“Boot and Shoe Manufacture

A Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to the Principles and Methods Employed in the Manufacture of the Different Styles of Modern Footwear”

By Frank Plucknett

1931 (First Edition)

Published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. Parker Street, Kingsway W.C.2 London

With over 300 illustrations including 21 plates

400 pages

Hardback volume in original red cloth binding with gold lettering and rare original dust jacket (showing signs of age), fully illustrated.

Pages very clean with no foxing or inscriptions to paper

Very good condition

See archive for previous copies

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Rare volume particularly focused on handsewn work more than factory work. Of particular interest for its discussion on foot measurement and last making work, close detail account on unusual techniques such as French beading, the Veldtschoen construction, the Turnshoe construction and varying techniques of stitching. An important volume in shoemaking literature

Weight: 1.5kg