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TRINDERS' FINE
TOOLS
BOOK LIST - TOOL COLLECTING
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B3805) Salaman R. A. DICTIONARY OF TOOLS USED IN THE WOODWORKING AND ALLIED TRADES
1700 – 1970. Revised edition, 1989.
10" x 7 1/2", 546 pages, black and white
illustrations. Standard work on woodworking tools -
the definitive reference work, indispensable to woodworkers, antique dealers,
researchers ... anyone who is interested in the subject of woodworking tools
and their uses. Extensive bibliography.
Hardback in dw, a near fine
copy. The hb edition is out of print, and the hb version of this revised edition is particularly hard to
find. 60.00
pounds sterling
B612)
Eaton, Reg. THE ULTIMATE BRACE A Unique Product of Victorian Sheffield. 1989. 10 1/2" x 8 1/2", 180 pages, 4 full page colour photographs, many black and white photographs and
illustrations. Reg Eaton has produced the
definitive book on this sphere of tool collecting; he has examined thousands of
specimens, both from his own and other fine collections. He has also dismantled
several hundreds of them for the purposes of adjustment and restoration. Hb in dw,
fine. Now out of print. 75.00 pounds sterling
B2635) Blackburn, Graham. THE ILLUSTRATED ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WOODWORKING
HANDTOOLS, INSTRUMENTS AND DEVICES. 1974. 10 7/8" x 8
1/4", 238 pages, illustrated
with drawings throughout; text hand-written. A comprehensive
pictorial index of those handtools common in Western civilisation from the eighteenth century to the present.
Soft covers, a very good copy. US$ 14.50 / 9.50 pounds sterling
B1335) British
Standards Institution. SPECIFICATION FOR WOODWORKERS' METAL-BODIED PLANES. British
Standard 3623 : 1963. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4", 41 pages, black
and white diagrams. 24 figures illustrating typical designs of a variety of
hand planes, with all parts annotated with correct nomenclature and dimensions.
Soft covers, punched at left-hand edge for filing. 15.00 pounds sterling.
B2906) Turner,
Gerard L'E. ELIZABETHAN
INSTRUMENT MAKERS : The Origins of the London Trade in
Precision Instrument Making. 2000. 10" x 7 1/2", 305 pages, colour frontispiece and 14 colour
plates, black and white illustrations. First describes the context in which the
Elizabethan trade began and the known craftsmen; the second part catalogues in
detail every surviving instrument from this period, signed and unsigned, that
has been traced. Appendix on the attribution of unsigned
instruments; Bibliography. An important recent
reference work. Hb in dw, fine. US$ 82.50 / 55.00 pounds sterling
B846)
Prine, Charles W., Jr. PLANEMAKERS OF WESTERN
PENNSYLVANIA AND ENVIRONS. 2000. 10 7/8" x 8 1/4", 117 pages,
many black and white and colour illustrations. Soft
covers, fine. 25.00 pounds sterling
B370) THE FASCINATING WORLD OF EARLY TOOLS AND
TRADES. 1991.
Octavo, 407 pages. Black and white illustrations. Selections from the Chronicles of the Early American Industries
Association. Hb in dw. New. US$ 28.00 / 15.95 pounds sterling
B53)
Ed. Allen, Hank. TOOLSHED TREASURY. 1996.
Octavo, 168 pages. Black and white illustrations. The best articles on antique tool collecting from CRAFTS
(Collectors of Rare and Familiar Tools Society). Pb.
Fine. US$ 18.75 / 12.50 pounds sterling
B360) Bennion, Elizabeth. ANTIQUE DENTAL
INSTRUMENTS 1986. Quarto, 192 pages. Black and white and colour illustrations. Good reference work for the
collector - a Sotheby's publication. Useful appendices,
bibliography etc. Hb in dw, very good. 55.00 pounds sterling
B1841) Rosebrook, Don. AMERICAN
LEVELS AND THEIR MAKERS. Volume 1 - New
England. 1999. 11 1/4" x 8 1/2", 267
pages, over 500 illustrations, including 84 colour
photographs. The leading expert on one of tool collecting's fastest
growing areas has written the definitive reference for collectors and students
of industrial technology. Meticulous research covers over 80 companies and
individuals who made and/or sold levels in New England, from the earliest known
level maker in 1743 to the mid-twentieth century. For each maker Dr. Rosebrook provides historical background and a full
discussion of the maker's product lines, accompanied by photographs of sample
levels. Extensive section on Stanley Rule & Level Co. Type studies for
Davis, Stratton and Stanley levels. Hb, illustrated
boards, fine. US$ 67.50 / 45.00 pounds sterling