Fred T. Hodgson LESSONS IN THE ART OF PRACTICAL WOOD CARVING 1905 First Ed HC
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EASY LESSONS IN THE ART OF PRACTICAL WOOD CARVING:
Suited To The Wants Of Carpenters, Joiners, Amateurs, And Professional Wood Carvers;
Being a Practical Guide to all Kinds of Wood Carving Including Chip Carving, Flat Carving, Incised Work and Figure Carving, Together With an Essay on the Principles of Design for Carved Wood of All Kinds
by Fred T. Hodgson
Chicago: Frederick J. Drake & Co., Publishers, (1905).
First edition.Enhanced with over two-hundred ill...ustrations, diagrams, and designs.Hodgson describes and illustrates a wide variety of tools, appliances, and woods, and offers details on how to use them.He presents very detailed instructions, with design examples on how to carve decorative moldings, mantles, frames, furniture, figures, sculptures, and more.Very short tear to upper spine edge, slight rub-wear to lower spine edge, else very good in brick-red linen with bright gilt embossed titles and borders to the front cover and with gilt embossed titles and rules to the spine; no dust jacket.
Octavo; 284 pages; preface; introduction; index.
A lovely vintage gift.
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