The Clayworker's Hand-Book: A Manual for all engaged in the manufacture of articles from clay.
Philadelphia; London: J.B. Lippincott & Company; Charles Griffin & Company, 1906.
Octavo (19.7 x 13.8 cm.), viii, 365 pages. With thirty-nine illustrations. Index. Publisher's advertisements. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, simultaneous with the U.K. issue. A practical working manual from the first quarter of the 20th century, concerning all aspects of the industrial manufacturing of various products from clay. Includes descriptions of materials, machinery, kilns, glazing and engobing, firing, quality control, etc. From the author of The Chemistry of Clayworking. Some age-toning. In publisher's burgundy cloth, gilt-titled at the spine. Some wear to extremities, otherwise very good or better. With the bookplate of Nannie Jenckes Borden.
Price: $90.00