Tool and Material Reference Books

By Peter Walsh, a curator at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum of History and Technology

Published late 1920s by Maine Hardwood Assn. and Maine Forest Service

Collection of plates on the sciences, the liberal arts, and the mechanical arts with their explanations - carpenter, saddler and coachbuilder

Published by Roger K. Smith, supplement to PATAMPIA I & II

A history from antiquity to the 17th Century

More than 50 categories not usually found in similar books:  hand tools, beekeeping, blacksmithing, masonry, wagon making, farm equipment, foundry, printing, railroad, sawmill, tinsmithing and more. Softbound, 256 pages, very good condition. 

Report of the Commissioner of patents for the Year 1857 Arts and Manufacturer in three volumes

A manual for the woodworker; a guide for the enthusiast.

1994, more than 500 patent drawings, plus indexes. Softbound, as new.

Issued by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Dept. of Weights and Measures

By Herbert & Emil Pollak

John Brown was a Welsh chair maker, boatbuilder and more. Author of Welsh Stick Chair.

Only 800 copies of this book were printed; signed by both authors.

For Mechanics and Builders, 1946

A manual for the wooworker; a guide for the enthusiast

More than 600 historical instruments from 17th C to 20th C.

Its history, form and function

A journey through the hidden life of a forest

Tools, materials, and processes employed in working wood

Edge and Joiner Tools and Bit braces

Antique tools as art

"Featuring the development and use of the Miller, Trout and Stanley 45 and 55 panes