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Honderd Jaar Machinebouw Aan De Zaan 1885-1985

By: B.V Machinefabriek P M Duyvis, Koog aan de Zaan

Price: £20.00

Publisher: Zaan, Amsterdam, B.V Machinefabriek P M Duyvis, Koog aan de Zaan: 1985

Seller ID: X012677

Condition: VG

Centenary History of this Dutch enginering compnay noted as a builder of cranes and lifting equipment. 104pp, well iilustrated. Dutch text but some Englis sub-titling. Vg copy in dw.
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PILKINGTON BROTHERS AND THE GLASS INDUSTRY

By: BARKER T C

Price: £22.00

Publisher: LONDON, ALLEN & UNWIN: 1960

Seller ID: 002893

Condition: VG

The first history of Pilkingtons of St.Helens, one of the world's leading Glass makers. This earlier work deals mainly with the Pilkington family and the development of the Glass making industry in St.Helens in the 18th and 19th Century. Barker's later work, 'The Glassmakers' (1977) deals more with the later history of the Company. 296pp with many photos, folding plans and tables. VG copy in dw, just a little edge wear and a few closed tears to edges. T C Barker, one of the UK's leading Industrial Historians, died in November 2001.
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METRO-CAMMELL : 150 Years of Craftmanship

By: BEDDOES KEITH, WHEELER COLIN & STEPHEN

Price: £12.50

Publisher: RUNPAST: 1999

Seller ID: 010060

ISBN: 1870754468

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Well illustrated history of the railway rolling stock and locos build by this famous Birmingham firm and its predecessors. 112pp. VG copy in dust wrapper
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J.E.Turner & Co : 125 Years of Shipping in the River Plate

By: Beller S Jane Turner

Price: £45.00

Publisher: Literature of Latin America: 2004

Seller ID: 013992

ISBN: 9509725579

Condition: VG

History of this Buenos Aires based British/Argentinian shipping agents who played a major raole in the development of meat export from South America to the UK. 244pp, illustrated. VG copy in card covers. Uncommon.
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The New Cumnock Coal-Field : A Record of Its Development and Activities

By: Carvel John L

Price: £65.00

Publisher: T and A CONSTABLE: 1946

Seller ID: 014202

Condition: VG

Privately printed history of New Cumnock Collieries, Scotland. viii+123pp with plates. Standard edition. VG copy in black cloth boards. The plain brown dw is generally VG, just a small area of loss to head of spine. Scarce.
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A Pride of Potters : 300 Years of Adams Craftsmanship

By: Derek Peel

Price: £10.00

Publisher: LONDON, Arthur Barker Limited: 1957

Seller ID: X011045

Condition: VG

Original cloth and dustwrapper which has some wear and chipping, 40pp, illustrated with photographic plates in separate section at rear, a history of this famous pottery in Tunstall, and the family offshoot in America, with a foreword by Hector Bolitho
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The Annals of One Hundred Years of Flour Milling 1840-1940

By: E. Marriage & Son Ltd

Price: £25.00

Publisher: COLCHESTER, E Marriage & Son Ltd:

Seller ID: X015105

Condition: VG

Well illustrated company history of this well known East Anglian Milling Company based in Colchester & Felixstowe. Blue card covers with yapp edges, gilt titling to upper cover, undated but c 1940, 63pp, illustrated.
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BEYER, PEACOCK LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS TO THE WORLD

By: HILLS R L & PATRICK D

Price: £45.00

Publisher: TRANSPORT PUBLISHING COMPANY (TPC): 1982

Seller ID: 012053

ISBN: 0903839415

Binding: Buckram

Condition: VG

Excellent history of this famous loco builders in Manchester, best known as the developers of the Garrett articulated locomotive. Built over 8000 locos until closure in 1966, many for export. 302pp with hundreds of illustrations (some colour). This is the much superior first edition on art paper. VG clean copy, dust wrapper is clean but has a 2" close tear to rear edge of spine. Heavy - please enquire for postage costs (£6.50 in UK).
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THE SENTINEL - A HISTORY OF ALLEY & MacLELLAN AND THE SENTINEL WAGGON WORKS (2 Volume set)

By: HUGHES W J , THOMAS ANTHONY R & JOSEPH L

Price: £120.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES / WOODPECKER:

Seller ID: 005422

ISBN: 0863171400

Condition: VG

Two volume of the history of this famous manufacturer of Steam & Diesel Lorries, Buses, Railcars, Locomotives, steam and diesel engines etc. Covers the company's history and products from 1875 to 1980. 320 + 319pp, well illustrated. Volume 1 published by David & Charles, 1st ediiton 1973. Volume 2 published by Woodpecker, 1st edition 1987. VG clean copies in dws, voluume one signed by both Authors. Scarce set.
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Viscount Pirrie of Belfast

By: Jefferson Herbert

Price: £80.00

Publisher: Belfast, Wm Mullen & Sons:

Seller ID: 018331

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Undated, but c.1948. Biography of William James Pirrie, 1st Vicount Pirrie, long time chairman of Harland & Wolff, most famous for stating that the Titanic was unsinkable! 336pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in blue cloth/gilt boards with dust wrapper, a little worn on edges and sunned on spine. Rare.
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Engineering for Life : The story of Martin-Baker

By: Jewell John

Price: £15.00

Publisher: Martin-Baker Aircraft Company: 1979

Seller ID: 017819

Condition: VG

Official company history of Martin-Baker, their aircraft and their famous ejection seats. 108pp, well illustrated. VG clean copy in card covers.
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A Hundredth Birthday : Reviewing a Century of Progress

By: Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd

Price: £75.00

Publisher: Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd: 1923

Seller ID: 016283

Condition: Fine

Official centenary publication for this famous Leeds Brewers - largely wrtten by the Chairman, C F Tetley. 28pp + many plates and also WW1 roll of honour. Fine copy in decorative boards. Signed presentation copy from C F Tetley to a family member and with a loose copy of the centenary Banquet menu. Rare.
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Willow Run : Colossus of American Industry

By: Kidder Warren Benjamin

Price: £90.00

Publisher: Lansing, Michigan, The Author: 1995

Seller ID: X010400

ISBN: 0964720531

Condition: VG

The story of Henry Ford's industrial complex that at its height was turning out a B-24 "Liberator" bomber an hour on its two final assembly lines. 344pp, illustrated. VG copy in glazed boards. Signed and inscribed by the author.
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Steel At Brierley Hill : The Story of Round Oak Steel Works 1857-1957

By: Knox Collie

Price: £28.00

Publisher: Round Oak Steel Works: 1957

Seller ID: 000269

Condition: VG

Centenary history of the Round Oak Steel Works at Brierley Hill in the Black Country. 72pp with illustrations and copy of old poster in pocket at rear. VG in original cloth boards. The rarely seen dw is present although slightly edge worn with small closed tears.
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THE STORY OF THE BRITANNIA IRON WORKS

By: LANE MICHAEL R

Price: £125.00

Publisher: QUILLER PRESS: 1993

Seller ID: 006475

ISBN: 1870948858

Condition: VG

Excellent history of Wiliam Marshall Sons & Co of Gainsborough and their products - Traction engines, portable engines, agricultural equipment, stationary steam plant, tractors etc. 193pp, many illustrations. VG copy in dw. Scarce.
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The McKechnie Story

By: McKechnieE Brothers Ltd

Price: £15.00

Publisher: NEWMAN NEAME: 1965

Seller ID: 003063

Condition: VG

Company history of this firm which started as a processor of Copper in St.Helens/Widnes and expanded as a general metal processor and by-products manufacturuer. 28pp plus illustrations. VG in dw.
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DAVIES & METCALFE LTD - Railway Engineers to the World

By: METCALFE RICHARD

Price: £24.00

Publisher: SENIOR PUBLICATIONS: 1999

Seller ID: 012407

ISBN: 0863172024

Binding: Glazed Boards

Condition: VG

History of this well known engineering company, best known for its exhaust stream injectors and related steam loco fitments. 208pp, well illustrated. VG copy in dust wrapper.
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CALLENDERS' 1882 - 1945

By: MORGAN R M

Price: £24.00

Publisher: PRESCOT, BICC Plc: 1982

Seller ID: 002226

Condition: VG

Extensive, official business history of Callenders' Cables (later BICC plc) one of earliest manufacturers of electrical cables and still a major manufacturer. 256pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw. Scarce.
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SHIPBUILDERS TO THE WORLD : 125 YEARS OF HARLAND AND WOLFF, BELFAST 1861-1986

By: MOSS MICHAEL & HUME JOHN R

Price: £58.00

Publisher: BLACKSTAFF PRESS: 1986

Seller ID: 004335

ISBN: 0856403431

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

The standard detailed history of the Belfast shipbuilders and engineers, Harland & Wolff, famous for building many great liners and warships including the Titanic and Olympic. 601pp, well illustrated. VG copy in dust wrapper. Heavy - please enquire for overseas postage costs.
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A Victorian Shipowner : A Portrait of Sir Charles Cayzer, Baronet of Gartmore

By: Muir Augustus & Davies Mair

Price: £22.00

Publisher: Cayzer, Irvine and Company: 1978

Seller ID: 014126

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

Biography of Charle Cayzer, founder of the Clan Line and a major figure in 19trh and early 20th century British Merchant Shipping. 320pp, illustrated. VG copy in dw, worn on top edges.
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Lucas : The First 100 Years (2 Volume Presentation set)

By: Nockolds Harold

Price: £65.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1977

Seller ID: 016859

ISBN: 0715373064

Condition: Fine

The two volume history of this famous British electrical and automotive component manufacturer. 349 + 432pp, well illustrated. This is a fine set of the special presentation copies produced for the Company with full half leather green bindings with raised bands and gilt titling. Both have the presentation bookplates signed by the Lucas Chairman Bernard Scott. Rare set. Heavy - UK postage £6.95.
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Skodovka v historickych fotografiich / Skoda Works in historical Photographs

By: Nohovcova Ladislava, Mazny Petr & Vladislav Kratky´

Price: £49.00

Publisher: VYDAl Stary Most: 2004

Seller ID: 015236

ISBN: 8023933256

Condition: VG

Photo album showing the huge range of engineering, transport and military products of this great Czech Engineering firm from the 1870s onwards. 128pp, bi-lingual Czech/English text. VG copy in glazed boards. Scarce.
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An Account of the Manufactures of the North British Locomotive Co. Ltd. during the Period of the War 1914-1919

By: North British Locomotive Co. Ltd.

Price: £150.00

Publisher: North British Locomotive Co. Ltd.: 1920

Seller ID: 018282

Binding: Decorative Boards

Condition: VG

Lavishly produced record of the locomotives, munitions, tanks and other military equipment produced by the NBL at Springburn during WW1. 123pp, heavilly illustrated and printed on art paper. An extremely nice copy in the original decorative cloth boards.
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Blohm+Voss : Ships and Machinery for the World

By: Prager Hans Georg

Price: £25.00

Publisher: KOEHLER: 1977

Seller ID: 014913

ISBN: 3782201388

Condition: VG

Extensive history of this famous German shipbuilding firm. 271pp, many photos and drwings and works listing. VG copy in slightly edge worn dw.
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BOWATER A HISTORY

By: READER W J

Price: £10.00

Publisher: CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS: 1981

Seller ID: 002674

ISBN: 0521241650

Condition: VG

Standard business history of Bowater - the major paper & newsprint manufacturers. 426pp, illustrated. VG in slighty edge worn dw.
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WATERLOO IRONWORKS : A History of Taskers of Andover, 1809-1968

By: ROLT L T C

Price: £35.00

Publisher: DAVID & CHARLES: 1969

Seller ID: 012028

ISBN: 071534658X

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: VG

History of this famous Wiltshire Agricultural Engineering firm who latterly built trailers. 240pp, illustrated. VG clean copy in dust wrapper
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The Dowty Story (2 Volume set)

By: Rolt L T C

Price: £25.00

Publisher: Dowty Goup: 1962

Seller ID: 018042

Condition: VG

Business history of this well-known aviation engineering group written by Rolt for the Company. Two volumes, Vol.1 (1962) covers to 1960, Vol.2 (1973) covers 1961-1971. 90+64pp, illustrated. VG clean copies, dust wrappers worn on edges.
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Ford at War

By: Saunders Hilary St.George

Price: £40.00

Publisher: Ford Motor Company: 1946

Seller ID: 018281

Binding: Card Cover

Condition: VG-

Official account of the Ford Motor Company during WW2 which included manufacturing RR Merlin engines and military vehicles. 93pp, well illustrated, nice fold out map of River Thames to front. Pages a little age toned (due to poor paper) but otherwise a nice clean copy in original card covers, a little worn and rubbed, but generally much better than usually seen.
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