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The Coach Painter's Handbook And Guide
by A Coach Painter Of Thirty Years' Experience
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: Henry J. Drane. Good+ with no dust jacket. [1895]. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers rubbed and dust stained. ; No date [1895]. vi, (7)-(132) + colour frontispiece + one plate ("A Bird's eye-view of Conrad Wm. Schmidt's (F.A. Glaeser's) Factory in 1895") + [5 (advertisements)] + [3 (blank)] pages. Limp orange cloth boards with black lettering on spine and front boad. Page dimensions: 183mm x 123mm. Contents: Introductory Remarks; Priming; Priming - Second Coat; Filling Up; Rubbing; First Coat of Paint; Stopping - Lead; Facing; Ground Colour; Varnishing - First Coat; Flatting; Varnishing - Second Coat; Varnishing - Third Coat; Carriage, Wheels, Shafts, Etc.; Japan and How to Use It; Leather-Coverd Carriages - How to Treat Them; Colours; Lining; Choice of Colours; Mixing Colours; Touching Up and Revarnishing; Matching Colours; Leather Heads or Tops - How to Touch Up and Revarnish; Painting Iron Work; Varnished Work; Basket Carriages or Wicker Work; Trademen's Carts and Vans; Brushes - Their Selection and Care; Why Varnish Goes Bad, and How to Prevent It; Blistering and Cracking; Railway Carriage Painting; Locomotive Engine Painting; Writing Scrolling, Etc.; Scrolling, Ornament, Etc.; Table to Assist the Writer in the Choice of Colours for Blocking; Work-Time Tables; Table for Best Painted Work; Table for Varnished Work; Table for Japanned Work; Table for Trademen's Carts and Vans; Conclusion. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21132
- Title
- The Coach Painter's Handbook And Guide
- Author
- A Coach Painter Of Thirty Years' Experience
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Henry J. Drane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- [1895]
Terms of Sale
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Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
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