Antique Woodworking Tools: Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century

Russell, David R.

ISBN 10: 1898565058 / ISBN 13: 9781898565055

Published by John Adamson, 2010

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Slight scratching to front panel of dust wrapper. [Loc. C3-4]. Seller Inventory # 005685

Bibliographic Details

Title: Antique Woodworking Tools: Their ...

Publisher: John Adamson

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Near Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

Amassed over nearly forty years, the David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America, thus providing a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, with details and marks shown where appropriate. Special attention is given to planes, and the great British makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are discussed in depth.

Since prehistoric times there has been a never-ending quest for better ways to cut and bore wood. Along the way this has produced a wide variety of hand tools, and there are many where beauty and function meet.

The book will appeal to a wide range of readers, including collectors, craftsmen, industrial archaeologists and social and economic historians, as well as historians of material culture.

About the Author:

David Russell was apprenticed as a joiner in Kendal. He has been a collector of woodworking tools for many years. James Austin read architecture and history of art at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the Courtauld Institute, London. He took up photography of architecture and works of art. A contributor to many art and architectural books, his clients have included the National Trust, English Heritage, the Crafts Council, the Tate Gallery and the Sainsbury Collection in Norwich.