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alphabetically by author: Please consult the How to Order section before ordering any books. Allen D N de G and Southwell R V Relaxation Methods Applied to Determine the Motion, in Two Dimensions, of a Viscous Fluid Past a Fixed Cylinder, reprinted from Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics, Vol.8, Part 2, June 1955, p129-145. Pb. VG-. Technical paper. £2.95 Ashworth, William An Economic History of
England 1870 - 1939, 1967,
pp438.
Generally
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
There is a
small tear in
the dust
wrapper.
A standard economic history for the period.
£2.95 Astbury,
Raymond
(Editor) Libraries
and the Book Trade, Clive Bingley, London, 1967, pp194.
Hb.
Very Good+
in a Very
Good+ dust
wrapper.
A
symposium held at
the Liverpool School of Librarianship, May 1967 with
sessions on publishing, censorship and book selling.
Papers by John Boon, Hans
Schmoller, Maurice Smith, Charles
Skilton,
Terence Jones, Michael
Wace, John Calder, Robert
Fordham, James Carter, F T
Bell, Alan Watson, Michael Parnell and Edward Roberts.
£3.95 Atkinson, Frank Northern Life: Pictures from the Past, Collins & Brown, 1991 , pp96. . Scenes from the 1920s to the 1950s - a period of huge changes - with sections on Domestic Life, Country Life, The North at Work, and The North at Play. £1.95Atterbury,
Paul and McKenzie, Julia A
Golden Adventure - The First 50 Years of Ultramar,
Hurtwood, 1985, pp287.
Large format with extensive coloured and
black
&
white illustrations.
Several small internally repaired tears in
the dust
wrapper else
VG+ in a
VG dust
wrapper.
The history of a British international oil company operating on five
continents with revenue of over £3 billion in 1984.
£3.95 Bailey, Brian The Industrial Heritage of Britain, Ebury, 1982, pp208. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. "A practical illustrated guide to industrial history, detailing the buildings and sites that can be seen today." £2.95 Baker, Allan C Stationary Steam Engines: Industrial Heritage Album 1, Allan T. Condie, 1990, pp32. Large Format Pb. VG. A collection of well-captioned illustrations. £3.95 Barbey M F Civil Engineering Heritage: Northern England, Thomas Telford, 1986, pp178. Pb. VG-. Superficial creasing to the covers. An illustrated survey of significant civil engineering works compiled by the Panel for Historical Engineering Works of the Institution of Civil Engineers. £4.95 Barker T C The Glassmakers Pilkington: the Rise of an International Company 1826-1976, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977, pp557. Hb. Very Good in a Very Good dust wrapper. There is a one-cm internally-repaired tear at top right corner of dust wrapper. A comprehensive history of Pilkington written by a Professor of Economic History at the University of London. £5.95 Barnard R W
A Century of Service:
The Story of the Prudential 1848-1948, pp139, 1948.
No dw. Slight dents on edge
of the front and rear covers else VG. A
history of the Prudential Insurance Company with the Prudential crest on the
front cover.
£3.95 Barnes
G W and
Stevens,
Thomas
The
History of
the
Clifton
Suspension
Bridge,
Clifton
Suspension
Bridge
Trust,
19th
edition,
pp45.
First
published
in 1928.
Pb.
Generally
"Very
Good"
but with
some brown
marks on
the front
cover.
"Full
details of
construction
and items
of
interest
with
illustrations."
£2.95 Barty-King,
Hugh
The
Baltic
Exchange:
Baltick
Coffee
House to
Baltic
Exchange
1744 –
1994,
Quiller
Press,
1994,
pp177.
Large
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
"In
1744 the
owners of
a coffee
house in
Threadneedle
Street in
London
changed
its name
from the
Virginia
and
Maryland
to the
Virginia
and
Baltick.
That
change
effectively
marks the
beginning
of what is
now the
Baltic
Exchange.
This book
traces the
events of
the 250
years that
have
passed
since
then, and
looks
closely at
the
commercial
world in
which
members of
the
Exchange
now
operate."
£5.95 Bealey,
Frank The
Post Office Engineering Union, The history of the Post Office engineers
1870-1970, Bachman and Turner, pp432. VG
with glazed boards. Professor
Turner provides a scholarly history of the union.
£3.95 Beckett,
Derrick
Great
Buildings
of the
World:
Bridges,
Paul
Hamlyn,
1969,
pp191 with
over 200
illustrations
&
sketches
and twelve
full-page
colour
plates.
Inscription.
Hb.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
After
a general
introduction,
twelve of
the
world's
greatest
bridges
are
discussed
in detail.
£4.95 Bellman, Harold Bricks and Mortals,
Hutchinson, 1949, pp228.
No dw. VG.
A Study of the Building Society Movement and the Abbey National Society
1849-1949.
£3.95 Bennett,
Eric
The Worshipful Company of
Wheelwrights of the City of London, 1670-1970, D&C, 1970.
Hb. VG+/VG+. £4.95 Bennett,
Richard
Battersea
Works 1856-1956, The Morgan Crucible Company, 1956, pp67.
Dust wrapper slightly discoloured around the edges else VG/VG.
Published to commemorate 100 years of a specialist manufacturer that
produced crucibles, brushes for electric motors, resistors used in electronic
equipment and other specialist carbon products.
£4.95 Besant,
Walter
London,
Chatto and
Windus,
1892,
pp343.
New
edition
with 125
illustrations.
No
dust
wrapper.
Hard
Cover.
Fair+
to VG-.
Rubbing
to the
edges of
the covers
and down
the edges
of the
spine.
Some
foxing to
the pages.
A
history of
London
from the
end of the
Roman
period
trough the
reign of
George II.
£4.95 Beswick
M Brickmaking in Sussex: A
History and Gazetteer, Middleton Press, 2nd edition 2001, pp246.
Pb.
VG+.
A well-researched and authoritative history of the 2000-year-old brick
manufacturing industry in Sussex. £10.50 Bick
D E
Old
Leckhampton:
Its
Quarries,
Railways,
Riots and
the
Devil's
Chimney,
author,
1971,
pp52.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
An
illustrated
booklet.
£3.95 Bick, David
Dylife: A
Famous Welsh Lead Mine, The Pound House, 2nd revised and enlarged edition
1985, pp32. Inscription.
Pb. VG. An illustrated
history of a Welsh lead mine that was located high in the mountains between
Llanidloes and Machynlleth. £4.95 Billington, David P Robert Maillart's Bridges: The Art of Engineering, Princeton University Press, 1979, pp146. The name of the previous owner has been stamped inside the front cover. "Largish" landscape format Pb. VG. Sight wear to the corners of the covers. "The book focuses on a small number of the most significant works of Robert Maillart; its principal goal is to explore structural form as it arises out of aesthetic feelings and scientific ideas." A copy of the following scientific paper has been inserted at the front: Deck-Stiffened Arch Bridges of Robert Maillart by David P Billington, Journal of the Structural Division, July 1973. £8.50 Birnie, Arthur An Economic History of
Europe 1760-1939, Methuen, 7th
edition 1962, pp281. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
A
standard text, with an epilogue describing events
immediately
after WW2.
First published in 1930.
£4.95
Bishop, James The Sedgwick Story,
Sedgwick, 1998, pp144. Pb.
VG+. A history of the
insurance brokers, Segwick’s from the foundation of the company in 1879 until
it was taken over by Marsh and McLennan in 1997.
£3.95 Blackham, Robert J (Colonel) The Soul of the City: London’s Livery Companies, Their Storied Past, Their Living Present, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., pp358. No date. First published in 1931. Inscription. No dust wrapper. VG-. Top and bottom of spine bumped. A comprehensive popular history dealing with both the twelve major companies and the sixty-five lesser livery companies. £5.95 Blainey, Geoffrey The Rise of Broken Hill, MacMillan, 1968, pp184 plus 86 plates. Hb. Fair/Fair. Ex -library with pastedowns removed. A history of one of the world's great mining fields at Broken Hill, Australia where silver, lead and zinc have been mined for over 85 years. £4.95 Booth
A J
A
Railway
History of
Denaby
&
Cadeby
Collieries,
Industrial
Railway
Society,
1990,
pp130.
Card
Covers.
VG.
A
well-researched
history of
the two
"sister"
pits at
Denby in
Yorkshire.
£10.50 Bracegirdle, Brian
The
Darbys and the Ironbridge Gorge, D&C, 1974, pp112.
Great Engineers & Their Works Series.
Hb.
Fine/VG+. A beautiful and fully informed photographic record of the
work of the Darbys and their famous iron foundry.
£4.95 Bradley,
Keith
Phone
Wars: The Story of Mercury Communications,
Century Business, London, 1992, pp271. Hb. VG/VG. A study of Mercury and its
struggle with BT undertaken by the Business Performance Group at LSE.
£5.95 Brake,
Ted Men
of Good Character: A History of the Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths,
Heating and Domestic Engineers, Lawrence & Wishart, 1985, pp446.
VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. A comprehensive
history signed by George Guy, the union General Secretary.
£4.95 Brayne, Chris The Yorkshire Bomber Story, York & Country Press, pp30. In association with The Yorkshire Air Museum. Pb. VG. Four staple marks in the top corner of the front cover. A series of articles commemorating the achievements of the bomber crews who flew from Yorkshire airfields during the 1939-45 war. £3.95 Brendon, Piers Thomas Cook: 150 Years of Popular Tourism, Secker & Warburg, 1991, pp372. Hb. VG+ in a VG dust wrapper. The story of the company that pioneered popular tourism. £5.95 Briggs,
Asa Marks
and Spencer 1884-1984,
Octopus Books,
pp128. Large
Format.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good+
dust
wrapper.
An illustrated centenary
history of
Marks
&
Spencer. £3.95 Briggs, Asa The Power of Steam: An illustrated history of the world's steam age, Michael Joseph, 1982, pp208 with 200 illustrations. "Largish" format Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. "The story of steam power from its beginnings in the ancient world to the steam preservation movement of today." £3.95 Briggs,
Asa Wine
for Sale: Victoria Wine and the
Liquor Trade, Batsford, 1985, pp199.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
Both a history of the Victoria Wine Company and a general account of the
fluctuating drinking habits of the British people from the Victorian era to the
present day. £3.95 Briggs G Jubilee History of the York Equitable Industrial Society Limited, Manchester Co-op, 1909, pp280. No dust wrapper. Fair. Covers worn but contents sound. “Ex-Libris Tony Aitman” sticker inside front cover and “Old Priory Adult School, Nunnery Lane, York” stamped at the top of the title page. A history of one branch of the co-operative movement. £4.95 Brouwer
F M, Thomas A J, and Chadwick M J Land
Use Changes in Europe: Processes of Change, Environmental Transformations and
Future Patterns, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991, pp529.
Hb. Very Good.
No
dust wrapper as published. Inscription.
A study sponsored by the International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis with the support of the Stockholm Environment Institute.
£6.95 Brown, Mick
Richard Branson:
The Inside Story, Michael Joseph, 1988, pp278.
Fine in
a VG+ dust
wrapper.
Traces
Branson’s meteoric career.
£3.95 Brown,
Stewart J
and
Whyley,
David
Austin:
The
Counties
Years,
Arthur
Southern
Ltd and
The Austin
Counties
Car Club,
1992,
pp48.
Large
Format Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
Austin in
the
immediate
post-war
years
before the
merger
with the
Nuffield
Group
(Morris
etc) in
1952.
£4.95 Browne,
Lionel
Bridges:
Masterpieces
of
Architecture,
Bracken
Books,
1996,
pp80.
Large
Format.
Glazed
boards
with dust
wrapper.
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
"This
beautifully
illustrated
volume
presents
the
world's
great
bridges of
every
period and
type, from
the
earliest
stone
aqueducts
to the
most
modern
suspension
bridges."
With
the
following
chapters:
Using What
Nature
Provided:
Stone
&
Wood; The
New
Materials:
Iron,
Steel
&
Concrete;
and
Suspension
&
Cable-stayed
Bridges.
£3.95 Buchanan,
C A and R
A
The
Batsford
Guide to
the
Industrial
Archaeology
of Central
Southern
England,
Batsford,
1980,
pp208.
Batsford
Guide to
the
Industrial
Archaeology
of the
British
Isles
Series.
Series
Editor:
Keith
Falconer.
Hard
Cover.
Very
Good+ in a
Very Good
dust
wrapper.
Old
price
sticker on
the front
dust
wrapper
page; red
spine
slightly
faded.
An
illustrated
gazetteer
of
industrial
archaeology
sites.
Covers
Avon
County,
Gloucestershire,
Somerset
and
Wiltshire.
£4.95 Buchanan
R A
Industrial
Archaeology
in Britain,
Penguin
Books,
1974,
pp446 plus
44
illustrations.
First
published
in 1972.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Slight
browning
of the
pages.
A
pioneering
introduction
to the
subject.
£1.95 Buckley J A The Cornish Mining Industry: A Brief History, Tor Mark Press, 1999, pp48. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated booklet. £1.95 Burnett R G Through the Mill, Epworth, 1945, pp226. Inscription. Hb. VG-. Slight wear to the covers. A biography of Joseph Rank. £3.95 Burton,
Anthony Industrial
Archaeological Sites of Britain, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977, pp160.
VG+
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
A detailed and
practical introduction to over
three
hundred sites in Britain.
£3.95 Burton, Anthony
The Past
at Work, BBC, 1980, pp175. Photography
by Clive Coote. Inscription. Hb.
VG/VG. Slight wear to the top
corners of the dw. Chapters on:
Before the Revolution, Steam & the Pit, The New Iron Age, Spindle &
Shuttle, To Make a Teacup, The Venice of England, Steam on the Move, and Railway
Mania. £3.95 Cadell, Patrick The Iron Mills at Cramond, Bratton Publishing, Edinburgh, pp92. F/VG+. A scholarly study of the mills at the mouth of the river Cramond on the Firth of Forth. £7.25 Catling,
Harold The Spinning Mule, D&C,
1970, pp207. Pb.
Red spine faded else VG.
The story of Samuel Crompton's Spinning Mule which revolutionized the Lancashire Cotton
Industry.
£2.95 Chamberlin E R The Awakening Giant: Britain in the Industrial Revolution, Batsford, 1976, pp168. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Charts the technological advances that heralded the new age and examines the effect on the general population in both the town and the countryside. £2.95 Chapman-Huston D and Cripps E C Through a City Archway - The Story of Allen & Hanburys 1715-1954, John Murray, 1954, pp326 plus 46 pages photos. No dust wrapper. VG. A comprehensive history of the development of the company from its beginnings as a chemist shop in Lombard Street into an international pharmaceutical company. £3.95 Church
R A Kenricks in Hardware: A
Family Business 1791-1966, D&C, 1969, pp340.
Generally,
Fine
in a VG
dust
wrapper
but with mark on
the rear
page of
the dust
wrapper.
The
history of this West Bromwich family firm provides a fascinating insight into
the growth and development of the cast iron consumer goods industry.
£4.95 Cleaver, George and Pamela The Union Discount: A Centenary Album, Union Discount Company, 1985, pp128. VG+ in a VG+ dust wrapper. Traces the history of the two companies that amalgamated to form The Union Discount Company of London. £3.95 Clegg C Friend In Deed, Stone and Cox Limited, 1958, pp160. No Dust wrapper. Fair+ with a sunned spine. The centenary history of the Refuge Assurance Company from its early beginnings in 1858 as the Refuge Friend in Deed Life Assurance and Sick Fund Friendly Society. £4.95 Cochrane,
Rob
Cradle
of Power:
The Story
of the
Deptford
Power
Stations,
Central
Electricity
Generating
Board,
pp48.
Pb.
VG.
An
illustrated
history of
the series
of power
stations
built at
Deptford.
£3.95 Cockerell, Hugh Lloyd’s of London: A
Portrait, Woodhead-Faulkner, 1984, pp157.
VG+
in a VG
dust
wrapper.
Describes the
institution of Lloyd’s and its operation.
£4.95 Cohen,
Edward and
Birdsall,
Blair
Long-Span
Bridges:
O. H.
Ammann
Centennial
Conference,
New
York
Academy of
Sciences,
1980,
pp281.
Annals
of the New
York
Academy of
Sciences
Vol.352.
"A
review
copy.
Not
for
resale."
Pb.
VG- with
some
superficial
wear to
the
covers.
A
collection
of
eighteen
technical
papers
with
sections
on: State-of-the-Art
in
Suspension
Bridges,
State-of-the-Art
in
Cable-Stayed
Bridges,
Performance
of
Long-Span
Bridge
Structures,
Fatigue
Brittle
Fracture
&
Stress
Corrosion,
and Wind
Forces.
£8.50 Collier, Peter and Horowitz, David
The Fords:
An American Epic, Collins, 1988, pp496 plus 88
illustrations
Hard Cover.
No
dust
wrapper.
VG.
The story of the Ford car family dynasty.
£3.95 Coltrane,
Robbie and Binias, John
Coltrane's
Planes & Automobiles: Engines that Turned the World, Simon &
Schuster, 1997, pp189. Hb.
VG/VG+. "Tells the
fascinating story of some of the greatest developments in the history of
engineering, a celebration of some of the greatest engines ever made."
With
chapters on the V8, Steam, Two-stroke, Diesel, Supercharger and Jet Engines.
£3.95 Coopey, Richard and Clarke, Donald 3i: Fifty Years Investing in Industry, OUP, 1995, pp459. Fine in a Fine dust wrapper. Investors in Industry (3i) was founded in 1945 to supply long term finance to small and medium sized businesses. This authoritative study examines 3i’s role over the following 50 years and reaches some surprising conclusions in the process. £5.95 Cox
A E and
Large E C
Potato
Blight
Epidemics
throughout
the World,
United
States
Department
of
Agriculture,
1960.
"Largish"
format.
Hb. VG
pp230. Agricultural
Handbook
No.174.
The name
of the
previous
owner is
stamped
inside
both the
front and
rear
covers. No
dust
wrapper.
The
results of
a
comprehensive
study
undertaken
by the
authors
while they
were at
the Plant
Pathology
Laboratory
in
Harpenden.
Significantly
most of
the work
is based
upon
unpublished
information
generously
provided
by leading
workers in
different
countries.
£12.50 Curl,
James
Stevens
A
Dictionary
of
Architecture
and
Landscape
Architecture,
Oxford
University
Press, 2nd
edition
2006,
pp880.
Hb.
VG
in a VG+
dust
wrapper.
£8.50 De Mare, Eric Bridges of Britain, B. T. Batsford, 2nd edition 1975, pp136 with 128 illustrations. First published in 1954, this is the revised edition of 1975. Hb. VG in a VG dust wrapper. Celebrates the bridges of England, Scotland and Wales in their immense number and variety. £4.95 Delony,
Eric
Landmark
American
Bridges,
U. S.
Department
of the
Interior,
1993,
pp152 with
27 colour
and 101
black
&
white
illustrations.
Published
in
association
with the
American
Society of
Civil
Engineers.
Large
landscape
format Hb.
Fine
in a Fine
dust
wrapper.
A
visual
feast
illustrating
the
history of
bridge
building,
transportation,
and
engineering
with five
sections:
Turnpike,
Canal
&
Railroad
Bridges of
the
pre-Civil
War Era;
Civil War
Era Metal
Truss
Bridges;
Era of the
American
Standard
Bridge;
Great
River
Crossings;
and Modern
Developments.
£8.50 Dickinson,
Henry
Winram and
Titley,
Arthur
Richard
Trevithick:
The
Engineer
and the
Man,
Cambridge
University
Press,
2010,
pp290.
First
published
in 1934.
Cambridge
Library
Collection.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Best
remembered
today for
his early
railway
locomotive,
Trevithick
worked on
a wide
range of
projects,
including
mines,
mills,
dredging
machinery,
a tunnel
under the
Thames,
military
engineering,
and
prospecting
in South
America.
This book
helped to
restore
Trevithick's
rather
neglected
reputation
as a
pioneering
engineer
of the
Industrial
Revolution.
£8.50 Dickinson,
Henry
Winram
A
Short
History of
the Steam
Engine,
Cambridge
University
Press,
2010,
pp255.
First
published
in 1939.
Cambridge
Library
Collection.
Card
Covers.
Very
Good.
Remains
one of the
most
readable
and clear
explanations
of the
topic for
the
non-specialist.
Dickinson
limits
himself to
stationary
engines
and
boilers,
and only
touches on
the
beginnings
of
locomotive
and marine
engines.
£8.50 Dickinson
J M
Mines
and
t'Miners:
A History
of Lead
Mining in
Airdale,
Wharfedale
and
Nidderdale,
author,
1st
edition
1972,
pp81.
Inscription.
Card
Covers.
Fair+
to VG-.
Old
price
sticker on
the front
cover,
some
superficial
wear to
the
covers.
Each
of the
surprisingly
large
number of
lead mines
in the
area is
examined
in turn.
£3.95 Dickson P G M The Sun Insurance
Office 1710-1960, OUP, 1960,
pp324. Inscription.
There is a
tiny tear in top
edge of
the dust
wrapper else
VG in a VG
dust
wrapper.
The history of two and a half centuries of British insurance.
£4.95 Dobbs, Brian The Last Shall be First: The Colourful Story of John Lobb, the St James Bootmakers, Hamish Hamilton, 1972, pp147. Hb. Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust wrapper. £5.95 Donoghue,
Paul
(Compiler)
Fred
Dibnah:
Memories
of a
Steeplejack,
Mortons
Media
Group,
2007,
pp122.
Exclusive
to W. H.
Smith.
Large
Format.
Paper
covers.
Very
Good.
Originally
sold with
a DVD,
which is
missing.
A
series of
illustrated
articles.
The
first
eight
chapters
are based
on Fred
Dibnah's
uncompleted
autobiography.
£1.95 Down C G and Warrington A J The History of the Somerset Coalfield, D&C, 1971, pp283 with pp16 of illustrations. Address label inside the covers. Hb. VG/VG-. A well-researched history of the eighty or so collieries that have been sunk in Somerset since 1750. £12.50 Dugan, Sally and David The Day the World Took Off: The Roots of the Industrial Revolution, Channel 4 Books/MacMillan, 2000, pp192 with numerous illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. Traces the origins of the industrial revolution back through from the 1830s to ancient times. £3.95 Dunning, John H and Morgan, E Victor
(Directors and Editors) An
Economic Study of the City of London, Economics Advisory Group, A&U,
1971, pp460. VG
in a VG
dust
wrapper. The first
comprehensive economic study of the city of London.
With the following chapters:
Historical
Review,
The
Present
Economic Structure of the
City, The City as an
Economic
Unit,
Forces
Likely to
Influence the Future Shape of the
City,
Banking and
Finance,
Trade,
Commerce and the
Port,
Traffic in the City of
London, and
Miscellaneous
Activities.
£5.95 Dupre,
Judith
Bridges:
A History
of the
World's
Most
Famous and
Important
Spans,
Konemann,
1997,
pp128.
Very
Large
Landscape
Format Hb.
VG
in a VG.
dust
wrapper.
Includes
illustrations
and
details of
some fifty
or so
bridges
spanning a
period of
2.000
years.
The
illustrations
make full
use of the
elongated
landscape
format.
£12.50 Easdown,
Martin and
Thomas,
Darlah
Piers
of Wales,
Amberley,
2010,
pp192 plus
32 colour
illustrations.
Pb.
VG.
A
comprehensive
illustrated
survey -
there is
even a
section on
projected
piers that
were never
built.
£3.95 Edwardes,
Michael
Back from the Brink,
Collins, 1983, pp300 Hb.
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Coal
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