Bookbinders' Finishing Tool Makers, 1780-1965

Oak Knoll Press, New Castle, first edition, 2002. Cloth, 4to, 29 cm,. xlii, 300 pp. From a contemporary review: "This unique directory lists hundreds of toolcutters and their firms who worked from 1780 to 1965. With brief biographies of each crafìtsman or firm, the author illustrates many of their original trade marks and advertisements. He also lists the dates when they were active. There are opening essays on What Finishing Tools Are and How they were Used; How Finishing Tools Are Made; Tools of the Makers and Toolmakers' Tools, etc. Using trade journals and other methods, this work is an excellent reference to provide a means for dating tools and thus bindings." Contents include: I Introduction (What Finishing Tools Are and How They Are Used, How Finishing Tools Are Made, Tools of the Makers and Toolmakers' Tools, Trades of the Makers, Tools and Design); II Toolcutters in the British Isles; III Toolcutters in Continental Europe; IV Toolcutters in North America and Australia; V Other Toolcutters and Marks. Appendices: 1.Shapes of Finishing Tools; 2.Smoke Proofs, Condition, and Care; 3.Some Major Public Collections of Finishing Tools; 4.Sources; 5.Directories; 6 Lineage Charts; 7. List of Toolmakers Active before 1845. Bibliography; Indices: General Index; Toolcutters by Name; Names other than Toolcutters. As New.