"Dobson, Charles : A History of the Concrete Roofing Tile – its origin and development in Germany — Batsford, 1959,1st edn; with dust cover in fine condition (slightly scuffed at top of spine and stuck to cover at foot of front), red cloth in mint condition except where stuck to cover; 102+9pp technical notes, index all on gloss paper in mint condition; 4 maps, 73 halftones; before this book was published architectural historians thought the concrete roofing tile was invented in England c1918. In fact it was invented in the 1840s in southern Germany; this is the most comprehensive history of the subject ever written; 7½x5". $14.00 id=bdg029" (Price $14.00), by "Dobson, Charles ", has been added to your shopping Cart.
