DOMINIQUE PASCAL

Les outils sont le prolongement de la main de l'homme, sortes de prothèses amovibles et pratiques faites de bois, de fer, de laiton, de cuivre, bientôt de carbone. Ils sont issus de la seule " machine " qui n'ait pas été fabriquée avec des outils : le cerveau humain. Ce sont les outils qui façonnèrent les vaisseaux de Christophe Colomb, qui permirent de faire pousser blé et orge dans les champs, d'ériger les hautes cathédrales comme les plus humbles demeures. Ce livre vous propose un voyage à travers la constellation de l'outillage à main, afin de reprendre contact avec guillaumes, varlopes, trusquins, tarabiscots et autres galères, qui participèrent à la construction du monde !.

The miniature car is one of the most popular and enduring toys, almost as old as the machines that inspired them. Some are veritable miracles of technology in miniature, with functioning headlamps and front-wheel drive others are lovingly crafted to a fine level of detail, with real leather seats and hand-painted finishings. Some rare older models are today worth a fortune, especially if the packaging is intact. Collectible Miniature Cars is a charming trip through the world of the toy car, featuring over five hundred photographs of cars, trucks, and utility vehicles, both vintage and modern, from all the leading toy car producers, such as Dinky, Marklin of Germany, and Meccano. The book is divided into themed chapters covering family cars, sports coupes, racing cars, and utility vehicles. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief yet informative text giving the key features of every toy, and the volume is completed by a buyer's guide. This attractively designed book is the perfect choice for all toy car collectors, and those who have never quite forgotten the joy of owning a brand-new, shiny miniature car, and imagining the hours of pleasure it will bring.

Mustered together here are over 400 soldiers from the armies of Napoleon, King Arthur, the Kaiser, Grant and Lee: knights, grenadiers and lancers, cavalry officers and foot soldiers-all reporting for peacetime duty as collectible toy soldiers. These heroic metal men wear colorful uniforms from the Age of Chivalry to the world wars, on parade again, reporting in with a caption that places each of them as figures in history. The adult war gamer and collector alike will instantly recall being a powerful general commanding a childhood army of valiant model soldiers like these.

Even in the era of the cordless electric drill, the stories in simple wooden hand tools appeal to collectors. Collectible Hand Tools offers a broad overview of the tools that craftsmen brought to the new world - and many North American originals - as they began to shave, carve, rivet, gauge, mark, saw, and join together their lives in the 200 years before the creation of mass-produced tools. Six categories of tools feature examples of traditional European and American designs for working wood, metal, and leather, as well as the hardest-working tools of all: those associated with building trades, including over a dozen specialized hammer shapes. The final chapter looks at unusual tool designs. With over 400 full-color photographs accompanied by detailed captions and a section of useful addresses to guide the curious, Collectible Hand Tools is the perfect introduction to an absorbing hobby.