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Rare and modern books

Housley, Herbert

Back to the Grindstone : Personal Recollections of the Sheffield Cutlery Industry

The Hallamshire Press, 1998

12.50 €

Godley Books

(Hyde, United Kingdom)

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Year of publication
1998
ISBN
1874718288
Place of printing
Sheffield
Author
Housley, Herbert
Publishers
The Hallamshire Press
Size
9.25 x 6.25 inches
Edition
First Edition
Keyword
Iron, Steel, Foundries, History, Biography
Binding description
Soft Cover
Dust jacket
No
State of preservation
Very Good
Binding
Softcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
Yes

Description

No marks or inscriptions. Minor creasing to some corners, none to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, faint creasing to upper corner of last few pages and no bumping to corners. 174pp. Autobiography of Bert Housley, partner in the family cutlery manufacturing firm of H Housley & Sons of Sheffield. Includes much in general about cutlery manufacturing in Sheffield and the author's views on why Sheffield stopped being at the forefront of this industry. Scarce.