Build a Classic Timber-Framed House

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Library of Congress Catalog-in-Publication Data

Sobon, Jack, 1955-

Build a classic timber-framed house : planning and design : traditional methods : affordable methods / by Jack A. Sobon ; all drawings and photographs by the author unless otherwise noted.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 0-88266-842-0 (hc) — ISBN 0-88266-841-2 (pbk.)

1. Wooden-frame houses—Design and construction—Amateurs’ manuals. I. Title.

TH4818.W6S62 1994

694—dc20

93-14118

CIP