Industrial Timber Preservation

Industrial Timber Preservation by J.G.Wilkinson. Dated 1979, this hardback book includes 532 pages with many B/W photographs. The spine has come away from the cover.

Date: 1979
Author: J.G.Wilkinson
Delivery: B (delivery guide)
Price : £8.50

Victorianna A Collectors Guide

Victorianna A Collectors Guide by Violet Wood, dated 1960. Chapters include: Bric-a-brac, ceramics, furniture, glass, jewellery, needlework, lace, textiles, & carpets, ornamental metalwork, miscellanea, conclusion. Includes 175 pages with many black and white photographs.

Date: 1960
Author: Violet Wood
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £9.00

Life in Victorian England

Life in Victorian England by W.J.Reader dated 1967, chapters include: The Victorian setting, The Gentry, Farmers and their men, The Growth of towns, town life, the poor ……. Hardback book includes 176 pages with illustrations throughout.

Date: 1967
Author: W.J.Reader
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £9.00

The Modern Painter and Decorator (3 Volumes)

The Modern Painter and Decorator, 3 Volumes by Arthur Seymour Jennings, published by Caxton Publishing, dated 1950.

Chapters include:
tools and equpment, measuring, estimating, distemper and distempering, paint and colour mixing, gilding, lettering and sign writing, wallpapers and paper handing, staining and wood finishing, graining and marbling, stencils and stencilling, texture and plastic paints, spray painting, damp walls and their treatment, decorating defects their cause and cure, recipes and proesses plus many other chapters. Volume one includes 247 pages, volume two 248 pages, and volume three 232 pages.

Date: 1950
Author: Arthur Seymour Jennings
Delivery: E (delivery guide)
Price : £22.00

Pottery for Pleasure and Profit

Pottery for Pleasure and Profit by David Eames, dated 1960. Chapters include: The craft of pottery, tools and equipment, clay and its manipulation, the art of throwing, turning, handling, trimming, methods of decoration, glazing, firing the kiln, developing a pottery of your own, pottery as a business. This old hard back book includes 93 pages with many black and white photographs.

Date: 1960
Author: David Eames
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £8.00

Clay Modelling For Everyone

Clay Modelling For Everyone miniature, sculptures and pottery without a wheel, published by Search Press Ltd, dated 1988, chapters include: Materials and Tools, Glazing and firing, - Simpler objects, - Building pots, - Slab pottery, - Simple models, - Sculpture, jewellery, decorating clay. This soft-back book is in excellent condition and includes 111 pages with colour photographs and diagrams throughout.

Date: 1988
Author: Published by Search Press Ltd
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £12.00

Cassells Cyclopaedia of Mechanics

Cassells Cyclopaedia of Mechanics Containing Receipts, Processes and Memoranda for Workshop Use edited by Paul N. Hasluck. This special edition book includes 160 pages. The front covers come away from the spine.

Date: --
Author: Paul N. Hasluck
Delivery: B (delivery guide)
Price : £12.00

The Price Guide to Pine Furniture and Kitchenalia

The Price Guide to Pine Furniture and Kitchenalia A Millers Guide compiled and edited by Judith & Martin Miller. Chapters include: Dressers, - Sideboards and chiffoniers, chests of drawers, - Flights of drawers, - Dressing chests, - Washstands, - Beds in cradles, - Armoires and wardrobes, - bookcases, - chairs, - clocks, - Commodes, desks,  plus many other chapters. This soft back book includes 168 pages with black and white photographs throughout plus item prices.

Date: 1982
Author: Frederick Oughton
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £9.00

The Physics and Chemistry of Mining

The Physics and Chemistry of Mining and elementary Class book by T.H. Byrom dated 1905. Main chapters include: The Atmosphere, The diffusion of gases, Sundry constituents of the atmosphere, Carbon, explosives, Methods of analysis of coal plus many other chapters. This old hardback book includes 160 pages, the back of the book includes 48 pages of Crosby Lockwood & Son’s Catalogue of Scientific, Technical and Industrial books.

Date: 1905
Author: T.H. Byrom
Delivery: A (delivery guide)
Price : £15.00

Architecture

Architecture by John Gloag, dated 1963, hardback book, chapters include: The structural inventions, - Building materials, - The example of Egypt, - Babylonia and Assyria, - Classical Architecture: Greek, - Persian and Greeks, The Gothic Achievment, - China and Japan plus many other chapters. This old book includes 197 pages many with black and white photographs.

Date: 1963
Author: John Gloag
Delivery: B (delivery guide)
Price : £14.00