Building Construction Drawing
Richard B. Eaton
First published in six parts in the period 1914 to 1921 this volume has now been reprinted to provide a more...

Cements, Limes and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture and Properties

Edwin C. Eckel
Edwin Eckel’s exceptionally detailed volume, published in 1928, presents a wealth of information drawing more...

English Leadwork: Its Art and History
Lawrence Weaver
Lawrence Weaver’s design reference work appeared in 1909. It describes  many examples more...

Encyclopaedia of Cottage Farm and Villa Architecture
John Claudius Loudon
This immense and valuable work was first published in 1833 with his aim of helping to 'improve the 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...

Geometry of Construction
T B Nicholls and N P Keep
First published in 1947 with a second expanded edition in 1954, this book remains the most constructive  more...

House Decoration
Paul Hasluck
First published in 1897, this book provides a valuable background to the types of paints employed more...

Lime and Lime Mortars
A  D Cowper
First published in 1927 by the Building Research Station to provide a classification of lime and 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...

McKay's Building Construction
W B McKay
First published between 1938 and 1944, this book describes the craft of building as practised before the more...

Modern Plasterer
W. Verrall
This classic work provides an invaluable source of information for plasters, designers and specifiers who 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...

Observations on Limes
C  W  Pasley
This volume represents a small part of the book Sir Charles Pasley wrote in 1838, and provides a fascinating more..

Plastering, Plain and Decorative
William Millar
Originally published in 1897, but still viewed by most traditional plasterers as the plastering 'bible'. More...

Plastering, Plain and Decorative 4th Edition
William Millar and George P. Bankart

The fourth edition of this classic worked, substantially revised and updated by Bankart in 1927. More...

Plastering
J. T. Sawyer
Reprint of 1951 edition, gives a clear account of methods and processes of traditional plastering. More...

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

Practical Masonry

A Guide to the Art of Stone Cutting

William R. Purchase

Practical Masonry has for many years been one of the best technical stonemasonry more...

Rivington's Building Construction
Major Percy G  L  Smith
When this series first appeared in 1875 it was considered the best textbook on the subject, providing more ...

Roof Construction and Repair
E Molloy
Written by a traditional roofer during the Second World War, this reprint of the 1945 edition presents more...

Roof Slating and Tiling
F  Bennett and A  Pinion
This reprint of the 1948 edition provides an invaluable source of information on the various types more...

Specifications in Detail
Frank W Macey
First published in 1898 and then revised many times during the twentieth century, this reprint contains examples of model specifications more...