Vintage Farm Shop Manual with Tool Illustrations, 1939
Vintage Farm Shop Manual with Tool Illustrations, 1939
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The line drawings are what sold me on this one. Hands working a chisel along the grain, a jack plane with every part labeled, the anatomy of a wood screw drawn out like a specimen. Mack M. Jones wrote Farm Shop Practice as a University of Missouri textbook for keeping a farm running without calling in a tradesman. It covers carpentry and tool sharpening, and also blacksmithing, concrete, and harness and rope work. Each chapter closes with study questions, so you can tell it once lived in a classroom. The advice still holds up, and the spine looks good on a workshop shelf, in a study, or in a farmhouse library.
The cloth boards are sound, with light rubbing and some dust soiling consistent with age. There is a small dark spot near the top edge of the front board. The spine label is intact and the gilt lettering is legible. The text block is tight and complete, with no loose pages. The pages are evenly toned throughout, and the text and illustrations are clean. There are no owner names, inscriptions, stamps, or markings. A good to very good copy overall.
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