This antique text comprises a comprehensive and practical manual for aspiring students of leatherworking, complete with many illustrations and original designs by the author.
This detailed and well-illustrated work on leathercraft and its techniques was first published in the 1940s and provides an instructional and informative guide to leatherwork as a craft and an art, written in a candid and personal style.
Este libro versa sobre las técnicas fundamentales de trabajo del cuero, concretamente del curtido al vegetal, expuestas de manera didáctica y adecuada para las personas interesadas en este arte desde una vertiente práctica.
This antiquarian book contains a detailed account of the history of marine and pocket chronometer, with information on notable designers and manufactures, popularity, evolution, and much more.
Facts Worth Knowing About Leather, Boots, and Shoes is a concise guide to shoe manufacturing and the shoe industry, published by Chicago shoe manufacturers "e;Walker Tannery"e;.
This antiquarian volume contains a short account of some of the curiosities of the mechanical details of watches, with supplementary information on their history, development, popularity, and much more besides.
Quilting can refer either to the process of creating a quilt or to the sewing of two or more layers of material together to make a thicker padded material.
This vintage book is a complete guide to net and netting, with historical information, directions of making and using a variety of nets, helpful tips, and much more.
This vintage book contains a complete guide to watch repair and maintenance, with information on the materials and tools used and directions for repairing, cleaning, altering, and adjusting all kinds of English and foreign watches, repeaters, chronographs, and marine chronometers.
This vintage book contains a guide to the various methods employed in preparing, tanning, dressing, scenting, and renovating wool and fur pelts, as well as fine leather.
This antiquarian volume contains a treatise on the design and workings of usual and unusual clocks, described in a non-technical manner, suitable for either novice or expert.
Specially written for amateurs, beginners, cottagers and others who are desirous of keeping two or three hives of bees so as to yield the best results.
This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to curing, tanning and colouring the skins of sheep, goat, dog, rabbit, otter, beaver, mink, wolf, and more.
"e;Ancient Russian Ecclesiastical Embroideries"e; is a fascinating treatise looking at the history and development of embroidery in Russia, with a special focus on that which is related to the church.
The number of beekeepers has been doubled or trebled in many localities according to the statistics of Beekeepers' Associations and doubtless the total production of home-produced honey has been stepped up considerably.
This is a study of reports from 360 American bee-keepers concerning different types of bees, how and where the highest yields are achieved, the development of techniques, best honey-plants, and much more.
"e;How to Keep Bees"e; is a detailed and accessible guide to bee-keeping and apiary management, with information on starting out, constructing an apiary, acquiring bees, and much more.
This antiquarian volume contains a comprehensive guide to clock repair, with information on barrels, fuses, mainsprings, balance springs, pivots, depths, train wheels, and common stoppages of watches.
This volume contains a collection of articles on beekeeping, including information on selection, rearing, eggs, and many other aspects of bee breeding.
In this remarkable, landmark publication, countryman Sir Johnny Scott evokes all that is romantic about the British countryside, its people, customs and traditions.
Con los nuevos materiales para joyería junto con la reutilización de objetos de uso cotidiano es posible crear piezas de joyería y de ornamentación corporal de elevado valor artístico.
This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocks and watches, with historical information, descriptions of their inner workings, details of notable horologists, and much more.
"e;The Old English Faring Books"e; explores the history of English farming, exploring notable authors and the developments in agriculture that they were arguably responsible for.