Care and Repair of Antique Metalware (Craftsman's guides) by Browning, Chris - 1987-01-01

HARDBACK, ?A CRAFTSMAN?S GUIDE,? SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edn: 1st.* Imp: 1st.* Date of Publication: 1987* Publisher: Ebury Press.* Binding and cover condition: Laminated colour photo-illustrated cover, pale green and white titles to face & black titles to white spine strip. No bumps or rubs, no shelf wear or creases to spine. FINE* Jacket condition: Matching illustrated dust wrapper. Price clipped, showing no shelf price. Absolutely minimal shelf wear to head & tail of spine. VG++* Contents condition: PRIVATE COPY NOT EX-LIBRARY. Clean, crisp, tight and bright with no reading wear, no marks to text, very slightly dust marks to top edge, otherwise no visible faults. VG++.* Illustrations: Numerous colour photos & mono line drawings and diagrams within text throughout.* Pages: 75 pp. text.* Description: Craftsman?s Guides provide practical, illustrated advice on how inexpensively to repair, renovate or care for treasured possessions suffering from the ravages of time. This volume enables the amateur to achieve professional-looking repairs to domestic objects made of copper, silver, brass, pewter or a base metal. Step-by-step drawings and photographs simplify even complicated tasks. All the techniques for turning, filing, riveting, cutting and soldering are shown in explanatory practical form.* A NEAR FINE text copy of the 1st thus, with some minor faults in a VG++ dust jacket.*