books by Emil Pollak     books:     Emil Pollak      The Last Lady Of Mulberry: A Story Of Italian New York (1900) Henry Wilton Thomas Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008 The Last Lady Of Mulberry A Story Of Italian New York. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.             The Fascinating World of Early Tools & Trades Emil Pollak, Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1991 Fifty-five fascinating and informative articles on early tools and trades, selected from several thousand published in the journal of the Early American Industries Association over the past 60 years. Some written by experts, others the first hand accounts of early craftsmen, pioneers, and travelers, they cover a wide variety of subjects including: ...             The Stanley Catalog Collection 1855-1898: Four Decades of Rules, Levels, Try-Squares, Planes, and Other ... Emil & Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1989 A valuable historical and collector s reference containing complete reprints of seven of the most important 19th century Stanley catalogs: the 1855, 1859, 1867, 1870-71, 1879, 1888, and 1898. All are indexed and bound into one volume, allowing the reader to follow product development of this world leader in hand tools. A most useful reference and ...             Chapin-Stephens 1914 Catalog Emil & Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1991 The Chapin-Stephens Co. was created through a merger of H. Chapin s Son Co. and D.H. Stephens & Co. and was one of the largest 19th century manufacturers of wooden planes, rules and other hand tools. This important catalog lists, illustrates and prices the company s complete line of tools.             A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes Martyl Pollak, Thomas Elliott, ... Astragal Press, 2001 With its initial publication in 1983, A Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes profoundly transformed the emphasis and direction of tool collecting. Since then, it has been the definitive guide to American planemakers, from the earliest individuals who worked before the Revolutionary War to the last few manufacturers of the twentieth ...             Stanley Catalog Collection, Vol. II Emil & Martly Pollak Astragal Press, 1998 This second collection of 19th century Stanley catalogs supplements the earlier Stanley Catalog Collection with catalog reprints from 1872, 1874 (revised to 1876), 1877, 1884, and 1892 (revised to 1897), in addition to the Leonard Bailey catalogs of 1876 and 1883. Introductions and commentary by noted Stanley experts John Walter and Ken Roberts ...             Collecting Antique Tools Herbert P. Kean, Emil Pollak Astragal Press, 1990 A comprehensive guide that describes and illustrates over 700 of the most important antique tools, covering all categories from wooden and metal planes, braces and measuring devices, to axes, saws and wrenches. Included are over 250 original photographs, plus many line drawings that show these tools in use. Also covered are: where to find ...             Peck, Stow & Wilcox Company's 1900 Centennial Catalog of Tinsmiths' Tools and Machines Emil & Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1993 A great book to see old time tinsmithing tools! I emotionally shifted from blacksmithing to tinsmithing with a dream of eventually setting up a small presentation at living history events. Some may say that both are the same. I can tell you that they have their own, distinctive tools. While there are a ...             Prices Realized on Rare Imprinted American Wooden Planes 1979-1992 Emil Pollak, Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1993 A unique reference that lists and details over 2,000 transactions occurring at public auctions and private sales from 1979-1992, with the majority of the reported transactions occurring since 1987. Information is arranged alphabetically by planemaker (over 600 are covered) and then by imprint type (619 imprints are illustrated). Each transaction ...             Millers Falls Co. 1887 Catalog Emil & Martyl Pollak Astragal Press, 1981 For 75 years Millers Falls was a leading tool manufacturer, particularly noted for its hand and breast drills. This fully illustrated early catalog contains these drills and many other items, including boring machines, levels, saws, treadle lathes & mitre boxes.          products you might be interested in search for books centennial, chapin-stephens, collecting, collection, fascinating, try-squares      geepe.com    web we recommend A great book to see old time tinsmithing tools! randomly chosen baby: The First Years Pooh Peek & Teethe Crinkle Book