(Blumlein). Alexander, Robert Charles. THE INVENTOR OF STEREO: The Life and Works of Alan Dower Blumlein. Foreword by Sir Bernard Lovell. Focal Press 1999.
1st Ed. [xxii] + 421pp. + [iii]. Port. frontis., numerous ills. Good in lightly rubbed d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 284514]

(Mushet). Osborn, Fred M. THE STORY OF THE MUSHETS. Preface by Sir Samuel Osborn. Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd. 1952.
1st Ed. xii + 191pp. + [i]. 32 ills., 2 folding tables on 1 sheet at rear. Good in chipped d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 281162]

(Transatlantic Cables). THE LANDING OF THE FRENCH ATLANTIC CABLE At Duxbury, Mass., July 1869. Boston: Alfred Mudge & Son ... 1869.
1st Ed. Thin 8vo. 57pp. 6 mounted photographs (waterstained to lower half), some browning, original gilt lettered cloth, some fading and sl. soiling, some restoration work to damaged spine.
‘... It is believed that the great event of the landing of the first Transatlantic Cable on American shores is important enough to possess, not only a peculiar local, but a general, historic interests ...’ Introductory by ‘The Compilers’ ‘... France laid its first submarine cable across the Atlantic in 1869, from the cove of Petit Minou (about 10km west of Brest on the French mainland) to Saint-Pierre et Miquelon (off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada), with an extension to Duxbury, Massachusetts. The cable was made and largely financed in Britain, and after some early rate competition the French company was taken over by the Anglo-American Telegraph Company in 1873 ....’ The Atlantic Cable website. With the pencil inscription of ? Phillipps Marshfield [Mass]. Probably related to Adelaide Phillips (1833–1882) opera singer, whose residence in Marshfield Mass was photographed by Martin Chandler c.1875. Martin Chandler an American photographer was active in 1850s - 1870s. There is every possibility that the photographs in the above book are the work of Chandler.
£400.00 [ref: 273916]

Baynes, Ken and Pugh, Francis. THE ART OF THE ENGINEER. Lutterworth Press 1981.
1st Ed. Tall 4to. 240pp. 228 drawings, including 40 in colour. Good in d/w.
£25.00 [ref: 278959]

General Electric Co. Ltd. THE STORY OF THE LAMP. ..., London N.d. c.[1935].
1st Ed. Tall Slim 8vo. [iv] + 69pp. + [i]. Folding colour frontis., numerous b/w. ills. from photos. E.ps. lightly faded to edges, General Electric Co., Ltd. compliments slip loosely inserted, maroon boards with dec. gilt title to upper board, corners and head and tail of spine sl. rubbed, top edge of boards and spine lightly faded, a.e.g.
£25.00 [ref: 283827]

Holtzapffel, John Jacob. TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION. Intended as a Work of General Reference and Practical Instruction, on the Lathe, and the various Mechanical Pursuits followed by amateurs. Vol. IV [only of 6]: The Principles and Practice of Hand or Simple Turning. Published for the Author by Holtzapffel & Co. 1897.
3rd Thousand. [xx] + 592pp. + [xii] adverts. 22 plates, 771 woodcuts by the author. Light marginal browning and occasional spotting, half title lightly browned, original gilt lettered blind embossed black cloth, some wear to corners and joints, head and tail of spine bumped and sl. split.
£60.00 [ref: 293941]

Holtzapffel, John Jacob. TURNING AND MECHANICAL MANIPULATION. Intended as a Work of General Reference and Practical Instruction, on the Lathe, and the various Mechanical Pursuits followed by amateurs. Vol. II [only of 6]: The Principles of Construction, Action, and Application, of Cutting Tools used by Hand; and Also of Machines derived from the Hand Tools. Published by Holtzapffel & Co. 1875.
[xiv] + ([457]- 1025)pp. + [xv] adverts. Nos. 316-1026 woodcuts by the author. E.ps. and occasionally text sl. spotted, p.824-5 browned, internal hinges tender in parts, original gilt lettered blind embossed black cloth, some very minor fading, some wear to corners and joints, head and tail of spine bumped and chipped with loss at tail.
£60.00 [ref: 293942]

Huntington, J.B. TABLES AND RULES For Facilitating the Calculations of Earthwork, Land, Curves, Distances, and Gradients, Required in the Formation of Railways, Roads and Canals: Also, Essays on the Prismoidal Formula, and on the Power Required Upon Inclined Planes. London: Published for the Author by John Weale ... 1846.
1st Ed. viii + 286pp. Litho. frontis., many diagrams. Some light browning, institutional stamp to verso of t.p. and pastedown, upper hinge cracked, original cloth some minor marking and bubbling, sl. chipped browned label to spine chipped at head.
£40.00 [ref: 225158]

Iles, George. FLAME, ELECTRICITY AND THE CAMERA. Man’s Progress from the First Kindling of Fire to the Wireless Telegraph and the Photography of Color. New York: Doubleday & McClure Co. 1901.
Large 8vo. [xvi] + 398pp. 22 plates including colour frontis., 93 figures. Contemporary pencil ownership inscription, very light marginal browning, f.e.ps. sl. waterstained, original gilt lettered dec. cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, spine darkened and sl. bumped at tail.
From the library of Jack Meadows (1934-2016) Scientist, Astronomer.
£30.00 [ref: 267741]

Phillips, J. Arthur and Darlington, John. RECORDS OF MINING AND METALLURGY; Or Facts and Memoranda for the Use of the Mine Agent and Smelter. E & F N Spon 1857.
1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. vii + 304pp. Frontis. (taped at gutter hinge), folding plate, ills. Some light browning, occasional underlining to text, hinges taped, inscription to front f.e.p., rebound with lightly soiled and marked cloth laid down to upper board and spine.
Scarce.
£100.00 [ref: 273507]