THE NEW YORK TIMES ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HOME REPAIR

Roger Whitman's First Aid for the Ailing House has been slowly and steadily selling for thirty years through its fifth edition in 1958. This presumably has a jump on some of the newer products and techniques (as well as a dollar higher price) but they are very comparable in coverage and more inclusive than Scribners' America's Handyman Book, a pictorial presentation. Both books are designed to help the average man cope with the care, repair and improvement of his home, inside and out, now that the all-purpose handyman has become extinct. This is also thoroughly indexed and cross-referenced.