| Collecting Copper and Brass Contributor(s): Wills, Geoffrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406796514 ISBN-13: 9781406796513 Publisher: Hesperides Press OUR PRICE: $34.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: This is a complete guide to collecting copper and brass, beginning with the composition and properties and how it is treated for manufacture. It includes descriptions of brass, bronze, ormulu, pinchbeck, Muntz's metal, gunmetal and bell metal, and how these are made into useful articles or ornaments. Copper and brass have been used during many centuries all over the world, and this book includes products in the metals from Europe, India and the Orient and Africa. There are notes on repairs and preservation and hints on collecting and display. The book describes a list ranging alphabetically from ale and spirit measures to wax jacks and weights and measures; it also discusses such things as aquamaniles, buttons, ormulu mounts and mortars, armory and much else. Contents Include: COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS: Mining and Manufacture - Alloys, Composition and Uses - Countries in Which Copper Alloys Have Been Used - A DICTIONARY OF ARTICLES MADE FROM COPPER AND ITS ALLOYS: Fakes - Cleaning |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Antiques & Collectibles | Silver, Gold & Other Metals - Antiques & Collectibles | Reference - General - Crafts & Hobbies | Metal Work |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.64 lbs) 223 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook on collecting copper and brass items, with information on value, where to find them, cleaning and maintaining, recognising fakes, and more. Collecting Copper and Brass has been elected for modern reproduction due to its timeless educational value, and constitutes a must-have for the serious collector. Contents include: Metal Work, Copper and Its Alloys, Mining and Manufacture, Copper Alloys Composition and Uses, Countries in Which Used, A Dictionary of Articles Made from Copper and its Alloys, Fakes, and Cleaning . Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work." |