Victorian do-it-yourself : handicrafts and pastimes of the 1880s / E.J. Wiseman
1976, First Edition. Newton Abbot [England] ; North Pomfret, Vt. : David & Charles. Good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and sun-toned dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #349557
ISBN: 0715373072
Physical description; 168 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. Notes; Includes extracts from Amateur work, illustrated (1881-1891). Contents; That time-honoured incentive, necessity : home-made furniture -- A table whatnot for bric-à-brac : decorative carpentry -- An art for the little skilled : rustic carpentry -- Imitation ruins, model cottages, an old mill with waterwheel, ferneries and fountains -- A good speaking instrument, making organs, violins, dulcimers, pianos and phonographs -- The arms of the Master of the House : reproduction Elizabethan furniture and heraldic decoration -- Amusements of a philosophic character : toys, recreations and oddities. Subjects; Handicraft Great Britain. Handicraft. Manners and customs. Handicraft Great Britain History. Great Britain Social life and customs 19th century. Great Britain. Handicrafts Great Britain, ca. 1880. Great Britain Handicrafts ca. 1880. Genre; Illustrated.
Price: €12.95