Traditional trades, crafts and skills

"e;Copper Work"e; is a vintage high school coursebook on metalworking with copper, with chapters on everything from tools and their proper use, to designing, producing and beyond.

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

"e;Fancy Aprons and Sunbonnets"e; is a classic guide to making a variety of traditional women's aprons, with chapters on hat making.

El esmalte al fuego sobre metal es un arte milenario que, actualmente renovado, se manifiesta como una disciplina en extremo versátil y de primer orden para la expresión artística.

"e;Facts about Honey"e; is a simple guide to honey, exploring what honey is, how it is taken from bees, its nutritional value, and more.

This vintage book contains a reference book of recipes and processes commonly used by watchmakers, jewellers, silversmiths, etc.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to the inner workings of a watch, with information on the mechanics of clockwork lever escapements, cylinder escapements, verge escapements, shockproof escapements, and their maintenance and repair.

This volume contains a complete guide to bee-keeping, with information on setting up, general management, diseases, common problems, increasing yields, and much more.

This antiquarian volume contains an interesting treatise on antique clock dials, hands, and corner pieces from long case and lantern clocks, with information on history, production, fashion, evolution, and much more.

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

This antiquarian book contains a short treatise on the tools and materials of the watchmaker, being an accessible guide to the constituents of the amateur watchmaker's toolkit complete with information on how to make your own tools.

For too long Britain has failed to celebrate its culinary heritage.

First published in 1943, "e;The Farming Ladder"e; aims to explain how the reader may start and maintain a successful and profitable farm in the easiest way possible, without requiring a great deal of special knowledge or skills.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to watchmaking, with information on watch and clock cleaning and repairing, tempering in all its grades, making tools, compounding metals, soldering, plating, and more.

This vintage text contains a comprehensive guide to the clock makers and clock manufacture in the north east of England, being a discussion of celebrated clock manufacture from the golden age of northern horology.

Contained within this book is an exposition of the "e;Italian System"e; of bee-keeping, being Don Giotto Ulivi's frame hive design and honey extractor.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to clocking making.

The eighteenth century has been hailed for its revolution in consumer culture, but Material Literacy in Eighteenth-Century Britain repositions Britain as a nation of makers.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive treatise on the manufacture of leather, with details on deliming, depilation, the chemical qualities of skins and hides, puering, bating, drenching, and much more.

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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 book contains a collection of articles on bee-keeping, with information on the interaction between bees and plants, general hive management, natural history of the honey bee, and much more besides.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to beekeeping, with information on starting a hive, hive management, swarming, harvesting honey, seasonal preparations, and much more.

"e;The Book of Bee-keeping"e; is a classic guide to keeping bees for profit and pleasure.

This classic handbook for students of metal work contains a complete introduction to the subject, with chapters on everything from recognising equipment to producing finished work.

This vintage book contains a detailed guide to bee-keeping, with chapters on natural history, hive society, acquiring bees, diseases, marketing, and much more.

"e;Bee-Keeping by 'The Times' Bee-Keeper"e; is a vintage handbook on the management of bees and beehives.

This antique text contains a manual of practical instruction in hand forging of wrought iron, machine steel, and tool steel, as well as drop forging and heat treatment of steel - including annealing, hardening, and tempering.

Create totally unique quilts for family and friendsStunning inspirational photography throughoutDiscover how to quilt and design with confidenceThe Gentle Art of Quilt-Making is a charming, inspirational and practicalcollection of 15 quilts for would-be quilters by leading author Jane Brocket.

This vintage book contains a detailed investigation into the composition of sole leathers in the early twentieth century.

This antiquarian volume comprises a detailed guide to British clocks and notable clock makers.

This vintage book contains a comprehensive guide to leather working, with detailed information on hides, skins, and the manufacturing processes involved in leather production.

Having shown us how to master monsters in Edward's Crochet Imaginarium and capture our friends and family in Edward's Crochet Doll Emporium, Kerry Lord is back with patterns for everyone's favourite pups in her new book Edward's Menagerie: Dogs.

This vintage text contains a detailed guide to watch repair, with descriptions of the watch movement, parts of the watch, and common stoppages of wrist watches.

"e;The Auditory Sense of the Honey-Bee"e; is a 1922 work by N.

"e;The Honey-Makers"e; a detailed guide to the honey bee, with chapters on anatomy, habits and habitat, hive structure, history, literary references, and more.

"e;The Whitetail Deer Head Book For The Taxidermist"e; is a complete guide to the taxidermy of deer.

This charming history of metalwork and blacksmithing features many traditional stories and folk tales surrounding the ancient craft.

Contained within this antiquarian volume is a simple, accessible guide to the care and maintenance of wrist watches, with information on cleaning, minor repairs, and more.

This vintage book contains a complete guide to making a gloves, with detailed directions for using leather, employing patterns, cutting, stitching, and everything else one might need to know.

"e;Pleasurable Bee-Keeping"e; is a simple and accessible guide to keeping bees for pleasure.

Learn the ancient craft of making artisan pots, from clay preparation and drying to glazing and firing.

This book contains a classic guide to farm blacksmithing.

This antique book contains a detailed step by step guide to making toy animals out of leather.

This vintage book explores the colourful history of quilt making in America, looking its origins, development and evolution, influences, popularity, contemporary techniques, and much more.

Volume two of the "e;Hand Books of the Textile Industry"e; contains information on the manufacture of woven fabrics and related materials, describing in detail the different types of yarn and how to use a loom.

There are certain types of information that are very difficult to come by these days, unless you are a specialist of some kind.

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

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the leather industry in late-nineteenth century America, being a dissertation on the methods employed in and the economics of tanning.