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Early Tools and Processes Early Furniture and Houses

Foundry Practice

1929, A text book for executives, molders, students and apprentices

$40.00
Points for Buyers and Users of Tool Steel

1903, "Being a general review of the main sources of trouble met with by consumers of tool steel; also containing suggestions about how to avoid them."

$40.00
American Carpenter and Builder Nov. 1914

Ads and articles about building trades. Softbound, 140 pages, good condition and intact.

$20.00
Memories Grow on Trees

History of logging industry in Arcadia, French and English text

$15.00
Hands Employed Aright

The Furniture Making of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847) 

$60.00
Historic Portsmouth NH

Early photographs from the Collections of Strawberry Banke

$15.00
Lexicon Scientiarum 1861

Dictionary of Terms used in the various branches of anatomy, astronomy, botany, chemistry, geology, geometry, hygeine, minerology, natural philosophy, physiology, zoology, etc.

$100.00
The Warner House

A rich and colorful history of one of the most important 18th Century houses in New England 

$30.00
Scientific American 1915 Reference Book

A compendium of useful data including many social statistics and scientific information about chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, mechanical movements, weight and measures

$20.00
The Mechanic's Calculator, 1839

Provided historical engineers, millwrights, and artisans with essential mathematical and mechanical principles, conversion rules, and data tables. 

$40.00
Hawkins' Mechanical Dictionary, 1909

A cyclopedia of words terms, phrases and data used in the mechanic arts, trades and sciences. 

$20.00
The Progressive Machinist 1903 edition

A practical and educational treatise with illustrations. Includes original 1903 dust jacket, published by Audel & Co.

$90.00
The Art of Woodworking and Furniture Appreciation

Describes early tools and furnishings from Neolithic Age to 1890.  Hardbound, 192 pages, very good condition.

$40.00
The Practical Assistant and Workshop Companion 1891

A treasury of useful information relating to the arts and sciences of everyday life

$50.00
Tool Steel Simplified 1937

A handbook of modern practice for the man who makes tools.

$15.00
Handicrafts of New England

1949, "an inquiry into the place of handicrafts in the economy and culture of New England. "

$15.00