ken roberts publishing fitzwilliam nh (26 results)

Paperback. Condition: As New. Wrappers as new. Republished with a Documentary Foreword. 84 pp. illus.

Soft cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Issued. Facsimile Reprint Edition. SOFTCOVER. Undated facsimile reprint of original 1890 Buck Brothers (Millbury, MA) catalog, stiff gray wrapsl. Originally printed by Chas. Hamilton, Worcester. 128 pp., illus. Minor wear, minor surface rubbing and tanning along spine panel. Book.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Facsimile. This is a fine, facsimile paperback reprint in tan covers, 52 pages. Second printing of the Ken Roberts facsimile.

Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. Later printing. Later printing. 44 pages. Red and black printing on blue thick paper stock. Stapled. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches. A new copy with slight fading and spotting to the covers. Wraps. A 1982 facsimile reproduction of the original catalog published in 1860. "Measuring Tapes, Thermometers, Sandpaper, Steel Squares, Braces and Bits, Gauges, Spokeshaves, Try-Squares, Bemis' Cast-Steel Goods, etc., etc." are noted on the title page but more than half of the price list is devoted to rules. Some illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 494 pages, 162 figures, 228 plates, 2nd printing, 1991. A detailed study on woodworking tools manufactured in Sheffield in the 19th century, with illustrations of actual tools and facsimiles of manufacturers catalogue pages. The book has a checklist of the tool manufacturers. A fine copy with very good dust jacket.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Facsimile. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1975 Ken Roberts Publishing Co. Facsimile edition. Oversize paperback in title lettered covers. Light shelf stress wear to covers at edges. Profusely illustrated with facsimile reproductions of etchings of tools. Solid unmarked copy. VG to VG+.

Stapled Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Facsimile Reprint. Reprint May 1975. [32 pages], illustrated in black and white. Facsimile reprint of these two earliest known Trade Catalogues of the two firms 1855 A. Stanley & Co. and 1859 Stanley Rule & Level Co.

PB. Condition: fine, wraps (softcover). 20pp ISBN 0913602353 Quality reprint of this small pocket size price list of PLANES AND TOOLS made in Manchester, England. This reprint was done by noted tool authority and author Ken Roberts.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. This card cover book has very, very light wear on the cover corners. The contents are clean & unmarked, the binding is tight.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Reproduction Catalogue, some light wear to covers and spine, mainly edges and corners, edges and corners a little creased and worn, internally in good condition, pages crisp and clear.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Second Edition. pp: i - x 1-314 D. Volume 1. Burgundy pebbled boards with lettering stamped in gilt. this is the second edition, second printing, December, 1982. Lacks the dust jacket. The author began collecting wooden tools more than 30 years before this book was published. Much of the material that appears in this book was previously available in a series of publications between 1966 and 1969 printed by the Early American Industries Society. The author has revised the material and substantially added to it for this book. The text is accompanied by photographs of the tools described. There are also photocopies of many of the catalogues put out by the manufacturers. The appendices contain; a checklist of 19th century American and Canadian firms, an alphabetical list of makers, firms, and imprints, a list of illustrations, and index. A near fine copy. The photo of the book you see on my listing is the book offered for sale.

Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Revised Edition. Dark green leatherette, lettered in gold foil. As issued. Dust jacket as issued, now in archival mylar. [iv],388 pp., illus. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Book.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Facsimile Edition. This is an exact reprint of the original edition published circa 1890. Heavily illustrated. The catalog shows a bit of sunning around the edges, but nothing serious. All Very Good. Size: 12mo: 5.5"x 8.5".

Stapled Binding in Card Covers. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Facsimile Edition (1914?). 84 pages, crisp black and white illustrations. Stapled binding in card covers, a near fine copy. Uncommon.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. This copy is in as new, unmarked condition bound in green buckram covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper has a small area of loss to the top edge but is still in near fine condition, it has now been covered in clear, removable, mylar, protective film. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. This book is the first definitive study of English Pattern Books and their influence on American imports and tool design This documented account includes footnotes, bibliography, industrial history of Birmingham 1750 - 1850. Reproduced here is R. Timmins and Sons 1791 - 1889 Pattern Book of circa 1845, with commentary on the various plates. Tools illustrated with detailed identification, includes those in the trades and crafts of the shoemaker, saddler, harnessmaker, cooper, carpenter and joiner, butcher, farmer, farrier and blacksmith, lumberman, mason, plasterer shipbuilder and sailmaker, cook, dressmaker, artist and draughtsman, dentist and surgeon, barber, wigmaker, minerologist and wiredrawer. Ref SSS 1.

Hardcover. Condition: VG+. 2nd Edition. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 4to 11" - 13" tall. 314 pages. * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided *.

Simulated Leather, Gilt. Condition: Virtually as New. Dust Jacket Condition: None. First Edition. xii, 452 pages, 112 illustrations, [207] plates, [16] colour plates. Virtually as new, bound in simulated red leather (Skivertex-Wombati), titles in gilt on spine and upper board.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Reproduction of an English tool catalog from 1845, with some discussion of old tools and their makers in nineteenth-century England, as well as the use of copied & replicated images - patterns - of metal tools. INSCRIBED by Roberts to a collector. Large hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket shows minor chipping, light tanning, faint creasing to lower rear panel. Text clean; [vi], 222 pages; many illustrations. Size: Quarto. Inscribed by the Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. Volumes I and II. Volume I is the second edition, second printing (1982), and Volume II is the first edition (1983). Matching red, faux leather bindings, with tan dust jackets. Both books unmarked and in Near Fine condition. Dust jacket for Vol I is Very Good, with two tiny tears at top of front panel. Jacket for Vol. II is Good, with edge tears (longest being one-inch). Vol. I is 314 pages. Vol. II is 452 pages.