This is a reprint of the "Illustrated Catalogue and Price List of Carpenter Tools J. B. Shannon Philadelphia." This August 1873 Edition of 108 pages measures 9 inches in height by 6 inches in width. The book is filled with tools and prices from the 1873 time frame. Tool collectors use original catalogs to identify the vintage tools they find. Since the original catalogs are sometimes difficult to find and an original copy of this publication is hard to find at a reasonable price, reprinted catalogs work well. In seeing the images of the index you will find both wood and metallic planes, branding irons, bench dogs, Adzes, and even a Electro-Magnetic Annunciator and so much more. It's another piece of the history of the tools made in America.