Historical Trades

From coopering to wheelwrighting and sawmilling, these books document historical trades and crafts that are a treasured part of our past. Learn how to make a coopered wooden bucket or delve into manufacturing and the trades just prior to the industrial revolution in Europe in the Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia. If the Victorian era piques your interest, don't miss Tales from the Blue Ox a collection of stories, tools, techniques and recipes from that time period.

• The Art of Splitting Stone

• Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginning of American Industry

• The Colonial Printer

• The Cooper and His Trade

• A Diderot Pictorial Encyclopedia of Trades and Industry in Two Volumes

• Early Logging Tools

• The Fascinating World of Early Tools and Trades

• Fifty Years a Planemaker and User

• Household Conveniences

• How to Build Shaker Furniture

• How to Make a Coopered Wooden Bucket

• Simple Printmaking

• Stick Making

• Tales from the Blue Ox

• This Was Logging

• This Was Sawmilling

• Wheelmaking

• Wheelwrighting—A Modern Introduction