mantel, with details. Plate 16. - Hook-shelves with details. Plate 17. - Staircase and screen, with details. Plate 18. - Two bedroom mantels with details. Plate 10 - Entrance hall and staircase. Plate 20. - Details of entrance hall and staircase. Plate 21. - Bathroom. with details. Plate 22. - Hall fireplace, with details. Plate 23. - Library book-shelves, with details. Plate 24. - Dining-room mantel, with details.
Part 8. - Store fittings. Paper portfolio, twelve plates; price, post-paid.......$1.25
Plate 25. - Counter and showcase, with details. Plate 26. - Detached case, with details. Plate 27. - Wall-shelving, with details. Plate 28. - Telephone case, with details. Plate 20. - Counter for druggist, with details. Plate 30. - Wall cases, with details. Plate 31. - Two counters, with details. Plate 32. - Two detached cases, with details. Plate 33. - Prescription counter, with details. Plate 34. - Perfumery case, with details. Plate 35. - Wall-shelving, with details. Plate 36. - Cashiers desk, with details.
Part 9. - City houses. Paper portfolio, twelve plates; price, post-paid.......$1.25
This part is devoted to elevations, plans and sections of city houses. A special feature will be a large and carefully selected series of floor plans.
Practical Boat Building and Sailing.
By P. Neison, D. Kempe and G. C. Davids; 5 1/2 x 8 inches; cloth; London......................................$3.00
This hook contains full instructions for designing and building punts, skiffs, canoes, sailing boats and yachts.
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Canoe and Boat Building.
A complete manual for amateurs, containing plain and comprehensive directions for the construction of canoes, rowing and sailing boats and hunting craft. By W. P. Stephens; 264 pages; illustrations, and 50 plates in envelope-----$2.50
Numerous examples of canoes are here given, with plain instruction for the beginner to select the proper craft and to plan dimensions, details and fittings. Boat building is fully treated on, a rowboat of the usual construction being taken as an example.
Wood-Turners' Handy Book.
By S. N. Hasluck. A practical manual for workers at the lathe, embracing information on the tools, appliances and processes employed in wood turning; 100 illustrations; 144 pages, 5 x 7 1/2 inches; cloth; boards...................$1.00
This is a compact and very satisfactory text book of wood-turning, treating on wood-turners' lathes, hand tools, rounding tools, fitting up a lathe,chucks,copying lathes, etc, as well as special instructions for turning numerous articles of common occurrence.
Manual of Wood Carving.
By Wm. Bemrose, Jr.; 49 pages, 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 inches; 127 colored illustrations; cloth..................................$3.00
The purpose of the author of this work was to provide the amateur carver such information and assistance as would enable him to produce various articles of furniture, tasteful in character and durable in quality. At the outset he gives attention to the tools and appliances necessary, and some general instructions in their use. Following this are plates of designs suitable for execution, accompanied by brief descriptive letterpress.
Book of Alphabets.
48 pages, 5 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches: paper.......................$1.00
This book contains 113 plain and ornamental alphabets, adapted to the use of sign painters, draftsmen and designers. It includes all the standard styles and many new ones.
Wood Carving for Amateurs.
Containing descriptions of all the requisite tools and full instructions for their use; in producing different varieties of carving. Illustrated; second edition, revised and enlarged pamphlet: 80 pages.................................81.00
Thislittle book is intented primarily to give information on the subject for amateurs. It is of such a character, however, as to be useful to tho«e who have a desire to acquire a knowledge of wood carving for its advantages as an employment. The subject is carefully discussed, tools are illustrated, directions are presented and in general the reader is carefully instructed in the art.
 
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