The Business of Home Building A Manual for Contractors The Business of Home Building A Manual for Contractors Edited by B. Kenneth Johnstone and Charles E. Joern McGraw Hill Book Company, 1950 Copyright 1950 289 pages The hinges are starting to weaken, the binding is in acceptable condition. The pages are clean but tanning. The cover shows wear at the corners and there are a couple of tiny spots on front. Good. Hardcover. The book gives the small builder business knowledge sufficient to make a profit with a minimum of risk, practical knowledge of the economic factors to give sufficient assurance there is a market for his product, and the benefit of production knowledge based on the experience of other builders (#14)