Saddlery & Carriage
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Carriages and Sleighs

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This invaluable book, reprinted from a rare original catalogue, advertises the commercial carts, wagons, vans and drays builty by a prosperous wagon and carriage works in Bristol, England at the turn of the 20th century.  Proudly displaying the royal seal, and boasting they were "Contractors to Her Majesty's Government," the Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works built and sold vehicles customized for many different occupations and trades people:  farmers, dairymen, and more.  Each of these ingeniously designed vehicles is rendered in a finely detailed line drawing, and is accompanied by descriptive copy that points to its many special features.  Over 270 drawings-a delight to pursue and study!

Lawrence, Bradley & Pardee Co.

160 pages, 8-1/8 x 9-5/8 (Paperback)

Item #: BK536

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Historical Guide to Wagon Hardware and Blacksmiths Supplies

Spivey

This is a great reference to identify pieces and parts or wagon hardware and tools.  (The cover is black with gold lettering).  Thousands of really neat illustrations of wagon and hardware and supplies.

197 Pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK131

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Horse Drawn Sleighs

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Green

This second edition, like the first, is a book of specially selected articles from three of the oustanding carriage journals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  In this edition, however, there are many more illustrations, and more working drawings for builders.  There is a glossary of terms for sleighs and sleigh parts, and a new section with essays on early sleighs and sleighing.  The book covers almost every imaginable type of sleigh:  Albany (or swell-body), Portland cutters, speeding sleighs, Canadian, rumble-seat, carbriolets, and more.  Not only are these various sleighs fully illustrated with detailed line drawings, but also full descriptions are given covering dimensions, materials used, trim, and painting details.  There are also sections that provide valuable information on sleigh construction, ironing, body design, painting, and trimming.

267 pages, 8-1/2 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK532

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Horse-Drawn Carriage Catalog, 1909

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A meticulous reproduction of a hard-to-find catalog, this volume features over 350 finely detailed line illustrations of carriages and wagons.  It includes more than 140 different models-cabriolets, flat-bottom and jump-seat surreys, phaetons and spiders, Stanhope's, storm buggies, Concords, open driving wagons, and much more.  Extensive captions describe the body of each vehicle, gears, wheels, trimmings, top, painting, and cost.

Elkhart Manufacturing Company

 A delight for transportation buffs and a versatile resource of copyright-free art for designers.

176 pages

Item #: BK600

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Practical Carriage Building

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Practical Carriage Building.  A combined reprints of Vols. 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition, this is one of the most complete and contemporary books on building carriages.  It covers all aspects of the building and repair of buggies, cabriolets and broughams, rockaways, sleighs and more.

Richardson

512 pages, 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 (Paperback)

Item #: BK544

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Saddle Patterns

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Full size patterns for making any style or size western saddle as illustrated in the (BK753) Saddlemaking book and (DVD24) video.

Dusty Johnson - Saddleman Press

Item #: BK779

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Saddle Savvy -The complete guide to the western saddle

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Become a saddle expert! Learn how a top quality saddle is constructed and what kind of rig is right for you. This handy book fully explains and shows each part of the western saddle in full detail and helps you understand the many variations of each of those parts. Saddle fit, size and rigging positions are made understandable. Also discussed are saddle pads, how to buy new or used saddles and how to clean and care for them. This manual is used by experts in saddle shops and tack stores worldwide.

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Dusty Johnson - Saddleman Press

110 illustrations and photos.
230 pages
Softcover

Item #: BK754

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Wheelmaking: Wooden Wheel Design and Construction

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Compiled by The Carriage Museum of America

Edited by Don Peloubet, Wheelwright

The last half of the nineteenth century marked a huge transition in carriage building; basically, from individual carriage shops to large, industrialized carriage factories.  A major factor in this transition was the concurrent change in the manufacture of wheels, from individual wheelwriting to industrial wheelmaking.  This book is a compilation of articles on wheelmaking taken from late 19th century journals published in America for the carriage industry.  It chronicles an industry being transformed, partly by a spate of new patended designs, but chiefly by the advent of power machinery and the mechanization of the wheelmaking process.  The articles are divided into ten sections:  the first is a long overview of wheel-making technologies of the time, followed by sections on the dishing of wheels, hubs, spokes, felloes and rims, tires, rubber tires, patent wheels, and wheel repair.  Taken together, the articles give the reader a full understanding of the fast-moving changes that took place in the wheelmaking industry during the late 19th century, how the various new patents and processes worked, and how the various experts in the field felt and differed about them.

240 pages, 9 x 12 inch, Illustrated (Paperback)

Item #: BK529

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