In 1898, Peter Henderson & Co published an abundantly illustrated trade catalog advertising tools, fertilizers, insecticides, and other essentials for the turn-of-the-century garden, farm, greenhouse, stable, and household.

Josh Volk, author of the best-selling Compact Farms, offers small-scale farmers an in-depth guide to building customized equipment that will save time and money and introduce much-needed efficiencies to their operations.

Amply illustrated with 200+ catalog images, over 700 special brand names used by Simmons and 800+ Keen Kutter items are listed with important details of each.

Explore the axe's fascinating evolution from colonial innovation to today's collectors' obsession, from a hand-forged workhorse to a sleek modern specimen, from a weapon in wartime to a recreational pastime.

An easily understandable guide to key skills for bushcrafters, campers, outdoors lovers, and anyone interested in wilderness living.

Illustrated with 296 beautiful color photographs, this book will be cherished by tool collectors and everyone with an appreciation for the inventive imagination.

Tool collectors use original catalogs to identify the vintage tools they find. Excerpts from several publications are reprinted here.

This book is a celebration of hammers, the workhorse of tools. It traces our oldest tool, from its prehistoric origins to the twentieth century.

This comprehensive volume includes more than 4,500 images from catalog illustrations, trade literature, and hand drawings.

This is the definitive guide to ten types of hand planes, along with secrets to their use. Also covers restoring antique planes, troubleshooting your planes.

4590 biographical entries; 6160 imprint illustrations; 3030 wedge outlines; and over 3000 individual ratings for judging relative scarcity and value.

New Englander Leonard Bailey's designs and patented inventions solved problems with woodworking planes that had plagued craftsmen for centuries.

This new edition of the classic reference British Planemakers from 1700 has been completely rewritten, with over 200 pages of new information.

This book will show you examples of Square Nail Pullers that go back to 1849. The Nail Puller does the same job as the claw on the hammer, but it does...