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PRACTICAL DRAWING BOOKS. 



(Fourth Revised Edition.) Adapted to the use of 

 Architects, Engravers, Engineers, Artists, Sign Paint- 

 ers, Draughtsmen, etc. This work has been prepared 

 with especial reference to the wants of Architects, 

 Sign Painters and Draughtsmen. Architects will find 

 examples of the m st common words in use on their 

 drawings, so that if d. sired they may be transferred 

 directly to their drawings, "with instructions in re- 

 gard to tracing and transferring, and the preparation 

 of India Ink. ' This will be especially valuable to 

 architectural students and amateurs. Sign painters 

 will find fancy and shaded letters especially adapted 

 to their wants, while every alphabet in the book will 

 be found suggestive. One oblong volume, thirty- 

 three 7x1 1 well-filled plates handsomely bound in 

 cloth. Price $1.50 



i's Draughtsman's Manual ; 



or, How Can T Learn Architecture ? By F. T. Camp. 

 Containing H : nts to Inquirers and Directions in 

 Draughtsmanship. Contents : Introduction; Pre- 

 liminary Words; Draughtsman's Outfit; Technics of 

 Planning; General Remarks on Planning; General 

 Remarks on Exteriors; Drawing the Plan; Using the 

 Instruments; Designing the Elevations; Tracing and 

 Inkirw; Proportion of Rooms. New, Revised and 

 Enlarged Edition. One small volume, cloth. 

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Architectural Perspective for Beginners. By F. A. 

 Wright, Architect. Containing n large plates, and 

 full descriptive letter-press. One large quarto (page 

 the size of Building), handsomely bound in cloth. 

 Price <feo. on 



Perspective. 



{Just out.) By A. L. Cone. A Series of Practical 

 Lessons beginning with Elementary Principles and 

 Carrying the Student through a Thorough Course in 

 Perspective. 33 illustrations. One i2mo volume, 

 cloth. Price $1.00 



Tutliiil's Practical Lessons in Archi- 



tectMral Drawing; or, How to Make the 

 Working Drawings for Buildings. By Wm. B. Tut- 

 hill, A. M.., Architect. 5th edition, 44 pages descrip- 

 tive letter-press, illustrated by 33 full-page plates (one 

 in colors) aid 33 wood cuts, showing methods of con- 

 struction and representation. One large 8vo volume, 

 oblong, clcth. Price $2.50 



HOUSE PLANS. 



or, Hints on Economical Building, Containing 24 

 plates of Medium and Low Cost Houses, contributed 

 by different New York Architects, together with 

 descriptive letter-press, giving Practical Hints on 

 Economical Building and a chapter on the Water 

 Supply, Drainage, Sewerage, Heat and Ventilation 

 and other Sanitary Questions Relating to Country 

 Houses. By Wm. Paul Gerhard. Compiled and 

 Edited by A. W. Brunner, Architect. One 8vo 

 volume, cloth. Price $1.00 



Ints 



Containing, besides, introductory remarks, Chap- 

 ters on The Hall, The Staircase, The Library, The 

 Parlor, The Dining-room, The Study, The Bedrooms. 

 Fully Illustrated with 65 Drawings. Price $3.00 



interior Wooi-werk of (looses of 



Moderate Cost. — Two China Closets; Details 

 of China Closet; An Angle Fire-place and Parlor 

 Mantel, with Details; Book-shelves, with Details; 

 Staircase and Screen, with Details; Two Bedroom 

 Mantels, with Details; Entrance Hall and Staircase; 

 Details of Entrance Hall and Staircase; Bath-room, 

 with Details; Hall Fire-place, with Details; Library 

 Book-shelves, with Details; Dining-room Mantel, 

 with Details One paper portfolio, 12 plates. 

 Price $1.00 



The designs here presented were many of them the 

 result of a competition, and show a large number of 

 plans and many excellent fronts. One paper portfolio, 

 12 olates. Price $1.00 



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Including Prize Designs, with Elevations, Plans, 

 Details, Specifications, Bills of Materials and Estimates 

 of Cost. 1 i large (11x14) Plates of Practical Designs, 

 costing from $500 to $3,000. Price $1.00 



Notes e:i t!:o Art cf ffmso Planning. 



By C. Francis Osborne, Architect, Assistant Pro- 

 fessor of Architecture, Cornell University. One 

 volume, i2mo, cloth. Price $1.00 



Hiuses from $500 to $2,500. 



Giving Perspectives, Flevations and Plans, with 

 Specifications, Bills of Materials and Estimates of 

 Cost. One 1 aper portfolio, 12 plates. Price, post- 

 paid. $1.00 



3§ie: 



1 Its Design and Construction. By W, B. Tuthill, 

 J Architect. One 8vo volume, cloth. 117 illustrations. 

 I Contents: Chap. I. — 1 he Plan; its Designs and 

 i Requirements. Chap. II. — Elevations. Chap. III.— 

 I Masonry and Brick-work. Chap. IV. — Framing. 

 I Chap. V.— The Roof. Chap. VI.— General Details. 

 ! Chap. VII. — Plastering. Chap. VIII. — Plumbing. 

 i Price $1.50 



STORES. 



12 plates and Descriptive Letter-press. 



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Counter and Showcase, with Plate Details; De- 

 I tached Case, with Details; Wall-shelving, with 

 j Details; Telephone Case, with Details; Counter for 

 I Druggist, with Details; Wall Cases, with Details; 

 I Two Counters, with I 'etails; Two Detached Cases, 

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