DIRECTIONS FOR USING COE'S GREAT AMERICAN TANNING PROCESS Patented Oct. 3, 1865
Orson A. Coe: Charlestown, Portage County, Ohio, 1865. Paperback. Good. Item #99-8492
Illus., 8.5 x 5.5", pict sewn blue wraps, (16)pp. Covers have edge tears, chipping, toning, spotting, lacks a corner, spine starting to split, first page is toned, contents have scattered spotting, smudging and creasing, edge tears else good condition. Some of the topics covered: "How To Remove the Hair Or Wool", "How To Make A Bating Liquor", "Process For Tanning Heavy Hides, For Boots, Shoes And Harnesses", "Water Proof Blacking For Boots, Shoes And Harnesses". From the introduction: "...older methods of Tanning require...months, and years, even, to transfer Hides into Leather...By the Great American Tanning Process a skin or hide is tanned in from ten minutes to ten days." Very SCARCE.
Price: $150.00