Lot: 61
James Weir French Machine Tools Commonly Employed in Modern Engineering Workshops Together with a Series of Sectional Models Illustrating the Arrangement of the Parts and the Details of Some Typical Tools, Gresham, 1911, 2 vols, tall quarto, complete with ten sectional models and many other illustrations in text; gilt cloth, worn at extremities, o/w VG; and Modern Power Generators, Gresham, 1908, Vol.1 (of two), with five sectional models, near fine. (3)
Lot: 62
Carton of works on Engineering & Technology, notably the use of copper in industry, plus related trade catalogues, leaflets & billheads; together with Mochrie & Roseaman Felt Toys, 1933, and Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1982-83 in d/jkt. Mostly 1930s/50s. Mixed condition. (Qty.) (over 14 kilos)
Lot: 63
Electroplating and Metal Finishing, a collection of mainly h/bk works, 1950s/60s, plus a scarce related trade catalogue by Canning, and a 1930s pamphlet. Good to fine. (14)
Lot: 64
Robert Draper 1959 publications comprising Control in Electroplating; Burkart & Silman Mechanical Polishing; Fedot'ev & Grilikhes Electropolishing, Anodizing and Electrolytic Pickling of Metals; and Wernick & Pinner The Surface Treatment and Finishing of Aluminium and its Alloys. All in d/jkts, two of the jackets with tears of which one also suffers from ink marks. (4)
Lot: 65
Edwin Dunkin The Midnight Sky, Religious Tract Society, [1879], quarto, orig. decorated cloth, VG, complete with 32 star-maps. Fine internally, no inscriptions.
Lot: 66
F.O. Morris A History of British Birds, Groombridge & Sons, [c.1870], eight volumes, octavo, bound in half-leather, gilt, by Woolman of Stockton-on-Tees, rubbed at corners, marbled endpapers & sides, foxing spots to free endpapers and occasional minor spotting to text, the many hand-coloured plates complete and fine. A good set. (8).
Lot: 67
A Handbook of Empire Timbers, HMSO, 1945; together with a folder of 78 timber samples, each identified & labelled. VG/Fine
Lot: 68
Hermann Berstorff of Hanover: a collection of 1960s photos of the German manufacturers, laid down in a special album issued by the company. Bound in half-leather over wooden boards, with 38 (of 40) tissue-guarded photographs. [The two missing photos have clearly never been included in the album]
Lot: 69
Cricket interest including 1900s PPCs (7) of English County Cricketers; Ranjitsinhji The Jubilee Book of Cricket 1897 (inner hinges cracked); Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, Hudson & Kearns [1895], inner hinges with tape repairs; and a special bottle of ale issued by Wilson's Brewery to celebrate Old Trafford's Centenary 1984.
Lot: 70
Album of Sports autographs with many signed photos including Kenny Dalglish, Denis Bergkamp, Raymond van Barneveld, Robin Cousins, Paula Radcliffe, Gary Lineker, Steve Redgrave, Eric Bristow, Steve Cram, and many other well-known. VG/VF (45)
Lot: 71
UK Canals, a collection of softbacks including British Waterways publications and other guides. Two are signed by the author o/w uninscribed. Good to VF. (89)
Lot: 72
UK Canal history, all David & Charles publications, all h/bk in fine complete d/jackets, no inscriptions. (23)
Lot: 73
Canal history, plus four works on Industrial Archaeology, all h/bk in fine complete d/jackets, one author signed o/w no inscriptions. (21)
Lot: 74
W. Heath Robinson (illustrator) Then and Now, Port of Manchester Warehouses Ltd., 1921, with eight full-page illustrations by Robinson, and additional cartoons in the text. Quarto, printed wraps, light staining to lower margin affects a few of the pages, o/w VG.
Lot: 75
R.M.S. Queen Mary ephemera & memorabilia, with menus, programmes, & passenger lists; large format launch brochure, and two related softbacks; Churchman cigarette card set of 50 (VG/VF); photographs (5) of interior murals by Kenneth Shoesmith; a metal ashtray; prints & cuttings. Varied condition. Also a reproduction photo of the Titanic ink-signed by Millvina Dean, survivor of the disaster, with COA. (Qty.)
Lot: 76
Commercial Aviation and some other transport ephemera 1930s/80s, mainly from 1960s, with tickets, brochures, leaflets, labels etc, and a B.O.A.C. Travel Kit in tin box. (over 120 items)
Lot: 77
Railway Tickets and luggage labels, 1900s to 1980s, chiefly British Isles, few overseas; used & unused, good variety. Much 1950s/60s. Also few non-Railway items. (approx. 200)
Lot: 78
Railway photographs from 1880s to 1980s, chiefly studies of steam locomotives from snapshot size to large format, with many fine quality photos of late-19th & early-20th Century; some laid-down but mostly loose. Includes few stations and rolling stock. (approx.400)
Lot: 79
Die-cast road vehicles, all mint and boxed including set of four. Also two loose, plastic. (20)
Lot: 80
Assorted wooden toys including two Mercury ‘Gnome' 32” gliders (as new, boxed) and various other items. (Qty.)