Merritt H.E. Gears. A Book Of Reference For Engineers Concerned With The Design, Manufacture, Application Or Maintenance Of Gear Drives
Sir IsaacPitman & Sons, 1942 First Edition 420pp, VG Reference book for engineers. (Book ref. 49384) £60.00
Penman, Laurie The Clock Repairer's Handbook
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1988. First Edition Reprint. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. Sm 4to. 0715386867 Hardback, 175mm x 255mm tall (7" x 10" approx.). 176pp, with 301 line drawings and a useful Glossary. Fine, in the original cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title and with the, very good and unclipped, photo-illustrated dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 003948) £20.00
SOUCHOTTE, Ernest & SMITH, David W. (eds): Marine auxiliary machinery.
London: Newnes-Butterworths, 1976. 2nd imp. Good+ cloth h/b with gilt lettering to spine; No d/w. 14.5cms x 22.25cms, 502pp. Numerous b/w figures. Sl dusty & foxed page edges. Name written to fep; clean & unmarked within. Weight 751g. 0408001704. (Book ref. 2895) £10.00
Tom Herbert, Frits Fenger, S. Bradfield, J. Herbulot, & M. Gianola: " SELF STEERING." History, theory & developmemt of self steering gears for yachts & ideas for future improvements.
Hythe, Kent. Amateur Yacht Research Society,1970 "2nd edition with additional gears -1970." First published 1957, expanded 1963, reprinted in 1967 edited, with additions. 164 pages. Illustrated with many b./w. photographs, drawings and figures. Near fine, no inscription or marks. D./w. corners worn o./w. near fine 8.75" x 5.75" (Book ref. 6469) £4.00
SIMON ENGINEERING GROUP The Simon Engineering Group.
Privately Printed, 1947. 8vo, xxx+175pp, colour tipped-in portrait frontispiece, numerous monochrome photographic illustrations, red imitation leather, gilt. A very good copy. (Book ref. RHB7286) £22.00
Robertson, J. Drummond The Evolution of Clockwork, with a Special Section on the Clocks of Japan,, Fully Illustrated from the Author's Collection, Together with a Fully Comprehensive Bibliography of Horology Covering Over Six Hundred Items
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/no d/w. 8vo. Hardback, 140mm x 220mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp xvi, 358, with 92 illustrations in b/w photo & line and an extensive Bibliography. Covers sunned and neat signature of previous owner to front pastedown, otherwise very good, in the original, maroon cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. (Book ref. 003872) £60.00
Robertson, J. Drummond The Evolution of Clockwork, with a Special Section on the Clocks of Japan,, Fully Illustrated from the Author's Collection, Together with a Fully Comprehensive Bibliography of Horology Covering Over Six Hundred Items
London: Cassell & Company Limited, 1931. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/no d/w. 8vo. Hardback, 140mm x 220mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp xvi, 358, with 92 illustrations in b/w photo & line and an extensive Bibliography. Endpapers toned and spine cloth lightly sunned, otherwise very good, in the original blind-ruled, maroon cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title/top edges red. (Book ref. 003871) £60.00
LAKE, C.S. & REIDINGER, A. LOCOMOTIVE VALVES AND VALVE GEARS
LONDON: PERCIVAL MARSHALL. Hard Back. Poor+. 195x130mm Approx Paper covered Card Boards with paper spine, Poor+ , Undated. Circa 1920's-30's 142pp. 128 Figs being line drawings and numerous b/w photos. Technical manual on the title subject with chapters on linkage, piston valves, walshaerts type gears, rotary cam gears, poppet valve gears etc. no dust jacket. (Book- Binding sound no exposure , spine has been re-glued with a linen mull applied under the paper spine. 5/- Paper of book block is very browned. No previous owner name or insc.Covers respectably clean with no significant wear or loss to spine. Book has been graded thus because of the browning of the paper. It is a sound reading / reference copy). Please see our image of the actual book offered for sale. (Book ref. 10449) £8.50
Martin Evans Model Locomotive Valve Gears
Hemel Hempstead: Model & Allied Publications Limited, 1973. Soft Covers. Good. 8vo 98pp. Minor shelf wear to extremities. Contents clean. (Book ref. 065480) £15.00
De Carle, Donald, F.B.H.I. Clocks and Their Value. Illustrated guide to ancient and modern clocks with a unique chart of all known Tompion clocks.
London: N.A.G. Press Ltd, 1968. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 0719800102 Hardback, 150mm x 210mm tall (6" x 8.25" approx.). Pp vii, 144, with line illustrations throughout. Fine, in the original light-blue cloth-covered boards/gilt titles, and with price-clipped, but otherwise very good, illustrated dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 003809) £8.00
Haswell, J. Eric, F.B.H.A. Horology. The Science of Time Measurement and the Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers. WITH SUPPLEMENT
East Ardsley, Wakefield: EP Publishing Limited, 1976. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. 0715811460 Hardback, 140mm x 225mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp xvi, 288, with 107 illustrations in b/w and line. Fine, in the original red cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. The unclipped, illustrated dust-wrapper is lightly sunned to the spine, as usual, but is otherwise very good. (Book ref. 003808) £30.00
Moorhouse, John, with a Foreword by Eliot Isaacs, Curator, British Horological Institute Good Owner's Clock Guide and Clock Logbook - 2 Volumes
London: N.A.G. Press, 1999. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo. 0719802806 Two volumes, hardback, each 145mm x 222mm tall (5.75" x 8.75" approx.). 224pp, with illustrations in b/w photo and line, plus 4 double-sided plate leaves with a total of 14 colour photographs. Fine, in the original black boards/gilt titles, and a fine and unclipped, colour-illustrated dust-wrapper [the Logbook is believed to have been issued without a d/w] (Book ref. 003788) £15.00
Rolt, L.T.C. Tools for the Job. A History of Machine Tools to 1950.
London: H.M.S.O., 1986. Revised Edition & First Thus. Fine. 0112904335 6" x 8.5" tall. 274pp with 103 illustrations in b/w & line. Fine and unread, in the original, colour-photo illustrated card covers. [Note - this revised edition was never produced in hardback] (Book ref. 003779) £15.00
Kennedy, Rankin. The Book of the Motor Car. A Comprehensive and Authoritative Guide to the Care, Management, maintenance, and Construction of the Motor Car and Motor Cycle. 3 volume set, complete.
London. Caxton. Presumed 1st edition. No date, c.1913. Hardback. Small 4to volumes, 25.5x19 cms. Pp.; Vol 1, ix,216.; Vol 2, ix,213; Vol 3, ix,222. Each volume with a coloured sectioned model on the front paste-down, with fold out pieces. The 3 volimes have respectively 8, 8, and 7 photo plates and 266, 266, and 249 text illustrations. Publishers red cloth, with titles and decoration on spines and front covers in black. Clean and unmarked throughout, with the models bright, and having no damage. Very slight age tan to edges. Bindings in robust condition. Bumps to some corners, mainly at top fronts. A Good solid set. Heavy, as 3 volumes, and will require postage to be adjusted to net cost. . - .##. - With illustrations of early cars and motor cycles, as well as of engines, etc, with hundreds of details. The model sections at the front of the volumes are of a Wolseley car chassis, a water cooled engine, and the "Blic" magneto. - .##. - We specialise in History of Transport, Engineering and Technology.. . . **. Business and shop Est. 1970. (Book ref. 8800) £48.00
Camm, F. J. (ed.) Gears and Gear-Cutting: Principles, Practice and Formulae.
UK: George Newnes, 1942. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall London, 1942 boards, Hard Cover. 2nd edition Binding firm. Text clean. good/no dustwrapper. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. previously read. 144 pp. bookplate to pastedown. ink name to fly. illustrated with drawings , photographs and diagrams. 400g. (Book ref. 001983) £16.00
Smith, William Griswold Engineering kinematics
U.S.A: Mcgraw-Hill Book Company, 1923. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean hardback tightly bound in black cloth with gilt titles, cloth is rubbed at corners, neat name on front endpaper, no other marks or inscriptions. x + 282 pages, frontispiece + 341 illustrations, bibliography, index. (Book ref. 32354) £10.00
Bevan, Thomas: " THE THEORY OF MACHINES. A Text-book for Engineering Students."
London. Longmans, Green & Co., 1956. Third edition, with revisions & some additions. 621 pages, with miscellaneous examples and answers to examples, bibliography & index. 378 figures. Contents very good but previous owner's name on inside of front cover. Cover is good but spine is faded, water stained on top of spine & on top corner. (Book ref. 5886) £7.00
Joshua Ortega Gears of War Book One
USA: DC Comics, 2009. Illustrated by Liam Sharp. Soft Cover. Mint. 9781401225414 New, unread Graphic novel Softcover, comic strip illustration. Follow the brutal adventures of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad in their battle against the Locust. Contents as new. (Book ref. 15351) £4.50
Abbot Engineering Ltd Machine Cut Gears
Abbot Engineering, Paisley n.d.? 1950s VG book Specification and prospectus paperback illus ISBN: (Book ref. 54347) £18.00
Broersma, Prof. Ir. G. Manufacture and testing of gears
Netherlands: H. Stam Nederland N.V., 1969. 0859500608 First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good in Good dust jacket. Very clean, tightly bound book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket which has a couple of nicks at the edges. viii + 192 pages, 246 illustrations, references, errata slip laid in (Book ref. 30679) £45.00