Platts Harvey (5 results)

hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Very good condition first edition hardcover. Includes price guide. Text looks free of notations/underlining. Light wear to the exterior. DJ has been custom fitted with an archival wrap.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, hardcover, the front hinge is starting to crack at the tail, and the book also has a shallow skew to the binding, light bumps to the spine ends and cover corners, rubbing with small smudges to the cloth, a touch of waving to the edges of the text block, and some brief seller's marks to the front end pages. Overall, this is a solid, Near Very Good copy in a Very Good dust jacket, which has bumps with creasing to the spine ends and corners, sunning to the spine, wear along the edges with a closed tear to the head of the front, and scuffing along the hinges and folds. The jacket is wrapped in Mylar.…

Clothbound Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 201 pages with glossary, notes, map, family trees and chronology of events. Profusely illustrated. Scarce. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

First edition. Cloth, 201pp., profusely illustrated, map, diagrams. This thorough study has become a valuable reference for researchers and collectors. The author is the great-grandson of W.R. Case and Charles Platt, reporting much about his ancestors roles in the development of knives. Beginning in 1864 the author studies the knifemakers and the development of their trade. Northfield Knife Co.; Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.; C. Platts & Sons Cutlery Co.; C. Platts Sons Cutlery Co.; Case Brothers Cutlery Co.; W.R. Case & Son Cutlery Co.; Crandall Cutlery Co.; and Platts Brothers Cutlery Co.; are among those chronicled here. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing & edgewear.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Cloth. 201 pages. Profusely illustrated, map, diagrams. This thorough study has become a valuable reference for researchers and collectors. The author is the great-grandson of W.R. Case and Charles Platt, reporting much about his ancestors roles in the development of knives. Beginning in 1864 the author studies the knifemakers and the development of their trade. Northfield Knife Co.; Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.; C. Platts & Sons Cutlery Co.; C. Platts Sons Cutlery Co.; Case Brothers Cutlery Co.; W.R. Case & Son Cutlery Co.; Crandall Cutlery Co.; and Platts Brothers Cutlery Co.; are among those chronicled here. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing & edgewear. INCLUDED IS THE COLLECTOR'S OFFICIAL PRICE GUIDE FOR FIRST EDITIONS OF "THE KNIFE MAKERS WHO WENT WEST". A (12) page illustrated pamphlet of knives. Price $2.00. Selling quality books for 40 years.…