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Brickwork and Stone

Conservation of Historic Brick Structures   
Eds N. Baer, S. Fitz and R. Livingston
This book examines the causes of decay and the treatment and methods of conserving brickwork and more ...

Gauged Brickwork
Gerard Lynch
This practical handbook uses diagrams and photographs to describe each stage of the process of gauged more ...

The Geology of Building Stones
John Allen Howe
Written in 1910, this offers very detailed information on the appearance and qualities of the various types more ...

Practical Stone Masonry
P. R. Hill and J. C. E. David
The first major book in nearly seventy years on the craft of the stonemason, this book addresses more ...

Masonry Bricklaying and Plastering
Robert Scott Burn
This reprint of the 1871 work includes a large number of exquisite drawings of different parts of buildings, more ...

Modern Practical Masonry
Edmund George Warland
One of the classic works in the field of stone masonry,  this book, first published in 1929, remains more ...

Practical Architecture
Charles William Pasley
First written in 1826 for a course primarily concerned with building construction, concentrating more ...

Processes of Urban Stone Decay  
Edited by B J Smith and P A Warke
Offers a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of decay processes. It  shows the range more...

Stone Cleaning
and the nature, soiling and decay mechanisms of stone
Edited by Robin G. M. Webster
A great deal of research has been undertaken into the cleaning more ...

Stone Decay: Its Causes and Controls  

Eds B.J. Smith and A.V Turkington
This volume offers valuable insights into the nature of decay processes more ...

The Weathering of Natural Building Stones
R.J. Schaffer
This important study, first published in 1932, provides a general account of the factors which cause decay more ...