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ISBN-13: 978-1-59070-648-0
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Wagner, Willis H.
Modern carpentry: building construction details in easy-to-understand form / Willis H. Wagner, Howard Bud Smith.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 1-59070-648-X
1. Carpentry. I. Smith, Howard Bud II. Title.
TH5604.W34 2006
694--dc22 2005056701