Traditional trades, crafts and skills

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

"e;Children and Misses Garments"e; is a classic guide to tailoring and dressmaking, focusing on producing clothes for women and young girls.

This vintage book contains a detailed history of the American clock business in the early to mid nineteenth century, with information on the development of manufacturing techniques, stylistic changes, important figures and companies, influences from abroad, and much more.

This vintage book contains part II of a complete survey of the artistic working of iron in Great Britain from the earliest times until 1922.

This is a comprehensive scientific investigation into the effects of glucose and salts on sole leather, originally published by the United States Department of Commerce in 1919.

This early work on Indian Slipper making is a fascinating read for any shoemaking enthusiast or historian.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

"e;An important book, brimming with insight.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to Swedish sewing and needlework, with a special focus on transferring the skill to interior design.

Traditional Nordic patterns can be seen everywhere, from the catwalk to the high street.

This book contains a vintage article on Texan bee-keeping by Udo Topperwein, who once a prominent member of the Texas Bee Keepers Association.

This text comprises a wonderfully detailed and expansive handbook for crafting in a variety of common mediums, including metal, leather, wood, rope, yarn, pottery, and stone.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to saddle- and harness-making, with information on tools and equipment, comments on different techniques, instructions for making, and much more.

"e;The Practical Bee-Keeper"e; is a complete and comprehensive guide to bee-keeping, containing chapters on everything from the natural history and society of beers, to setting up and managing a successful apiary.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

Zwei Fragen bilden den Kern dieses Buches.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to decorating leather, with information on staining, painting, modelling, tools and equipment, and many other related aspects.

Originally published in 1908, this is one of the earliest books on bee keeping and the natural history of the honey bee, with information on its natural history, bee society, anatomy, bee keeping, and much more.

This vintage book contains a concise guide to tanning leather, with information on blacking, stuffing, finishing, and more.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to leather working.

"e;Profitable Bee-Keeping for Small-Holders and Others"e; offers the reader simple tips and guidance on how to set up and manage a beehive for profit.

This book contains a classic handbook on the art of decorating leather, with information on tools and equipment, materials, techniques, common problems, and many other related aspects.

Contained within this book is a classic guide to weaving, focusing on weaving narrow pieces of fabric.

This is an exposition of a bee propagation technique developed in the early twentieth century.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks.

"e;The Horsewoman"e; is a vintage guide to horse riding aimed at women.

Tatting is a technique for handcrafting a particularly durable lace from a series of knots and loops.

This book contains a lovely collection of embroidery patterns for the making of cushions.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to bee-keeping, with information on hive constructions and management, the natural history of bees, harvesting, swarming, and all other related aspects.

This vintage book contains a collection of classic articles on the subject of the hardening and tempering in blacksmithing, taking the reader through the processes in a factory setting.

This vintage book contains a collection of letters written by an American farmer on Nantucket island, Massachusetts in the late eighteenth century.

Esta obra es un compendio de las técnicas y los métodos tradicionales más importantes de elaboración de papel.

This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before.

This book deals with the lace industry, exploring its history in England, Europe, and in the United States.

Crafted in Britain is a celebration of Britain's traditional crafts and industries that have survived into the modern world, not as museums but on their merits.

"e;The Mary Brooks Picken Method Of Modern Dressmaking"e; is a complete guide to tailoring, originally written with the amateur in mind.

This fascinating book contains a complete treatise on beekeeping as a profitable enterprise.

Now available in paperback, this best-selling title is THE essential guide to crochet.

"e;Blacksmithing"e; is vintage guide to metalworking, with a special focus on farm-related work.

This volume contains a step-by-step guide to sewing a variety of women's accessories.

This book, written to celebrate the 450th anniversary of the grant of their Royal Charter, charts the full history of the Worshipful Company of Joiners and Ceilers of the City of London.

Tales of the Tea Trade looks at the world of tea from a completely new perspective.

First published in 1911, this book contains a comprehensive and practical guide to keeping bees.

This book contains a lovely collection of vintage patterns for the making of tray and trolley cloths, by hand embroidery, crochet or knitting.

This vintage handbook on leathercrafting and shoemaking remains a helpful and practical text for anyone interested in leatherworking and traditional crafts.

"e;Bee-Keeping for All"e; is a classic guide to keeping bees for profit and pleasure by Tickner Edwardes.

Embroidery has always been a popular art in England, and records show that from Anglo-Saxon times the English were skilled in the craft.