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🦋 Old carpentry books

My hobbies of reading and woodworking have intersected in a nascent new collection, of old (Victorian era) books about carpentry and house-building. So far I have George Ellis' Modern Practical Joinery (1902, by coincidence the year our house was built) and Modern Practical Stairbuilding (1913?), plus Steven Sloan's Victorian Buildings (1850's) and one or two others. Today I found out my friend Janice has passed down from her father two books by Fred Hodgson, one of which, Practical Uses of the Steel Square (1903) I have heard recommended several times on woodworking web sites. She loaned it to me so I will be finding out more about squares in the coming days.

posted evening of Saturday, May third, 2003
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Hi I have a victorian house in Devon with some original period features including wooden internal window pull down blinds.
Can any one suggest any books i can buy or see that relate to the design of these houses especially the internal fittings

posted morning of November 8th, 2009 by chris matthews

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