Books on Building (2). New lands, James. the Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant. Being a comprehensive treatise on the selection, preparation and strength of materials, and the mechanical principles of framing, with their application in carpentry, joinery and hand-railing [&c.] London, Blackie & Son, n.d. [First published 1860, this is a later issue c.1870]Engraved title page with large illustration, 111 line-engraved plates, numerous wood-engraved text illustrations, (14),291pp., some foxing to prelims, printed title page creased with a repaired tear in gutter, folio, contemporary 1/2 brown morocco, spine with raised bands, some minor rubbing, cloth boards; Burn, Robert Scott. [editor] the New Guide to Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering. Theoretical and Practical. Edinburgh & London, Fullerton, n.d. [1868-72] 160 litho plates, 346 text illustrations and diagrams, extra illustrated title page, and (12),440pp., some foxing to prelims and occasionally in text, a.e.g., 4to., publisher's 1/2 morocco and cloth boards with some minor wear and signs of use. a decent solid copy.