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Antique woodworking tools : their craftsmanship from the earliest times to the twentieth century / David R. Russell ; assisted by Robert Lesage ; with photographs by James Austin, assisted by his wife Pauline ; foreword by David Linley ; introduction by John Adamson ; cataloguing assisted by Peter Hackett.

Antique woodworking tools : their craftsmanship from the earliest times to the twentieth century / David R. Russell ; assisted by Robert Lesage ; with photographs by James Austin, assisted by his wife Pauline ; foreword by David Linley ; introduction by John Adamson ; cataloguing assisted by Peter Hackett.
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ISBN 9781898565055 (hardback)
1898565058 (hardback)
Author Russell, David R. (David Richard), 1935- (author.)
Title Antique woodworking tools : their craftsmanship from the earliest times to the twentieth century / David R. Russell ; assisted by Robert Lesage ; with photographs by James Austin, assisted by his wife Pauline ; foreword by David Linley ; introduction by John Adamson ; cataloguing assisted by Peter Hackett.
Publisher and/or associated date/s Cambridge, England : John Adamson in association with Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, 2010.
©2010
Description 527 pages : coloured illustrations ; 35 cm.
Note Includes index.
Appendix: Plane irons - this appendix lists the various makers' marks appearing on plane irons and cap irons in the collection -- pages 508-515.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 516-518.
Contents Tools from prehistory to Roman times -- Anvils and tongs -- Axes and adzes -- Race knives -- Saws -- Rules and gauges -- Compasses, dividers and drawing instruments -- Bevels, squares and levels -- Plumb bobs -- Wooden planes : Continental -- Wooden planes : English and Scottish -- Wooden planes : American -- Metal planes : Continental -- Metal planes : English and Scottish -- Metal planes : American -- Special planes -- English and Scottish tool-makers -- Chisels and gouges -- Boring tools : drills and braces -- Sash dowelling boxes and a sash template -- Glue pots or kettles -- Screwdrivers or turn-screws -- Hammers -- Bone and ivory tools -- Spurious and altered items -- Plane irons.
Summary The David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America and provides a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, and details and marks are shown where appropriate. Special attention is given to planes, and the great British makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are discussed in depth.600-1-10-
Russell, David R.
Subjects (David Richard), -- 1935- -- Archaeological collections -- Catalogs -- Pictorial works.
Russell, David R.(David Richard),1935-
Woodworking tools -- Catalogs and collections -- Great Britain
Woodworking tools -- History -- Pictorial works
Woodworking tools -- Collectors and collecting -- Great Britain
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Lesage, Robert (author.)
Austin, James (photographer.)
Austin, Pauline (photographer.)
Linley, David, 1961- (writer of added text)
Adamson, John (writer of added text.)
Hackett, Peter (writer of added text.)
Call number FOLIO 684.082 RUS
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A00852062 FOLIO 684.082 RUS
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