Hardback, First Edition, First Impression, flat signed and dated by the author, without dedication, to the title page. Stock image used. Book Condition: Used New. Boards are clean, unmarked and undamaged. Page block is tight and clean: there are no inscriptions or other apparent markings. Dust Jacket Condition: Used New. The unclipped jacket is clean and bright. Please note that this is a heavy book and will be delivered by courier. Amassed over nearly forty years, the David Russell collection brings together a stunning array of edge and boring tools from Britain, continental Europe and North America, thus providing a broad survey of hand tool-making from prehistory to today. All the tools are illustrated with James Austin's photographs, with details and marks shown where appropriate. Special attention is given to planes, and the great British makers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries are discussed in depth. Since prehistoric times there has been a never-ending quest for b