Collecting Copper & Brass
by Wills, Geoffrey
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in Good DJ/Good
- Seller
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Comfort, Texas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Bell Publishing Co, 1962. 1st Ed 1st Pr. Hardbound. 8vo. 3 Pgs.. Fine in Good DJ/Good. A J Turvey. Collecting Copper & Brass by Geoffrey Wills. Published by Bell Publishing Co, New York, NY, 1962. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardbound. Paper DJ. Size 8vo (up to 9-1/2'' tall). Condition: Fine in Good DJ. 157 Pgs. A complete guide to collecting copper and brass, beginning with the composition and properties and how it is treated for manufacture. It includes descriptions of brass, bronze, ormulu, pinchbeck, Muntz's metal, gunmetal and bell metal, and how these are made into useful articles or ornaments. This book includes products in metals from Europe, India and the Orient, and Africa. There are notes on repairs and preservation, and hints on collecting and display. It describes a list ranging alphabetically from ale and spirit measures to wax jacks and weights and measures; it also discusses such things as aquamaniles, buttons, ormulu mounts and mortars, armory and much else. Illustrated with drawings by AJ Turvey and black and white photos. Description text copyright 2017 BooksForComfort. Item ID 32303.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Comfort Kraft (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32303
- Title
- Collecting Copper & Brass
- Author
- Wills, Geoffrey
- Illustrator
- A J Turvey
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound. 8vo. 3 Pgs.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Good DJ
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed 1st Pr
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bell Publishing Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1962
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About the Seller
Comfort Kraft
Biblio member since 2017
Comfort, Texas
About Comfort Kraft
We have been in business since 1988 and have been online since 1997
We have our own web stores as well as affiliates such as ABE, Biblio, Ebid, Antiqbook.
We have been selling books since 1999 and take pride in our complete descriptions of our books.
We are (slowly) setting up a B&M store on our country property and hope to have it open ASAP.
We will have both books and craft/collectible items in the shop. IN the meantime, please find us online
We have our own web stores as well as affiliates such as ABE, Biblio, Ebid, Antiqbook.
We have been selling books since 1999 and take pride in our complete descriptions of our books.
We are (slowly) setting up a B&M store on our country property and hope to have it open ASAP.
We will have both books and craft/collectible items in the shop. IN the meantime, please find us online
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