John Adamson (born 1949) is a British publisher, translator and writer. He specialises in illustrated books in the fine and decorative arts.

Biography

John Adamson was born in

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, the younger son of George Worsley Adamson, illustrator and cartoonist and Mary Marguerita Renée (''née'' Diamond). After studying at the

University of Edinburgh The University of Edinburgh (, ; abbreviated as ''Edin.'' in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a Public university, public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the City of Edinburgh Council, town council under th ...

and the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

, he joined

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...

in 1974. He held various functions within the marketing department of the Press: first as European sales representative (1975); then publicity manager (1977); becoming export sales director in 1980. During the period of his directorship, Cambridge University Press won for the first time the

Queen's Award for Export Achievement The King's Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen's Award for Enterprise, is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting oppor ...

. While at Cambridge University Press he helped mount two exhibitions of humorous art in his spare time. For the first of these, "L’Humour Actuel franco-britannique. 200 dessins" ranco-British Humour Today: 200 drawings hosted by the Galerie M.L.R. Genot in the Marais, Paris in 1974, he "organized the British contribution", commissioning

Quentin Blake Sir Quentin Saxby Blake (born 16 December 1932) is an English cartoonist, caricaturist, illustrator and children's writer. He has illustrated over 300 books, including 18 written by Roald Dahl, which are among his most popular works. For his l ...

to design the poster. The second exhibition "Famous British Cartoonists" was held the following year at the London Gallery, N.

La Cienega Boulevard La Cienega Boulevard is a major north–south arterial road in the Los Angeles metropolitan area that runs from the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood in the north to El Segundo Boulevard in Hawthorne in the south. It was named for Rancho Las ...

, Los Angeles, and featured only the cartoons of artists working in the British Isles. "Many artoonssuch as those by

George Adamson George Alexander Graham Adamson MBE (3 February 1906 – 20 August 1989), also known as the ''Baba ya Simba'' ("Father of Lions" in Swahili), was a British wildlife conservationist and author based in Kenya. His wife Joy Adamson related in h ...

almost leave the field of illustrations to become technically speaking fine art," wrote Betje Howell in her review of the show in the ''

Los Angeles Herald Examiner The ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper, published in the afternoon from Monday to Friday and in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays. It was part of the Hearst Corporation, Hearst syndicate. It was formed w ...

''. In 1987 he was appointed Head of Publications and Retailing at the

National Portrait Gallery National Portrait Gallery may refer to: * National Portrait Gallery (Australia), in Canberra * National Portrait Gallery (Sweden), in Mariefred *National Portrait Gallery (United States), in Washington, D.C. *National Portrait Gallery, London ...

, London, where in the course of his five-year tenure he and his team were involved in the publication of exhibition catalogues and books ranging from ''

Franz Xaver Winterhalter Franz Xaver Winterhalter (20 April 1805 – 8 July 1873) was a German painter and lithography, lithographer, known for his flattering portraits of royalty and upper-class society in the mid-19th century. His name has become associated with fashio ...

'' to '' T. E. Lawrence'', from ''The Raj'' to a pictorial volume on the NPG's permanent collection. In 1992 he set himself up as a publishing and picture-library consultant. He advised private collectors as well as museums such as the

Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection is a museum in London occupying Hertford House in Manchester Square, the former townhouse (Great Britain), townhouse of the Seymour family, Marquess of Hertford, Marquesses of Hertford. It is named after Sir Richard Wall ...

, providing them with a full editorial and production service. Soon, however, he began working as an independent publisher making available an ongoing range of illustrated books and catalogues for museums, dealers and private collectors under his own imprint, as well as translating books and exhibition catalogues on behalf of French publishers such as the Réunion des musées nationaux (RMN),

Éditions Gallimard Éditions Gallimard (), formerly Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française (1911–1919) and Librairie Gallimard (1919–1961), is one of the leading French book publishers. In 2003, it and its subsidiaries published 1,418 titles. Founded by G ...

, Éditions Diane de Selliers and Éditions Faton.

Honours

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London The Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL) is a learned society of historians and archaeologists in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1707, received its royal charter in 1751 and is a Charitable organization, registered charity. It is based ...

(FSA). (3 March 2019)

Select bibliography

As publisher

* ''The Alphabet Book of Amos Lewis: An Elizabethan calligraphic manuscript revealed'', Simon Swynfen Jervis (editor) * ''Footloose in France'', John Adamson and Clive Jackson * ''Great Irish Households: Inventories from the Long Eighteenth Century'', Tessa Murdoch (editor) * '' Margaret de Flahaut (1788–1867): A Scotswoman at the French Court'', Diana Scarisbrick * '' English Silver before the Civil War: The David Little Collection'', Timothy Schroder * ''Art in Industry: The Silver of

Paul Storr Paul Storr (baptised 28 October 1770 in London – 18 March 1844 in London) was an English goldsmith and silversmith working in the Neoclassical style, Neoclassical and other styles during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Hi ...

'', Christopher Hartop * ''Koopmanrareart.com: Masterpieces in the Digital Age'', Koopman Rare Art with photographs by Karen Bengall * ''Gilt-edged Splendour: Masterpieces of Silver Gilt'', Koopman Rare Art with photographs by Guy Hills * ''A Handsome Cupboard of Plate: Early American Silver in the Cahn Collection'', Deborah Dependahl Waters with foreword by

Kaywin Feldman Kaywin Feldman is an American museum administrator and director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Named on December 11, 2018, Feldman took over from Earl A. Powell III in March 2019. She is the National Gallery of Art's first w ...

. In association with

Minneapolis Institute of Arts The Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia) is an arts museum located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Home to more than 90,000 works of art representing 5,000 years of world history, Mia is one of the largest art museums in the United Stat ...

(MIA), Minneapolis, MA, exh. cat. * ''In Good Hands: 250 Years of Craftsmanship at

Swaine Adeney Brigg Swaine London, known previously as Swaine Adeney Brigg, is a luxury goods shop that has traded in London's St James's since 1798. The shop sells leather goods, Brigg umbrellas and hats from Herbert Johnson (hatters), Herbert Johnson. History J ...

'', Katherine Prior * ''

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Silver'', Koopman Rare Art with photographs by Guy Hills * ''Norfolk Summer: Making The Go-Between'', Christopher Hartop * ''

Rococo Rococo, less commonly Roccoco ( , ; or ), also known as Late Baroque, is an exceptionally ornamental and dramatic style of architecture, art and decoration which combines asymmetry, scrolling curves, gilding, white and pastel colours, sculpte ...

Silver'', Koopman Rare Art with photographs by Guy Hills * ''The Classical Ideal: English Silver, 1760–1840'', Christopher Hartop with foreword by Tim Knox, exh. cat. * '' Antique Woodworking Tools: Their Craftsmanship from the Earliest Times to the Twentieth Century'', David R. Russell with foreword by David Linley and photographs by James Austin. In association with Bernard J. Shapero * ''The French Hospital in England: Its Huguenot History and Collections'', Tessa Murdoch and Randolph Vigne with foreword by Jacob Pleydell-Bouverie, 8th Earl of Radnor * ''Geometry and the Silversmith: The Domcha Collection'', Christopher Hartop with foreword by Jonathan Norton * '' Noble Households: Eighteenth-Century Inventories of Great English Houses. A tribute to

John Cornforth Sir John Warcup Cornforth Jr., (7 September 1917 – 8 December 2013) was an AustralianBritish chemist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1975 for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme- catalysed reactions, becoming the only Nobel l ...

'', edited by Tessa Murdoch, inventories transcribed by Candace Briggs and Laurie Lindey * ''Beyond the Maker's Mark:

Paul de Lamerie Paul Jacques de Lamerie (9 April 1688 – 1 August 1751) was a London-based silversmith. The Victoria and Albert Museum describes him as the "greatest silversmith working in England in the 18th century". He was being referred to as the "King's ...

Silver in the Cahn Collection'', Ellenor Alcorn with foreword by Tessa Murdoch and preface by

. In association with

Memphis Brooks Museum of Art Memphis Brooks Museum of Art is an art museum in Memphis, Tennessee. The Brooks Museum, which was founded in 1916, is the oldest and largest art museum in the state of Tennessee. The museum is a privately funded nonprofit institution located in ...

, Memphis, TN, exh. cat. * ''The German Ambassador's Residence in London'', Regine Aldington with photographs by Fritz von der Schulenburg and Marianne Majerus * ''Royal Goldsmiths: The Art of Rundell & Bridge 1797–1843'', Christopher Hartop ''et al.'', with foreword by HRH The Prince of Wales, introduction by Philippa Glanville; essays by Diana Scarisbrick, Charles Truman, David Watkin and Matthew Winterbottom, exh. cat. * ''East Anglian Silver: 1550–1750'', edited by Christopher Hartop with foreword by Robert Shirley, 13th Earl Ferrers, exh. cat. * ''Middle Eastern Environment: Selected Papers of the 1995 Conference of the British Society for Middle Eastern Studies'', edited by Eric Watkins

As editor and producer for other publishers

* Arnold, H. J. P.; Paul Doherty and

Patrick Moore Sir Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore (; 4 March 1923 – 9 December 2012) was an English amateur astronomer who attained prominence in that field as a writer, researcher, radio commentator and television presenter. Moore's early interest in astro ...

. ''The Photographic Atlas of the Stars''. Bristol and Philadelphia: Institute of Physics Publishing (1997) * Beresford, Richard. ''

A Dance to the Music of Time ''A Dance to the Music of Time'' is a 12-volume ''Book series#History, roman-fleuve'' by English writer Anthony Powell, published between 1951 and 1975 to critical acclaim. The story is an often comic examination of movements and manners, power ...

''. London: Wallace Collection (1995) * Chadour-Sampson, Beatriz. ''Antike Fingerringe/Ancient finger rings. Die Sammlung Alain Ollivier/The Alain Ollivier Collection'' Munich: Prähistorische Staatssammlung (now Archäologische Staatssammlung) (1997) * Hartop, Christopher; and Ellenor Alcorn. ''British and Irish Silver in the Fogg Art Museum''. New Haven:

Yale University Press Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University. It was founded in 1908 by George Parmly Day and Clarence Day, grandsons of Benjamin Day, and became a department of Yale University in 1961, but it remains financially and ope ...

(2007) * Hartop, Christopher. ''The Huguenot Legacy: English Silver 1680–1760 from the Alan and Simone Hartman Collection''. exh. cat. London: Thomas Heneage (1996) * Hartop, Christopher. ''Noble Feast: English Silver from the Jerome and Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts''. exh. cat. Richmond VA:

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the supp ...

in association with John Adamson (2007) * Hartop, Christopher. ''A Noble Pursuit: English Silver from the Rita Gans Collection at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts''. exh. cat. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in association with John Adamson (2010) * Higgott, Suzanne. ''Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Glass & Limoges Painted Enamels''. London:

(2011) * Hughes, Peter.'' French Eighteenth-Century Clocks and Barometers in the Wallace Collection''. London: Wallace Collection (1994) * Hughes, Peter. ''Wallace Collection: Catalogue of Furniture'' (3 vols.). London: Wallace Collection (1996) (cloth); (paperback) * Kolba, Judit. ''Hungarian Silver: The Nicolas M. Salgó Collection''. London: Thomas Heneage (1997) (cloth); (paperback) * Morton, Lucy, with foreword by John Partridge. ''Vision of the East''. London: Partridge Fine Arts (1999) * Ormond, Richard, and James Taylor. ''Rule Britannia! Art, Royalty & Power in the Age of Jamestown''. exh. cat. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in association with John Adamson (2008) * Prior, Katherine; and John Adamson. ''Maharajas' Jewels''. Paris: Éditions Assouline (2000) * Rawle, Tim. ''

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'' (1st ed.). London:

Frances Lincoln Frances Elisabeth Rosemary Lincoln (20 March 1945 – 26 February 2001) was an English independent publisher of illustrated books. She published under her own name and the company went on to become Frances Lincoln Publishers. In 1995, Lincoln w ...

(2005) * Rawle, Tim (author and photographer), John Adamson (editor). ''

'' (new ed. with foreword by William Bortrick). Cambridge: Oxbridge Portfolio (2016), 204 pp. * Rawle, Tim (author), Tim Rawle and Louis Sinclair (photographers), John Adamson (editor). '' A Classical Adventure: The Architectural History of Downing College, Cambridge''. Cambridge: The Oxbridge Portfolio (2015), 200 pp. * Roth, Linda; and Claire Le Corbeiller. ''French Eighteenth-Century Porcelain at the Wadsworth Atheneum''. Hartford. Connecticut:

Wadsworth Atheneum The Wadsworth Atheneum is an art museum in Hartford, Connecticut. The Wadsworth is noted for its collections of European Baroque art, ancient Egyptian and Classical bronzes, French and American Impressionism, Impressionist paintings, Hudson Riv ...

(2000) * Schroder, Timothy. ''Renaissance and Baroque Silver, Mounted Porcelain and Ruby Glass from the Zilkha Collection''. London: Paul Holberton Publishing (2012) * Thuillier, Jacques. ''

Poussin Nicolas Poussin (, , ; June 1594 – 19 November 1665) was a French painter who was a leading painter of the Classicism, classical French Baroque style, although he spent most of his working life in Rome. Most of his works were on religious and ...

before Rome'', transl. by Christopher Allen. exh. cat. New York: Richard Feigen (1995)

As translator

* ''Schmuck, Kinetik, Objekte'' (Friedrich Becker), Stuttgart: Arnoldsche (1997) (Beatriz Chadour-Sampson's essay: "The finger rings of Friedrich Becker: towards a new vision", pp. 152–167) * ''The

Louvre The Louvre ( ), or the Louvre Museum ( ), is a national art museum in Paris, France, and one of the most famous museums in the world. It is located on the Rive Droite, Right Bank of the Seine in the city's 1st arrondissement of Paris, 1st arron ...

Collections'', Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux (1999) * ''De bronze, d’or et d’argent: arts somptuaires de la Chine'' (Catherine Delacour), Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux for

Musée Guimet The Guimet Museum (full name in ; ''MNAAG''; ) is a Parisian art museum with one of the largest collections of Asian art outside of Asia that includes items from Cambodia, Thailand, Viet Nam, Tibet, India, and Nepal, among other countries. Foun ...

(2001), exh. cat. (bilingual text throughout) * '' National Museum Arts asiatiques Guimet'', Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux (2001) * ''Gold of the Scythian Kings'': translation of ''Le Petit Journal des grandes expositions'', no. 332, for exhibition at the

Grand Palais The (; ), commonly known as the , is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris between the Champs-Élysées and the Seine, France. Construction of the began in 1897 following the demolitio ...

, 27 September – 31 December 2001 * ''Hair: The Long and the Short of It'', coll. «

Découvertes Gallimard (, ; in United Kingdom: ''New Horizons'', in United States: ''Abrams Discoveries'') is an Collection (publishing), editorial collection of Book illustration, illustrated monographic books published by the Éditions Gallimard in Pocket edition, ...

» (nº 405), série Culture et société. Paris: Gallimard (2001) (with Heidi Ellison). Published on behalf of

L'Oréal L'Oréal S.A. () is a French multinational personal care corporation registered in Paris

(original title: , by Marie-Christine Auzou & Sabine Melchior-Bonnet) * ''Skin: A Living Envelope'', coll. « Découvertes Gallimard » (nº 420), série Sciences et techniques. Paris: Gallimard (2002) (editing with Alexandra Keens; translating of essays). Published on behalf of

L'Oréal L'Oréal S.A. () is a French multinational personal care corporation registered in Paris

(original title: , by Claude Bouillon) * ''Les Choix d'

Henri Cartier-Bresson Henri Cartier-Bresson (; 22 August 1908 – 3 August 2004) was a French artist and Humanist photography, humanist photographer considered a master of candid photography, and an early user of 135 film, 35mm film. He pioneered the genre of street ...

'', exh. cat. Paris: Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation (2003) (translation of Robert Delpire's foreword) * "Confucius, or the Extraordinary Destiny of an Ordinary Man", ''

Orientations ''Orientations'' is a bimonthly print magazine published in Hong Kong and distributed worldwide since 1969. History ''Orientations'' was launched in 1969 by Adrian Zecha (who was later the founder of Aman Resorts) to showcase Asian art and cu ...

'', vol. 34, no. 9, November 2003, pp. 47–51 (translation of magazine article by Catherine Delacour at time of Musée Guimet's exhibition on Confucius) * ''The

Musée de l'Orangerie The Musée de l'Orangerie () is an art gallery of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings located in the west corner of the Tuileries Garden next to the Place de la Concorde in Paris. The museum is most famous as the permanent home of ...

'' (Pierre Georgel), Paris: Gallimard in association with Réunion des Musées nationaux, coll. « Découvertes Gallimard Hors série » (2006) (Gallimard); (RMN) * ''The Golden Age of Classical India: The Gupta Empire'', exh. cat.

, Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux (2007) (three French essays translated into English) * ''The Studio of

Alberto Giacometti Alberto Giacometti (, , ; 10 October 1901 – 11 January 1966) was a Swiss sculptor, painter, Drafter, draftsman and Printmaking, printmaker, who was one of the most important sculptors of the 20th century. His work was particularly influenced ...

'', exh. cat.

Centre Pompidou The Centre Pompidou (), more fully the (), also known as the Pompidou Centre in English and colloquially as Beaubourg, is a building complex in Paris, France. It was designed in the style of high-tech architecture by the architectural team of ...

, Paris: Fondation Alberto et Annette Giacometti/Centre Pompidou (2007) (translation into English of Hélène Pinet's essay: "The Studio of Alberto Giacometti in the Photographer's Eye: Coming Full Circle", pp. 53–74) * ''A Taste for China: Paris 1730–1930'', exh. cat. Hong Kong:

Hong Kong Museum of Art The Hong Kong Museum of Art (HKMoA) is the first and one of the main art museums of Hong Kong, located in located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, near the Victoria Harbour waterfront, providing a scenic view of Hong Kong’s skyline. It is a publ ...

(2008) (French essays translated into English) * ''Art of the Ganges delta: Masterpieces from Bangladeshi museums'', exh. cat. Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux (2008) * ''La Cathédrale de Reims'' (Auguste Rodin and Gérard Rondeau), published to coincide with Gérard Rondeau's exhibition ‘La cathédrale et son bestiaire’, Palais du Tau, exh. cat. Paris: Réunion des Musées nationaux (2011) (translation into English of Rodin's and Rondeau's essays) * '' Canticle of the Birds'' (

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), Paris: Éditions Diane de Selliers (2013) (translation into English of Leili Anvar's Introduction; Attar's poem is published in Afkham Darbandi and Dick Davis's unabridged verse translation from the Persian) * ''Fabulous Fabergé'', exh. cat. Dijon: Éditions Faton in association with the

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) is an art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is the largest art museum in Canada by gallery space. The museum is located on the historic Golden Square Mile stretch of Sherbrooke Street west. The MMFA ...

(2014) (translation into English of French texts) * ''Rodin: The Laboratory of Creation'', Hélène Maraud and Hélène Pinet, foreword by Catherine Chevillot, exh. cat. Dijon: Éditions Faton in association with the

Musée Rodin The Musée Rodin () of Paris, France, is an art museum that was opened in 1919, primarily dedicated to the works of the French sculptor Auguste Rodin. It has two sites: the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds in central Paris, as well as just ...

(2014) (translation from the French into English) * ''The Carracci Gallery: Its History and Restoration'', Elvira Cajano and Emanuela Settimi (eds.) Dijon: Éditions Faton (2015) (translation into English of French texts) * ''The new Musée de Pont-Aven: A treasure-house for Gauguin and the Pont-Aven School'', Estelle Guille des Buttes-Fresneau ''et al.'', exh. cat. Dijon: Éditions Faton in association with the Musée de Pont-Aven (2016, 2nd edition 2018) (translation from the French into English) * ''Lalique and the art of travel'', Véronique Brumm ''et al.'', exh. cat. Dijon: Éditions Faton in association with the Lalique Museum, Wingen-sur Moder, Alsace (2016) * ''

Ramayana The ''Ramayana'' (; ), also known as ''Valmiki Ramayana'', as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit literature, Sanskrit Indian epic poetry, epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics ...

'', Paris: Éditions Diane de Selliers (forthcoming) (translation into English of Amina Okada's iconographic descriptions of the Indian miniatures)Éditions Diane de Selliers' Ramayana site
of John Adamson's official site.

Jean-Sébastien Cluzel (ed.). Dijon: Éditions Faton (2022) * ''Survival Boogie Woogie: Neo-Japonisme, Architectural Photography & Abstraction, 1945–1985''], Jean-Sébastien Cluzel. Leiden; Boston: Brill Publishers, Brill (2024)

Articles published

* "Thorfinn the Puffin", illustrated by Sheridan Williams, '' Puffin Post'', vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 16–17 (Penguin) * "Nooks and Crannies", ''Eastword'' (journal of the Eastern Arts Association), June 1984, pp. 5 and 12, review of ''

Granta ''Granta'' is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom whose mission centres on its "belief in the power and urgency of the story, both in fiction and non-fiction, and the story's supreme ability to describe, illuminate and make ...

10: Travel writing'' (

Bill Buford William Holmes Buford (born 6 October 1954) is an American author and journalist. He is the author of the books '' Among the Thugs'' and ''Heat: An Amateur's Adventures as Kitchen Slave, Line Cook, Pasta-Maker, and Apprentice to a Dante-Quoting ...

, editor), Penguin, 1984 * "Les publications à la rescousse des musées au Royaume-Uni", ICOM France, Lettre du comité national français, no. 13, March 1993 (lecture given in Marseilles, 6 December 1991, at a colloquium entitled ''Publications, éditions, musées'', Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseilles, on the occasion of the Assemblée générale du Comité français de l'ICOM) * "Accounts Made Easy", review of Wendy McKenzie's book ''The Financial Times Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts'', '' African Business'', March 1996, no. 208, p. 36 * "Computer King", review of Bill Gates's book ''The Road Ahead'', '' African Business'', April 1996, no. 209, pp. 36–37 * "The Real Richard Branson", review of Tim Jackson's book ''Virgin King'', '' African Business'', May 1996, no. 210, pp. 40–41 * "Measurement in the French Idiom", '' Salisbury Review'', Spring 2004, vol. 22 No. 3, 2004, p. 2 (ifc) * "Dining with a Despot?" '' Salisbury Review'', Spring 2005, vol. 23 No. 3, 2005, pp. 33–35 * "American Tools Sold Abroad", ''Maine Antique Digest'', December 2012, p. 35-B * "Homecoming for Top American Tools Sold Abroad", ''Maine Antique Digest'', August 2013, p. 74-C * "Under the hammer: Antique woodworking tools: the missing link", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 210, October 2013, pp. 60–61 * "Under the hammer: Fine tools by the chest load", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 213, Winter 2013, pp. 46–47 * "More American Tools Sold Abroad", '' Maine Antique Digest'', January 2014, p. 18-B * "A tool to sell tools – the gavel strikes home", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 220, July 2014, pp. 44–45 * "American tools ply the Atlantic", ''Maine Antique Digest'', July 2014, p. 39-C * "The great plane-makers: The history behind T. Norris & Son", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 221, August 2014, pp. 58–62 * "The great tool-makers: The history behind the Holtzapffel dynasty", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 222, September 2014, pp. 58–62 * "Two great Scottish tool-makers: Alexander Mathieson & Son(s) and Spiers of Ayr", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 223, October 2014, pp. 58–62 * "The insatiable in full pursuit of the collectable", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 227, January 2015, pp. 58–60 * "Planes and the Plain-speaking American", ''Maine Antique Digest'', January 2015, p. 35-B * " Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum – Japan", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 234, August 2015, pp. 16–20 * "Precision engineering meets craftsmanship", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 235, September 2015, pp. 56–58 * "Plain dealing", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 241, February 2016, pp. 67–69 * "Under the hammer: bench-marks of quality", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 246, July 2016, pp. 50–52 * "Twice upon a time: reviving the vintage hand tool", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 252, Winter 2016, pp. 52–54 * "Vintage tools: gathering ideas for a collection", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 257, May 2017, pp. 58–61 * "

Edward Preston Edward Preston (17 February 1831 – 17 January 1890) was a lawyer and judge originally from England who served in the Kingdom of Hawaii. Early life Edward Preston was born 17 February 1831 in London, England. In 1852 he sailed to Melbourne, Au ...

", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 258, June 2017, pp. 58–61 * " Spokeshaves: planing without a straight face", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 260, August 2017, pp. 54–57 * "The Ultimatum brace: a feat of engineering", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 264, December 2017, pp. 52–55 * " Gimlets galore!", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 265, Winter 2017, pp. 50–53 * "David Stanley Sale", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 266, January 2018, pp. 56–58 * "The plane and the ornate: the making of a European tradition", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 267, February 2018, pp. 52–56 * "The making of the mitre plane", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 270, May 2018, pp. 44–9 * "'There's magic in the web': auctioning woodworking tools in the digital age", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 272, July 2018, pp. 58–60 * "The collector's guide to bow saws", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 274, September 2018, pp. 58–60 * "Rooting out

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s", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 277, December 2018, pp. 56–60 * "A symphony in three movements: selling tools at a David Stanley auction", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 279, January 2019, pp. 47–49 * "Keeping within compass: a history of dividers", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 281, March 2019, pp. 56–60 * "Happy recurrences – cyclical sales at a David Stanley auction", ''Furniture & Cabinetmaking'', issue 283, May 2019, pp. 56–60

References

External links

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