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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.

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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.

ASHTON TS : EIGHTEENTH CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST PETER STUBS 1756-1806 Ref: 37 £60.00
156pp Illus OP l961 reprint of l939 original Excellent business history of the Warrington filemakers with intriguing glimpses of contemporary trade practices.

ATKINSON N : SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH "THE WORLD S BEST MECHANICIAN" Ref: 1198 £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.

BAKER PHJ LAW RJ : ENGLISH WATCHMAKER'S MANDREL Ref: 1803 £8.00
24pp SC l999 2 part AHS offprint. Excellent informative well illustrated contribution to available literature on their origins and development.

COPE KL : AMERICAN MACHINIST'S TOOLS Ref: 3106 £15.00
420pp SC OP 1993 Illustrated directory of Patents - over 1000 diagrams

CROM T : HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINES 1700-1900 Ref: 249 £75.00
150pp Illus OP SC 1970 History and discussion of useage. Continental/USA examples.

HASWELL R : PRICE LIST OF WATCH MATERIALS AND TOOLS Ref: 2967 £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.

HENRI PICARD ET CIE : WATCH MATERIALS TOOLS CATALOGUE Ref: 1733 £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.

LEE F C : SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH: A PIONEER OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Ref: 3671 £20.00
31pp SC OP 1946 Provides a thorough account of the work of this pioneer and the remarkable contributions made to engineering developments.

MOLLOY E : AUTOMATICS IN ENGINEERING PRODUCTION Ref: 2686 £10.00
112pp Illus OP 1942 Covers Jones & Shipman, Brown & Sharpe, Acme-Grindley, Herbert machinery - high proportion of information on the screwcutting machines.

SOUTH BEND LATHE WORKS : HOW TO RUN A LATHE Ref: 2466 £25.00
128pp Illus OP SC 1949 Vol 1 The Care and Operation of a Screw Cutting Lathe.

STARRETT CO LS : TOOL CATALOGUE Ref: 2365 £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.

SURREY DANE E : PETER STUBS AND THE LANCASHIRE HAND TOOL INDUSTRY Ref: 911 £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.

THOMAS AG : BUNDLE OF CATALOGUES OF WATCHMAKERS TOOLS AND MATERIALS Ref: 3543 £20.00
c 350 pages of material from 1960's catalogues.

WILDING J : TOOLS FOR THE CLOCKMAKER AND REPAIRER Ref: 3132 £30.00
144pp 250 Illus SC; How to make and use those mysterious and essential items!

WYKE J : CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS Ref: 1027 £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.