Publisher's Synopsis
This dictionary identifies and describes all the tools that have been used by woodworkers and by craftsmen in related fields over the centuries. This revised edition contains about 32 pages worth of new material based on Salaman's own revisions.;R.A.Salaman, MA, FSA, is a Vice-President of the Tool and Trades History Society and his own collection of tradesmen's tools is exhibited in the St Albans City Museum. He is also author of "Dictionary of Leather Working Tools". Philip Walker, the reviser of this edition is joint author of "Woodworking Tools - The Christie's Collector's Guide".
