Horse Drawn Sleighs

The first edition of Horse Drawn Sleighs proved so helpful to those who wished to build sleighs or those who were just interested in them and wished to study them in detail that Susan Green has compiled a Second Edition. The second edition like the first is a book of specially selected articles from three of the outstanding carriage journals of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In this edition however there are many more illustrations and more working drawings for builders. There is a glossary of terms for sleighs and sleigh parts and a new section with essays on early sleighs and sleighing. The book covers almost every imaginable type of sleigh: Albany (or swell-body) Portland cutters speeding cutters multi-passenger box-body traps and sporting sleighs Canadian rumble-seat cabriolets vis-a-vis closed-body and more. Not only are these various sleighs fully illustrated with detailed line drawings but full descriptions are given covering dimensions materials used trim and painting details. There are also sections that provide valuable information on sleigh construction ironing body design painting and trimming. Altogether an invaluable resource.