The Art of Blacksmithing

Author(s): Bealer, Alex W

Binding:	Hardcover
Volume Condition:	Very Good
Dust Jacket:	Yes
Dust Jacket Condition:	Very Good
Language:	English
Publisher Name:	Castle Books
Publication Year:	1995
Publication Place:	Edison, NJ, USA
ISBN:	9780785803959
Book ID:	010822
Catalogue(s):	Arts and Crafts

Revised edition. 436pp, with more than 500 illustrations. Quarter bound in black cloth over paper-covered boards (boards just a little soiled, cloth rounded at spine ends). Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. In its original, illustrated dust jacket (slightly bumped along upper edge, small nick on upper rear corner). 8vo. With a history of art of blacksmithing, this most a description and discussion of the tools and techniques of the blacksmith. If you want to know how an 18th century iron hinge was made, or how a muzzle-loading rifle barrel was welded, this is the book for you.

Keywords:

Blacksmiths Farriers Iron Work Wrought Iron