Renoir Report post Posted September 26, 2013 I'm surprised that someone hasn't posted this before (maybe they have) : Project Gutenberg (out of copyright books) has a few books on leather you can download. http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40286 Decoration of Leather by George de Recy - descriptions of various leather techniques http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41927 A Complete Guide to the Ornamental Leather Work by James Revell - mainly leather flowers http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43377 Leather by K. J. Adcock - mainly tanning and leather preparation Has anyone else found online old books or patterns worth posting? maybe we can make a list. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veedub3 Report post Posted September 26, 2013 Actually it is posted here. I have all three of those e-books and I got them from a thread someone posted here, although I think they were from a different website. If I am not mistaken there are at least three different threads with leather working e-books in them. I tried searching for the thread, but I can never find anything using that search feature. Wrong keywords I guess....... Karina Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Renoir Report post Posted September 26, 2013 I guessed as much - but "gutenberg" (most likely the original source for the books) came up blank This is the first hobby I've done where a 100-year old resource is almost as applicable as a 1-year old resource. I'm used to computing where six months is 'old'.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
veedub3 Report post Posted September 27, 2013 OK I tried again with Google, which is how I usually find things on this site, and found this thread: http://leatherworker...8510&hl=archive Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Loughlin Report post Posted January 18, 2014 If you type "Design" into the Gutenberg search engine a few useful books, not all directly to do with leatherwork, come up. e.g www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22107 Wood Carving by George Jack www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/38187 Aviation Engines both useful source material for carving, steampunk etc. www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/16273/ Manual of Heraldry www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/139749/ Principles of Decorative Design www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42951 A new century of Inventions and many more Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Banjoza Report post Posted January 27, 2014 Thank you Renoir and Mike Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
leatherjo Report post Posted January 27, 2014 Thanks Renoir and Veedub3!! What a goldmine! Mike--I was not able to open "The Principles of Decorative Design." I'll try getting it through the Gutenberg Project. Thanks for telling me about it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SLudlow Report post Posted January 28, 2014 Maybe we should put together a stickied bibliography? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
