Vintage Industrial-Arts Hardcover | Mustard & Slate “General Metals Textbook, 1959, Technical Reference Book

📐 A striking mid-century industrial text in mustard yellow and charcoal, this 1959 (2nd edition) cloth-bound volume by John Feirer brings nexus of design and technique to any studio shelf. With crisp diagrams, tabulated steel data, and elegant layouts, it’s ideal as a reference, décor accent, or gift for metalworkers & design lovers.

Book is in good vintage/used condition. Please see all of the photos. 📐

⌛History Behind The Piece⌛
Published by McGraw-Hill’s Industrial Arts division, General Metals was part of a suite of shop-craft textbooks used in U.S. vocational and art curricula through the 1950s and ’60s. Its clean modernist diagrams and didactic clarity reflect an era when design and industrial skills were taught side by side in secondary schools.

Book Dimensions (Approximate):
9.5" L : 7.65" W : 1" H

Weight (Approximate):
885 grams or 1.95 lbs