Subject: Blacksmithing & Metallurgy Books

From: [email-masked] (The Book Garden Gallery)
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 1996 17:57:50 GMT

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The following may be of some interest...

Aston, James. WROUGHT IRON. "It's Manufacture, Characteristics &
Applications." A.M. Byers Co: Pittsburgh, Pa, 1939, Second Edition,
97 pp, illus. & photographs slight wear to spine & corners. VG $15

Bealer, Alex. W. THE ART OF BLACKSMITHING. 
Funk & Wagnalls: NY, 1969, 425 pp, over 500 illustrations by the
author, dj has some stains on back cover & small tear on corner. VG
$10

BLACKSMITHS AND "FARRIERS" TOOLS AT SHELBURNE MUSEUM.
"A History of Their Development From Forge to Factory." The Shelburne
Museum, Inc: Shelburne, Vt, 1966, 272 pp, many photographs, paper
cover has slight staining on front. VG+ $45

THE BLACKSMITH IN EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY WILLIAMSBURG.
 "An Account of his Life & Times & of his Craft.." Publ. by Colonial
Williamsburg: Williamsburg, 1971, 30 pp, illustrations, paper covers.
(Pamphlet)  Good+ $3

Jennings, R.F. Gas & A.C. ARC WELDING AND CUTTING.
 Knight & McKnight Pub. Co: Bloomington, Illinois, 1946, Second
Edition, 118 pp, many illus. & drawings, xlib, paper covers slightly
waved. VG $6

McMillan, Orin W. HEAT TREATMENT OF IRON AND STEEL CASTINGS.
International Correspondence Schools: Scranton, Pa, 1944 edition, 58
pp, photographs & drawings, pencilling on some diagrams, staining on
edge of some pages, paper covers. Good $3

McMillan, Orin W. HEAT TREATMENT OF TOOLS AND DIES.
International Correspondence Schools: Scranton, Pa, 1945 edition, 65
pp, some pages have stains & bending, drawings & photographs, paper
covers. Fair - Good $3

McMillan, Orin W.  METALLURGY OF STEEL.
International Correspondence Schools: Scranton, Pa, 1944 edition, 67
pp, drawings, soil & staining on paper covers. Good $3

McMillan, Orin W. INTRODUCTION TO HEAT TREATMENT.
International Correspondence Schools: Scranton, Pa, 1944 edition, 55
pp, some end pages have bent corners, paper cover has some soil & tear
on spine, illus & drawings. Good $3

McMillan, Orin W. METALLOGRAPHY.
International Correspondence Schools: Scranton, Pa, 1945 edition, 80+
pp, photographs & drawings, some pages have slight staining on edges,
paper covers. Good $3

Richardson, M.T. PRACTICAL BLACKSMITHING.
Weathervane Books: NY, 1978, 276 pp. plus 15 pp advertisements, Four
volumes originally published in 1889-91, combined in one, with a new
forward by Dona Z. Meilach, over 1,000 b&w illustrations, dj. Out of
print. VG+ $38

A TEXTBOOK ON SHOP AND FOUNDRY PRACTICE.
International Textbook Co: Scranton, Pa, 1903, large section on
Blacksmithing & Forging plus sections on Machine Molding, Foundry
Appliances, Malleable Casting, & Brass Founding, many illustrations,
brown pebbled leather cover, gold lettering on spine. VG $45

Weygers, Alexander G. THE MODERN BLACKSMITH.
Van Nostrand Reinhold Co: Ny, 1974, 96 pp, illus. by the author,
photographs, Softbound.   VG   $20

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