[Rarebooks] FS: Newly Added- 19th Century Mechanics - Tools

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

>From our newly released catalog-
RECENT ACQUISITIONS FOR SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER
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Knight, Edward H. KNIGHT'S NEW MECHANICAL DICTIONARY. A Description of
Tools, Instruments, Machines, Processes, and Engineering. With Indexical
References to Technical Journals (1876-1880).

Boston; Houghton Mifflin and Company: 1884.

An updating of the ‘American Mechanical Dictionary’, taking into account
all the inventions and developments in the five years from 1876-1880,
especially as shown at the Philadelphia and Paris Expositions. A massive,
heavily illustrated, fascinating book, of great interest to historians of
Victorian industry and technology.

Hardcover. 7.5”x10.5”, viii + 960 pages, 2,549 wood engraved
illustrations, plus 56 full-page plates; a large heavy book whose front
hinge is a bit wonky and has been reglued; rear hinge cracked but tight;
light cover wear, a little soil, tape repair to margin of first two pages.
A book whose basic problem is usually the binding giving way, in a binding
that still has a few miles to go. [09486] $250.00

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Young, Francis. EVERY MAN HIS OWN MECHANIC. A Complete and Comprehensive
Guide to every description of constructive and decorative work that may be
done by the amateur artisan at home and in the colonies.

London; Ward, Lock & Co., Limited: [1890?].

An encyclopedic guide to all the tools and processes of woodworking,
joinery, carpentry and architectural finishing, and a valuable reference
to late-Victorian tools and practices. The text begins with woods and
trees and their uses, felling and seasoning, then progresses to carpentry
and joinery tools, their care and use, how to handle them, methods in
joining timber, the carpenter’s bench, ornamental carpentry, turning &
veneering, making fixtures, furniture doors, windows and gates, garden
structures and ironmongery. The next section is devoted to the builder’s
trades and methods, including excavation, bricklaying, masonry, roofs,
plastering, ironsmithing, plumbing and gas-fitting, painting, graining,
varnishing and gilding, and finally paper-hanging. Now that your house is
basically finished, a number of appendices treat specialized tool-related
topics. The two colored plates illustrate 30 examples of wood “in their
natural state”. A veritable Victorian vade-mecum of practical advice for
the carpenter, joiner and finisher.

Hardcover. 6.5”x9”, 924 pages, 2 color plates and 850 text illustrations;
publisher’s red cloth with elaborate gilt lettering; covers with minor
soil and wear, text with minor wear, a bit browned; several small internal
stamps for a Lodge library; overall a nice copy of a large, heavy book
which tends to destroy its’ binding. [09485] $100.00


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