Home Decorating & Repair
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The Building of the Queensland House, 1880-1920: A Carpenter’s Handbook and Owner’s Manual
$45.00 Add to cartAndrew L. Jenner
Brisbane: Andrew L. Jenner, 2015. -
The Luxury of the Four Stream Needle Shower
$110.00 Add to cartReddan Specialty Co.
New York: Reddan Specialty Co., 1914.
The benefits of the four head shower invented by Mr. A. E. Kenney are many: the year around way to start your day; send you down to your office feeling like a boy; no longer confined to the rich man’s home; the only curtainless shower; the price is low as you don’t have to tear the walls out to install; stimulates your whole system without shock to the head; no rubber cap needed to keep your hair dry and so prevents hair thinning, dandruff and catarrh; takes up no room; fits any bath tub. Unfortunately it doesn’t put out the cat or turn off the lights. This copy with the stamp of the sales Agent Wm. B. McMahon, Troy, New York, stating a free 5 day trial to the wrappers front panel. -
Hot Tubs: How to Build, Maintain & Enjoy Your Own
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First Edition.
28cm x 20.5cm. 96 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
A complete guide to building and bathing outdoors in the 1970s.
Foxing. Good Condition. -
McCall’s Book of Modern Houses
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First Edition.
33cm x 26cm. 192 pages, illustrations, some colour, plans. Grey cloth, blue lettering, no jacket.
Spineback somewhat tender. Minor bumping and rubbing to corners. Minor soiling. Foxing to endpapers and adjacent pages. Moderate tanning. Previous owner’s name. Bookseller’s label, Barker’s Book Store, Brisbane. Good Condition. -
Private Spaces
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First Edition.
29cm x 29.5cm. 319 pages, colour illustrations. Pictorial matte papered boards. Text is multilingual, English, French, and German.
Photographs of new projects for various spaces in home design from architects and interior designers all over the world.
Minor bumping to corners. Very Good Condition. -
How To Restore The Old Aussie House
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First Edition.
27.5cm x 21cm. 94 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
Very minor foxing. Previous owner’s name. Very Good Condition. -
Practical Pole Building Construction
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Reprint.
28cm x 21cm. 183 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
With plans for barns, cabins and outbuildings.
Foxing to top edge. Minor soiling. Very Good Condition. -
Building in Timber: Handbook for Home Builders
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First Edition.
29.5cm x 21cm. 188 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Creasing to spine. Good Condition. -
A Very Practical Guide to Interior Decorating
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Third Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 143 pages, colour illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
. Fine Condition. -
Contemporary Living
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First Edition.
30cm x 24cm. 204 pages, colour photographs. Grey cloth, pictorial jacket.
Previous owner’s name to tail edge. Small crease to jacket lower flap. Very Good Condition. -
Places: Inside Australian Houses
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First Edition.
33cm x 26cm. 220 pages, colour photographs. Brown cloth, white lettering, pictorial jacket.
Minor wear to board edges. Discolouration to jacket spine. Good Condition. -
Maintaining and Restoring Masonry Walls: Current Understanding and Maintenance Methods on Brick and Stone Walls
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Book is in Good Plus condition, by which we mean it has marks of age and is worn from handling, but is still intact and good for reading, and while it possesses some undesirable defects is still a presentable copy. Good Condition. -
Interior Designers of The World
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First Edition.
Text is bilingual, in Japanese and English. Preface by Sadao Nagaoka. Editor’s postscript by Yukiko Miyagi. Translation by Martha Chaiklin.
Ex-State Library of Queensland.
. Good Condition (ex-library). -
The Building of the Queensland House, 1880-1920: A Carpenter’s Handbook and Owner’s Manual
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Second Edition. Signed by Author
21cm x 15cm. 350 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.
Very minor shelf wear. Near Fine Condition. -
The Building of the Queensland House, 1880-1920: A Carpenter’s Handbook and Owner’s Manual
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Third Edition.
21cm x 15cm. 350 pages, black and white photographs and illustrations. Illustrated french fold wrappers.
Creasing to spine. Minor soiling. Good Condition. -
Design for Modern Living: A Practical Guide to Home Furnishing and Interior Design
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First UK Edition.
28.5cm x 22.5cm. 300 pages, colour illustrations. Mustard cloth, gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial french fold jacket.
Minor foxing and tanning. Insect damage and minor soiling to cloth. Previous owner’s name. Minor chips and tears to jacket, foxing to verso. Good Condition. -
Mud Brick and Earth Building the Chinese Way
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Eighth Edition.
25cm x 21cm. 158 pages, black and white illustrations. Pictorial wrappers.
Very minor general wear. Near Fine Condition. -
Earth Render: The art of clay plaster, render and paints
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Reprint.
25cm x 19cm. 72 pages, colour photographs. Pictorial wrappers.
“This book offers a detailed look at the use of raw earth for painting and rendering walls in new as well as in existing buildings, focusing on sand-clay render, straw-clay render and clay paints.” (publisher’s blurb)
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Einzelmobel und Neuzeitliche Raumkunst
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First Edition.
30cm x 22cm. [viii], 186, [7] pages, illustrations, 1 in colour. Illustrated cloth. Text is in German, primarily pictorial.
Individual pieces of furniture and whole room layouts by designers such as Ludwig Kozma, Fritz Gross, Kurt Spielmann, Josef Berger, Martin Ziegler, Le Corbusier, Paul Laszlo, F. A. Brehaus, Karl Hofmann, Felix Augenfeld, Walther Sobotka, and Josef Frank. Cover design by Ludwig Kozma.
Rebacked. Minor to moderate soiling and rubbing to cloth. Minor to moderate soiling, foxing, and tanning. Good Condition. -
Price Current: Schallert-Ganahl Lumber Co.: Dealers in Lumber, Doors, Windows and Blinds and Building Material
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17cm x 11cm. 16 pages, black and white illustrations. Lettered saddle stapled wrappers.
Price list for doors, windows and blinds made by the California Door Company.
Horizontal crease. Minor soiling and tanning. Good Condition. -
Edith Wharton: A House Full of Rooms: Architecture, Interiors, and Gardens
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First Edition.
28.5cm x 23cm. 208 pages, illustrations, some colour, plans. Blue cloth, gilt and blind lettering.
Very Good Condition in Good Jacket. Foxing to top edge and jacket verso, minor to first and last pages. Book plate of Dr. Gary Simes. Very Good Condition. -
History of Interior Design & Furniture: From Ancient Egypt to Nineteenth-Century Europe
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Second Edition.
28cm x 22cm. viii, 440 pages, illustrations, some colour, plans. Black papered boards, gilt lettering.
Minor foxing to top edge. 2cm closed tear to top edge near spine on jacket lower panel. Very Good Condition. -
The Australian Renovator’s Manual
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Sixth Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 112 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
. Fine Condition. -
Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style
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First Edition.
30cm x 24cm. xix, 213 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, blind lettering, pictorial jacket.
Minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Very minor foxing to jacket verso. Near Fine Condition. -
Michael S. Smith: Elements of Style
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First Edition.
30cm x 24cm. xix, 213 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, blind lettering, pictorial jacket.
Minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Very minor foxing to jacket verso. Near Fine Condition. -
Cloth Bound
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First Edition.
27cm x 19.5cm. 241 pages, colour illustrations. Printed cloth, cream lettering, obi.
The story of an artist’s exploration of printing on fabrics.
. Fine Condition. -
Gypsy: A World of Colour & Interiors
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First Edition.
26.5cm x 22cm. 271 pages, colour illustrations. Quarter hessian, pictorial matte papered boards.
“Shows you how to put together colour palettes from what you have around you or pieces you have picked up in your travels, and then how to use those palettes to create interiors layered with stories, experiences and meaning.” (from blurb)
. Fine Condition. -
David Hicks: A Life of Design
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First Edition.
31cm x 24.5cm. 302 pages, colour illustrations. Red cloth, gilt lettering, pictorial french fold jacket.
“One of the most important and influential interior designers and tastemakers of the late twentieth century, David Hicks turned English decorating on its head in the 50s and 60s, with his bold use of colour, eclecticism, and geometric designs in carpets and textiles…This definitive volume, part personal history, part stunningly illustrated compendium of his work, traces the entire arc of his life and career.” (from the jacket flap)
Minor to moderate foxing to first and last pages, and jacket verso. Very Good Condition. -
How to be a Successful Owner Builder & Renovator
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Eighth Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 144 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
. Fine Condition. -
The Roof Building Manual
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Fifth Edition.
30cm x 21cm. 120 pages, black and white illustrations. Illustrated wrappers.
. Fine Condition.