Book prices

The Leatherworking Handbook.
Valerie Michael.
A practical guide to those wishing to make hand stitched leathergoods.
Includes a selection of projects taking the reader from basic to advanced techniques.

Conservation of Leather and Related Materials.
By Marion Kite & Roy Thomson  . £55.00
This book covers all aspects of Skin and Leather preservation, from Cuir Bouilli to Bookbindings.It discusses tools and equipment needed to transform & preserve a wide range of products including fur, feathers, parchment, fish and reptile skins, and outlines the history and development of leather manufacture.

2 POSTCARDS are available in packs of 10, or a mixed pack of 10.
Sizes 170 x 120mm. Quilted Somerset Saddle and Queen Victoria’s Side Saddle .

A Short History of Saddles in Europe
by John W. Waterer.  £2.00
A well illustrated pamphlet covering the development of the riding saddle.

Leather in Life, Art & Industry (1992)
Edited by Neil MacGregor  £12.00
A fully illustrated catalogue produced for the centenary of John Waterer RDI, 1892-1977. It includes a biographical survey of his life plus chapters on the history of the Museum of Leathercraft and the development of the Leather Conservation Centre.

John Waterer’s Guide to Leather Conservation & Restoration (1986) £12.50
This manual gives an overview on the nature of leather and its conservation.

Leather & the Warrior (paperback 1981)
By John Waterer  £27.00
The only publication of its kind dealing with the history and importance of leather to the fighting man from ancient Greeks to World War II.
158 illustrations.

P&P will be charged according to the publication