The Toolemera Press

Recommended Books

Classic Books on Tools, Trades, Crafts and Industries

The complete ironmonger Hardy, G. A. Office of 'The Ironmonger', London. 1895.

A Field Guide to the Makers of American Wooden Planes Thomas L. Elliott, Astragal Press. 2003
 

Ephemera - Introductions and References

London tradesmen's cards of the XVIII century,: An account of their origin and use, Heal, Ambrose. B. T. Batsford, Ltd. London. 1925. Reprinted 1968 Dover Press, New York.

Collecting Printed Ephemera Rickards, Maurice. Abbeville Press, New York. 1988

THIS IS EPHEMERA: COLLECTING PRINTED THROWAWAYS Printed or Handwritten Items Produced For Short-Term Use and Generally for Disposal. Rickards, Maurice. David and Charles, London. 1977

Encyclopedia of Ephemera: A Guide to the Fragmentary Documents of Everyday Life for the Collector, Curator and Historian Maurice Rickards. Routledge. 2000

Reading Early American Handwriting Sperry, Kip. Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore. 1998

Printed Ephemera: The Changing Uses of Type and Letterforms in English and American Printing Lewis, John. W. S. Cowell, Ltd. London. 1962

HOW TO DECIPHER AND STUDY OLD DOCUMENTS Being a Guide to the Reading of Ancient Manuscripts. Thoyts, E. Elliot Stock, London. 1893

Advertising Postcards Reed, Robert. Schiffer Publishing. 2000

Preserving Archives and Manuscripts (Archival Fundamentals) Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Society of American Archivists, Chicago. 1993
 

All About Trade Catalogs

Trade Catalogues, 1542 to 1842. Crom, Theodore R. Melrose, Fla.: T.R. Crom, 1989.

American Trade Catalogs Fredgant, Don. Paducah, Ky.: Collector Books, 1984.

A Guide to American Trade Catalogs 1744-1900 (Guide to American Trade Catalogs, 1744-1900) Romaine, Lawerence B. New York: Bowker, 1960. (The classic reference book for trade catalogs)

Trade Cards

The Trade Card in Nineteenth-Century America Jay, Robert. University of Missouri Press, 1987
 

Photography - History, Identification, Preservation

As We Were: American Photographic Postcards, 1905-1930 Vaule, Rosamund. David R. Godine. 2004

Collection, Use, and Care of Historical Photographs Weinstein, Robert; Booth, Larry. American Association for State and Local History, Tennessee. 1977

Photography in America: The Formative Years, 1839-1900 Welling, William. Thomas Crowell Company, New York. 1978

Cartes De Visite in Nineteenth Century Photography Darrah, William C. , Pennsylvania. 1981

Archives and Manuscripts: Administration of Photographic Collections (Saa Basic Manual Series) Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn et al. Society of American Archivists, Chicago. 1984