George E. Blakelee
The Home Workshop
London, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. c1890. Cloth. A rather handy illustrated guide to all things home construction related, bound in the smart original cloth. Detailing how to prepare firewood, use screws and nails, make beehives, make summer houses, pig pens and dog kennels, managing doors, windows and barrels, building animal traps, ice-houses, cellars and smoke houses, homemade barometers, weather vanes and kite-making.The second edition of this work.Written by George Blakelee, the author of 'The Practical Mechanic' and 'Blakelee's Industrial Cyclopedia&apos.With in-text illustrations and diagrams throughout.A delightful work on home handicraft. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Externally, generally smart, with some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean, bar the odd spot. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed .

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