Lot 31 , Pain, William - The Practical House Carpenter; or, Youths Instructor; containing a great variety of useful designs in

Pain, William - The Practical House Carpenter; or, Youth's Instructor; containing a great variety of useful designs in carpentry and architecture ... to which is added, a list of prices for materials and labour ... 5th edition, with additions, 147 engraved plates (some folded or d page); old calf (distressed), 4to, 1794
Estimate £140-180

Binding worn, upper cover present - but detached, pp. V & VI with clean tear lower corner (bottom 9 lines), no loss, front free endpapers loose, early signature 'Edwin Sainsbury' (but dated 1784?), some inside spotting, but reasonably good. 5pp. of prelims., letterpress List of Prices -22pp. and I and J. Taylor's 'List of Books', pp. (23) and 24
Plates present, excepting plate opposite title page


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Sold for £320