Jones, Franklin D. (ed) MODERN TOOLMAKING METHODS A Treatise on Precision Dividing and Locating Methods, Lapping, Making Forming Tools, Accurate Threading, Bench Lathe Practice, Tools for Precision Measurements, and General Toolmaking Practice
The Industrial Press, 1915 First Edition. Binding: Hardcover (Original Cloth). Book Condition: Very Good Condition. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 6 leaves scuffed, without loss. Size: 9" x 6" approx. Light rubbing and bumping overall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1.25 kilos. Category: Engineering, Industrial & Trades; Inventory No: 0035017. (Book ref. 0035017) £25.00
Zinde, M. M. Broaches: design, manufacture, application
The Machinery Publishing Co., 1936. First English Edition. Hardcover. Fair with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, spine has been neatly rebacked and matching endpapers professionally replaced, library 'Withdrawn' stamp on the verso of the title page, no inscriptions. 150 pages, many illustrations, appendices, index (Book ref. 36070) £40.00
Hasluck, Paul N. The Model Engineer's handybook: a practical manual on model steam engines, embracing information on the tools, materials and processes employed in their construction
Bibliobazaar, 2009. Facsimile. Paperback. Very Good. A secondhand 'print on demand' copy which is a facsimile of the 1902 seventh edition. x + 144 pages, 110 illustrations, index (Book ref. 35960) £7.00
Faires, Virgil Moring Design of machine elements
U.S.A: Macmillan, 1946. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with dulled gilt titles, cloth is worn at corners, neat inscription on front pastedown, text unmarked. xviii + 490 pages, 389 illustrations, index. (Book ref. 35290) £9.00
John Wyke of Liverpool, Introduction and Technical Commentary by Alan Smith A Catalogue of Tools for Watch and Clock Makers
University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA, first printing, 1978, (ISBN: 0813907519). An amplified re-issue of the earliest known English catalogue of horologists' tools, first published around 1770, as engraved pages without separate text, now with words by Alan Smith, himself a respected engraver. Hardback, oblong format, quarto-size (23 cm high by 30cm wide), 166 pages ([xii, 154), including Wyke's 62 engraved plates in facsimile; Smith's text considerably enhanced by numerous further illustrations from photographs, showing examples of the tools themselves, also watch and clock parts made using them: publisher's olive-green cloth, gilt-blocked titling to spine; grey dustwrapper. ••••CONDITION•• Fine with Alan Smith's presentation inscription and not otherwise marked or written in; the dustwrapper (now in a protective sleeve), less good than the book, a little tattered - no great loss but repaired in several places, properly on the inside, with removable archival paper tape and one old repair, also on the inside but with Scotch-type tape. (ISBN: 0813907519) (Book ref. 7141382) £55.00
Burder, Charles (ed) Machinery: volumes 92 & 93
The Machinery Publishing Co., 1958. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in red leathercloth, no inscriptions. Two volumes in a single binding, paginated from 993 to 1544 + 1 to 508, many illustrations. Issues from no. 2372 to 2389 (May to August 1958). Heavy book (Book ref. 33751) £12.50
Lloyd, Herbert Alan Old clocks
Ernest Benn Ltd, 1972. 0510053017 Fourth Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Tightly bound hardback, no inscriptions, in a priceclipped dustjacket which is faded at the spine. vi + 216 pages, 270 illustrations on 80 plates, 8 text figures, notes, bibliography, glossary, index (Book ref. 33657) £8.00
de Carle, Donald Practical clock repairing
N.A.G. Press, 1974. Second Edition; Fifth Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Tightly bound hardback, no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which is torn at the edges, has neat internal archival tape repairs. x + 244 pages, 415 figures in the text, index (Book ref. 33656) £10.00
"Jerry Rhodes" "Conceptual Toolmaking: Expert Systems of the Mind "
"Basil Blackwell 1994" "This book has soft covers.Ex-library,With usual stamps and markings,In fair condition, suitable as a study copy., 400grams, ISBN:9780631193210" (Book ref. 2658651) £9.49
Various The Ironmonger centenary number: 1859 - 1959
Morgan Brothers, 1959. New edition. Magazine. Very Good. Clean and tightly bound larger format paperback original, no inscriptions, appears little used. 328 pages, 100's of illustrations in the text, many adverts, index (Book ref. 33112) £25.00
Ritchey, James with Monroe, Walter & Besse, Charles & Hall, Philip Pattern making: a practical treatise for the pattern maker
American Technical Society, 1939. Second Revised Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown cloth with blue titles & decoration, no inscriptions. vi + 234 pages, 350 illustrations, index. (Book ref. 32298) £9.00
Brown, H. B. & Coldicott, E. J. Elements of machine & structural design
Macmillan, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. viii + 296 pages, many figures in the text, index. Intended for 'A' level students (Book ref. 32248) £8.00
Lardner, Rev. Dionysius The cabinet cyclopedia: a treatise on the progressive improvement and present state of the manufactures in metal, volume 1 - iron and steel
Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in dark red cloth with paper title label to spine, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, neat name/date (1853) on half-title, else unmarked and appears little used. viii + 342 pages, spare title page bound in at back, 90 illustrations in the text (Book ref. 32093) £18.00
Camm, F. J. Screw cutting
Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1920. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in yellow cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. viii + 264 pages, 299 illustrations, tables, index (Book ref. 31922) £35.00
Butler, B. W. & Hall, E. J. Die and press-tool work
Cassell & Company, Ltd., 1921. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in yellow cloth with black titles, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, no inscriptions. viii + 264 pages, 299 illustrations, tables, index (Book ref. 31921) £15.00
Molloy, E. Newnes complete lathework (in 2 volumes)
Newnes, 1954. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Pair of clean hardbacks tightly bound in blue leathercloth with gilt titles, minor tear to spine of volume 1, no inscriptions. viii + 280 + vi + 266 pages, illustrations throughout, index. Heavy books, 2.1 kg unpacked (Book ref. 31872) £20.00
Anon Bench vice and floor work; erecting; shop hints; toolmaking; gauges and gauge making; dies and die making; jigs and jig making.
International Correspondence School, 1905. Reprint. Hardcover. Good. Clean hardback tightly bound in brown leather effect cloth, rubbed at corners, internally has a publishers stamp and a name/date (1915) on the title page, otherwise unmarked. Around 350 - 400 pages (pagination is all over the shop, as is usual with these books), illustrations throughout, index. Heavy book (Book ref. 31742) £20.00
Anon The Ironmonger diary and hardware buyers guide 1962
The Ironmonger, 1961. 94th edition. Softcover. Fine. Clean hardback bound in limp red cloth with red and white titles, tightly bound, no inscriptions. 550 pages + adverts on plates, diary insert, hundreds of illustrations in b/w and duotone, trade directory, index. An excellent copy, looks virtually as new. Heavy book. (Book ref. 31745) £20.00
Herb, Charles O. Machine tools at work
Brighton: Machinery Publishing Co., 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in red leathercloth with gilt titles on black panels, cloth has minor rubbing at corners, neat name on front endpaper, lightly fox spotted at the page edges and endpapers. viii + 552 pages, 430 illustrations, index. Heavy book (Book ref. 31640) £15.00
Mason, Otis Tufton The origins of invention: a study of industry among primitive peoples
Books for Libraries Press, 1972. 0836967798 New edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with silver gilt titles, no inscriptions, appears unread. 420 pages, frontispiece and 7 plates, 76 illustrations in the text, including a foldout, index (Book ref. 31665) £12.50