compiled edited b j rendle (3 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. Boards in green cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Internally clean and unmarked. Dust jacket shows very light wear at corners; not price clipped; in an archival mylar sleeve. Illustrated in color throughout. 175 pages. 11.5 x 8.5 inches. Covers more than 70 different species of Asian, Australian and New Zealand timbers, both hardwoods and softwoods. Beautiful color plates showing the grain(s) of each specie, along with a general description, notes on its distribution and supply, technical properties, and uses. Designed to appeal to those who are interested in timber, but are not specialists in wood technology, indicating the outstanding characteristics of the timbers and, where appropriate, each timber is compared with allied or technically similar timbers that may be considered for the same purpose. Intended primarily for use by timber-using industries as well as architects and their clients, explaining the technical and aesthetic properties together with economic factors.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Three volumes, 1969 - 1970, 4to, Volume one , Europe and Asia, Volume 2 North and South America ( Including Central America and the West Indies ) , Volume 3, Asia, Australia and the Pacific. colour plates throughout illustrating timber types, Original cloth, ex - library copies with perforated stamps on the title pages and removed book plates on the end papers, head of the spine of volume 2 very worn but a good working set. A heavy item for which extra charges will be required for shipping an order overseas.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good+. First Edition. Edge wear to dust jacket, voume 1, top and bottom front inside corner's cut, all three. Expedited or International shipping may cost more, very heavy books, 3 book set.