Description

Webb Publishing, 1947. Hardcover, 101 pp. Second printing, 1947. Good in acceptable dust jacket. Tan cloth covered boards with brown lettering on front and spine. Light bumping to edges and corners of covers and light overall scuffing, aging and soiling to covers as well. Binding tight. Previous owner's gift inscription on front free end paper. Otherwise pages are lightly aged but unmarked. Dust jacket has several 2" or less chips and tears and creasing along edges. Moderate overall scuffing, aging and soiling to jacket as well. Price clipped. Now in an archival quality (removable) Brodart cover. Not Ex-library. No remainder marks. Black and white illustrations [From front jacket flap] A practical manual of leathercraft, designed for use in home and school, in summer camps, and by handicraft groups. The book contains an account of tanning and leather-making processes, and a discussion of tire various types of leather and their uses. Leather-working tools are described and the use of each is carefully explained. Full discussion is given to pattern-making, cutting, skiving, stitching, punching, tooling, braiding, etc., and step-by-step instructions are given in the making of many useful and decorative leather articles. More than thirty suggested projects are described and illustrated, including belts, purses, wallets, cases, picture frames, ornaments, sandals, knife sheaths, moccasins, and vests; and there is also a section on shoe repairing. Illustrated with sixty-three large photographs and drawings showing tools, patterns, methods of working, and finished products.