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Home Depot Kitchens & Baths 1-2-3

edited by Jeff Day

Meredith Books, 1999

hardcover, 416 pages

NEW BOOK
our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Building Your Own Home

by Fred Yeck

Arco Publishing, 1979

softcover, 220 pages

tiny chip on cover and first two pages

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Better Homes & Gardens Kitchen and Bath Ideas - Spring 1980

Meredith Corporation, 1980

magazine, 160 pages

fairly good condition

our price:   $1.50 plus media mail shipping

The Complete Router Workshop

6 Essential Routing Jigs and Accessories

by Nick Engler

Rodale Press, 1993

booklet, 53 pages

back cover has plain white sticker

good condition

our price:   $2.95 plus media mail shipping

Flooring Basics

by Rick Peters

Butterick Publishing Company, 2000

softcover, 128 pages

excellent condition - like new

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Martha Stewart’s New Old House

Restoration, Renovation, Decoration, Landscaping

by Martha Stewart

Clarkson Potter Publishers, 1992

hardcover, 288 pages, no dustjacket

very good condition, small spot on cover

as shown in photo

our price:   $3.95 plus media mail shipping

Wood-Frame House Construction - Revised Edition

by L.O. Anderson and Taylor F. Winslow

Craftsman Book Company, 1984

softcover, 233 pages

good condition

our price:   $8.50 plus media mail shipping

Successful Home Additions

(Garage Conversion/Carport and

Bedroom-Bath-Sauna and Second Story Master Suite and Family Room)

by Joseph F. Schram

Structures Publishing Company, 1977

softcover, 142 pages

good condition (sticker and slight crease on

front cover)

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Construction Manual: Rough Carpentry

by T.W. Love

Craftsman Book Company, 1984

softcover, 286 pages

good condition

our price:   $3.75 plus media mail shipping

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to

Home Carpentry

edited by Bryan Trandem

Creative Publishing, 2000

softcover, 286 pages

good condition

our price:   $3.75 plus media mail shipping

The Home Depot Tiling 1-2-3

by Larry Johnston

Meredith Books, 2006

hardcover, 223 pages

like new condition

our price:   $4.75 plus media mail shipping

How To Plan and Build Fireplaces

by the Editors of Sunset Books and Sunset

Magazine

Lane Publishing Company, 1981

softcover, 96 pages

good condition

our price:   $3.50  plus media mail shipping

How to Build Your Cabin or Modern Vacation Home

by Harry Walton

Popular Science Skill Book,

Harper & Row, 1964

vintage softcover -  fair condition

cover shows wear

160 pages

$10.95 plus media mail shipping

Handy Man’s Concrete and Masonry Guide

by Robert Lasson

Fawcett Publications, 1953

vintage softcover -  fairly good condition

144 pages

$ 5.95 plus media mail shipping

Handy Man’s Concrete and Masonry Handbook

by Joseph Piazza

Fawcett Publications, 1956

vintage softcover -  poor condition as insect

borer holes on bottom of pages

144 pages

$ 3.95 plus media mail shipping

Holiday Homes

A Build-It-Yourself Handbook

by Paul Corey

Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1967

vintage hardcover -  quite good condition

former library book

245 pages

$ 7.95 plus media mail shipping

The Family Handyman’s Book of Children’s Room Ideas

by Robert Lasson

Tandem Books, 1970

vintage paperback -  very worn condition

discoloration of pages due to age

192 pages

$ 1.50 plus media mail shipping

Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber and Beam House

by William H. Stephens

Authors Book Nook, 1999

softcover - good condition

former library book

130 pages

$14.95 plus media mail shipping

Wood Frame House Construction

by Gerald E. Sherwood and Robert C. Stroh

Armonk Press, 1988

a publication of the National Association of Home Builders

softcover - very good condition

280 pages

$15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Original Old-House Journal Compendium

Vol. 1 - edited by Clem Labine and Carolyn Flaherty

The Overlook Press, 1983

former library book

softcover,  390 pages

many illustrations -excellent resource

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Drywall - Professional Techniques for Great Results

by Myron R. Ferguson

The Taunton Press, 2002

former library book

softcover, 178 pages

no markings or notes

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Roofing - Materials & Installation

William P. Spence

softcover - very good condition

pages are crisp and clean

208 pages

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

Low-Cost Pole Building Construction

The Complete “How-To” Book Fully Illustrated

by Doug Merilees & Evelyn Loveday

Garden Way Publishing, 1975

vintage softcover - good condition

cover shows slight wear

100 pages

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

A Field Guide to American Houses

Guide that enables you to identify, and place in their historical and architectural contexts, the houses you see in your neighborhood or in your travels across America from 17th century to present

by Virginia and Lee McAlester

Alfred A. Knopf, 1984

softcover - good condition

pages are clean - 526 pages

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

Making Workbenches - Planning, Building, Outfitting

by Sam Allen

softcover - very good - like new  condition

pages are crisp and clean

160 pages

$10.95 plus media mail shipping

The Timber Framing Book

by Stewart Elliott and Eugene Wallas

Housesmiths Press, 1977

vintage softcover, 169 pages, very good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Sunset Windows and Skylights

by the Editors of Sunset Books & Sunset Magazine

Lane Publishing Company, 1982

112 pages

softcover, like new condition

our price:   $3.50 plus media mail shipping

Creative Homeowner Ultimate Guide to Ceramic and Stone Tile -

Select- Install- Maintain Ceramic, Stone, Glass, Mosaic, Porcelain

edited by Fran J. Donegan

Creative Homeowner, 2006

softcover, 223 pages

pages are clean and crisp

front cover has crease as shown in photo

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Earth Sheltered Housing Design - Guidelines, Examples, and References

The Underground Space Center, University of Minnesota

Van Nostrand Reinhold Company,1978

vintage softcover -  very  good condition

91 pages

$9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home

A Step-By-Step Method for Managing Home Construction

by Dave McGuerty & Kent Lester

Betterway Books, 3rd Edition, 1997

softcover -  very  good condition, 316 pages

few pages have some highlighting

$3.95 plus media mail shipping

Building Codes Illustrated - Guide to Understanding the International Building Code

by Francis D.K. Ching and Steven R. Winkel, FAIA

John Wiley & Sons, 2003

softcover -  like new condition, 401 pages

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

How To Build A Sauna

by Carlton Hollander

Drake Publishers, Inc., 1978

vintage softcover -  128 pages

very good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

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Green From the Ground Up - Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction - A Builder’s Guide

by David Johnston & Scott Gibson

The Taunton Press, 2008

softcover, 330 pages

like new condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

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Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

by Monte Burch

Popular Science/Outdoor Life Books, 1984

hardcover, 330 pages

interior pages - like new condition -

406 pages - crisp and intact and unmarked

dustjacket has tiny tears that have been taped

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Building Your Dream House

by William P. Spence

Sterling Publishing Company, 2003

softcover -  very good condition

463 pages- crisp, clean, intact 

our price:   $5.50  plus media mail shipping

Building Underground - The Design and Construction Handbook for Earth-Sheltered Houses

by Herb Wade

Rodale Press, 1983

hardcover, 289 pages

former library book

good condition

pages are intact and unmarked

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Homeowner’s Complete Handbook For Add-On Solar Greenhouses & Spaces - Planning -Design-Construction

by Andrew M. Shapiro

Rodale Press,

hardcover, 355 pages

former library books

interior pages - excellent condition

pages are intact and unmarked

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Art of Labor - Building the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center

photographs by Curt Knoke

words by Ellen Kort

Oscar J. Boldt Construction, 2003

First Edition stated

oversized hardcover - like new condition

236 pages - profusely illustrated

our price:   $34.95 plus media mail shipping

Updating Classic America Bungalows

Design Ideas for Renovating, Remodeling, and Building New

by M. Caren Connolly and Louis Wasserman

edited by Roger Yepsen

The Tainton Press, 2002

hardcover, 202 pages

good condition

tiny tear on back of dustjacket has been repaired

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

How to Build Your Own Underground Home

How To Build Adobe Houses ...etc.

by Ray G. Scott -

TAB Books, 1979

First Edition stated

vintage hardcover, 256 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Compact House Book

33 Prizewinning Designs

1,000 sq. ft. or less

edited by Don Metz

Garden Way Publishing, 1987

vintage softcover

former library book with usual library books

cover is worn

well-loved and well-used book

193 pages

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Crafting Frames of Timber

by Michael Beaudry

Mud Pond Hewing and Framing, 2009

Montville, Maine

signed by author

softcover, 278 pages

like new condition

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

The Straw Bale House

by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, Favid Bainbridge with David Eisenberg

A Real Goods Independent Living Book

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994

softcover - like new condition

298 pages   

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

What it’s Like To Build a House: The Diary of a Builder

by Bob Syvanen

A Fine Homebuilding Book,

The Taunton Press, 1986

vintage softcover - like new condition

106 pages   

our price:   9.95 plus media mail shipping

Builder’s Essentials - Framing & Rough Carpentry - Second Edition -The Illustrated Guide for Apprentices & Carpenters

by Scot Simpson

RS Means Company, 2001

softcover - like new condition

150 pages   

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Owner-Built Homestead

A How-To-Do-It Book

Completely Updated and Revised

by Ken Kern

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1975

vintage softcover - very good condition

374 pages   

our price:   $17.95 plus media mail shipping

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The Apple Corps Guide to The Well-Built House - Everything you need to know before you have a new house built or an old one remodeled

by Jim Locke

with a Foreword by Tracy Kidder

Houghton Mifflin, 1988

vintage softcover - good condition

276 pages   

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

How to Design and Build Your Own House

by Lupe DiDonno & Phyllis Sperling

with 665 how-to drawing

Alfred A. Knopf, 1978

vintage softcover -  367 pages

interior pages - very  good condition

corners of book are bumped

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Big Book of Small House Designs

Perspectives, Site Drawings, Floor Plans, Elevations, Section Drawings, Exploded Views

75 Award-Winning Plans for Your Dream House, all 1, 250 Square Feet or Less

From the Editors of Black Dog & Leventhal

hardcover -  362 pages

interior pages - very  good condition

like new condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

How To Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home

Third Edition

includes: taking charge from the start - picking the perfect site - construction methods - pros and cons

by Richard M. Scutella and Dave Heberle

Mc-Graw Hill, 2000

softcover -  803 pages

interior pages - very  good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

Log Homes Made Easy - Second Edition

Contracting and Building Your Own Log Home

by Jim Cooper

Stackpole Books, 2000

softcover -  270 pages

interior pages - like new condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

The Straw Bale House

by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, Favid Bainbridge with David Eisenberg

A Real Goods Independent Living Book

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1994

softcover - like new condition

298 pages   

our price:   $19.95 plus media mail shipping

Blueprint Small

Creative Ways to Live With Less

by Michelle Kodis

Gibbs Smith, Publisher, 2003

hardcover - good condition

192 pages   

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home

Updated Edition

Garden Way Publishing, 1985

by Roger Hard

softcover -good condition

196 pages   

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Reader’s Guide to Wells and Septic Systems

by R. Dodge Woodson

McGraw-Hill, 1996

softcover - 290 pages

interior pages - good condition

plastic coating of cover is wrinkled as

shown in photo 

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

The Apple Corps Guide to The Well-Built House - Everything you need to know before you have a new house built or an old one remodeled

by Jim Locke

with a Foreword by Tracy Kidder

Houghton Mifflin, 1988

vintage softcover - good condition

276 pages   

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Building

Your Own Home

Second Edition

by Dan Ramsey

Alpha, 2004

softcover - 261 pages

interior pages - good condition

plastic coating of cover is wrinkled as

shown in photo 

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Renovating Brick Houses

For Yourself or for Investment

by Phillip J. Decker & T. Newell Decker

Garden Way Publishing, 1990

hardcover - 247  pages

interior pages - good condition

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Farm Builder’s Handbook

With Added Material for Pole Type

Industrial Buildings - Third Edition

by R.J. Lytle

Structures Publishing Company, 1978

vintage hardcover - 288 pages

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Wood Frame House Construction

by L.O. Anderson and Taylor F. Winslow

Revised Edition

Seventh Printing 1984

Craftsman Book Company

vintage softcover - very good condition

233 pages

$7.95 plus media mail shipping

Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry

Housebuilding

The Earthwood Method

by Rob Roy

Sterling Publishing, 1984

vintage softcover - good condition

some light damp staining

255 pages

$13.95 plus media mail shipping

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Graphic Guide to Frame Construction

Details for Builders and Designers

by Rob Thallon

The Taunton Press, 1991

wirebound softcover - good condition

226 pages

$10.95 plus media mail shipping

Wood Frame Houses

Construction and Maintenance

Sterling Publishing, 1981

vintage softcover - very good condition

223 pages

$10.95 plus media mail shipping

The Little House

An architect’s step-by-step plan by Leslie

Armstrong, A.I.A., for those who want a house

now but have scraped together only enough money

Collier Books, 1979

vintage softcover - good condition

164 pages

$12.95 plus media mail shipping

Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home

Updated Edition

Garden Way Publishing, 1985

by Roger Hard

vintage softcover -good condition

196 pages   

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Monte Burch’s Pole Building Projects

Over 25 Low Cost Plans

by Monte Burch

Garden Way Publishing, 1993

softcover -very good condition

200 pages   

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The Owner-Built Home

A How-To-Do-It Book

Completely Updated and Revised

by Barbara and Ken Kern

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1977

vintage softcover - very good condition

394 pages   

our price:   $17.95 plus media mail shipping

Lowe’s Easy to Build Expandable Home Plans

150 All-New Plans

edited by Kenneth D. Stuts

Creative Homeowner, 2009

softcover - very good condition

240 pages   

our price:   $4.95 plus media mail shipping

Build Your Own Garage Manual

Over 100 Best-Selling Garage Plans, 2004

U Can Do Do-It-Yourself Series

softcover - very good condition

160 pages   

our price:   $6.95 plus media mail shipping

Black & Decker  Codes for Homeowners

Electrical Codes - Mechanical Codes-

Plumbing Codes - Building Codes

by Bruce A. Parker

Creative Publishing International, 2010

softcover, 240 pages

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Handmade Houses - A Guide to the Woodbutcher’s Art

by Art Boericke and Barry Shapiro

A & W Visual Library, 1973

softcover, 240 pages

good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Build a Classic Timber-Framed House

by Jack A. Sobon

Storey Publishing, 1994

softcover, 202 pages

good condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

The Timber Framing Book

by Stewart Elliott and Eugene Wallas

Housesmiths Press, 1977

vintage softcover, 169 pages, very good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Low-Cost Pole Building Construction

The Complete How-To-Book

by Ralph Wolfe

Garden Way Publishing Book,

vintage softcover, 182 pages,

interior pages - good condition

former library book

cover shows wear

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

The Timber Framing Book

by Stewart Elliott and Eugene Wallas

Housesmiths Press, 1977

vintage softcover, 169 pages, very good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Building With Masonry

For Pros/By Pros

Brick, Block & Concrete

by Dick Kreh

The Taunton Press, 1998

softcover, 184 pages

small ragged “chewed-liked” edges on top of some pages and back cover

our price:   $4.50 plus media mail shipping

Illustrated Housebuilding

by Graham Blackburn

The Overlook Press, 1974

vintage hardcover, 155 pages

good condition

dustjacket shows light wear

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

Do- It - Yourself Housebuilding

The Complete Handbook

by George Nash

Sterling Publishing, 1995

oversized softcover, 704 pages

good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Hammer. Nail. Wood.

The Compulsion to Build

by Thomas Glynn

Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 1998

softcover, 193 pages

good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

Low-Cost Pole Building Construction

The Complete How-To-Book

by Ralph Wolfe

Garden Way Publishing Book, 1980

vintage softcover, 182 pages,

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

How to Build a Wood-Frame House

by L.O. Anderson

with 179 Illustrations and II Tables

Dover Publications, 1973

vintage softcover, 223 pages,

interior pages - good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Building the Alaska Log Home

by Tom Walker

Alaska Northwest Publishing Company, 1984

vintage softcover, 178 pages,

book has been “well-loved”

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

by Monte Burch

over 840 illustrations

Sterling Publishing,  1990

softcover, 406 pages,

good condition

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Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

by Monte Burch

over 840 illustrations

Sterling Publishing,  1990

softcover, 406 pages,

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

From the Ground Up - a compendium of insights, information and illustrations designed to provide you with what you need to know to plan, design, site and build your own post-industrial home - a shelter for you and your family which conserves energy, can save money, enhance your comfort and allow you to live in greater harmony with the natural world

by John N. Cole & Charles Wing

Cornerstones: The Wing School of Shelter Technology

Little, Brown & Company, 1976

First Edition stated

vintage softcover, 244 pages

good condition -

our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

From the Walls In

by  Charles Wing

A cyclopedia of information, advice, and illustrations developed by the founder of America’s leading owner-builder school to provide you with all you need to know to retrofit your older home at a cost you can afford and make it a modern shelter for you and your family that will enhance your comfort and conserve energy.

Cornerstones: The Wing School of Shelter Technology

Little, Brown & Company, 1979

First Edition stated

vintage softcover, 226 pages

good condition -  our price:   $14.95 plus media mail shipping

The Hunting and Fishing Camp Builder’s Guide

A Complete Guide to Building Your Own

Outdoor Lodge

by Monte Burch

Skyhorse Publishing,  2012

softcover, 224 pages,

very good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Timber Frame Construction

All About Post-And-Beam Building

by Jack Sobon and Roger Schroeder

Garden Way Publishing, 1984

vintage softcover, 204 pages,

good condition

our price:   $11.95 plus media mail shipping

Suggested Unit Course in Concrete

Form Construction

Carpentry Series,

Delmar Publishers

vintage softcover, 106 pages,

good condition

our price:   $5.95 plus media mail shipping

Woodstock Handmade Houses

by Robert Haney & David Ballantine

Jonathan Elliott, photographer

1994

softcover, 90 pages,

good condition

our price:   $16.95 plus media mail shipping

How To Build Your Own Wood-Frame

House From Scratch

by N.H. Roberts

TAB Books, First Edition, Second Printing

1981

vintage softcover, 432 pages,

good condition

our price:   $12.95 plus media mail shipping

The Art of Natural Building

Design, Construction, Resources

Edited by Joseph F. Kennedy, Michael G. Smith,

Catherine Wanek

New Society Publishers, 2002

gift inscription on title page

softcover, 291 pages,

good condition

our price:   $15.95 plus media mail shipping

The House Building Book

by Dan Browne

McGraw-Hill Book,  1974

vintage softcover, 182 pages,

good condition

our price:   $8.95 plus media mail shipping

Complete Guide to Building Log Homes

by Monte Burch

over 840 illustrations

Sterling Publishing,  1984

vintage hardcover, 406 pages,

good condition

our price:   $10.95 plus media mail shipping

Building the Timber Frame House

The Revival of A Forgotten Craft

by Tedd Benson with James Gruber

Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1980

vintage softcover,  211 pages,

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping

Build Your Own Home on a Shoestring

Saving Big $$ Without Cutting Corners

by Henry Nonnenberg Jr., Gwen Moran,

and Chris Bradley

Alpha, 2005

softcover,  359  pages,

good condition

our price:   $7.95 plus media mail shipping

How to Build and Furnish a Log Cabin

The easy-natural way using only hand tools and the woods around you

by W. Ben Hunt

Collier Books, 1974

vintage softcover,  166  pages,

good condition

our price:   $9.95 plus media mail shipping