Handy notes and queries. A manual of useful information of especial importance to dealers in hardware, stoves and tinware, machinists', gas-fitters' and plumbers' materials, as well as the various workers in useful metals ..
A trade manual compiled by Henry Hopkins and published in New York in 1889 for hardware dealers, machinists, plumbers, gas-fitters and tinsmiths. Wood-engraved catalogue cuts show meat grinders, handsaws, nail pullers, presses and similar tools in shaded three-quarter view, some carrying maker's lettering on the blade or handle, usable as isolated object silhouettes and period tool spots.
