Book Details
| Author: | ----: |
| Title: | Amateur Work, Illustrated. |
| Published: | London: Ward, Lock & Co., 188? - 1886. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 02a - General |
| Description: | Volumes I -V. Each measures 7.75 x 10 inches by 2 inches thick. A set of practical manuals aimed at "men of intellect and education, whether richer or poorer, who turn to carpentry, gardening and the various constructive and decorative arts - all subjects that are embraced in the ever-widening Circle of the Industrial Arts that are of interest to, and can be accomplished by, the Amateur". All manner of Do-it-Yourself projects for the Victorian era including lathe-making, clocks, coins & medals, violin making, boat-building, greenhouses, book-binding, electro-plating, pianos & organs, stained glass, microscopes & telescopes, cellars, blacksmith tools, glass-blowing, handy work on farm and garden, inlaying veneers, fishing tackle, sun-dials, fly-tying, photography, wood-carving, decorative carpentry, picture restoration etc. etc. Edited by the author of "Every Man His Own Mechanic." Amateur Work, Illustrated - Volume I (Part 1 - 11); Mechanics Made Easy - Being the Second Volume of Amateur Work, Illustrated (Part 12 - 23); The Workshop at Home - Being the Third Volume of Amateur Work, Illustrated (Part 24 - 35); Amateur Work, Illustrated - Volume IV (Part 36 - 47); Amateur Work, Illustrated - Volume V (Part 48 - 59). All volumes with Lithographic Supplements (mostly folding), Containing Designs, Sketches, and Working Drawings, and Hundreds of Wood Engravings in the Text. Ads on eps. Volume I - 3 pp Introductory, 534 pp + 11 pp ads. Hinge cracked - boards held in position by binding strings. One internal gathering loose. Volume II - Mechanics Made Easy, 3 pp ads, 600 pp + 3 pp ads. Front hinge cracked. Vol III - The Workshop at Home. Front hinge cracked. Vol IV - 4 pp ads, 600 pp + 7 pp ads. Hinges cracked. First folding supplement almost loose, otherwise internal binding tight. Vol V - 576 pp + 5 pp ads. All volumes - text clean except for occasional spots of foxing in vicinity of folding supplements. All five volumes beautifully bound in publisher's pictorial brown cloth. Black lettering and vignettes on front board. Highly decorative gilt lettering on spine with gilt vignette. Tops and bottoms of spines lightly rubbed. Short split in top of spine on Vol I only. Corners bumped and lightly rubbed. Overall condition VG. A very attractive set. |
| Book Number: | #4602 |
| Price: | € 840.00 |
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