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A TREATISE ON FILES: NICHOLSON FILE CO Ref: CAT-001

A Treatise on Files and Rasps, Descriptive and Illustrated: for the Use of Master Mechanics, Dealers &c. in Which the Kinds of Files in Most Common Use, and the Newest and Most Approved Special Tools Connected Therewith, are Described—Giving Some of Their Principal Uses. With a Description of the Process of Manufacture and a Few Hints on the Use and Care of the File

Providence, Rhode Island. : Nicholson File Company, 1878.
Reprinted: Early American Industries Association, 1983.

Reprint is hardbound, 79 pages, 22 x 28.5 cm.

Title of guide is descriptive of its contents. 


Price: £19.99
A TREATISE ON FILES: NICHOLSON FILE CO

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Classic Wicker Furniture: The Complete 1898-1899 Illustrated Catalog Ref: CAT-002

Complete reproduction of rare 1897 premiere issue of most famous wicker company catalog; probably finest primary source. Includes rocking chairs, armchairs, divans, tables, cabinets, etc. Over 400 illustrations. Indispensable reference for antique dealers, collectors, Americana buffs. 


Price: £6.50
Classic Wicker Furniture: The Complete 1898-1899 Illustrated Catalog

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Edward Elwell Ltd., CATALOGUE OF TOOLS Ref: CHT9020

A facsimile of a Victorian (1870) catalogue of this most important manufacturer of every imaginable forged tool or object: bill hooks, axes, adzes, chisels, anchors, eel spears, locomotive firing shovels, horseshoes and many more. The names of some of the tools indicate the world-wide custom the firm had: Russian miners hammers, Spanish bowl adzes, Australian half-bright chipping hoe, New Zealand sinking pick, Bechuana grubbing hoes, Peruvian hedge bill, . Introduction by Richard Filmer. "This superbly reproduced illustrated catalogue.....The original document is very rare." The Black Countryman" magazine. 


Price: £17.50
Edward Elwell Ltd., CATALOGUE OF TOOLS

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THE HANDSAW CATALOGUE COLLECTION (1910 - 1919) Ref: CHT0075

Reprint of the handsaw sections of the main catalogues of the following major makers: Spear & Jackson (Sheffield) 1915, Disston (Philadelphia) 1918, Atkins (Indianapolis) 1919, Simonds (Massachusetts) 1910. 


Price: £12.50
THE HANDSAW CATALOGUE COLLECTION (1910 - 1919)

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Harrison, RECORD PLANES AND OTHER TOOLS Ref: CHT9138

A thoroughly researched account of the history of Record planes from the founding of the original company C & J Hampton in 1898 through the acquisition of the Preston List in the early 1930s to the position of Record Tools in 1998. Accompanying this is a reprint of the complete February 1938 No. 15 Catalogue, now considered the most representative and the peak of the pre-Second World War production. Dates for introduction of each plane after 1938 and various adaptations are all listed in great detail. The author has had full cooperation and approval of the firm in his researches. Illustrations of planes and parts appear throughout the text. Appropriate patent documents are included, also a guide to recent prices realized. 


Price: £19.95
Harrison, RECORD PLANES AND OTHER TOOLS

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Peter Henderson & Co., TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY FARM TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS Ref: CHT9028

Reprint of the 1898 New York supplier of tools and implements, fertilizers, insecticides and other essentials for the garden, farm, greenhouse, lawn, orchard, poultry-yard, stable and household. From a one-horse disc harrow for $21.00 to a 'Eureka' steam cooker for $6.50. Illustrated. 


Price: £8.95
Peter Henderson & Co., TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY FARM TOOLS AND IMPLEMENTS

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Peck, Stow & Wilcox, 1899 CATALOGUE OF TINSMITHS' TOOLS AND MACHINES Ref: CHT0023

A reprint of the centennial edition of the then foremost manufacturer of tinsmiths' tools in the world. Every imaginable piece of equipment from formers and stakes to double seamers and wiring machines is listed and illustrated. 


Price: £8.95
Peck, Stow & Wilcox, 1899 CATALOGUE OF TINSMITHS' TOOLS AND MACHINES

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Edward Preston & Sons Ltd., 1908-1912 CATALOGUE Ref: CHT9024

A reprint of an important catalogue of this leading high quality Birmingham tool maker (founded 1825). It lists some 600 rules and 300 levels, planes and other tools and equipment. The company also produced such diverse items as a lawyer's bodkin and a robust sardine can opener. A 26-page introduction by Mark Rees discusses the history, working practices, designs, patent and trade marks of the company. 


Price: £15.75
Edward Preston & Sons Ltd., 1908-1912 CATALOGUE

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Sheffield 1787, A DIRECTORY OF SHEFFIELD Ref: CHT9021

A new reprint of the1787 Directory of Sheffield including the manufacturers in the adjacent villages. In the introduction by Jane Rees she notes that other town directories of this time gave only a general picture of trade and communications with the outside world, whereas this directory includes the marks of various manufacturers such as cutlers, scissors and file smiths, edge tool and sickle manufactures as registered by the Cutlers Company, which often were the only means of identifying makers.  


Price: £11.95
Sheffield 1787, A DIRECTORY OF SHEFFIELD

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Stanley R. & L., THE STANLEY CATALOG COLLECTION Volume I Ref: CHT9035

This contains a complete reprint of the most important 19th century Stanley catalogues: 1855, 1859, 1867, 1870-71, 1879, 1888 and 1898. The seven catalogues are indexed and bound in one volume. 


Price: £16.95
Stanley R. & L., THE STANLEY CATALOG COLLECTION Volume I

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Stanley Rule & Level Co., THE STANLEY CATALOG COLLECTION Volume II Ref: CHT9214

Reprints of 1872, 1874 (revised to 1876), 1884, 1887, and 1892 (revised to 1898) plus the Leonard Bailey Catalogs of 1876 and 1883. This volume and Vol I together contain 13 catalogue reprints covering the period 1853 -1898 and making a total of 800 pages. 


Price: £16.95
Stanley Rule & Level Co., THE STANLEY CATALOG COLLECTION Volume II

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VICTORIAN WOODEN MOULDING AND FRAME DESIGNS. The 1910 Morell Catalogue Ref: CHT0085

A reprint of the illustrated trade list of H. Morell of Neal's Yard in London, a major producer of picture frames, carved items and other mouldings. 


Price: £12.95
VICTORIAN WOODEN MOULDING AND FRAME DESIGNS. The 1910 Morell Catalogue

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W & C Wynn, WYNN PATTERN BOOK c. 1820 Ref: CHT9003

This is a facsimile reprint of a Birmingham Pattern Book with a 20 pp. of illustrated introduction by Jane Rees. It is in the collection of the Essex Peabody Museum in Salem Massachusetts and it is the first time that a pattern book has been reproduced full size (it is a landscape shape). It shows a full range of tools, Birmingham toys, household tools (corkscrews, fire steels, and sugar snips), and Lancashire tools. 


Price: £28.50
W & C Wynn, WYNN PATTERN BOOK c. 1820

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