History of the Hammermen of Glasgow, Harry Lumsden & P. Henderson Aitken, 1912

History of the Hammermen of Glasgow; A Study typical of Scottish Craft Life and Organisation. By Harry Lumsden, LL.B., Clerk of the Trades House of Glasgow, and Rev. P. Henderson Aitken, D.Litt., Oxford.

The 'Hammermen' were those working in the metalwork trade, including blacksmiths, goldsmiths, lorimers, cutlers, armourers, sword-makers, clockmakers, locksmiths, pewterers, and tinsmiths.

Published by Alexander Gardner, Paisley. 1912 first edition.

A very good navy blue linen cloth hardback with gilt to spine and blind embossed decals to covers. Some bumping to extremities and a few small scuffs and marks. Soundly bound. With poor dustjacket in removable protective plastic, with significant losses.

Text pages are very good - bright and clean throughout. Some offsetting to endpapers. Illustrated with plates in very good condition. Gilt top edge and some light age spotting to plain text block edges.

Text in English.

xxv + 446pp + Plates.

Approximately 253mm high x 198mm wide x 50mm deep.

Weight approximately 1480g (unpacked).