Treatise On Stairbuilding & Handrailing, by W. & A. Mowat. 390 Pages. Softbound. This work, originally published in 1900, might well be subtitled "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Stairs". The authors, both instructors at the School of Science and Art in Barrow-in-Furness, England, produced, at the turn of the Century, what Fine Homebuilding magazine recently referred to by saying "...there is simply no better book available on the subject." Included in this comprehensive volume that is thoroughly illustrated with superb line drawings, are a history of stairbuilding and a detailed analysis of how to build stairs of every kind from simple steps to complex winding staircases. Sections on on the building of stone steps, stairbuilding for ships and the fine art of handrailing round out this comprehensive and well written book. Definitive. UNAVAILABLE (BK-0176)