Tools for the Trades and Crafts

Roberts Kenneth

ISBN 10: 0913602183 / ISBN 13: 9780913602188

Published by Self, 1976

About this Item

Tools for the Trades and Crafts A 18th century Pattern Book Edited by Roberts Kenneth Self Pub., 1976, first, ISBN 0913602183 Hardbound Facsimile earlier edition in good condition with good dust jacket in mylar. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight, some slight tanning of pages due to paper used and age. Board cover is gold embossed and very clean, dust jacket is clean and shows little if any signs of wear and is mylar. This is a study of Tools of the Trade for woodworkers and others and how they affected the trade in America. Taken from early English pattern and craft books. The tools are fully illustrated with details of their use, for farriers, blacksmiths, woodworkers, coopers, shoemakers etc. This is a nice book for the person who likes old tools or who collects them. 222 pages, Loaded with B&W illustrations and some charts, measurements of various tools. Seller Inventory # 004021

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tools for the Trades and Crafts

Publisher: Self

Publication Date: 1976

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Good

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis:

Tools for the trades and crafts: An eighteenth-century pattern book, R. Timmins & Sons, Birmingham