foreword paul downing (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: None. 226 pages, illustrated in black and white with 104 Carriages and 101 early advertisements. An uniquely valuable source-book for examples of a craft now almost forgotten.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 226 p. (chiefly illus.) 18 x 25 cm. (9 x 7 in.) ; Series: Dover pictorial archive series; ISBN: 0486223647; 9780486223643 LCCN: 74-105523 ; LC: TS2033; Dewey: 688.6 ; OCLC: 105677 ; Reprint of the 1860 ed., with Downing's introd. added ; stiff pictorial paper wrappers ; ex-lib, stamps, label, date due, pocket ; "New Haven, CT entrepreneur James Brewster introduced New Haven carriages to the south in the 1830's. He invested in railroads, canals, and in the G. & D. Cook Carriage Company. Although he opposed slavery, he carried on a lively trade with his southern customers. At the outbreak of war, rather than suffer from his lack of contact with the south, his company began manufacturing gun carriages for use by the Northern Armies. Th is facsimile catalogue is the last produced before the start of the Civil War." ; crease to front cover ; edge wear ; G. Book.