From Wattle & Daub to Concrete & Steel: The Engineering Heritage of Australia's Buildings Tapa dura - 1999

Melbourne University Press, 1998. Fine Hardcover in a Fine Dustwrapper. "From Wattle & Daub to Concrete & Steel is the first history of building techniques in Australia, from the primitive buildings of the early colonies to today's high-tech construction methods. Henry Cowan traces construction techniques from the earliest wattle-and-daub, through traditional European construction methods using stone, timber, brick and iron, to the early development of Australian brick veneer and the first buildings using steel frames. He shows how the enormous changes in building technology this century have revolutionised the way we design, use and think about our buildings and how they have shaped our cities and our lives."

Melbourne University Press; Melbourne, AU, 1998. Hardcover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. [AUSTRALIA]. Cowan, Henry J., and Peter R. Smith. "From Wattle and Daub to Concrete and Steel: The Engineering Heritage of Australia's Buildings." Melbourne, AU: Melbourne University Press, 1998. English language. Hardcover in jacket. Text with black and white illustrations. 9.5 x 6.5 x 1 inches. 21 oz. xiv, 229 pp., [1]. Former library copy. Clear library jacket atop publisher's jacket. Sticker on publisher's jacket's spine. Sticker, stamp, sticker residue, and ink notation on free front endpaper. Stamps on pages 101 and 229. Yellowing to edges of pages. Sticker residue on back free endpaper. Text clean. Good Plus. ISBN: 9780522847307. "From Wattle & Daub to Concrete & Steel is the first history of building techniques in Australia, from the primitive buildings of the early colonies to today's high-tech construction methods. Henry Cowan traces construction techniques from the… Leer más

Carlton South: Melbourne University Press. 1998. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Light age-toning to page edges. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs, Drawings and Diagrams. Previous owners initials to the reverse of front free endpaper. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xiv, 229 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.

Melbourne University Press, Carlton, Vic., 1998. Hardcover. Good. Ex libris geplekt op binnenzijde kaft

Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University , 1998. First edition . Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair to Good. Peter R Smith. Binding is tight and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting No foxing in this copy Edges are all clean but with some faint foxing on top edge From Wattle & Daub to Concrete & Steel is the first history of building techniques in Australia, from the primitive buildings of the early colonies to today's high-tech construction methods. Henry Cowan traces construction techniques from the earliest wattle-and-daub, through traditional European construction methods using stone, timber, brick and iron, to the early development of Australian brick veneer and the first buildings using steel frames. He shows how the enormous changes in building technology this century have revolutionised the way we design, use and think about our buildings and how they have shaped our cities and our lives. B & W illustrations

Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1998 229 pages. The book has minimal wear. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

Melbourne University Publishing, 1998. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Carlton South: Melbourne University Press, 1998 F/F. 8vo. original black boards gilt in dustwrapper; pp. xiv, 230, with 85 figures. A fine copy.. First Edition. Hard Cover. F/F. Illus. by Smith, Peter R..

In overall good condition, no pages missing. Shipping can take between 2-6weeks for international deliveries. Hardback copies may or may not have dust jackets, please get in contact for more information.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.