JUST ISSUED. A very desirable Book for all who contemplate Building a House. COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN RESIDENCES OF MODERATE COST, One superb quarto volume. Mailed post-paid on receipt of price, $5.00. A. J. BICKNELL & CO., PUBLISHERS, 27 WARREN STREET, NEW YORK. CONTENTS OF Supplement to Bicknell's Village Builder. DESIGN I.-PLATE 1.-Front elevation of two-story French roof house, printed in colors; Scale inch to one foot. PLATE 2.-Side elevation, in.; principal details, inch. PLATE 3.-Section, & in.; plans of cellar, first second and third floors, 3-32 inch: II.-PLATE 4.-Fig. 1.-Front elevation of house with gable roof. DESIGN IV. PLATE inch. DESIGN DESIGN DESIGN 5.-Front elevation and plans of cottage. Scale, V.-PLATE 6.-Front elevation, plans and details of French cottage, with tower, elevation and plans, in., details, in. VI.-PLATE 7.-Front elevation, section and first-story plan of a square French roof dwelling. Scale, & inch. PLATE 8.-Side elevation, in.; second floor, attic and cellar plan, 1-16 inch. VIII-PLATE 11.-Front elevation of two-story house with French roof and tower. PLATE 12.-Plan of first floor, second floor and attic. Scale, inch. X-PLATE 13.-Fig. 2.-Front elevation and plan of one-story Cottage. Scale, 1-16 inch. XI.-PLATE 14.-Front elevation, plans and details of two-story house, with hip root DESIGN XIII-PLATE 16.-Fig. 1.-Front elevation and plan of one-story house with Mansard DESIGN DESIGN DESIGN XVIII.--PLATE 17.-Elevation of cottage. Scale, 1-16 inch. DESIGN XIX.-PLATE 18.-Front elevation and plans of cottage. Scale of elevation, inch. Plans, 1-16 inch. PLATE 19.-Details of dormer and bay-window. piazza, gable and cornice. Scal, inch. Base finish, door and window casing, half full size. PLATE 20.-Piazzas, windows, bay-windows and balconies Scale, inch. CONTAINING Over One thousand Designs and Illustrations, showing the manner of Constructing Cornices, Doorways, Porches, Windows, Verandahs, Railings, French Roofs, Observatories, Piazzas, Bay Windows, Cut Stone Work, various styles of Modern Finish, and Street Fronts of Houses, Stores, etc., etc. One Large Quarto Volume. Price, Ten Dollars. SYNOPSIS OF CONTENTS. Plates 1, 2, and 3-Sixteen designs for Cornices and Plate 4--Four designs for Cornices of Brick. Plate 12-Designs for Belt Courses, Rustic Quoins, Plate 14-Twenty designs for Window Caps and outside Plate 15-Design of a Building appropriate for two Bank- Plate 16-Design for three Stores, each twenty feet front. Plate 20-Figure 1, design for a Four Story Front, with Figure 2, design for Street Front, with door at the side Plates 21, 22 and 23-Three designs for first-class Street Plates 24, 25 and 26-Thirty designs for Cornices for Street Plates 29 and 30-Twenty-two designs for Gable Orna- Plate 31-Thirteen designs for Window Caps. Plate 35-Five designs for Piazzas. Plate 36-Three designs for Verandahs. Figure 1, drawn Plate 37-Eight designs for Canopies for Windows and Plate 38-Designs for an Entrance Door, Bay Windows Plate 39-Four designs for Bay Windows. Plate 41-Eleven designs for Balconies and Railings suit- Plate 42-Ten designs for Balconies, Dormer Windows, Plate 43-Nine designs for Chimneys and Chimney Caps. Plate 47-Fifty-four designs of Mouldings, Architraves, Plate 48-Seven designs for Ornamental Picket Fences. Plate 50-Six Front levations of Suburban or Country Plate 51-Six designs for Suburban or Country Houses. The designs are drawn on a scale of one-fourth of an inch to the foot; the details three-fourths of an inch; the elevations are on a scale of eight and twelve feet to an inch. Sent by mail, post-paid, to any part of the United States, on receipt of price, $10, or by express if desired, collection made on delivery, with express charges added. Money can be sent by Post-Office Money Order, Draft, or by the New Registry System. AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION. Several good books have been published on "Stair-Building" in the English language. They treat principally on Hand-Railing, while the planning and construction of the Stair Part is neglected. The theory and principals of the scientific seem to be but imperfectly understood by the authors, which causes errors and difficulties in the practical execution. The books published on the subject in the German and French languages are edited by scientific men who have no practical experience. They give ground plans and elevations of the different parts, but do not mention the subject of the practical execution of the Hand-Rail, and the workmen have to get out the crooks as best they can, on some systein similar to the renowned Peter Nicholson's, which causes a great waste in labor and material. A thorough understanding of the planning and construction of both the Stairs and the Rails is obviously neces sary to a successful Stair-Builder, and it has been my aim in preparing this book, to cover the whole ground. In this country, where skilled labor is valuable, especially at the present time of our progressive age, any mechanic, particularly any one connected with Building, is expected to do a neat and substantial piece of work in the shortest time and with the use of the least material possible; to accomplish this, he, particularly the Stair-Builder, must be a good linear draughtsman. Linear Drawing is mostly a practical application of the principles and facts arrived at by the demonstrations in Elementary, Constructive and Descriptive Geometry; the necessary Definitions, Theorems, and Problems of that science are introduced in the forward part of the book in a practical, comprehensive manner, and illustrated on Plates I. to IX. Plates X. to XXIX. illustrate every conceivable case and form of Stairs and Rails, which may come under the StairBuilder's notice. The frontispiece is a perspective view of the stair-case Fig. I, Pl. XXIX., finished in Gothic style, with wainscotting along the wallstring. By the system followed in this book, the wreath-pieces are all sawed square through the plank, all joints made at once, and the Rail, as also the Stairs, may each be put together and finished in the shop for an entire story, before being taken to the building. In no case need the thickness of the plank be more than the width of the rail; the instructions given to ascertain the length of odd balusters will be found of service. The explanation of the Plates is explicit in every particular. That of the practical part of Plates X. to XXIX. is written in such a manner that a very careful study of the theoretical part is not absolutely necessary. However, a careful perusal of the chapter on "Theory of Hand-Railing" is recommended, as it will instruct the reader understandingly on the subject, and the young carpenter, who wishes to advance higher than the common aver age of what is called a good workman, cannot employ his leisure hours to any better advantage than to study the whole of this work thoroughly. Although fitted by education, which I was fortunate enough to secure in Prussia, to employments considered by some as more genteel than that of building stairs, it so suits my taste, combining a healthy bodily and mental exercise, that I have made Stair-Building my exclusive business during the last fifteen years in this my adopted country. The extensive experience gained during that time, aided by the application of science and a natural mechanical skill, enabled me to examine the subject thoroughly, and bring it to that perfection which allows of no "guess-work" whatever, but is mathematically certain, snbject only to such variations as are caused by the mechanical manipulations of the materials used. During that time I have had many different men under my employ; some as finished workmen, more under instructions. This gave me an opportunity to learn the wants and the best modes of teaching those carpenters who wish to become conversant with this particular branch of their business, and it has been my endeavor to present in this book the whole process systematically, as it is carried on under my personal supervision; and I know that it contains more solid and specific information than any one book ever published on the subject in any language, and I feel confident it will supply the want of a complete and reliable SELF-INSTRUCTOR in the art of Stair-Building in every detail, at once comprehensible to the novice, as well as instructive to the more accomplished workman. Sent by Mail, or Express, Free to any part of the United States, on receipt of price, $10. Villas, Farm Houses, School Houses, Cottages, City Residences, Churches, &c. ALSO, TRUSSED ROOFS, INTERIOR STORE FINISH, & MANY EXTERIOR DETAILS In One Large Volume, bound in Cloth, 54 Plates, Price Ten Dollars. WOODWARD'S NATIONAL ARCHITECT CONTAINING 1,000 Original Designs, Plans and Details to Working Scale FOR THE Practical Construction of Dwelling Houses, FOR THE COUNTRY, SUBURB AND VILLAGE. WITH FULL AND COMPLETE SETS OF SPECIFICATIONS AND AN ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF EACH DESIGN. BY GEO. E. WOODWARD AND EDWARD G. THOMPSON, ARCHITECTS. PRICE, $12. ATWOOD'S Country and Suburban Residences, By DANIEL T. ATWOOD, Architect. CONTENTS. Hints to House-Seekers; Choosing a Site; The Plan; Water Supply; Kitchen and Ventilation; Proportion; The Style; The Foundations; Cisterns and Filterers; Superstructure Walls; Brick: Description of Ancient Methods; Concrete Walls; Elements of a Good Concrete; Concrete Moulds: Proportions; How to Lay a Wall; Agglomerated Concrete; American Building Block; En Pise; Wooden Walls; External Covering of Frames; The Roof; Timber; Selection of Trees for Timber; Seasoning and Preservation of Timber; Painting; Designs and Plans of Cottages, Villas, Country Houses, Churches, Stables, etc. Price, post-paid, $1 50. |