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ANTIQUE WOODWORKING TOOLS BY DAVID RUSSELL WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY JAMES AUSTIN.
The David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America and provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, and details and marks are shown where appropriate.
Published: John Adamson Publishing Consultants
Pages: 528. 339 mm X 254 mm. Spine: 40 mm.
Weight 3750 Grams. |
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£70 + £8.50 U.K. delivery
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EDWARD PRESTON & SONS LTD.
1908-1912 CATALOGUE
A reprint of an important catalogue of this leading high quality Birmingham tool maker (founded 1825). It lists some 600 rules and 300 levels, planes and other tools and equipment. The company also produced such diverse items as a lawyer's bodkin and a robust sardine can opener. A 26-page introduction by Mark Rees discusses the history, working practices, designs, patent and trade marks of the company.
280 x 218 mm. 224 pp. 100s of line illustrations. Pb .
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TOOLS: A GUIDE FOR COLLECTORS. 2nd Edition.
Jane and Mark Rees.
New material on the metal plane and American tools with an additional 16 pages of text. All price guides updated and all text reviewed. The first guide of its kind to be published on British tools. All types of tools listed under 80 categories. Advice on the why and how of collecting, buying and selling, cleaning and presentation. Materials used in the making of tools, makers and trademarks, patents and registered designs. Above all, a wealth of fine illustrations, backed up by prices realized at auction and from other sources. An exercise in pricing is shown in the tables the authors give for pricing wooden planes. Collecting tips appear throughout. Hitherto unpublished information is given here. Something for everyone from the wooden plane collector to those fancying piano adjusters' tools.
298 x 210 mm. 256 pages. 100s of line illustrations. Pb. |
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DICTIONARY OF WOODWORKING TOOLS.
R. A. Salaman
This is the 2nd edition, revised by Philip Walker, of what has become recognized as the definitive reference work on handtools used in the woodworking trades. Every known tool is described. Over 450 town and country workshops were visited in the compiling of this record. The purpose of each tool is explained and many of the original methods and sayings of tradesmen are also recorded.
254 x 178 mm. 546 pages. 740 line drawings. Pb. |
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DICTIONARY OF LEATHERWORKING TOOLS.
R. A. Salaman
Over 1100 tools are illustrated and discussed under various trades: bookbinder, furrier, the maker of boots and shoes, clogs, driving belts, gloves, handbags and purses, harness and saddles, hats, ball maker, coach trimmer, felt maker, pump-washer maker, last and boot tree, parchment and vellum, taxidermist, loriner and whip maker. There are chapters on manufacturers (tanner's and currier's tools) and on decoration.
249 x 178 mm. 377 pp. Illustrated throughout. Pb.
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CHOOSING & INSTALLING HARDWARE.
Robert Settick
This book covers the entire range of hardware, including common household pieces such as locks, pulls, and handles; all presented in a straightforward style with step-by-step photos and instructions. Tips ease the installation process, and quick access guides help readers find the exact information they need
272 x 234 mm. 224 pages. Illustrated throughout with photographs. Pb |
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THE HANDSAW CATALOGUE COLLECTION (1910 - 1919).
Reprint of the handsaw sections of the main catalogues of the following major makers: Spear & Jackson (Sheffield) 1915, Disston (Philadelphia) 1918, Atkins (Indianapolis) 1919, Simonds (Massachusetts) 1910
253 x 177 mm. 136 pp. Illustrated throughout. Pb.
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