Practical Leather Work Cassell & Company 1925 vintage antique 1920s leather craft outlet leatherwork book - 20s Art Nouveau - making handbags bags

Vintage / outlet antique leatherworking book / 1920s decorative arts

Practical Leather Work
The Making-up and Ornamentation of Useful Articles in Leather
Published by Cassell and Company, Limited, London (UK)

Small softback - 154 pages - illustrated with black and white drawings
Dimensions approx. 4 3/4" x 7 1/4" or approx. 12 cm x 18.3 cm

Please see photos for Contents page. Includes sections on, for instance, book covers, women's handbags, suit and attache cases, photographic frames and clock cases, modelling, incising, punching, stamping, pyrography, stencilling, gilding and lacquering, staining etc.
A very SCARCE publication.

In reasonably good condition overall. Some wear and tear to cover - scuffing etc. Repairs to spine (spine covering had come loose at the bottom at some stage). Some grubbiness to back cover. Noticeable bumping to outer corners throughout. General age discolouration/tanning. But otherwise good. Binding is tight. No loose pages. Internal pages are clean with no major flaws - no stains, tears or annotations. Please see photos for more information.

Please note that you are purchasing the book only. Scissors not included.

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Ref: 190G.04-22leather
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