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Title

ISBN

Author

Pictures of

Content

A Camera in the Garden

0-907621-34-1

Heather Angel

80 garden pictures

How to take better pictures in the garden

A Step-by-Step Guide Great Decks & Porches

0-8069-6643-2

Rick Peters

200 deck illustrations and construction photos

A complete step-by-step guide to creating decking and porches with photographs and illustrations

Bead Necklaces

0-85532-197-0

Christian Albrecht

20 pictures

Methodology for making threaded necklaces or wired necklaces

Blizzard's Outdoor Toys

0-563-21413-9

Richard Blizzard

Plan diagrams and toy pictures

14 wooden toy plans, cutting list and construction details

Blizzard's Wonderful Wooden Toys

0-7195-4024-0

Richard Blizzard

Plan diagrams and toy pictures

28 wooden toy plans, cutting list and construction details

Build It With Marshalls

 

Marshalls

Diagrams of walls/paths/patios

How to use Marshall's products in the garden for drives, paths, patios and walls. Thin Booklet

Building Fences + Gates

1-887374-47-7

Richard Freudenberger

Colour photos

Step-by-step guide to building fences and gates

Building Construction Handbook

 

R. Chudley & R. Greeno

1500 diagrams

Summarizes concisely, in diagrams and brief explanations, all elements of the building process. Updated to acknowledge current building and construction regulations.

Candle Making

0-85532-275-6

Anne Collings, David Constable and Randal Marr

candles

Basic techniques of candle making

Candle-Making

0-8069-5100-X

Susanne Strose

50 candle-making illustrations

How to make candles

Canework

 

Charles Crampton

Cane basket photos with cane work illustrations

Explains the elements of cane basket-making

Chair and Stool Seating

85219-564-8

Dryad Press

11 black and white figures

Instruction booklet for cane seating, rush seating, seagrass and cord seating

Country Crafts in Yorkshire

0-85206-612-0

Ann Williams

 

Background information to Crafts in Yorkshire such as thatching, rope making, basket making, and working with clay, wood, stone, textiles, lace, metalwork, wax candles, home-made rugs and herbs are given

Decorative Routing Jigs and Techniques

0-85442-068-1

Jack Cox

 

This includes instructions and drawings to make the many jigs and fixtures designed by the author. There are project ideas with shapes based on the circle and ellipse complete with detailed drawings and techniques to enable all router owners to achieve a very high level of superb work that is simple to achieve.

Digital Photography in Easy Steps

1-84078-128-9

Nick Vandome

 

From buying a camera to using it as well as editing the digital images and creating a digital library and putting the results on the web, this book explains it all in easy steps.

Discovering Brasses and Brass Rubbing

85263-040-9

Malcolm Cook

23 brass illustrations

A pocket guide to monumental brasses throughout Britain, their history, importance and location, with county lists and hints on brass rubbing

Dry Stone Walling a Practical Handbook

0-946752-19-2

Alan Brooks Sean Adcock

Stone walling construction illustrations

This handbook describes how to construct and repair dry stone walls, stone-faced earth banks, retaining walls and other dry stone features.

Encyclopedia of Wood Joints

1-56158-004-X

Wolfram Graubner

 

450 variations on 66 basic joints in 4 main categories: splicing joints, oblique joints, corner joints and edge joints are detailed

External Works

 

Landscape Promotions Ltd

External works

Details of what companies do in external works for landscaping, building etc

Fine Furniture Making and Woodworking

0-7153-8389-2

Geoffrey Endacott

Woodworking illustrations

Details hand tools required with data about machine tools., cutting joints by hand, materials and upholstery. Simple workshop aids and things to make construction details are provided

Footpaths a Practical Handbook

0-9501643-9-9

Elizabeth Agate of BTCV

50 diagrams

Detailed specifications for conservation volunteers and path workers who are involved in the design, construction, maintenance and repair of footpaths

Garden DIY Surfaces. Paths Decks Steps Patios Edgings

1-85391-813-X

Richard Key

Construction photos

Provides a step-by-step grounding in basic landscaping skills with 20 contemporary projects detailed.

Garden Planning and Construction

0-7063-6209-8

A.K. Davidson and D. Roberts

Diagrams

Techniques for constructing - fences, walls, hedges, gates, terraces, drives, paths and steps, and features

Garden Structures

0-85533-764-8

Richard Wiles

Diagrams to show how to make something

How to make - foundations, surfaces, steps, boundaries, changing the level, pergolas and arches, gates, furniture, rock and water features, and for children

Ground Force 3

1-86120-037-4

Steve Bradley

 

4 garden makeovers

Ground Force Practical Garden Projects

0-563-55147-X

Tommy Walsh

150 colour photos

Describes builder's basics on essential equipment, planning projects and site preparation. Includes projects on fences, paths, patios and deck.

Ground Force Water Garden Workbook

0-563-55113-5

Charlie Dimmock

 

19 water garden projects

Hedging a Practical Handbook

0-946752-17-6

Alan Brooks and Elizabeth Agate of BTCV

50 diagrams

Detailed specifications for conservation volunteers interested in creating and maintaining hedgerows including hedge laying

Home Builder

0-11-701997-6

Olivier Evans Palmer and David Alan Rundle

60 technical diagrams

Practical guide through planning controls and building controls on - Site and foundations - drainage - walls - floors and stairs - roofs - finishes - piped services -wired services - and fixtures and fittings

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