The Book and Shoe Manufacturers' Assistant and Guide. Containing a Brief History of the Trade. History of India-Rubber and Gutta-Percha, and their application to the manufacture of books and shoes. Full instructions in the art, with diagrams and scales, etc., etc. Vulcanization and Sulphurization, England and American Patents with an Elaborate Treatise on Tanning.
Boston: Higgins, Bradley & Dayton, 1858. 8vo. 200 x 120 mm. (8 x 5 inches). xxv, 9-345 pp., plus 17 pp. directory of leather companies; (same collation as Sabin and the copy at the University of Delaware). Original brown cloth, title in gilt on spine; cloth boards discolored otherwise a...... More