New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. 1982. Hardcover. 0471049034 . A hefty, comprehensive guide to home remodeling, with wide-ranging topics addressing tools, techniques, planning, materials, etc. Provides information on specialties such as roofing, electrical work and painting. With photos by Rosmarie Hausherr, illustrations by Richard Lear and rendering by Leonard Davis. --- In grey paper-covered boards with titling in white to cover and spine. Dust jacket with image of home interior undergoing renovation. --- The book has been exposed to dampness, causing minor rippling to leaves, otherwise a sound, sturdy copy. Un-clipped jacket with dampstains to verso, some light chipping and tearing to edges but otherwise intact.; Small Quarto (9 to 11 in. tall); xv, 571 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 80873
Title: Renovation: A Complete Guide
Author: LITCHFIELD, Michael W
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good in Good+ dust jacket
ISBN 10: 0471049034
ISBN 13: 9780471049036
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1982
Keywords: 0471049034
Bookseller catalogs: >>Home Repair, Design, Decorating;

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Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
Verso: The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Edges: The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
Quarto: The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
Good+: A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...