The Cooper and His Trade

By Kenneth Kilby

This is the first book on coopering by a cooper. Kilby was born into a family of coopers and was apprenticed to the trade. The first part if the book, partly biographical, deals with the materials, tools and techniques of coopering, discussing the roles of the white cooper, the dry cooper and the various kinds of wet cooper. The second part of the book deals with the social history of the trade.

192 pages. 6 x 9. Fully illustrated with 56 pages of plates and 87 drawings. Soft cover. $21.95. (1990) ISBN 0941936163