Antique American Primitive Tools - Types Identification / Illustrated Book

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”Collectors of Americana have long been asking for a book about early tools and the wooden artifacts that our forefathers made with them.”
A MUSEUM OF EARLY AMERICAN TOOLS
by Eric Sloane, Ballantine Books., N.Y., 1964/1973.
This scarce out-of-print book presents the author’s detailed sketches of antique tools from his museum at Weather Hill.  “The axes and augers and adzes that converted bark-covered logs into early wooden homes and barns are all here, along with the sleds and barrows and other farm implements made of wood.  The reader finds himself sharing the reverence for wood and the appreciation of excellence that the Early Americans had, at the same time learning the exact use of each tool.”  This is a fascinating presentation, a book to enjoy from cover to cover or to browse through.  It will appeal to all collectors of antique tools, historians, and students of Americana.
5.3” x 8” softback in very good condition.  108 pages.
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