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.