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Steeds, W: A HISTORY OF MACHINE TOOLS 1700-1910
(Oxford University Press London 1969) Demy4to 181pp bw ills. Dustwrapper slightly marked and slight tear. lib stampsand label remains front and back.153 bw plates at rear of book. Otherwise VG in a VG dustwrapper. (Book ref. 10813) £22.50
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Hasted, Edward The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: An Index to Parishes Hundreds & Lathes
Kent: Kent County Library, 1972. Stapled Card. Very Good +.. 21cm x 29cm Unpaginated. No inscriptions. Cover slightly faded. (Book ref. 005605) £5.00
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Daniels, George Watchmaking
London: Sotheby's Publications, 1981. Illustrated by Penney, David. First Edition. Cloth-Covered Boards. Fine/Fine. 4to 0856671509 Hardback, 200mm x 270mm Tall (8" x 10.75" approx.). Pp xv, 8p colour plates, 416, with 863 text illustrations and 60 colour photographs, a select bibliography, and illustrated endpapers. Fine, in the original blue cloth-covered boards/gilt spine titles/top edges blue, and with the, fine and unclipped, colour-illustrated dust-wrapper. Photograph/s and/or postal quotes for this heavy tome supplied on request. (Book ref. 003910) £85.00
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Hasluck, Paul N. Lathe-Work. A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning, Including Hand-Turning, Boring and Drilling, the Use of Slide Rests and Overhead Gear, Screw-Cutting by Hand and Self-acting Motion, Wheel Cutting, &c
London: Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1890. Illustrated by With Numerous Illustrations by the Author. Fourth Editon, Revised & Enlarged. Cloth. Good/no d/w. Hardback, 120mm x 190mm tall (4.75" x 7.5" approx.). Pp xii, 212 , with 51 text engravings, + 48pp Crosby Lockwood & Co list of publications for February, 1893, + 16pp list of Weale's Rudimentary Series titles. Lacking front free endpaper, otherwise very good, in the original black-ruled, brown cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title & logo/front board with black logo/brown endpapers. (Book ref. 003904) £15.00
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Edgar T. Westbury.: Metal Turning Lathes: Their Design, Application and Operation.
Hemel Hempstead, England: Model Aeronautical Press, 1967. Hardback. 155pp. First edition. Very Good book in Very Good dustwrapper. Not price-clipped. Practical instruction and historical information. Hundreds of b/w photographs and drawings. Includes nine appendices of engineering data. (Book ref. 8752) £5.00
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Harris, H.G. Collecting and Identifying Old Watches
Buchanan, New York: Emerson Books Inc., 1978. First Edition?. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo 087523190x Hardback, 145mm x 208mm tall (5.5" x 8.25" approx.). 256pp, with 83 illustrations in b/w photo & line, plus 4pp plates with a total of 26 colour photos. Fine, in the original dark-blue boards/silver spine title, and with the fine and unclipped, illustrated dust-wrapper (Book ref. 003818) £8.00
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Whiten, A.J. [ Anthony J. Whiten ] Repairing Old Clocks and Watches
London: N.A.G. Press Ltd, 1979. Illustrated by Degen, Joel. First Edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 8vo 071982740x Hardback, 145mm x 225mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp vii, 280, with 275 clear text figs., drawn by Joel Degen. Fine, in the original green cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title, and with fine and unclipped colour-illustrated dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 003804) £15.00
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Harris, H.G. Collecting and Identifying Old Clocks
Buchanan, New York: Emerson Books Inc., 1978. Illustrated by Jacket designed by Ann Gold. Second Printing. Cloth. Very Good/Good. 8vo 087523187x Hardback, 145mm x 208mm tall (5.5" x 8.25" approx.). 256pp, with 28 line drawings and 105 b/w photographs. Very good, in the original beige boards/black spine title, and with lightly rubbed, but otherwise very good and unclipped illustrated dust-wrapper (Book ref. 003813) £8.00
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De Carle, Donald, Revised by Eric Restall Watchmaker's and Model Engineer's Lathe
London: Robert Hale, 1991. Illustrated by E.A. Ayres. Fourth Edition, Revised. Cloth. Fine/Fine & Unclipped. 0709021860 Hardback 8vo., 140mm x 222mm tall (5.5" x 8.75" approx.). Pp xii, 195, with 220 text figs. and 47 b/w photos. Fine, in the original black cloth-covered boards/silver titles, and with the fine and unclipped, photo-illustrated dust-wrapper. (Book ref. 003792) £11.00
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Penman, Laurie, Making Clocks
Totnes: Published By the Author, 1999. First Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. 4to 180mm x 260mm tall (7" x 10.25" approx.). 117pp with 172 text figs., plus, in a pocket inside the back cover, 10 double-sided leaves with 20 'Work Sheets'. A couple of very minor external blemishes, otherwise almost fine. Currently out-of-print? (Book ref. 003789) £45.00
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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
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Molloy, E. ed. Newnes Complete Lathework. 2 Vols
London: George Newnes. First Edition. Cloth. Near Fine/Fair. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall n.d. 280+265pp, photos, diagrams, dark blue cloth/gilt, thin paper d/ws (may have been added later). With set of laminated data sheets in separate wallet. (Book ref. 004288) £40.00
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Moxon, Joseph - Edited by Charles F. Montgomery, and with an Introduction, Table of Contents, and Captions explaining the 26 plates, by Benno M. Forman Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works...To which is added Mechanick Dialling. [ See description following for the full Sub-Title ]
New York - Washington - London: Praeger Publishers, 1970. First Edition Thus. Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo. Hardback, 135mm x 200mm tall (5.25" x 8" approx.). Pp xxxvii, (viii), 287, + pp (i), 307-352 with text figs. + 58pp of plates, their descriptions and the Errata leaf and a folding plate. Fine, in the original leather-effect calendered tan cloth-covered boards/gilt-on-red spine title with gilt bands, and with the very slightly dusty but otherwise very good and unclipped, illustrated dust-wrapper. The full title is "Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklaying, To which is added Mechanick Dyalling: Shewing how to draw a true Sun-Dyal on any given Plane, however scituated (sic); only with the help of a straight Ruler and a pair of Compasses, and without any Arithmetical Calculation". This uncommon Praeger publication is the first reprinting of Mechanick Exercises and Mechanick Dyalling since 1703, and included are six pages from the 1697 Mechanick Dyalling, and eight pages from the 1700 edition of the Exercises (Book ref. 003676) £150.00
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Hilton, B. Richard The Lathe Operator's Manual
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1952. Second edition reprinted. Illustrated with line drawings throughout the text, 12mo, pp xii, 132, very slightly age-toned, endpapers very slightly foxed, otherwise very clean internally, orange boards very slightly marked and bowed, the dustwrapper is a little worn and frayed with several small pieces missing. SCARCE. [Lathe accessories, the centre lathe and lathe work, turret lathes and operations, calculations for the lathe operator. A small but detailed work.] (Book ref. 006163) £6.50
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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
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Thomas, Geo. H.: The Model Engineers Workshop Manual.
Hinckley, TEE Pub., 1992, 1st. Approx. 9.5 x7". P/b. Spine colour sl.sunned but lettering unaffected. 308pp. B/w illus. Companion volume to "Building the Universal Pillartool" and "Dividing and Graduating." No inscr. Spotting to page edges, o/w contents clean & VG. (Book ref. 10076) £35.00
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Anon John Hall Tools (Group) Ltd.: hand and machine tools, engineers supplies, industrial equpment. Abridged catalogue 1969
Cardiff: John Hall Tools (Group) Ltd., 1969. New edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. Clean larger format hardback tightly bound in blue cloth with gilt titles, a little used copy with no inscriptions. ii + 196 pages, illustrations throughout, index. (Book ref. 31393) £12.50
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C.H.C. Ornamental Lathework for Amateurs
London: Percival Marshall & Co.. Hard Cover. Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 8vo. circa 1913, 121 pp. + ads, foredges foxed otherwise sporadic foxing and light uniform browning, good in original blue cloth, illustration to upper board, extremities lightly, title to spine rubbed, good plus. (Book ref. 19520) £25.00
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Holbrook Machine Tool Co Limited Tool Room Lathes and Equipment Catalogue No 7
London: Holbrook Machine Tool Co Ltd, 1937. Soft cover. Very Good. Two tone grey embossed soft cloth covers, 60pp, illustrated, with selling agents stamp on front. (Book ref. 012216) £12.00
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Westbury, Edgar T. Milling in the Lathe
Kings Langley: Model & Allied Publications Limited [ MAP ], 1973. 2nd Edition, 7th Impression. Very Good/N/a. 0853441014 125mm x 185mm tall (5" x 7.25" approx.). 152pp, with 57 text figs. and 48 b/w photo illustrations. Very light rubs to edges, otherwise very good, in the original b/w photo-illustrated soft card covers. (Book ref. 003525) £4.75
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