`31 ORNAMENTAL METAL deco sign Art Nouveau marquis worK + copper bronze Stairs bank Balcony elevator 77yrOld HC Start Price USD 9.99 Current Price USD 17.47 Time Left - Bid Count 3 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 21, 2008 End Time Monday, December 01, 2008 Location Talent, Oregon See more about '`31 ORNAMENTAL METAL deco sign Art Nouveau marquis worK' Description This hardback book (and the others from this same series...also currently running) are incredible!! ...titled; "ORNAMENTAL METAL" / By C.B. HARMAN / {257b} / Published by INTERNATIONAL TEXTBOOK COMPANY / Copyright 1931 ~~//~~ This masterfully written and profusely illustrated book is in very near mint condition. Seemingly never even fully opened! The pages are pristine! Tightly bound inside of midnight blue embossed thin leather covers, (with cobalt/gold over teal marbled endpapers). 84 + (of my personal favorite) etching-type figures, photos and line cuts, EVERYWHERE you look, absolutely must be seen! Depicting all sorts of ornamental metal work including; ornate circular stairs, railings, stringers, gates, bronze bank fixtures, street lamps, plaques and lettering, theatre and store marquises, window guards, vestibules, newel designs, elevator car paneled steel finishing (“for better classes of buildings”), fancy bar use over a safety deposit box. finial top decorations, building entrance brass tablets, balconies supported by stone platforms, cast-metal gate setting into a marble railing +++!! Slight edge wear and faint cover dirt are the only flaws to the outside of this 77-year-old original. That’s it! I was unable to find a single other flaw to this (5" by 7 3/4") beauty! Its 94 blue edged, quality gloss pages have no brittleness rips tears sticking odor dogears wrinkles waving underlines odor marks of anykind or even a fingeredge smudge. A complete list of the fascinating sections, (as well as the many chapters) contained within includes; Ornamental Metal Work: Metals, Processes, Shapes and Uses ~ Metals Used; CAST-IRON / WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL / COPPER-BEARING STEEL / COPPER / BRONZE / BRASS / ALUMINUM / LEAD / ZINC ~ Process Employed in Working Metals; CASTING / EXTRUDING / ROLLING METALS / WROUGHT METAL WORK / HAND-HAMMERED WORK / STAMPED "" / BRAZING OR HARD SOLDERING / RUST-PROOFING / FINISHING ~ Screws and Bolts ~ Vestibules ~ Thresholds ~ Grilles ~ Window Guards ~ Railings; PIPE RAILINGS / BAR "" / ELABORATE "" / INTERIOR "" / GATES ~ Balconies ~ Marquises, Etc. ~ Tablets ~ Lamps and Lamp Standards ~ Crestings and Weather Vanes ~ Bank Fixtures; INTERIOR FITTINGS AND FIXTURES / CHECK DECKS / COUNTER SCREENS / SAFETY DEPOSIT ENCLOSURES ~ Elevator Enclosures and Cars ~ Stairs; MATERIALS USED FOR STAIRS / TYPES OF STEEL STRINGERS / TREADS AND RISERS / ORNAMENTAL STAIRS / SEMICIRCULAR STAIRS / CIRCULAR "" / FINISH STAIRS . Plus each and every chapter contains numerous, even more specific sub-chapters. Have I mentioned (lately) the intricately detailed and varied illustrations that FILL this book?! Pics alone make this one a definite must have. Treat Yourself, the ironworker, interior designer, building historian or anyone intrigued by every aspect of metal work to this find! Winner pays 5.34 priority shipping *** Note, I can get up to three more (of this size) text to you without any additional postal charges, and am always glad to combine purchases. So please feel free to check out some of my other similar books... Running Now! Just click on "View sellers other auctions" above to take a quick look. Wishing peace and safety to you and yours! Place a Bid!