Brown AuctionsHere comes my RSS infohttps://www.finetoolj.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3B61-7661970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9713/b61-766B61-766 LOT OF TWO REFERENCE BOOKS. Elementary Principles of Carpentry, by Thomas Tredgold, Civil Engineer, second edition printed in London in 1828, 280 pages with 16 plates at the end and blank pages for notes, leather spine worn but intact, some foxing. And The Carpenter and Joiner's Assistant, by James Newlands, not dated but looks like the 1880 revised edition printed in London, 228 pages plus 100 plates. leather bound, a little rubbed on cover but overall fine. Good+ & better 300-500B61-7651970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9712/b61-765B61-765 REFERENCE BOOK. Patented Transitional and Metallic Planes in America Volume I. First volume of the indispensable PTAMPIA by Roger K. Smith, long out of print and hard to find. Signed by Roger, near fine with slightly bumped corners, no dust jacket. Good+ 50-100B61-7641970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9711/b61-764B61-764 REFERENCE BOOKS. Diderot's Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry. Denis Diderot was the co-founder and principal editor of the Encylopedia of Sciences, Arts, and Crafts, which was published in France beginning in 1751 and was one of the first general encyclopedias. This reprint was published in 1959 by Dover Publications and includes 485 sample plates in two volumes. Volume I has some wear to the dust jacket and a book plate; Volume II is fine with intact dust jacket. Fine 80-140B61-7631970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9710/b61-763B61-763 REFERENCE BOOKS. Wooden Planes in 19th Century America. Both volumes of Ken Roberts' groundbreaking work, second edition of Volume I covering planemaking in general, and Volume II, focused on Hermon Chapin and the Union Factory, includes a reprint of Chapin's 1859 price list. Both fine with intact dust jackets, some minor wear to the edges of the Volume I dust jacket. Fine 120-240B61-7621970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9709/b61-762B61-762 LOT OF FOUR TOOL CATALOGS. Goodell-Pratt No. 15; L.S. Starrett No. 26; Lufkin Rule No. 8; and Millers Falls/Goodell Pratt No. 42. Different degrees of wear but all intact with pages attached. Good & better 100-180B61-7611970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9708/b61-761B61-761 LOT OF FOUR TOOL CATALOGS. Montgomery & Co., New York dealers, Catalogue No. 21, softbound, 700 pages, worn but intact; Pratt & Whitney Small Tools Catalog No. 16 (1944), hardbound, 440 pages, very good; H. C. Marsh, a dozen pages in soft cover; and Nordyke & Marmon Company, of Indianapolis, Price List No. 1320 of Flour and Cereal Mill Machinery and Mill Supplies, softbound, 558 pages, worn but intact. Good & better. 60-120B61-7601970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9707/b61-760B61-760 EPHEMERA. Lot of Stanley Documents. Three copies of "The Stanley World", from December 1941, May 1942 and November 1946, plus a bound copy of all issues from 1939, a copy of the Stanley Works 1952 annual report, and the 1951 employee's manual. Good & better. 50-100B61-7591970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9706/b61-759B61-759 LOT OF SEVEN STANLEY CATALOGS. Three price books, from 1950, 1956 and 1957, a 1952 catalog No. 22 from Stanley England, a 1946 booklet titled "Stanley Invests in Good Will" that includes samples of hardware advertising, a No. 50 catalog, and a No. 150 in Velocity binder. All worn but intact. Good+ 100-200B61-7581970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9705/b61-758B61-758 LOT OF FIVE STANLEY CATALOGS. Three Stanley Tools - Nos. 110, 129 (with 1928 Price List supplement) and 138 with hardware company sticker on cover. And two from the Stanley Works, a 1914 general catalog and one from the Special Productions Department, featuring wrought and pressed steel products. Most have wear but are intact, the Special Productions booklet is fine. Good & better. 75-150B61-7571970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9704/b61-757B61-757 LOT OF TWO STANLEY CATALOGS. Catalog No. 138, published in 1937 with the "Tool Box of America" cover, removed from its spine and inserted into a ring binder, plus a Stanley Works No. 17 catalog from the 1950s, in its original "Velocity" binder, with additional pages and purchase orders at the beginning. Both complete and clean. Fine 60-120B61-7561970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/9703/b61-756B61-756 REFERENCE BOOKS. EAIA Chronicle Bound Set. The two volume set of the first 40 years of the Early American Industries Association's quarterly publication. Volume I, covering 1933 to 1958, is the harder one to find, this copy is in good condition, noting that the spine is coming loose but still attached. Volume II, covering 1959 through 1973, was published in 1983 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of EAIA, and this one is in near mint condition. Good+ 75-125B60-7461970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8936/b60-746B60-746 LOT OF THREE REFERENCE WORKS. Roger Smith, Patented and Transitional Planes in America Volume I; Scott Lynk, Stanley "Special" and Custom Rules; and Philip Stanley, Boxwood and Ivory: Stanley Traditional Rules. All have wear and tears to dust jackets, Scott Lynk's book is signed by the author. Good+ 100-200B60-7451970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8935/b60-745B60-745 LOT OF RULE COLLECTING REFERENCE BOOKS. Reprint of Belcher Bros. 1860 price list; Philip Stanley, A Rule Concordance and Value Guide; George Wanamaker, Stanley Tape Measures: The First Forty Years; Kenneth Rogers and Philip Stanley, Fundamentals of Rule Collecting; Peter M. Hopp, Slide Rules: Their History, Models and Makers; Philip Stanley, Source Book for Rule Collectors; and Jane and Mark Rees, The Rule Book. All very clean, some marking. Good+ 120-200B60-7441970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8934/b60-744B60-744 REFERENCE BOOK. Walter's Stanley Guide. The Stanley collector's bible. Second edition paperback in mint condition. Fine 100-200B60-7431970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8933/b60-743B60-743 LOT OF TOOL CATALOGS. Stanley No. 34. Ten No. 34 catalogs, 1905, 1925, 1927, October 1936, April 1938, November 1939, May 1940, August 1941, 1952, and 1955, one stamped with hardware store name. All in at least good condition, with some foxing and wear to spines. Good & better 200-300B60-7421970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8932/b60-742B60-742 REFERENCE WORK. Bound Copy of Scientific American. All of the issues from 1867 in original library type binding, 12" by 16". Some foxing but all pages intact with good spine. Good+ 100-200B60-7411970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8931/b60-741B60-741 CATALOG. Ducommun Metals and Supply Co. Catalog "L." Softbound with blue leatherette cover and embossed lettering, 8-1/2 by 11", July 1941, 996 pages. Some surface wear but intact with all pages. Good+ 100-200B60-7401970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8930/b60-740B60-740 CATALOG. Fred Kroner Hardware Co. Hardbound, 10-1/2" by 13", 247 pages. The Kroner Hardware Co. of LaCrosse, WI, was founded in 1865 and this catalog appears to date from the 1890s, Very clean with intact pages; frontispiece is an engraving of the headquarters protected by tissue. Fine 100-200B60-7391970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8929/b60-739B60-739 CATALOG. Marshall Wells. 1941 general hardware catalog, hardbound, 12-1/2" by 10-1/2" with loose-leaf pages held by screws, over 1,000 pages, cover worn and some foxing but intact. Good+ 100-200B59-7691970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8179/b59-769B59-769 REFERENCE BOOK. Stanley Tools by John Walter. Hardcover, first page marked 676/1000 and autographed by Walter. Mild wear and a few creases in spine. Good+ 100-200B59-7681970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8178/b59-768B59-768 EAIA 50TH ANNIVERSARY CHRONICLE REPRINTS. Volumes 1 to 26. Two hardbound books with Volumes 1 to 11 and 1 to 26. Some creasing on spines and fading, mild wear. Good+ 60-120B59-7671970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8177/b59-767B59-767 LOT OF TWO AXE BOOKS. American Axes by Henry J. Kauffman, 1972 hardcover with good dust jacket, clean. And Axe Makers of North America by Allan Klenman, paperback, 1990 first edition, cover slightly bent at bottom right corner, mild wear. Good & better 100-200B59-7661970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8176/b59-766B59-766 ORIGINAL TOOL CATALOG. 1892 Stanley Rule & Level Co. Cover marked "Revised to 1897" and has inserts in between some pages. 65 pages, most pages are yellowed but in good shape, some wear on cover especially on the spine. Rear cover illustration of imp on a block plane looks to have some hand drawn aspects to it. Rare and in great condition for its age. Good+ 250-500B59-7651970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8175/b59-765B59-765 ORIGINAL TOOL CATALOG. 1867 Stanley Rule & Level Co. Lists rules (Stearns), levels, squares, gauges, tool and chisel handles, saw handles, axes handles, tack hammer, etc. No listings for bench planes. Dated January 1, 1867. Also includes loose discount sheet dated July 15, 1867, tattered. Binding has come undone so cover is loose along with some pages, yellowing of pages. Very rare. Good 250-500B59-7641970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/8174/b59-764B59-764 ORIGINAL TOOL CATALOG. 1888 Stanley Rule & Level Co. 65 pages with pasteboard cover, pages yellowed with mild wear, cover a little loose from spine. Includes loose insert that has instructions to place opposite of page 17 with wantage rod explanation on one side and duplex level and level sights on other side, has Traut's 5/7/1889 patent hand written in pencil below the sights. A few small pieces of front cover missing. Rear cover illustration of imp on a block plane looks to have some hand drawn aspects to it. Super rare and in fantastic condition for its age. Good+ 250-500