Blacksmithing: Signed (3 results)
Language: English
Published by Funk & Wagnalls Company, N. Y. 1969
- Hardcover
- Signed
Seller: Karl Theis, Torrance, CA, U.S.A.Karl Theis
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 39.00
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. No Edition Stated. SIGNED. Text unmarked, DJ edgeworn. Signed by Author(s).
- Softcover
- First Edition
- Signed
Seller: Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller, Amherst, NY, U.S.A.Kevin T. Ransom- Bookseller
Contact seller4-star sellerCondition: Used - Very good
US$ 20.00
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. Paperback. Stiff pictorial wrappers with black plastic spiral binding. 104pp. Profusely illustrated in b&w. Inscribed by the author. Self-published. Inscribed by Author(s).
Published by England 1859
- Signed
Seller: Katz Fine Manuscripts Inc., Cochrane, AB, CanadaKatz Fine Manuscripts Inc.
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Good
US$ 2,285.99
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Condition: Good+. On offer is an original manuscript of the metal craft arts; an essential trade book of recipes, or receipts as they were once known and processes, chemical formulas, etc., handed down from generation to generation of craftsman and apprentices that an artisan jeweler, metal worker, blacksmith or tinsmith would t…reasure. Almost 100 pages of old world wisdom including recipes for invisible inks as a method of writing secret messages plus methods: for purifying gold and silver; how to silver the inside of globes; silvering all sorts of metals; enamels; Japan varnish; how to write with a gold pen; how to guild on paper; etching water; how to soften steel; how to make a mirror; artificial gold; a good solder for gold; to solder stones in a ring setting; perfumed sword blades; tempers for steel and iron; to make pewter as white as silver; to make tin resemble silver; to make copper as white as silver; to make blue, red, yellow inks; an excellent glue for glass; to stain ivory +++. The writer used an 1859 diary book overwriting the dates with his formulas. Overall VG. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Autograph.
