Shoemaking

by June Swann and June Swanno

Before the 1920s everyone knew the local cobbler, a worthy representative of the 'gentle craft', who repaired shoes and made them look like new for a few pence. This book tells the story of shoemaking from the days of the isolated shoemaker, who made a shoe right through, to the groups of men who worked with apprentices in larger towns and served the customer direct. It shows the growth of mass production in the seventeenth century. Finally the book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0852637780
• ISBN13: 9780852637784
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Shire Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.9" x 8.3"