Tools, Hardware

	A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments and on the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century - 1879335522 The slide rule, with its many variations has been vital to mathematics and engineering since its invention in the 17th century. Interest in this field has grown dramatically, unfortunately, there has been little information available except for manufacturers manuals and catalogs, making this reprint of Cajori s classic particularly valuable. Also included with this reprint of the 1910 edition is Cajori s extensive article On the History of Gunter s Scale and the Slide Rule during the 17th ... $18.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Antique Classic Marque Car Keys - 5864844844 Published in 1993 by Key Collector's International and long out-of-print, Antique Classic Marque Car Keys is a wonderful, dense booklet covering the somewhat obscure hobby of car key collecting. The booklet illustrates thousands of keys, attributing them to source, product number, date, and price. It has a comprehensive index of all car makes with specially made keys. It also addresses non-traditional car locks, some of which are quite interesting. This is a new book direct from an ol... $19.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Classic Soda Machines: A Field Reference & Price Guide - PUB107 When author Jeff Walters explored writing a book about classic soda machines, he asked collectors what they wanted and they told him. "They didn't really care who was President of Vendo in 1956 or where F.L. Jacobs started out. They wanted a book that would mainly five them knowledge that would allow them to avoid making a bad deal, and help them recognize a good deal. So, that's what this book is about." And it does an exceptional job. Page after page of exceptional machines are presented. ... $22.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Collectors Encyclopedia of 19th Century Hardware with Price Guide - 0895381206 The "Collectors Encyclopedia of 19th Century Hardware with Price Guide" is a reprint of a huge 1884 catalog produced by Vajen and New of Indianapolis, IN. So many items are pictured; the index is 14 pages and the print is fine! = = For example, included are: * Blacksmith Drills * Awning Blocks * Broad Axes * Squirrel Cages * Corner Irons * Door Bell Levers * Fire Bellows * Glazier Points * Ice Chisels * Cutting Nippers * Laundry Irons * Saw Swages * Clothes Wringers * Flue Stops Some of the m... $11.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Corkscrews -1,000 Patented Ways to Open a Bottle - 0764300180 The evolution of corkscrew design is clearly presented in extensive text and displayed in over 500 photographs - over 450 in color - and 1000 U.S. patents dating from 1851 to 1994. The book is arranged chronologically to show the development of designs. Historic overviews at the beginning of each chapter relate certain cultural events that affected the popularity of corkscrews and the need for new designs. Here is a progression of corkscrews from common to unique, in materials from metals to ... $59.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Dictionary of American Hand Tools: A Pictorial Synopsis - 0764315927 Dictionary of American Hand Tools is the greatest assembly of hand tools ever. It is a fascinating chronicle of nearly every tool ever used in North America, including ancient tools used by Native Americans; trade tools used to create coaches, pianos, ships, and saddles; tools for harvesting farm goods, turpentine, and ice; and tools for fine trades such as bookbinding and watch repair. The tools are organized according to profession, from Beekeeper to Wheelwright, and will fascinate t... $26.35     View Details Add To Cart
	Early American Copper, Tin and Brass: Hand-Crafted Metalware from Colonial Times (Henry Kauffman Collection) (Henry Kauffman Collection) - 187933562X This is the fascinating story of how these important early products were made and used, ranging from the simple tin pot to an elaborate brass chandelier. The book covers items used in the kitchen, living room, and bedroom: sconces, lanterns, trays, candle molds, candlesticks, andirons, ladles, bed warmers, braziers, stills, kettles, pans, and a multitude of other objects. $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	English and American Lathes - 1559183209 From 1900 comes this very rare volume which takes you, the reader, on a detailed tour of lathes as they existed then. At that time, the Brits looked down their noses at American lathes which were beginning to be sold in large numbers in the Britain. Horner wrote this book to set the record straight by examining in detail the strengths and weaknesses of both British and American lathes and in the process comparing them. The book has over three hundred illustrations, mostly engravings and mecha... $13.95     View Details Add To Cart
	Gurley Manual 1874 American Engineer's & Surveyor's Instruments - 1879335344 The manuals published by W. & L.E. Gurley, one of America s leading producers of mathematical and scientific instruments, have been used by generations of engineers and surveyors. In this manual Gurley describes all of its various instruments: how they are calibrated, used and maintained, and includes a catalog of its complete instrument line. This 1874 edition is especially valuable since it is one of the earliest and is rarely found. With an introduction by David C. Garcelon. $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Henry's Dutch Country Anthology - 1883294215 "Henry s Dutch Country Anthology" is a compilation of 78 articles about the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch. With information that is available nowhere else, Kauffman's Dutch Country Anthology documents the ways today's most sought-after antiques were produced. A sampling of the articles include bells and bell towers, decorated chests, early American fireplaces, gunmaking, fold art in metals, Conestoga Wagon, Pennsylvania Rifle, locksmiths and locks, Pennsylvania pewterers, the riddle of tw... $13.50     View Details Add To Cart
	One Good Turn: A Natural History of the Screwdriver and the Screw - 0684867303 The seeds of Witold Rybczynski s elegant and illuminating new book were sown by The New York Times, whose editors asked him to write an essay identifying the best tool of the millennium. The award-winning author of Home: A Short History of an Idea and, most recently, A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the Nineteenth Century, Rybczynski once built a house using only hand tools. His intimate knowledge of the toolbox, both its contents and its history, serves... $8.75     View Details Add To Cart
	Price Guide to Pocket Knives 1890 - 1970 - 0895380242 This series of catalog reprints features thousands of pocket knives from makers such as Ostenhom & Sons, Hibbard-Spencer, Bartlett & Co., John Primble, Joseph Allen & Son's, Keene Cutlery, Keen Kutter, New York Knife Co., Remington, Scrade Walden, Tree Brand, Van Camp, Watauga, Winchester, and more. Current values (2005-2006) included. $14.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Stanley Catalog Collection 1855-1898: Four Decades of Rules, Levels, Try-Squares, Planes, and Other Stanley Tools and Hardware - 1879335743 A valuable historical and collectors reference containing complete reprints of seven of the most important 19th century Stanley catalogs: the 1855, 1859, 1867, 1870-71, 1879, 1888, and 1898. All are indexed and bound into one volume, allowing the reader to follow product development of this world leader in hand tools. A most useful reference and checklist. Hundreds of illustrations. $18.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Ultimate Corkscrew Book by Don Bull - 0764307010 A terrific book for the collector and anyone interested in the history and diversity of the corkscrew, a small creation that has inspired many designs and like wine itself, turns up in interesting places throughout our civilization. In the Foreword, corkscrew expert Ron MacLean states "This volume is the armchair guide to corkscrews. By perusing the 3600 illustrated and documented examples, it is possible to gain an understanding of the diversity and creativity that occurred in the past seve... $64.50     View Details Add To Cart
	The Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe: A User's M - 9780709062004 Now in its fifth edition, this book is the definitive work on the small precision lathe past and present. The bulk of de Carle's original text, most of which is concerned with matters of basic construction, selection, care of and accessories for the lathe and its uses, has been retained. Likewise the section 'Lathes of the World' for its represents and unparalleled source of detailed information on lathes and accessories, the manufacture of which ceased many years ago. The current scene is de... $22.50     View Details Add To Cart
	Treasure Chest, Shield, Heart, Square, Smokehouse, Wrought Iron Padlocks - PUB54 The 2nd edition of Treasure Chest, Shield, Heart, Square, Smokehouse, Wrought Iron Padlocks is a book compiled, edited, and illustrated by Don Stewart and published by Key Collectors International, 1993. The paperbound book is filled with hundreds of line drawings of treasure chest padlocks with attributions and prices. It also includes a nicely written directory to the hobby. This is a new, but now long out-of-print paperback received directly from a bookseller's inventory. 96 pages, ... $21.39     View Details Add To Cart