New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1906. Fourth edition, Revised, And Enlarged. Original Brown Cloth over Boards w/embossed design. Small quarto, pp xv, 796, indexed, plus 19-page publisher's catalog bound in. Illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. An extensive and encyclopedic text about building materials, including general structural engineering principles..... More
Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Restorations, 1975. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Small quarto, pp. vii, 218, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. America's Wooden Age was a wonderful era, specifically because of the nature of the prevailing technology which depended so heavily upon wood. The ubiquity of wood marked..... More
Morristown: The Astragal Press, 1987. Second edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 427, illustrated with b/w drawings. Now completely revised and updated, this book is the most thorough biographic guide to wooden planes and their makers in the 250-year history of the American industry. Spanning the earliest individuals who worked before the..... More
Fitzwilliam, NH: Ken Roberts Publishing Co., 1975. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto, pp. 218, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. Signed by the author on the title page in 1978. This is the first definitive study of American planes of the 19th century, covering all known US and Canadian makers..... More
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1989. First edition. Paperback. Small quarto, pp. 256, indexed, illustrated with almost 500 b/w photographs and drawings. Craftsmanship in the old style - here is a way to create it, with the traditional hand tools that master woodworkers have been using for hundreds of years..... More
Tarrytown, NY: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1981. First printing. Cloth over Boards. Octavo, pp. 392, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. This collection of ten original essays examines the influence of wood technology upon the development of America's material environment in the 18th and 19th centuries. The authors show that..... More
New York: Constantine, 1978. First edition thus, enlarged. Boards. Small quarto, pp. 144, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs. Signed by a previous owner in ink on the front endpaper. One of the most rewarding crafts is woodworking, and the most satisfying part of it is the pleasure of working with..... More
New York: Sterling Publishing Co., 1979. First edition. Paperback. Octavo, pp. 166, indexed, illustrated with b/w photographs and drawings. The only successful wood turners are those who allow wood to be cut as it prefers to be cut. You'll discover the experts' techniques through simple teaching methods, which combine projects..... More
