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THE KNIFE MAKERS WHO WENT WEST BY: HARVEY PLATTS
THE KNIFE MAKERS WHO WENT WEST BY: HARVEY PLATTS
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THE KNIFE MAKERS WHO WENT WEST BY: HARVEY PLATTS
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A) CONDITION BOOK: FINE - HARD COVER
B) CONDITION DUST JACKET: VERY GOOD - BRODART
C) FIRST EDITION FIRST PRINTING - LONGS PEAK PRESS 1978
D) NOTE: MANY [HUNDREDS] OF PHOTOGRAPHS AND LINE DRAWINGS + CATALOGUE
REPRINTS. LARGELY A HISTORY OF A 19TH CENTURY CUTLERY MANUFACTURER. LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST UNITED STATES. 201 PAGES.
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Out-of-Print Fully Illustrated book, The Knife Makers Who Went West by Harvey Platts. Longmont, CO: Longs Peak Press, 1978. 201 pages. First Edition. Includes many vintage and archival b/w photographs and more than 100 pages of reproduction of vintage catalog reprints. Includes the following sections: · The Early Years, 1864-1896 (including Northfield Knife Co., and Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.) · Factory of Their Own, 1896-1905 (including C. Platts & Sons, Case Brothers and W. R. Case & Son Cutlery Co.) ·
The Bradford Factory, 1905-1911 (including W. R. Case & Sons, Crandall Cutlery and Platts Brothers Cutlery Co.) · Out West in Colorado · Collecting Western Knives Plus More… Also includes a Glossary, a Map, Family Trees and Chronology of Events Bound in brown woven cloth with black woven cloth spine; gilt lettering to spine. In pictorial dust jacket. Book and jacket are in excellent condition with some tearing to the jacket on the lower left corner and to edges. Overall, a beautiful and uncommon volume. Measures h-12 ¼ x w-9 ¼ inches.
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