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Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good with minor wear. Check out what the Amazon and Abe sellers are asking for it :) $25

Hardcover with dust jacket. Very good with light wear $15

Hardcover with dust jackets. Good condition with light wear. This set includes: American Barns and Covered Bridges, American Yesterday, and Our Vanishing Landscape $20

This is a typical Ken Roberts publication- top quality and full of useful information. This book covers all of Stanley's combination planes. $20

This is the first edition, published in 1990. It's in fair condition with a loose spine, but all the pages are there and it's still completely legible. It's the best reference out there for Stanley hand tools. $25

76 pages, hardcover, good condition. It's supposed to be a book for school age kids, but it's also a good primer on tools, and woodworking. An interesting book I haven't seen before. $15

This is an original 1942 eighth printing. 188 pages, excellent condition. It includes various projects that can be made with Stanley tools and instructions for using and maintaining them. $20

very good condition with minimal wear. This is the 1917 printing, not one of the later reprints. $10

good condition with wear. People must have had better eyes back then, because the text is tiny. $5

1941 edition, 32 pages. Very good condition. $25

16 pages, an uncommon reprint featuring treadle tools and other equipment. $5

384 pages, excellent condition. A beautifully made catalog. $20

Softcover, 1998. Very good condition. Original copies like this are somewhat hard to find and listed for crazy money on Amazon. You can buy a modern reprint from Lost Arts Press that is better quality than any vintage printing. This is a good original example. $25

176 pages. Excellent condition. One of the best references to Sargent tools. It has a complete company history as well as reprints of the 1894, 1910, and 1922 Sargent catalogs. $25

This is a collection of articles published in the MWTCA Gristmill between 199-2014. It's a great read if you are interested in rare and unusual saws. $10

This is an original 192 page Stanley catalog featuring their full line of Stanley's hand tools. It has a forward that includes all of the Yankee tools Stanley was selling shortly after they acquired North Brothers. A great reference and piece of Stanley's history. Good condition with wear. $20

This is an important historcial reference for saw collectors and researchers. It's containsthe only known catalogs of Richardson Brothers, Harvey Peace, and Woodrough and McParlin. It's a hard reprint to find due to its populatiry. This example is in excellent condition $24

This is an important historcial reference for saw collectors and researchers. It's containsthe only known catalogs of Richardson Brothers, Harvey Peace, and Woodrough and McParlin. It's a hard reprint to find due to its populatiry. This example is in excellent condition $24

This 416 page catalog dates to around 1900. It's full of woodworking tools, machinist, blacksmithing supplies, etc. An excellent reference $10

New condition, recently reprinted, 92 pages. It features Athol's full line of vises and other machinists tools. $24

290 pages, very good condition with minimal wear. Starrett's full line of machinist tools with extended descriptions of each. It's an invaluable reference. $20

New condition, recently reprinted, 80 pages. It features Athol's full line of vises and other machinists tools. $24

This 74 page catalog is in excellent condition. It contains instructions on using all of Starrett's measuring tools. It's a very insightful read for hobbyist machinists $20

The definitive reference to machinists tools. Excellent condition. 314 pages. $25

This is an original 208 page Stanley catalog featuring their full line of Stanley's hand tools from the tail end of the SW era It is in good condition with some wear and a repaired cover. A great reference and piece of Stanley's history. $20

This is an original 240 page Stanley catalog featuring their full line of Stanley's hand tools. It's just about the peak of Stanley's line of hand tools before it was trimmed due to the war effort. It's in excellent condition with minimal wear and great color A great reference and piece of Stanley history. $25

220 pages. Very good condition with dust jacket. Dust jacked has some foxing. This appears to be a first printing. This is an excellent reference to all Stanley planes. It resembles Walters guide, though smaller in scope. $40

This is the only known reprint of a catalog from G.W. Bradley which operated in Weston, CT from 1812-1911. It has a history of the company on the inside cover. It is 16 pages of all sorts of edge tools. It's the first example I've come across. $15

Softcover, excellent condition. $5

This is a 1970s Ken Roberts reprint which contains a history of Stanley at the end. It's one of the earliest Stanley's catalogs and a good reference. $5

52 pages. Excellent condition. This contains Stanley's full line of woodworking hand tools. $5

This 472 page catalog is in excellent condition. It contains Starrett's full line of machinists tools along with illustrations and descriptions of how the tools are used. An invaluable reference. $10

This is the full 104 page second edition in excellent condition. It includes a full listing of all the planes Sargent made- and they made a lot of them. It also has a type study, box label study, and other information on the company. An excellent reference for anyone interested in Sargent. $20

This 998 catalog is in excellent condition. It has the company's full line of tools, hardware and supplies. It's essentially an entire 1960s hardware store. $25

120 pages. Excellent condition. This catalog has Lufkin's full line of tape measures, rules, folding rules, log measures, etc. An excellent reference book to this company's top quality tools $2

72 pages, new condition. This is one of the last of the Sandusky catalogs. Sandusky was one of the largest plane and toolmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They made all sorts of tools including many of the planes sold by Sargent. An excellent reference. $10

120 pages. Excellent condition. This catalog has Lufkin's full line of tape measures, rules, folding rules, log measures, etc. An excellent reference book to this company's top quality tools $2

120 pages. Excellent condition. This catalog has Lufkin's full line of tape measures, rules, folding rules, log measures, etc. An excellent reference book to this company's top quality tools $2

72 pages, new condition. This is one of the last of the Sandusky catalogs. Sandusky was one of the largest plane and toolmakers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They made all sorts of tools including many of the planes sold by Sargent. An excellent reference. $10

This is a very common reprint, originally published by Jackson and Tyler, a Baltimore, MD tool merchant. It has woodworking, machinists, blacksmiths tools, and more. 112 Pages. Excellent condition. $2

80 pages, softcover, excellent condition. This is a somewhat important reference as United Hardware and Tool was a major reseller in the early 20th century. They sold many tools under the "Fulton" name brand. This brand is frequently associated with Sears but this catalog suggests at least some of these tools were sold by United instead. They sold a full line of tools of all sorts including many German wooden planes sold under the Columbia brand name. It's a somewhat hard catalog to find today, and very useful. $10