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  101 Do-It-Yourself Projects
Various Authors Credited
ISBN: 0949819603
Readers Digest Sydney, NSW, Australia 1986 
 Laminated Pictorial Boards 384 pages in overall good to very good condition with minimal markings  Good to Very Good
Price: $12.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 038048  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  101 Do-It-Yourself Projects
Various
ISBN: 0949819603
Readers Digest Services Pty Ltd NSW, Australia 1986 First Edition
 Pictorial Boards 384 pages. Includes several colour photographs and fully illustrated throughout. Illustrated pastedown front and rear. Slight fading to hard cover spine and edges. Minor discolouration to page edges.  Very Good
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 023096  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  347 Woodworking Patterns; 8 Pounds Net of Popular Woodworking Patterns
Not Stated
ISBN: 0915099268
FC&A Peachtree City, Georgia 1993 Reprint
4to - up to 12" tall - Quarto Paperback 325 g.; II, 3-160 pages, acknowledgements, introduction and index. The text is illustrated with numerous patterns for woodworking projects. Colour photographic front cover, showing the old woman and her many children in the shoe, against a brown coloured background with red and blue titles to the front panel and red titles to the background. A little creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges. Age toning of the internal text. As the title suggests 347 woodworking patterns. Digital image available upon request to help assess condition. Woodworking Good
Price: $16.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 0109294  Bookseller: Syber's Books
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  450 things a bloke ought to know how to build,
Jarratt, John.
ISBN: 0732259460
Pymble, N.S.W. HarperCollins 1999   
  4to softcover 214pp b/w illus. very good. 
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 25902  Bookseller: Dial a Book
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  A Complete Guide Lighting - Styles - History - Planning - Suppliers (The Australian Home Renovator series)
Mandy Jean
ISBN: 0091826640
Random House Australia Sydney, NSW, Australia 1991 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Usual library marks. 88 pages with b/w illustrations. Ex-Library Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 003486  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  A Concise Building Encyclopaedia
Compiled By T. Corkhill
Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd London, England. 1955 Reprint
Dust jacket protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 365 pages. Black and white illustrations. Previous owner's name written on front endpaper. Some rubbing and shelf wearing to spine, edges and corners with open tears to top and base of spine and corners of dust jacket. Minor foxing to page edges, endpapers and titlepage.  Good
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 044378  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  A Critical Bibliography of Building Conservation : Historic Towns, Buildings, Their Furnishings and Fittings
John F. Smith
ISBN: 0720107075
Mansell Information/Publishing Ltd London, United Kingdom 1978 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover 207 pages.  Very Good
Price: $20.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 004691  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  A Handbook of Wrought Iron: From the Middle Ages to the End of the Eighteenth Century
Otto Hoever
Thames & Hudson London, United Kingdom 1968 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover General wear to jacket. New endpapers and minimal library marks. 320 pages with 446 b/w plates. A comprehensive survey of ornamental ironwork.  Ex-Library Good
Price: $40.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 014741  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Airports: A Read and Build Book
De Oliver, Victoria Prego
ISBN: 0853406332
Wayland Publishers  1979 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover About as good as books of this vintage without a D/J normally do come. Tight, clean, with only light wear on the extremities, with no marks or inscriptions. More detailed description, scanned digital images, or any other obtainable additional information is available on request and normally supplied within 24 hours.  Very Good
Price: $19.44 (AUD)
Book Number: 004807  Bookseller: BookSplendour
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  Airports: A Read and Build Book
De Oliver, Victoria Prego
ISBN: 0853406332
Wayland Publishers  1979 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover About as good as books of this vintage without a D/J normally do come. Tight, clean, with only light wear on the extremities, with no marks or inscriptions.   Very Good
Price: $25.44 (AUD)
Book Number: 004807  Bookseller: A Book A Day
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  Alternative Housebuilding
Mike McClintock
Sterling Publishing 1989367pp   
  Large card cover Good 
Price: $14.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 3406  Bookseller: Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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  Alternative Housebuilding
McClintock, Michael
ISBN: 0806969954
Sterling Publishing Co New York, New York, U.S.A. 1989 
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover 367 pages with b/w illustrations. Shows how to build with traditional systems: log buildings, timber frame houses, structures made from adobe, stone or cordwood and also how to build with the newer systems: pole foundations, rammed-earth walls, earth sheltering.   Very Good
Price: $22.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012056  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  An Australian Decorator: From The Diary Of: A Practical Guide To Interior Design.
Adams Cecily
ISBN: 0867773057
Child And Henry Publishing Brookvale, Sydney. 1986 First Edition
 Hard Cover 118 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. This not just reminiscences in the life of a deccorator but a true practical guide to iterior design.  Fine
Price: $8.25 (AUD)
Book Number: 033892  Bookseller: Marlowes Books
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  Audels Plumbers and Steam Fitters Guide: A Rpactical Illustrated Trade Assistant and Ready Reference
Graham, Frank. D.; Emery, Thomas. J.
Theo. Audel & Co Publishers New York, USA 1944 Reprint
16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall Soft Leather Cover Soft black leather cover, reprint edition, 650gms, blank endpapers. This is a practical and illustrated trade assistance and ready reference. Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear, moderate page discolouration throughout. Cover is in good condition with moderate shelf wear and scuffing to edges and corners, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!  Good
Price: $12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: BUICON4  Bookseller: Ambire Secondhand Books
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  Australian Building Industry Productivity Report 1954
No Author Credited
The Building Industry Congress of Victoria Australia 1955 
Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 185 pages. Dust jacket worn with tears around edges and some snail damage. Foxing and discolouration to dust jacket. B/w photos and diagrams.  Very Good
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 025397  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Australian Chimneys & Cookhouses
Elaine & Douglass Baglin
ISBN: 0908048181
Murray Child Australia 1979 First Edition
Dust Jacket Protected with New Plastic Covering Hard Cover 80 pages. Colour photographs. The cookhouse, the fireplace and chimney were once the focal point of Australian family life and they believe that with their passing, a stable, creative, healthy family lifestyle went with them.  Near Fine
Price: $9.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 030037  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Australian Do-It-Yourself Manual
Alexandra Payne (Managing Editor)
ISBN: 0734305249
Penguin Books Australia Ltd Australia 2003 
 Laminated Pictorial Boards 451 pages including easy to follow instructions and more than 2000 colour photos and illustrations, In very good condition - near new.  Near New
Price: $12.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 039680  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  AUSTRALIAN HEARTLANDS
Gleeson Brendan
ISBN: 1741147212
Allen & Unwin Australia  2006 1st Edition
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall Card Cover An examination of the health of the Australian urban communities and their role in national life. The text ranges across topics such as gated communities and the new suburban poverty sinkholes, the loss of the public domain, the experience of childhood in contemporary suburbs, environmental degradation and the challenges of migration.   Good to Very Good
Price: $15.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 008158  Bookseller: Little Lane Books
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  Australian Houses of the Forties and Fifties
Peter Cuffley
ISBN: 9781741783896
The Five Mile Press Knoxfield, Victoria, Australia 2007 Reprint
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover 200 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. Looks at the great diversity of domestic architecture - from the humble post-war austerity bungalow through to the cottage style propounded by Edna Walling, and the exciting innovations of such architects as Robin Boyd, Peter McIntyre, Harry Seidler and Frederick Romberg.  Near Fine
Price: $40.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 006821  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Australian Houses of the Twenties & Thirties
Peter Cuffley
ISBN: 0867886676
The Five Mile Press Melbourne, VIC, Australia 2007 Reprint
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover 264 pages with colour and b/w illustrations. From the Californian bungalow to the Art Deco house of the 1930's, origins - home renovation - garden styles - colour schemes.  Near Fine
Price: $40.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 000378  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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  Automobile Fault Finder
Gregorys
ISBN: 0855666161
Gregory's Scientific Publications Australia 1987 
Small Duodecimo (12mo), approx. 7" (180mm) tall. Laminated Pictorial Boards Very clean book in laminated pictorial covers, in near fine condition throughout with a few tiny dust marks on top edge. Illustrated. 164 gr  * Fine
Price: $12.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 120435  Bookseller: BookSplendour
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  Basic Plumbing
No Authors Credited
ISBN: 0376014660
Lane Publishing Co California, USA. 1987 Fifth Printing
 Soft Cover 94 pages with light markings and tanning to pages, minimal rubbing to cover although scratches evident in one place  Good to Very Good
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 038886  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Better Homes and Gardens: Basic Carpentry Projects
John Bowler
ISBN: 086411933X
Murdoch Books Australia 2000 First Edition
 Soft Cover 72 pages. Illustratons. Contents: Hanging a door; Reparing timber floors; Insect screens; Prtition wall; Architraves.   Good to Very Good
Price: $7.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 029447  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Better Homes and Gardens: Coffee Tables - Practical and Stylish Coffee Tables to Make for the Home
Greg Cheetham
ISBN: 0864117302
Murdoch Books NSW Australia 1998 
 Soft Cover 64 pages. Slight creasing to cover and page corners.  Very Good
Price: $5.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 036804  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Black and Decker Portable Workshop, Maximizing Minimal Space. Basic Wood Projects with Portable Power Tools
Cy DeCosse
ISBN: 0865736707
Cy DeCosse Incorporated U.S.A 1996 1st Ed
 Spiral Bound Hardcover   Very Good
Price: $21.60 (AUD)
Book Number: r/cs 3151  Bookseller: Net Books
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  BLIZZARD’S WIZARD WOODWORK
Blizzard Richard
ISBN: 0563211032
BBC Books  1985 First Edition
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Laminated Pictorial Boards Clean pages and tight binding. No inscription. Clean cover. Instructions on how to make a number of woodwork creations.  Very Good
Price: $25.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 002869  Bookseller: Little Lane Books
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  Brick Book, The
Hayward, Robert
ISBN: 0727005197
Rigby Limited Adelaide, Australia 1978 First Edition
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Hard Cover with Dust Jacket Hardcover with orange boards and pictorial dust jacket, First Edition, 825gms, 192 pages, blank endpapers. This unique how-to-build-it book that will teach you a new craft and save you big money on building! Book is in good condition with mild general wear and tear and light page discolouration throughout. Dust Jacket is in good condition with mild shelf wear and fading to the spine, otherwise no other pre-loved markings. Attached picture is of actual book. Purchase more than 1 item and save money with combined postage. And if you can't find the title you're looking for - why not ask us direct. With over 30,000 books in stock we can't list them all!  Good
Price: $18.00 (AUD)
Book Number: GARLAN4  Bookseller: Ambire Secondhand Books
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  Brickwork Book 1
W Cutter
Cassell London, England 1960 First Edition
 Hard Cover 118 pages. B/W photos. B/W diagrams. Foxing to the outer edges.   Excellent
Price: $10.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 055192  Bookseller: Leura Books
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  Build a Your House of Earth; A Manual of Pise and Adobe Construction
Middleton, G. F.
Compendium Melbourne 1975 Reprint
8vo - up to 9 ¾" tall - Octavo Paperback 220 g.; X, 110 pages, introduction by author, list of illustrations, appendix, plans and index. The text is illustrated with eight pages of black-and-white photography between page 46 and 47 and numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Sepia toned photographic front cover with black titles to the front panel and backstrip. Creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the book edges and book panels. Some handling marks to the panels and to the internal text. Browning to the text block edges and there is a small stain to the front fore paper edge. Previous owner's name to the top edge of the half title page. This book was first published in 1953 and is a manual on how to construct a Pise (rammed earth) house or a mudbrick house (Adobe) within the Australian environment. Digital image available upon request help to assess condition. 16.5ng Construction Good
Price: $16.50 (AUD)
Book Number: 0109448  Bookseller: Syber's Books
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  Build It With Bales : A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version 1
MacDonald, S.O.; Myhrman, Matts
ISBN: 0964282100
Inhabitation Services Gila, New Mexico, U.S.A. 1995 Third Printing
4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall Soft Cover Usual library marks and wear. 79 pages with b/w illustrations.  Ex-Library Good
Price: $30.00 (AUD)
Book Number: 012400  Bookseller: Terra Australis Books
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