Brown AuctionsHere comes my RSS infohttps://www.finetoolj.com/1970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00FeedCreator 1.7.3TC25-4261970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15459/tc25-426TC25-426 LOT OF TWO WOODEN PLANE REFERENCE BOOKS. British Planemakers From 1700, Third Edition hardcover by Goodman. And American Wooden Planes, Fourth Edition, by Elliott, softbound. Both with mild wear. Good 50-100TC25-4251970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15458/tc25-425TC25-425 LOT OF TWO REFERENCE BOOKS. Nineteenth Century Scientific Instruments by Gerald L'E Turner, and Connecticut Clock Technology 1810-1862 by Kenneth Roberts. The Roberts book is signed by the author and has a book plate inside, the Turner book has a public library stamp. Both clean. Good 40-80TC25-4241970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15457/tc25-424TC25-424 LOT OF THREE ORIGINAL CATALOGS. W. & L.E. Gurley. All softbound, 6" x 9"; No. 30 from 1918, No. 50 from 1927, and a 1913 price list. The No. 50 has moderate wear to edges of cover but pages good, the rest are very clean. Good & better 60-120TC25-4231970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15456/tc25-423TC25-423 REFERENCE BOOK. Bridge City Tool Works. Quality is Contagious: John Economaki & Bridge City Tool Works. Signed by John Economaki. Coffee table book: 12" square, with lavish color photographs. Mild wear to dust jacket but pages clean. Good+ 40-80TC25-4221970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15455/tc25-422TC25-422 LOT OF THREE REFERENCE BOOKS. Boxwood & Ivory by Phillip Stanley; Manufactured and Patented Spokeshaves by Thomas Lamond; and American Marking Gauges by Milton Bacheller. All three signed by the author. Boxwood & Ivory has a few tears to dustjacket, rest are fine, and all have good pages. Good & better 125-250TC25-4211970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15454/tc25-421TC25-421 LOT OF TWO REFERENCE BOOKS. Scott Lynk. The Stanley Model Shop by Scott Lynk and Phil Stanley, like new. And Stanley Special and Custom Rules by Scott Lynk, wear and a few tears to dustjacket, signed by author, pages good. Good & better 75-150TC25-4201970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15453/tc25-420TC25-420 LOT OF TWO REFERENCE BOOKS. PTAMPIA I and II.
Volume I is signed by the author, both clean and like new. Volume II has its dust jacket. Good+ 125-250B66-7771970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15022/b66-777B66-777 LOT OF FOUR CATALOGS. Stanley No. 34. 1907, 1922, April 1934, and September 1942. The cover of the 1907 has some tears and partly detached spine, otherwise all are nice and clean with intact pages. Good & better 80-160B66-7761970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15021/b66-776B66-776 CATALOG. Stanley R& L Mechanic's Pocket Book No. 26. Dated August 1900 and focused on rules and layout tools, but with planes as well. 5" x 7-1/4", softbound with stapled cover, 80 pages. Lightly worn but intact. Good+ 75-150B66-7751970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15020/b66-775B66-775 LOT OF FIFTEEN CATALOGS. Stanley No. 34. Fifteen examples of Stanley's main catalog, 1922, 1929, July and October 1936 (both 34A), January and May 1937, April and November 1939, January and August 1941, 1947, 1948, 1950, and 1958 (2 copies), All 5" by 7" softbound, some with hardware stamps on covers. Moderate degrees of wear but all fully intact. Good & better 200-400B66-7741970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15019/b66-774B66-774 CATALOG. Schmidt Marking Tools No. 9. Issued in 1930 by Geo. T. Schmidt of Chicago. 8" x 11", softbound, 80 pages. Spine a little loose at bottom end, but otherwise very clean; colors on cover bright and clear. Good+ 50-100B66-7731970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15018/b66-773B66-773 CATALOG. Stanley Woodworkers Guide. Pamphlet issued by Stanley primarily to highlight its planes but with a few layout tools as well; undated but most of these are from 1888 and it has the Imp on the rear cover. 6" by 9", softbound, 16 pages. Slightly scuffed but intact. Good+ 200-400B66-7721970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15017/b66-772B66-772 LOT OF FIVE REPRINTS. Stanley Catalogs and Price Lists. 1874 catalog, 1879, 1888 and 1892 price lists, with abridgement of 1892. All reprinted by Ken Roberts, nice and clean. Good+ 50-100B66-7711970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15016/b66-771B66-771 CATALOG. Stanley 1879 Price List. 6" x 9", softbound, 66 pages. Cover detached with corner torn off but present. Good 150-300B66-7701970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15015/b66-770B66-770 CATALOG. January 1865 Stanley R&L Price List. 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" softbound, 39 pages. Includes two discount sheets. Pages slightly foxed but intact and clean. Good+ 200-400B66-7691970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15014/b66-769B66-769 CATALOG. Belknap Hardware. 1961 catalog from Belknap of Louisville, makers of the Blue Grass line. 10" by 8-1/2" hardbound with over 4500 pages, spine a little loose but still attached, includes some price list inserts. Good+ 100-200B66-7681970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/15013/b66-768B66-768 REFERENCE WORKS. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary. The original three-volume work, first published in 1876, plus the supplemental one volume New American Mechanical Dictionary issued in 1882. All four volumes are hardbound, 7-1/2" by 10-1/2", each containing in excess of 900 pages and hundreds of engravings. Unfortunately, one board has become detached from each volume and the spines are also partially detached and, in the case of Volume II, about half missing. However, the pages are all there and still attached, with some foxing, and you could have them rebound if you were so inclined. A fully bound original set will run you over $400. Knight was a patent lawyer and physician who worked for many years for the patent office; he began the Official Gazette of the patent office and developed the first systematic method of organizing patents. An indispensable reference work for the golden age of American invention. Good- 120-240B65-7791970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14220/b65-779B65-779 REFERENCE WORKS. Lot of Six Wrench Books. Four by Marvin Wullweber - the Antique Wrench Book, Northern Plains Wrenches and Tools and the 1977 Supplement, and East-West Antique Wrenches and Tools. Plus a copy of Antique Wrenches by Larry Finch and Antique and Unusual Wrenches by Alfred and Lucille Schulz. All softbound, intact with some wear and annotation. Good & better 60-120B65-7781970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14219/b65-778B65-778 REFERENCE WORKS. Rosebrook American Levels. Volume 1 of Don Rosebrook's work on American Levels and their Makers, covering New England, plus the paperback accompanying volume cover level patents. Like new with author's inscription. Fine 30-60B65-7771970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14218/b65-777B65-777 CATALOGS. Lot of Two Stanley Price Lists. Two "Woodworkers Guide" price lists of carpentry tools. One from 1888, hardbound, intact but with one corner chipped and writing on cover. The other is undated but of similar age, softbound, pages detached but present, both 8-3/4" by 5-3/4" with "imp" back cover. Good & better 500-1000B65-7761970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14217/b65-776B65-776 REFERENCE WORKS. Two Books on New Jersey Toolmakers. Both by Alexander Farnham. Early Tools of New Jersey and the Men Who Made Them (1984) and The Search for Early New Jersey Toolmakers (1992). Both 9" by 11-1/2", hardbound, issued without dust jackets, extensively illustrated. Near mint. Fine 50-100B65-7751970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14216/b65-775B65-775 BIOGRAPHY. David Rittenhouse, Astronomer-Patriot. By J. Edward Ford, part of the "Pennsylvania Lives" series published in 1946 by University of Pennsylvania Press, 226 pages with index, intact with original dust jacket. Good 30-60B65-7741970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14215/b65-774B65-774 BOOKS. Lot of Four Surveying Manuals. Four copies of W. & L.E. Gurley's Manual of American Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments, from the 34th (1899) through 37th (1904) editions. Each is 4-1/2" by 6", softbound, approximately 400+ pages, including price lists and instructions for using Gurley instruments. Overall wear, but intact. Some cover damage and one loose page in the 36th edition. The originals, not the Astragal reprints. Good & better 60-120B65-7731970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14214/b65-773B65-773 BOOKS. Lot of Four Surveying Manuals. Four copies of W. & L.E. Gurley's Manual of American Engineers' and Surveyors' Instruments, from the 22nd (1876) through 25th (1884) editions. Each is 4-1/2" by 6", approximately 300 pages, including price lists and instructions for using Gurley instruments. Overall wear with some foxing and annotations, but intact. Some pages coming loose in the 25th edition. The originals, not the Astragal reprints. Good & better 60-120B65-7721970-01-01T00:00:00+01:001970-01-01T00:00:00+01:00/auction/list-auctions/viewbids/14213/b65-772B65-772 LOT OF THREE CATALOGUES. Keuffel & Esser. 30th edition, 1900-01 combined catalog and price list, 3-1/2" by 6", softbound, 482 pp; 33rd edition, 1909, 543 pp; and 40th edition, 1944, 6" by 9", hardbound, 379 pp, price list missing from envelope on back cover. All generally clean, with spines partially detached on the two hardbounds. Good 50-100