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American Levels - Volume 1, New England Don Rosebrook This book covers over 80 companies and individuals that made and/or sold levels in New England, starting with the earliest known level maker in 1743 and proceeding through the mid-20th century.
267 pages. Hard Cover. List Price $45 |
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The Art of Fine Tools Sandor Nagyszalanczy Finally there is a book that has no agenda but to revel in the beauty of tools. Sumptuously photographed, it parades before the eyes some of the most impressive tools in private collections.
240 pages. Hard Cover or Soft Cover |
| Hard Cover: $29.95 |
| Soft Cover: $19.95 |
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Buck Brothers 1890 Catalog This catalog reprint is probably the most comprehensive catalog ever printed by an American chisel manufacturer. No other company was as well known or as successful in the marketplace as Buck Brothers.
List Price $7.00 |
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The Case for Francis Purdew by Don & Anne Wing This book poignantly exposes the risks of speculation, by showing how very wrong the previous writings concerning the mark of Francis Purdew had been. If you are a serious student of wooden planes, owning this book is not optional. 28 pages. Printed in Great Britain.
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A Catalogue of Tools For Watch And Clock Makers John Wyke of Liverpool This book is both a catalogue reprint published by Winterthur of an original 18th Century catalogue plates and modern text to go with them.
155 pages. Hard cover. Printed in USA. List Price $39.95 |
| Our Price: $35.00 |
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Christopher Gabriel and the Tool Trade in 18th Century London, 1770 - 1809 Jane and Mark Rees This is a serious book for serious tool historians. Casual readers will probably find it boring. We couldn't put it down. The Rees's...
Soft cover. Printed in USA. List Price $16.95 |
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Classic Hand Tools Garrett Hack Both beautiful and practical, Classic Hand Tools reveals the rich variety and history of hand tools through vivid color photos while providing in-depth information on how to integrate their use into...
218 pages. Hard cover. Printed in USA. List Price $34.95 |
| Our Price: $29.00 |
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Classic Hand Tools & The Handplane Book Combo Package Garrett Hack This combo package includes both the Classic Hand Tools & The Handplane Book by G. Hack. Save $10.00 buying this package!
Hard cover. Printed in USA. List Price $55.95 |
| Our Price: $48.00 |
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Dictionary of Woodworking Tools R.A. Salaman This was a landmark book, and is still the great tome of tool collectors. It is the most comprehensive catalog of tool types ever assembled. Recently revised by Philip Walker, this new edition is...
546 pages. Soft Cover. List Price $39.95 |
| Our Price: $36.00 |
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A Directory of Sheffield Introduction by Jane Rees A reproduction of the 1787 Directory of Sheffield which includes the marks of the cutlers, scissor and filesmiths, edgetool and sickle makers.
102 pages. Soft Cover. Printed in Great Britain. |
| Our Price: $22.00 |
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Early Planemakers of London by Don & Anne Wing This is the single most impressive work of scholarly research ever published on wooden plane makers. Don and Anne Wing have painstakingly researched every aspect of this book using original source materials. 87 pages plus poster. Printed in the USA.
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Eighteenth Century Woodworking Tools Edited by James Gaynor This book covers the development, manufacture and marketing of woodworking tools in England and America.
Soft cover. 248 pages. Printed in the USA. |
| Our Price: $19.95 |
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Furniture Mouldings E.J. Warne The single most important book for a molding plane collector. Each of the 140 pages of this book is a detailed drawing of how various moldings are used on a particular piece of furniture.
Soft Cover. List Price $16.95 |
| Our Price: $16.00 |
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Greenfield Tool Company 1872 Catalog Catalog reprints are one of the few research avenues open to wooden plane scholars today. Much of what we know today about wooden planes was gleaned from old catalogs.
85 pages. Soft Cover. |
| Our Price: $9.00 |
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A Guide to The Makers of American Wooden Planes Emil and Martyl Pollack The fourth addition of this book is the most comprehensive catalog yet of American wooden plane makers with more than twice as much information as the third edition.
Paper Back. Printed in USA. List Price $39.95 |
| Our Price: $34.95 |
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The Handplane Book Garret Hack This landmark book is the first highly specialized plane book written for a mass market. Unfortunately, it is fraught with rather glaring mistakes. It was probably never edited by a tool person.
Hard cover. Printed in USA. List Price $34.95 |
| Our Price: $29.00 |
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The Handsaw Catalog Collection Some of the finest handsaws ever made were produced in the early 20th century by four of the leading manufacturers: E.C. Atkins & Co. of Indianapolis, Henry Disston & Sons of Philadelphia, Simonds Manufacturing Co. of Fitchburg, Mass...
136 pages. Fully illustrated. Soft cover. |
| Our Price: $18.00 |
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Henry Disston & Sons 1876 Catalog Catalog reprints are one the most important research avenues open to old tool scholars today. This book is an important resource for anyone seriously interested in Disston Tools.
86 pages. Soft Cover. |
| Our Price: $12.00 |
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More Makers of American Machinist Tools Kenneth L. Cope A follow-on to Mr. Copes first book, this volume documents hundreds of more makers.
185 pages. |
| Our Price: $20.00 |
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Murlands Antique Tool Value Guide This is the first good general price guide for tools since the landmark work by Barlow back in the 1970s. I remember when I first got into tools; I pored over the Barlow book for hours. This is also a book that a neophyte collector will study for hours. It is also a useful reference for antique's dealers who might find the occasional tool.
232 pages. |
| Our Price: $28.95 |
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Norris London Metal Planes Catalog Reprint This catalog, a reprint of the two most important Thomas Norris catalogs, represents almost the full line of Norris planes up through the end of the 1920's.
34 pages. Soft cover. List Price $16.00 |
| Our Price: $14.00 |
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Patented Transitional and Metallic Planes in America, Vol. II Roger K. Smith This book, and its volume I companion, are the only two tools books in English that can be compared favorably in every...
396 pages. Hard cover. Printed in USA. List Price $90.00 |
| Our Price: $80.00 |
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Planemakers of Western Pennsylvania and Environs Charles W. Prine Chuck Prine has been intensely collecting and researching Pittsburgh area planes for years. This book is the culmination of that research and brings to this field a degree of scholastic rigor...
118 pages. Soft cover. Printed in USA. List Price $22.00 |
| Our Price: $19.00 |
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The Preston Catalogue No. 18 May 1909 Mark Rees This is a reprint of Preston's most comprehensive catalog. If you are interested in British tools, this is a must have. Many of the tools pictured would not normally be associated with Preston...
Nearly 200 pages in all. Soft cover. Printed in USA. |
| Our Price: $19.95 |
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Sandusky Tool Company 1877 Catalog Catalog reprints are one of the few research avenues open to wooden plane scholars today. Much of what we know today about wooden planes was gleaned from old catalogs.
67 pages. Soft Cover. |
| Our Price: $9.00 |
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A Source Book for Rule Collectors & A Rule Concordance and Value Guide Philip E. Stanley Rule collectors rejoice! In A Source Book for Rule Collectors and its companion A Rule Concordance and Value Guide, Philip...
361 pages. Soft Cover. Both Books: List Price $45.00 |
| Our Price: $39.00 |
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The Stanley Combination Plane Invaluable for anyone who owns or uses a Stanley #45 or #55 combination plane. This special compilation covers the development of all major types of Stanley combination planes: the Miller, the Traut, as well as the Stanley #45 and #55.
80 pages. Soft Cover. |
| Our Price: $9.00 |
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The Stanley Catalog Collection A compilation of the 1855, 1859, 1867, 1870-71, 1879, 1888, & 1898 catalogs. Fully indexed and bound into one delightful volume. 390 pages. Soft Cover. For large image and more info Click Here! |
| Our Price: $22.50 |
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The Stanley Catalog Collection, Vol II A compilation of the 1872, 1874, 1877, 1884, & 1892 catalogs, as well as the 1876 & 1883 Leonard Bailey catalogs. Fully indexed and bound into one volume. 416 pages. Soft Cover. For large image and more info Click Here! |
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Stanley Tools Catalogue Number 120 A reprint of Stanleys catalogue number 120 from 1923. Hard cover reprint by Roger Smith Publications. 135 pages. Hard Cover. For large image and more info Click Here! |
| Our Price: $34.95 |
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Tools - Rare and Ingenious Sandor Nagyszalanczy Tools Rare and Ingenious expands on Sandor Nagyszalanczy’s acclaimed book The Art of Fine Tools by offering a world tour of objects that rarely leave the private vaults of collectors.
Soft cover. List $37.00 |
| Our Price: $29.00 |
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The Wooden Plane John Whelan This is by far the most comprehensive book on wooden planes available in English. Unfortunately, like most books on tools, it is not quite as polished as more mainstream books typically are.
513 p. 1041 illustrations. Soft cover. Printed in USA. |
| Our Price: $34.50 |
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Tools - Working Wood in Eighteenth Century America James Gaynor & Nancy Hagedorn This book is full of scholarly insights on woodworking tools from the 18th Century and is an important edition to your library if you have an academic interest in tool history.
Soft cover. List $25.00 |
| Our Price: $19.50 |
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Van Vliet's Craft and Trades presented by Harry Bober This is a hardbound folio containing 18 etchings and a paperback booklet. The etchings are copies of a series of 18 originals created by Jan Van Vliet in 1635. The focus of this series is the arts and trades of the time. As such, this is an extremely important reference on the trades of the 16th Century. The accompanying booklet by Harry Bober is a 31 page study of the etchings, and was written in 1981. This book is long out of print, but we unearthed a small cache of them recently.
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