Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works

This invaluable book, reprinted from a rare original catalog, advertises commercial carts, wagons, vans and drays built by the prosperous wagon and carriage works in Bristol, England at the turn of the 20th century.  Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works built and sold vehicles customized for many different occupations and trades people:  farmers, dairymen, bakers, butchers, wine merchants, cabinetmakers, coal merchants and many more. 274 finely detailed
line drawings.

178 pages (Paperback)

Item #: BK127

Lawrence, Bradley & Pardee Co.

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!

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

Item #: BK536

Astragal Press

Containing Complete Instructions On Carriage Building.  This is the classic work on coach building in all its branches, reprinted from the 1875 second edition. Included are sections on:  drafting , designing, and the construction of the frame and wooden parts; smithing of the metal, the springs, platforms, axles, wheel hoops, etc., complete with detailed diagrams; painting, applying designs and ornaments, varnishing, gilding, lettering, trimming; other miscellaneous interesting and valuable information. This is a wonderful reference on the early trade that is now enjoying a strong revival.

248 pages, 6 x 9 (Paperback)

Item #: BK527

Walrond

Produced as a stable-mate to the author's hugely successful 'Breaking a Horse to Harness', this invaluable book uses the same step-by-step format to help the novice whip learn the art of driving.

192 pages, 7.5 x 10 (Hardcover)

Item #: BK549

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

Green

The first edition of Horse Drawn Sleighs proved so helpful to those who wished to build sleighs, or those who were just interested in them and wished to study them in detail, that Susan Green has compiled a Second Edition.  The 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

Elkhart Manufacturing Company

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

176 pages

Item #: BK600

Berkebile

Over 250 authentic copyright-free depictions of lunch wagons, ice wagons, freight wagons, fire engines, stagecoaches, hearses, many other vintage vehicles, shown in detailed engravings and photographs, culled from rare trade periodicals in the Smithsonian Institution.

160 pages, 8-1/8 x 11 (Paperback)

Item #: BK126

Richardson

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.

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

Item #: BK544

Dusty Johnson - Saddleman Press

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

Item #: BK779

Dusty Johnson

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. Over

110 illustrations and photos.
230 pages
Softcover

Item #: BK754

Dusty Johnson

Complete and easy instruction guide. Explains how to make a top quality western saddle with a minimum of tools and expense. No prior leatherworking experience is required. How to create each part of the saddle is thoroughly illustrated. This book is used by saddleshops worldwide. Over 150 photos. Spiral binding to lay flat on your workbench. See the companion video VHS24 under DVD/VHS>Equine/Saddlery on our website.

136 pages
spiral/papeback

Item #: 753

May

The two-wheeled handsome cab is one of the most striking images of the Victorian city, but it was not the only type of cab to be found.  Much of the work was done by the 'growler', the four-wheeled cab that rattled through the streets, laden with luggage and with families.  While London's cab trade was special in that it was controlled by the central government, all towns had their carriages for hire, and the author explains how the trade was structure, staffed and paid for, and the relics of it that can still be seen today.

32 pages, 6 x 8-1/4 (Paperback)

Item #: BK542

Edited by Don Peloubet, Wheelwright

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

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.

Item #: BK529

266 pages, 8-1/2 x 14 inches (Paperback)

Working drawings were considered to be useful for building a horse-drawn vehicle.  They were usually drawn 3/4 inch scale, and the best were drawn using the French or DuPont rule, showing all elevations of the vehicle on the same plane.  The best of 100 working drawings from the two major trade journals has been compiled into a working portfolio.  The drawings are arranged in a loose leaf binder so that they can be easily laid flat or taken out and handled at the drafting board.  The drawings come with a full descrption plus dimensions for springs, wheels, axles and body.  The 23 categories of horse-drawn vehicles include:  Breaks, Broughams, Buckboards, Buggies, Physicians' Coupe, Rockaways, Surreys and Park Phaetons, Town Coaches, Traps, Two Landaus, Landaulets, Phaetons, Victorias, Vis-aVis, Passenger Wagons, Wagons, Wagonets.  A glossary is included.

Item #: BK530