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TOOL TITLES

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PLEASE LOOK IN THE PRACTICAL CATALOGUE SECTIONS The individual subject catalogues generally do not include titles with a mix of manufacturers catalogues of available models, parts and service guides. These are listed under the Practical catalogue section. So please remember to look in the Practical section also as such items include a wealth of historical information to assist identification. If in doubt about any particular title please ask for more information.

PLEASE LOOK IN THE EUROPEAN LANGUAGE CATALOGUE SECTIONS The individual subject catalogues generally do not include titles with predominantly non English text. So please remember to look in those sections of catalogue as there are many useful books, which can be made sense of by those only speaking English. If in doubt about any particular title please ask for more information.

PAGE PRINT SET UP The best printer set up for the following catalogue pages to print well is 1cm left and 1cm right margins. Hope this helps ! Nigel

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 Ref: 88 ANTIQUORUM : EXCEPTIONAL COLLECTORS TIMEPIECES, HOROLOGICAL TOOLS & DOCUMENTS 15/5/05   £5.00 
Usual high quality illustrations, descriptions and price guides. . 
 Ref: 37 ASHTON TS : EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST PETER STUBS 1756-1806   £60.00 
156pp Illus OP l961 reprint of l939 original Excellent business history of the Warrington filemakers with intriguing glimpses of contemporary trade practices. 
 Ref: 1198 ATKINSON N : SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH "THE WORLD S BEST MECHANICIAN"   £42.50 
335pp Illus SC OP 1997 To most of us of screw thread fame however man of many parts - machine tools designs, hexagonally rifled gun, mechanical street sweepers - this is the life and work of a rumbustious Victorian told with enthusiasm and verve. 
 Ref: 3670 ATKINSON N : SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH "THE WORLD S BEST MECHANICIAN"   £60.00 
335pp Illus Hardback OP 1997 To most of us of screw thread fame however man of many parts - machine tools designs, hexagonally rifled gun, mechanical street sweepers - this is the life and work of a rumbustious Victorian told with enthusiasm and verve. 
 Ref: 1803 BAKER PHJ LAW RJ : ENGLISH WATCHMAKER'S MANDREL   £8.00 
24pp SC l999 2 part AHS offprint. Excellent informative well illustrated contribution to available literature on their origins and development. 
 Ref: 3098 BAKER T : THE ELEMENTS OF PRACTICAL MECHANISM OF MACHINE TOOLS   £10.00 
250pp 5th ed of 1873 publication. An extensive historical description of the mechanical forces at play within levers, wheelwork, screws, threads, steam boilers and pre industrial revolution machinery. Front hinge weak, but in tact. 
 Ref: 3106 COPE KL : AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS   £15.00 
420pp SC OP 1993 Illustrated directory of Patents - over 1000 diagrams 
 Ref: 250 CROM T : EARLY LANCASHIRE HOROLOGICAL TOOLS AND THEIR MAKERS   £150.00 
300pp Illus l994 OP History of the Lancashire industry including toolmakers such as Leylands, Jones's, reprint of l775 Mather tool catalogue and some hitherto unpublished photographs of unusual tools. Only 500 copies printed. 
 Ref: 251 CROM T : HOROLOGICAL AND OTHER SHOP TOOLS 1700 -1900   £150.00 
388pp Illustrated throughout 1987 OP Swiss tool/material catalogue/Woodworking catalogues, 30pp ornamental turning and damascening equipment, classification of 18th century thumbscrews for dating tools and instruments etc.  
 Ref: 249 CROM T : HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINES 1700-1900   £75.00 
150pp Illus OP SC 1970 History and discussion of useage. Continental/USA examples.
 
 Ref: 461 HASLUCK PN : METAL WORKING - A BOOK OF TOOLS, MATERIALS AND PROCESSES FOR THE HANDYMAN   £15.00 
760pp Illus Reprint of l907 original Covers forging, surfacing metals, annealing, lathe work including building 4 1/2" centre lathe, making a skeleton clock, microscope and telescope, electroplating etc. 
 Ref: 2967 HASWELL R : PRICE LIST OF WATCH MATERIALS AND TOOLS   £25.00 
112pp SC OP circa 1920's. Difficult to date this original catalogue but it refers to the company having exhibited and won medals at exhibitions in the 1860's and having been in business for 60 years so looks like a late 1920's early 1930's catalogue. 
 Ref: 1733 HENRI PICARD ET CIE : WATCH MATERIALS TOOLS CATALOGUE   £65.00 
123pp Illus SC OP l955 Swiss catalogue of watch materials and tools. Much to desired at yesterday's prices As well as practical application - fascinating record 'industrial' history now lost. The advertising wrappers on the mainspring packets are a gem. 
 Ref: 1732 HIRST BROS : WIDE AWAKE CATALOGUE OF TOOLS AND MATERIALS FOR WATCHMAKERS ETC   £50.00 
160pp Illus SC OP 5th ed 1920s Well worth acquisition for reference and research purposes and identification of those missing parts! 
 Ref: 1276 LAPP & FLERSHEM : CATALOGUE TOOLS, MATERIALS AND FINDINGS   £15.00 
279pp Illus SC l997 reprint 1887/8 original. Marvelous value for money - page after page of lathes and attachments, watch materials American/Swiss etc. 
 Ref: 3671 LEE F C : SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING   £20.00 
31pp SC OP 1946 Provides a thorough account of the work of this pioneer and the remarkable contributions made to engineering developments. 
 Ref: 2686 MOLLOY E : AUTOMATICS IN ENGINEERING PRODUCTION   £10.00 
112pp Illus OP 1942 Covers Jones & Shipman, Brown & Sharpe, Acme-Grindley, Herbert machinery - high proportion of information on the screwcutting machines. 
 Ref: 2819 SMILES S : INDUSTRIAL BIOGRAPHY: IRON WORKERS AND TOOL MAKERS   £30.00 
342pp 1863 Exceptional binding - full calf, gold tooling to covers and spine, raised bands, marbled boards - school prize in 1879 Background historical chapters followed by those on The Darbys and Reynoldses of Caolbrookdale, Dr Roebuck Scotch Iron man. 
 Ref: 2466 SOUTH BEND LATHE WORKS : HOW TO RUN A LATHE   £25.00 
128pp Illus OP SC 1949 Vol 1 The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe. 
 Ref: 2365 STARRETT CO LS : TOOL CATALOGUE   £25.00 
382pp Illus OP In wrappers ?1920s Emphasis on measuring instruments - callipers, micrometers, gages etc. with some diagrammatical demonstrations of their uses. Lost cover so grubby pages beginning and end of book - price suitable deduced to allow for this. 
 Ref: 911 SURREY DANE E : PETER STUBS AND THE LANCASHIRE HAND TOOL INDUSTRY   £45.00 
291pp Illus OP l973 Stubs was noted for his hand files for horological trade. Delightful insight into how the cottage industry system worked plus article by Mercer written 1935 on Manufacture of Files 1773-1935 at Stubs works. 
 Ref: 3543 THOMAS AG : BUNDLE OF CATALOGUES OF WATCHMAKERS TOOLS AND MATERIALS   £20.00 
c 350 pages of material from 1960's catalogues. 
 Ref: 3132 WILDING J : TOOLS FOR THE CLOCKMAKER AND REPAIRER   £30.00 
144pp 250 Illus SC; How to make and use those mysterious and essential items! 
 Ref: 1027 WYKE J : CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS   £40.00 
153pp OP 1977 Facsimile reprint of one of the four known surviving copies of John Wykes catalogue of tools originally printed between 1758/1770 now edited with an introduction by Alan Smith Some explanatory notes on use of tools. 

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