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Practical Carriage Building

M. T. Richardson
A combined reprint of Vols. 1 and 2 of the 1892 edition, this is one of the most complete and contemporary books on building carriages. It covers all aspects of the building and repair of buggies, cabriolets and broughams, rockaways, sleighs and more.

282 pages, 5.5x8.5, illus, softcover
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