First edition. Cloth, 201pp., profusely illustrated, map, diagrams. This thorough study has become a valuable reference for researchers and collectors. The author is the great-grandson of W.R. Case and Charles Platt, reporting much about his ancestors roles in the development of knives. Beginning in 1864 the author studies the knifemakers and the development of their trade. Northfield Knife Co.; Cattaraugus Cutlery Co.; C. Platts & Sons Cutlery Co.; C. Platts Sons Cutlery Co.; Case Brothers Cutlery Co.; W.R. Case & Son Cutlery Co.; Crandall Cutlery Co.; and Platts Brothers Cutlery Co.; are among those chronicled here. Fine in near fine dust jacket with some minor rubbing & edgewear.

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Title

THE KNIFE MAKERS WHO WENT WEST.

Publisher

Longs Peak Press, 1978., Longmont

Publication Date

1978

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

First edition.

Dust Jacket Condition

Dust Jacket Included

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Buckingham Books specializes in new, used and Rare Books dealing with Western Americana, Ephemera and Mystery. Western Americana includes Maps, Photographs, Letters, Documents, Art, and Ephemeral Material related to the History of the American West, Canada and Northern Mexico. Our Specialties include Cowboys, Cattle and Development of the Range, Mountain Men and the Fur Trade, Frontier Military and Indian Wars, Outlaws and Lawmen of the Old West, Native American History and Ethnology, Exploration, Gold Rush, Railroad, Overland, Natural History and Travel. Books in Mystery include Detective Fiction, Golden Age, Espionage, Queen's Quorum, Sherlockiana, Artwork, Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone, References and PBO. All of the books in our inventory are First Editions unless clearly stated otherwise.

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