Revised 5-May-2007
TRINDERS' FINE TOOLS
BOOK LIST - TOOL COLLECTING
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B33) Hambly, Maya. DRAWING
INSTRUMENTS 1580 - 1980. 9 7/8" x 7 1/2", 206 pages. Black and
white and fine colour illustrations. Essential reference work for the
collector. Gazetteer of museum collections, bibliography. Hb in dw, a near fine copy. 95.00 pounds sterling
B3641) A DIRECTORY OF SHEFFIELD Including the Manufacturers of the Adjacent Villages With the Several Marks of the Cutlers, Scissor & Filesmiths, Edgetool, & Sickle Makers. Facsimile of the 1787 edition, published in 2004. 7 1/2" x 4 7/8", brief illustrated introduction by Jane Rees, iv, 86 pages, engraved frontispiece showing the West front of the Market Place in Sheffield, engraved title-page (both of course in facsimile), makers’ marks. Also includes ‘the regular setting out and return of the Posts, and a correct list of the Coaches and Wagons’. Attractively presented with the marbled covers and engraved title label reproduced on the card covers, mint. US$ 18.00 / 11.95 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. US$ 9.75 / 6.50 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
B2155) Larson, Lars, and Blanchard, Clarence. PATENTED AMERICAN PLANES FOR WOOD, LEATHER, AND THE ALLIED TRADES 1795 to 1934. 3 volumes, 2001-2002. 11” x 8 1/2”, 192+196+188 pages, illustrated throughout with line drawings, black and white and some colour photographs. Presents in an organized manner the currently known plane patents; a 15-year search has turned up more than 1300 patents appertaining to planes. The basic design requirement in selecting a patent for inclusion was a hand-powered device for holding a cutter that was used to plane, pare, shave or shape. The one exception to this broad definition is patents referring explicitly to spoke and/or draw shaves. Soft covers, fine. US$ 90.00 / 59.95 pounds sterling for the 3 volumes.
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. US$ 27.75 / 18.50 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
B280) Lamond, Thomas.
MANUFACTURED AND PATENTED SPOKESHAVES & SIMILAR TOOLS : Identification of
the Artifacts & Profiles of the Makers & Patentees. 11 1/4" x
8 3/4", 450 pages, 18 pages of colour photographs, over 360 black and
white photographs, over 360 graphics including illustrations, diagrams, patent drawings and reproduced
advertisements. A superb book on this interesting field for collecting, and a
great credit to the author/publisher. Appendices, Glossary, Bibliography. Hb in
dw, fine. US$ 97.50 / 65.00
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. US$ 82.50 / 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