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Barry Lee David, THE ANTIQUE AMERICAN STEAM GAUGE A Collector's Gauge.
Ref: 9203
Published by Astragal.
This book brings together the vast variety of steam gauges used to perform all sorts of tasks and in a variety of forms: both strictly utilitarian and ornately decorate ones. Chapters include: The Gauge Makers; Cleaning and Restoring Steam Gauges; Railway-, Fire Engine-, Portable and Traction engine-, Marine (Nautical) -, Press-, Building-, Steam Car Gauges; Gauge Appliances, Recorders and Gauge Patents. There is also a bibliography and an index.
280 x 215 mm. xiv + 286 pp. 8 full colour plates and 100s of b&w photographs of gauges and parts. pb.
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Price: £21.95
Ted Frost, FROM TREE TO SEA. The Building of a Wooden Steam Drifter.
Ref: 9305
Published by Terence Galston Ltd.
2007 reprint of the 1985 edition. Written and illustrated by a shipwright who was apprenticed in 1916. The book covers every aspect of building a wooden steamship from selecting the wood, cutting, steaming and bending it through to stepping the mast. Each aspect of shipbuilding is illustrated with the author's fine drawings which are both technically correct and beautiful.
190 x 250 mm. xii + 180 pp. More than 200 pencil drawings. pb.
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Price: £19.95
James D.Gaster, HOW TO MAKE A COOPERED BUCKET.
Ref: 9006
Published by WinePress Publishing
This how-to book will guide you through the construction of an historically authentic wooden bucket, explaining the terms and tools used with step-by-step illustrations. Very highly recommended by Scott Phillips, host of American Woodshop and American Home Shop on public television.
240 x 190 mm. 96 pp. 123 b&w photographs and 10 diagrams. pb.
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Price: £10.95
Alistair Morris, ANTIQUES FROM THE GARDEN.
Ref: 9309
Published by Garden Art Press.
The book is divided into sections on structures and furniture, fountains, urns, watering cans, flower pots, tools and implements, shears, secateurs, mowing machines, rollers, barrows, games and novelties. In this revised edition every section has been enlarged and there are now over 750 illustrations, of which 250 are in colour. Many new tools are illustrated from bill hooks to mowers and new catalogues. 'Dealers and Collectors will lust after its handsome content'
Historic Homes and Properties
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273 x 210 mm. 280 pp. 250 colour and over 500 b&w illustrations. hb.
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Price: £28.50
Nash, BRICKWORK REPAIR AND RESTORATION 2nd edition.
Ref: 0199
Published by Attic Books.
A practical guide to the maintenance of brickwork. Chapters include: materials bricks and mortar; bonds and bonding; jointing and pointing; cleaning brickwork; rpairing brick facework; restoring brick features; foundations and underpinning and a glossary
295 x 210 mm. 66 pp. b7w drawings throughout. Paperback.
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Price: £10.00
Joshua Rose, MODERN STEAM ENGINES.
Ref: 9344
Published by Astragal.
An elementary treatise on the steam engine originally published in 1887 and reprinted here in full. It was a classic in its time and still holds up for dealing with engines designed at the end of the 19th century. It is written in plain language for use in workshops as well as drawing offices giving full explanations of the construction of engines and illustrated with 100s of clear and understandable drawings.
280 x 215 mm. xii + 322 pp. 422 b&w drawings and/or etchings. pb.
Price: £21.95
Colin Waters, A DICTIONARY OF OLD TRADES, TITLES AND OCCUPATIONS.
Ref: 0039
Published by Countryside Books.
This second edition contains and explains in dictionary form nearly 4000 old trades and occupations. These including such as: advocate through to buddle boy, claquer, dobber, hokey pokeyman, rogue spotter and sperviter as well as the more familiar ones. Illustrated with an introduction by John Titford
ISBN 1853067946
210 x 150 mm. 320 pp. 70 b&w illustrations Paperback.
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Price: £12.99
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