Anyone with an interest in the history of woodworking and woodworking tools will probably already know about the excellent resource which is Gary Roberts' Toolemera site - http://toolemera.com/. There you can browse through a wide range of old books, catalogues and ads, showing how tools and techniques used to be. I'm sure many of us have reason to be grateful for the information freely shared there.
What you might not know is that Gary also sells modern reprints of some of the rare old material in his collection. These are all scanned and prepared for printing with the proper attention to detail that comes from someone passionately interested in the contents. You won't find wonky pages and pictures of the operator's fingers in any of these but you will find good readable copies of some very rare publications.
The point of this post, however, is to mention that at the moment, he's cut 40% off what were already fair prices. As these are print-on-demand books, we get the benefit that our orders get printed and posted in the UK, so carriage costs are low and delivery times are short.
I've no special connection with the business - I'm just a satisfied customer! The shop is at
http://shop.toolemera.com/.
What you might not know is that Gary also sells modern reprints of some of the rare old material in his collection. These are all scanned and prepared for printing with the proper attention to detail that comes from someone passionately interested in the contents. You won't find wonky pages and pictures of the operator's fingers in any of these but you will find good readable copies of some very rare publications.
The point of this post, however, is to mention that at the moment, he's cut 40% off what were already fair prices. As these are print-on-demand books, we get the benefit that our orders get printed and posted in the UK, so carriage costs are low and delivery times are short.
I've no special connection with the business - I'm just a satisfied customer! The shop is at
http://shop.toolemera.com/.
