Lot: 81
I. S. Greenberg & Co Electro-plate, Silverware, Crystal Glass, Jewellery, Watches, Clocks &c. Birmingham [1935], quarto, quarter-cloth, with 216pp of half-tone illustrations; a superb priced trade catalogue, plus index. Boards with bumped corners, spine faded, order-form removed. [A single copy held by the Victoria & Albert Museum, o/w none in UK institutions.]
Lot: 82
Deykin & Harrison Ltd. Manufacturers of Sterling Silver Wares, Electro Plate, Patriarch Plate and Puritan Pewter, Birmingham [c.1920], trade catalogue issued by wholesalers Brown & Murray, Haddington. Octavo, printed boards, worn, endpapers marked, fine internally with 191pp, illustrated throughout.
Lot: 83
David Fishlock Metal Colouring, Robert Draper Ltd, Teddington, 1962; orig. gilt cloth, fine, in a complete, slightly edgeworn d/jkt. Illustrations in text. Adverts at rear. Colour frontispiece; xii,393,(14)pp
Lot: 84
The Brewers' Almanack and Wine and Spirit Trade Annual 1936 and similar for 1937, The Review Press for the Brewers' Society, London, 1936-37; publisher's printed cloth, 1936 edition with small area of wear to rear hinge, 1937 with wear to head of spine; fine internally. 368pp and 390pp plus 30pp or 32pp of advertisements. (2)
Lot: 85
Drawing and Precision Measuring Instruments: three well-illustrated trade catalogues for 1937, 1938 and one later. VG/Fine (3)
Lot: 86
Herbert Morris Ltd, Loughborough, Manufacturers of Electric Cranes, Hand-Cranes, Pulley-Blocks and Overhead Runways, 1912 Trade Catalogue, illustrated throughout, 472pp; together with illustrated catalogues for tools, castings, wire ropes, arc welders, switchboards and other equipment, 1916 to 1950s, various companies. Fair to fine. (19)
Lot: 87
Illustrated and Descriptive Catalogue of Chemical & General Laboratory Apparatus, W. & J. George Ltd, Birmingham, 1929; quarto, printed cloth, 100s of illustrations; spotting to title page and final leaf, spine a little faded. 814pp
Lot: 88
Catalogue of Sterling Silver Small Wares by The Gorham Company, 1912-1913, New York, 1912, quarto, cloth bound, worn & stained, fine internally, superb half-tone illustrations throughout, 164pp; together with two later catalogues of Silver and EPNS products, and 1933 Homettes catalogue of domestic goods in wood and metal, 88pp, with sundry leaflets loosely inserted at rear. (Qty)
Lot: 89
W.& T. Avery Ltd: Weighbridges, Weighing Apparatus, Testing Machinery for Engineers, Railways, etc., Birmingham, 1906, octavo, publisher's printed cloth, small repair to spine, illustrated throughout, 128pp. VG; together with Leigh-Bennett Weighing the World, W. & T. Avery, 1930, a company history, in fine condition. (2)
Lot: 90
Adamsez Ltd, Sanitary Engineers, London and Scotswood on Tyne, 1907, Trade Catalogue, cloth bound, gilt, numerous illustrations in half-tone, tall octavo, 307pp, boards worn at corners o/w VG.
Lot: 91
C.F. Foy The Principles and Practice of Ale, Beer and Stout Bottling, 1955; Wylie Reed's Iron and Steel Founding, 1905; Copper Pipe-Line Services in Building, 1946; Nickel-Chromium Plating, Robert Draper, 1961, in d/jkt, and 3 others on electro-plating; A Treatise on Milling and Milling Machines, Cincinatti, 1916, worn wraps; and other technical, mainly VG/Fine. (13)
Lot: 92
Illustrated Trade Catalogues, 1913-1971, mainly 1930s/50s, mostly industrial/engineering but including household goods (2) and one for gummed labels, sales posters etc. Mainly large format. Fair to fine. (19)
Lot: 93
James S. Stone Woods and Dales of Derbyshire, George W. Jacobs, Philadelphia, 1894, No.14 of 400, signed & warmly inscribed by the author on front endpaper; quarto, gilt cloth, front board slightly marked, uncut two sides, plates with titled tissue-guards.
Lot: 94
Thomas Rose Westmorland, Cumberland, Durham & Northumberland, Fisher, Son & Co., 1833, Vols.1 & 2 (of 3). Vo1.1 damaged, lacking front board, Vol.2 in worn half-leather; the many engraved plates complete. Some foxing, mostly confined to the tissue-guards. (2)
Lot: 95
James Breasted Egypt Through the Stereoscope, Underwood & Underwood, c.1900, boxed set of 100 photographic stereographs, together with the related book complete with folding maps in attached pocket. Storage box split; front inner hinge of the book cracked
Lot: 96
Christoper Kelly A New and Complete System of Universal Geography, Thomas Kelly, 1821, Vol.1, with 12 good maps, the other engravings browned with offset to facing pages, worn calf, front board near detached; together with George Alexander Cooke Modern and Authentic System of Universal Geography, Vol.2, lacking covers and other faults, maps & plates in mixed condition.
Lot: 97
Russian topography. Photographic glass magic lantern slides, late-19th/early-20th Century, mostly Moscow including some interiors, and some of peasant life. Two cracked, others VG/VF. Excellent quality. (43)
Lot: 98
M. Gordon Journal from Liverpool to Archangel, and thence to Petrosovodsky, St. Petersburg, Copenhagen and Hamburg and back, Summer 1827. A typescript on 82 foolscap sheets, single sided, front cover detached. Well written, with much attention to detail, this journal does not appear to have been previously published. On arrival at Archangel the journey to Petrosovodsky and St. Petersburg was conducted overland on horseback or on foot.
Lot: 99
Joseph Barlow Robinson Derbyshire Gatherings: a Fund of Delight, J.R. Smith, 1866, complete with the b/w plates; quarto, bound in blind-tooled & gilt cloth by Bemrose of Derby, worn at corners; front inner hinge strengthened with archival tape; some minor foxing; engraved bookplate of Lord Belper to front pastedown.
Lot: 100
Football Autographs in five small albums and some loose pages, 1980s to early 2000s, with many Premiership and Championship players; also a further album of entertainers' signatures. (few 100s)