HODGSON, HAND SAWS, 1883, Carpentry, Woodworking Tools, Saw Filing, Publisher’s Cloth

Fred T. Hodgson. Hand Saws: Their Use, Care and Abuse; How to Select, and How to File Them. New York and Bridgeport, Conn.: Palliser, Palliser & Co., 1883 (copyright John Phin). Publisher’s blind- and gilt-stamped brown cloth.

Used, with light wear; spine slightly sunned; light shelfwear to cloth edges; small 1889 ownership inscription on front flyleaf; publisher slip pasted over imprint on title and ad leaf; toning and separation at gathering gutter.