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Comte, Hubert
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Comte, a lecturer in art history whose dissertation focused on the philosophy of tools, has created a beautiful coffee-table book that celebrates tools and gives equal billing to their users. Using the broadest possible definition, Comte covers human-powered tools, both modern and traditional, from a wide variety of disciplines: woodworking, stoneworking, agriculture, textiles, metalworking, leatherworking, and food preparation. The broad scope makes this title quite a departure from what is typically available. Most entries cover the history of a tool, its use, and something about its user, with photographs of tools and users (both vintage and current) gracing each entry. Artworks featuring tools (e.g., Brueghel's "Haymaking") as well as quotes from such diverse authors as Victor Hugo and Willa Cather make Comte's work particularly deep. This beautiful, thought-provoking book may be somewhat expensive for many libraries, but those that can afford it will not be disappointed.?Jonathan N. Hershey, Akron-Summit Cty. P.L., OH
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Tools: Making Things Around the World
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Hardcover. Orange boards with white spine lettering, brown dust jacket with color illustrations, tan and white lettering, 352 pp, profusely illustrated in bw and color. "The world is filled with tools- simple and complex: ancient and modern. Discover where they came from, how they evolved, and to what use they've been put over the centuries through magnificent color photographs and an evoctive text, (this book) brings more than 300 tools to life, lettering the reader share the experience of using them."- rear of dust jacket "Celebrated human ingenuity and the brillance of craftspeople by depicting tools not as inert objects, but as instruments of a particular culture intended for use in a specific time and place"--Cover. VG/VG (light wear to boards and text block, pages are bright and clear. Slight shelf wear to dust jacket). Seller Inventory # 177781
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. NEW and still sealed in the original Publisher's clear wrap! See how folks all over use their unique tools to carve, build, construct and do anything else tools are needed for. This oversized and heavy book has it all, the Earth and its tools! Extra fees for overseas shipping! Seller Inventory # 002464
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