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Hardcover Antique Carpentry and Building, Volume V (1883), a historic trade publication printed in New York by David Williams at 83 Reade Street.
FABULOUS Gilded Age Book. This is an annual bound compilation containing all 12 monthly issues from the year 1883.
Founded as a monthly journal in 1879, Carpentry and Building served as a premier technical reference for Gilded Age architects, builders, and tradesmen. It featured highly detailed framing plans, material reviews, and structural drawings.Evolution: In 1910, the publication transitioned names to Building Age. Through a series of corporate mergers, it eventually consolidated into the well-known magazine American Builder in 1930.All vintage and antique books may or may not have inscriptions and imperfections, imperfect bindings, small tears etc.
approx 240 pages. Spine structurally intact but missing some of the original cover. See pix.
