Modern Practical
Stairbuilding and Handrailing

By George Ellis

This reprint was the last book written by George Ellis, one of the premier English writers on carpentry and joinery. Included are details on taking dimensions and setting out stairs, geometric stairs, spiral stairs, elliptic stairs, newells, balusters, brackets, the construction of wreathed and twisted soffit linings, single and geometric handrailing, wreathed handrail to spiral stairs, and the cylinder method of making wreaths.

274 pages. 7 x 10. Line art and photos. Soft cover. $25.95. (1999) ISBN 0941936155