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Practical Carpentry

Being a Guide to the Correct Working and Laying-out of all kinds of Carpenters'and Joiners' Work, with the Solutions of the Various Problems in Hip-Roofs, Gothic Work, Centering. Splayed Work, Joints and Jointing, Hingeing, Dovetailing, Mitering, Timber-Splicing, Hopper-work, Skylights, Baking Moldings, Circular Work, etc. - To which is prefixed a thorough treatise on "Carpenters' Geometrv."-Bv Fred. T. Hodgson, author of "The Steel Square and Its Uses," " The Slide-Rule, and How to Use It," "The Builders'Guide," &c-Illustrated by over Three Hundred Engravings. - Cloth, gilt..............$1

This is the most thorough book of the kind ever published. It is thorough, practical, and reliable; and at the same time is written in a style so plain that any workman or apprentice can easily understand it.

Stair-Building Made Easy

Being a Full and Clear Description of the Art of Building the Bodies, Carriages, and Cases for all kinds of Stairs and Steps. - ■ Together with Illustrations Showing the Manner of Laying Out Stairs, forming Treads and Risers, building Cylinders, preparing Strings; with Instructions for making Carriages for Common, , Platform. Dog-1egged, and Winding Stairs. - To which is added an Illustrated Glossary of Terms used in Stair-Building, and Designs for Newels, Balusters, Brackets, Stair-Moldings, and Sections of Hand-Bails. - By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of "The Steel Square and Its Uses," etc - Illustrated by over One Hundred and Twenty Engravings, many of them full-page size. - Cloth, gilt. ... $1

This work takes hold at the very beginning of the subject, and carries the Student alone by easy Stages until the entire subject of stairhuilding has been unfolded, so far- as ordinary practice can ever require. This book, and the following one on Hand-Railing, cover nearly the whole subject of Stair-Building.

A New System Of Hand-Railing

Or, How to Cut, Hand-Railing for Circular and other Stairs, square from the Plank, without the aid of a Falling Mould. - By An Old Stairbuilder. - Edited and corrected by Fred. T. Hodgson, author of "Stair-building Made Easy," etc. - Cloth, gilt. , . $1 The system is new, novel, economic, and easily learned. Rules, instructions, and working drawings for building rails for seven different kinds of stairs are given.

The Builders'Guide, And Estimators'Price-Book

Being a Compilation of Current Prices of Lumber, Hardware, Glass, Plumbers' Supplies, Paints, Slates, Stones, Limes, Cements, Bricks, Tin, and other Building Materials. Also, Prices of Labor and Cost of Performing the Several Kinds of Work Required in Building; together with Prices of Doors, Frames, Sashes, Stairs, Moldings, Newels, and other Machine-work. - To which is appended a large number of Building Rules, Data, Tables, and Useful Memoranda, with a Glossary of Architectural and Building Terms. - By Fred. T. Hodgson, author of "The Steel Square and Its Uses," "The Slide-Rule, and How to Use It," "Practical Carpentry," &c-Cloth................$2