Murland\'s Antique Tool Value Guide, by Tony Murland. 232 Pages. Softbound. Copiously illustrated with photographs and period engravings, This book provides detailed pricing and identification information for virtually every category of antique hand tools. Chapters on Norris, Spiers, Stanley, Mathieson, etc., etc., and also virtually all USA Tool manufacturers. Also many articles on various aspects of antique tools written by some of the most knowledgable Tool Collectors in the world. This is a heavily illustrated compendium of all manner of tools. It begins with a large section on Stanley tools (48pp.) with every type of tool listed and illustrated from the No. 1 plane to the zigzag rule. There follows: The History of Hole Making Tools with a large selection of brace framed braces from Marples and all others. Then tools by: Holtzapffel; Henley Optical; Hobbies; Mathieson; Millers Falls; Norris; Ohio Tool Co; Preston; Record; Sargent; and Spiers. There are sections on \'Tools as Art\', The Development of the English Metal Plane, UK Patented Planes, US Patented Planes, The Union Tool Company, Wooden Planes both in the UK and USA with examples of the most desirable name stamps, and various other tool articles. All estimated prices are in US $\'s.