Description:
Philadelphia: Disston, 1942. 1st . Paperback. Good. Original printing of 1942 manual/catalog. 48 pp., hundreds of photos, index, small format 5" X 7.5" with orange and black covers. In addition to being a comprehensive catalog, this book gives detailed instructions for the care and maintenance, sharpening, etc. of the tools. Also includes a history of the company. Very interesting item. Complete copy with no significant damage, but spine has been reinforced with tape.
Disston Tool Manual for School Shops: A Book of Practical Information on the Construction, Use, and Care of Saws, Tools, and Files by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc - 1927
by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc
Disston Tool Manual for School Shops: A Book of Practical Information on the Construction, Use, and Care of Saws, Tools, and Files
by Henry Disston & Sons, Inc
- Used
Philadelphia: Henry Disston & Sons, Inc, 1927. Softcover. G (Covers are substantially aged or soiled; rear flyleaf has soiling; interior is of light average age.). Black flexible leather-like boards with gilt letters on spine & front cover, 206 pp., many BW illus. and drawings. Everything you needed to know for equipping a school shop classroom. Includes notes on care of tools and equipment, as well as their histories; and sections on hand saws, band saws, circular saws, files, machine knives, and much more. A blast from the past. Scarce.
- Bookseller Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Format/Binding Softcover
- Book Condition Used - G (Covers are substantially aged or soiled; rear flyleaf has soiling; interior is of light average age.)
- Quantity Available 1
- Publisher Henry Disston & Sons, Inc
- Place of Publication Philadelphia
- Date Published 1927
- Keywords Technology and Manufacturing ; Tools ; School Shops ; ;