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Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867, ISBN: 9781523385560

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Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867 by Temple Thorold ISBN:  9781523385560 Amazon Publishing Affiliate Link "It is our intention to notice many things, however trivial, that may in any way serve to enlighten our readers respecting the joiner's art." Our Workshop 1866 & The Lathe And How To Use It 1867  features two of the earliest English language Manual Arts texts written exclusively for British adolescents attending public or private schools.  Written with a directness and clarity seldom found in nineteenth century text books,  Our Workshop & The Lathe And How To Use It  represents an invaluable period resource for the modern traditional woodworker as well as the educator interested in applying the practices of Slöjd or Manual Arts Education to classwork. Gary Roberts, Toolemera Press publisher, returns to print classic books on early crafts, trades and industries. All titles are produced from the originals in his personal collecti...

Edo Period Architecture

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Edo Period Shoji Design Here is one of the many Edo period shoji screen photos from the book I am updating. This is a glass plate negative, printed in halftone. Now that I know the book was produced by architects as an historical record of Edo period designs taken from the original buildings, the importance of this book as a record of Japanese architectural design means it's time for an edited reprint.