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1.
GENERAL
INDUSTRIAL & ECONOMIC HISTORY
Allen G C British Industries and their Organization, Longmans, Green & Co., 1964 impression of 1959 edition, pp332. VG/VG-. Following a general survey of industrial change since WWI, Professor Allen traces the fortunes of the coal, iron & steel, engineering, shipbuilding, car, textiles & building industries from 1918 until 1958. £6.95
Ashworth, William An Economic History of
England 1870 - 1939, 1967,
pp438. Small tear in dw else VG/VG.
A standard economic history for the period.
£3.95
Birnie, Arthur An Economic History of
Europe 1760-1939, Methuen, 7th ed. 1962, pp281. VG/VG. A
standard text, with an epilogue describing events after WW2.
First published in 1930 £5.95
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 dw as published. Inscription.
A study sponsored by the International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis with the support of the Stockholm Environment Institute.
£8.50
Chamberlin E R The Awakening Giant: Britain in the Industrial Revolution, Batsford, 1976, pp168. Hb. VG/VG. Charts the technological advances that heralded the new age and examines the effect on the general population in both the town and the countryside. £3.95
Cronje S , Ling M and Cronje G
Lonrho - Portrait of a
Multinational, Penguin, 1976, pp316. Pb.
VG. The story of Tiny
Roland’s Lonrho Corporation. £2.95
Dunning, John H and Morgan, E Victor
(Directors and Editors of the Study) An
Economic Study of the City of London, Economics Advisory Group, A&U,
1971, pp460. VG/VG. The first
comprehensive economic study of the city of London. £7.50
Emmott, Bill
The Sun also Sets: Why Japan will
not be Number One, Simon & Schuster, 1989, pp275.
VG/VG. A former Tokyo
correspondent for the Economist presents a comprehensive assessment of Japan’s
economic prospects. £5.95
Engineering: 7th February 1969. One issue only. Inscription on the cover. Pb. Very Good. Includes a Concorde pre-flight special report and a three and a half page article on Tracked Hovercraft. £1.95
Evans H Vickers
Against the Odds 1956/77, Hodder
& Stoughton, 1978, pp287. Slight wear to the dw edges. How Vickers was transformed in the
turbulent post-war era..
£5.95
Filbee, Margaret Cottage Industries,
D&C, 1982, pp232. VG+/VG+.
Dw slightly sunned. A survey of the craft skills and traditions that continue to flourish in
Britain. £3.95
Fitzrandolph, Helen E and Hay, M Dorian
The Rural Industries of England
and Wales, Vol. II Osier-Growing
and Basketry & Some Rural Factories, EP Publishing, 1977, pp159.
A survey made on behalf of the Agricultural Economics Research Institute
Oxford in the early 20s and first published in 1923. VG+/VG+.
£8.50
Galbraith J K The Affluent Society, Quality Book Club, 3rd ed 1977, pp287.
VG/VG. Professor Galbraith's
classic indictment of private affluence amidst public squalor.
£5.95
Groudwater, Ken Newcastle and the River Tyne, SLP, enlarged edition 1998, pp128. Pb. Fine. A nostalgic photographic odyssey down the river Tyne. £4.95
Hollingworth, Brian (Ed)
Songs of the People
Lancashire Dialect Poetry of the Industrial Revolution,
Manchester University Press, 1977, pp166. VG/VG. A
remarkable contribution to the literature and social history of the mill towns.
£5.95
Jones, Anna M The Rural Industries
of England and Wales, Vol. IV Wales, EP Publishing, 1978, pp123.
A final part of a survey made on behalf of the Agricultural Economics
Research Institute, Oxford in the early 20s and first published in 1927.
VG+/VG+. A comprehensive survey of
rural industries in Wales in the early 20s.
£8.50
MacDonald,
Mary; Chadwick, Michael; and Aslanian, Gareg
The Environmental Management of Low-Grade Fuels, Earthscan
Publications, 1996, pp271. Hb. No
dw as published. Very Good. A
study prepared by the United Nations Environment Programme by the Stockholm
Environment Institute. £8.50
Manners J E
Country Crafts Today, D&C,
1975, pp208. VG/VG-.
A comprehensive guide to the arts and trades which flourished in past
times, including wood & woodland crafts, wheelwrighting, coopering, the
smith, thatch, milling, weaving, basket making, pottery and leather.
£5.95
Miller, Ronald and Tivy, Joy (Eds.) The
Glasgow Region A General Survey,
1958, pp325 plus pp20 plates. With
68 figs. and 38 tables. No dw.
VG. A comprehensive
geographic and economic survey of the Glasgow region in the late 50s.
£12.50
Minchinton, Walter Devon at Work: Past & Present, D&C, 1974, pp112. Hb. VG+/VG+. A pictorial history of the remarkably wide range of industrial activities that has been carried out in Devon. £3.95
Museum
of Lakeland Life and Industry,
Abbot Hall, Kendal, Cumbria, nd, pp40 with pp4 of plates.
Pb. VG. £0.95
Newell, Abm. A Hillside View of Industrial History:
A Study of Industrial Evolution in the Pennine Highlands, Augustus
Kelley, New York, 1972, pp288. Fine.
A reprint of a classic study first published in 1925.
£12.50
O'Brien, Robert Machines, Time-Life, 1969, pp187. Pb. Very Good. Surveys the devices that humans have used to fabricate, process, communicate, transport and kill; starting with such simple machines as the wedge and lever, and encompassing some of the most complicated products of modern technology. £2.95
Rolt
L T C Victorian Engineering,
Penguin, 1970, pp300 plus 76 illustrations.
Pb. VG-.
Spine creased, and slight browning of the pages.
£3.95
Sampson, Anthony The New Anatomy of
Britain, Hodder and Stoughton, 1971, pp731.
F/G+ with an attractive green cover with gold lettering. A witty, informal tour of the people who run Britain, and a
textbook for anyone who needs to understand British government, industry,
communications or finance. £5.95
Sampson, Anthony The Arms Bazaar,
Hodder & Stoughton, 1977, pp352. VG/VG.
Anthony Sampson describes the development of the giant arms companies,
beginning with Vickers, Armstrong and Krupp, and traces the origins of the
recent boom in arms sales. £6.95
Thompson, Hugh Engineers and
Engineering, Batsford, 1976, pp94. Past-into-Present Series. F/VG+.
A history of engineering from the pyramids to the present day.
£5.95
Thomson A W J and Hunter L C
The Nationalized Transport
Industries, Heinemann, 1973, pp356. VG/VG.
An economic study of the nationalised airlines, railways, road haulage
and road passenger transport industries. A
companion volume dealt with The
Nationalized Fuel Industries. £7.50
Turner, Louis Invisible Empires: Multinational Companies and the Modern World, 1970, pp228. An academic study of the growing global role of multinational companies. VG/VG- with repaired tears in dw. £5.95
Wilson, Charles and Parker, Geoffrey
(Ed) An
Introduction to the Sources of European Economic History 1500-1800, Cornell
University, 1977, pp256. VG/VG.
Brings together a mass of statistical data on population, agriculture,
industry, trade, transport and finance. £5.95
Worswick G D N and Ady P H (Editors) The British Economy 1945-1950, OUP, first published 1952, reprinted 1967, pp621. F/VG. A series of essays by distinguished economists written immediately after the period reviewed. £6.95
Carty,
Pat Secret Squadrons of the
Eighth, IA, 1990, pp112. Inscription
under the dw flap. Large Format Hb.
Fine / Fine. An illustrated history of the special duties squadrons of the
US 8th Force in World War 2. £5.95
Gardner, Charles British Aircraft Corporation - A History, Batsford, 1981, pp320.
Fine nr fine dw. BAC's 17 year lifespan, with all the political, economic and
technological upheavals that transformed the aerospace industry worldwide.
£6.95
Jerram,
Mike The World's Classic
Aircraft: From canvas to Concorde and the view from the pilot's seat,
Frederick Muller, 1981, pp188. Large
format Hb. VG+/VG. Half-inch internally repaired tear in the dw.
The author considers thirty of the greatest aircraft of all time.
Well-illustrated throughout. £7.50
Kaplan, Philip Fighter Pilot: A History and a Celebration, Aurum Press, 1999, pp256. Large Format Hb. Fine / Very Good+. A celebration of fighter pilots of many nations, from the First World War aces in their fragile contrivances of fabric and wood to the men who fly the sleek, titanium-clad fighters of today. Well-illustrated throughout. £4.95
Rapier, Brian J White Rose Base, Air Museum York, 2nd edition 1980, pp84. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated history of military airfields in Yorkshire. £3.95
Reed, Arthur Airline - The Inside Story
of British Airways, BBC, 1990, pp160. F/F.
Deals with the merger between BOAC and BEA, privatisation, and the merger with British
Caledonean. £3.95
Reed, Ian Britain's First Air Show: Doncaster Racecourse 1909 – 2009, Yorkshire Air Museum, 2009, pp72. Pb. Fine. A pictorial record of Britain's first aviation show at Doncaster in 1909. £3.95
Richardson, Doug Northrop
B-2 Bomber, Salamander, 1991, pp45. Classic
Warplanes Series. Glazed Boards. Very
Good. An illustrated history.
£2.95
Saab-Scania
Story, Streiffet, 2nd printing 1980, pp169 with numerous coloured and b/w
illustrations. F/VG.
A review of 50 years as an aircraft manufacturer and 100 years as a car
manufacturer. £5.95
Serling, Robert J Legend and Legacy: The Story of Boeing and Its People, St Martins, 1992, pp480. F/F. A comprehensive history of Boeing. £8.50
Sharpe,
Michael History of the Royal Air
Force, Parragon, 2001, pp96. Inscription.
Large Format. Glazed Boards. Fine. A
well-illustrated account of 82 years of RAF history.
£3.95
Taylor,
John Know Your Airliners,
Shell-Mex and BP, 1955, pp64. Landscape
format Hb. VG.
No dw. Thirty nostalgic
full-page colour illustrations by Roy Cross.
£5.95
3. BANKING, FINANCIAL SERVICES & TRADING COMPANIES
Barnard R W
A Century of Service:
The Story of the Prudential 1848-1948, pp139, 1948.
No dw. Slight dents on edge
of front and rear covers else VG. A
history of the Prudential Insurance Company with the Prudential crest on the
front cover. £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. £6.95
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.
£4.95
Cleaver, George and Pamela The Union Discount: A Centenary Album, Union Discount Company, 1985, pp128. VG+/VG+. Traces the history of the two companies that amalgamated to form The Union Discount Company of London. £5.95
Clegg C Friend In Deed, Stone and Cox Limited, 1958, pp160. No Dw. G+ with 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. £5.95
Cockerell, Hugh Lloyd’s of London: A
Portrait, Woodhead-Faulkner, 1984, pp157.
VG+/VG. Describes the
institution of Lloyd’s and its operation.
£8.50
Coopey, Richard and Clarke, Donald 3i: Fifty Years Investing in Industry, OUP, 1995, pp459. F/F. 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. £7.50
Dickson P G M The Sun Insurance
Office 1710-1960, OUP, 1960,
pp324. Inscription. Tiny tear in top of protected dw else VG/VG.
The history of two and a half centuries of British insurance.
£7.50
Ellis, Aytoun Heir of Adventure: The Story of Brown, Shipley & Co. Merchant Bankers 1810-1960, published privately, 1960, pp165. Some staining on dw else VG/VG. Written to mark the 150th anniversary of the company. £5.95
Fryer, Martin A Newcastle Century
One Hundred Years of Newcastle P & I Association,
Newcastle Protection and Indemnity, 1987, pp156.
F/F with gold company crest on cover.
The history of a marine insurance company told by its 96 year old former
general manager who was associated with the company for over 78 years.
£4.95
Geddes, Philip Inside the Bank of England, Boxtree, 1987, pp178. VG+/VG+. A study of the changing role of the Bank. £7.50
Gibb D E W Lloyd’s of London A Study in Individualism, Macmillan, 1957, pp387. VG/G+ with protected dw. A comprehensive history from 1688 to the present time. £12.50
Healey, Edna
Coutts & Co. 1692-1992:
The Portrait of a Private Bank, Hodder & Stoughton, 1992, pp488.
F/VG. A tercentenary history
of Coutts & Co. £8.50
Holmes A R and Green E Midland 150 Years of Banking Business, Batsford, 1986, pp352. Spine of dw slightly faded else VG+/VG+. A comprehensive history of one of the major clearing banks, now part of HSBC. £8.50
Jenkins A
The House of Man, 1985,
Rainbird Publishing, pp176. No dw.
VG. Well-illustrated in
colour & b/w. E.D & F Man
have been brokers in sugar and other commodities for over 200 years.
£5.95
Lloyds Bank Twixt Lombard Street and Cornhill, nd, pp72. Pb. VG. An elaborately decorated souvenir designed by members of the staff of Lloyds bank to commemorate the opening of their new head office in 1930. £4.95
The Mitsui Bank: A History of the First 100 Years, Mitsui Bank, 1976, pp192. VG/VG. A history of the oldest private bank in Japan. Includes a letter from the chairman, Goro Koyama. £7.50
Newman, Peter C Company of Adventurers Volume 1, Viking, 1985, pp413. VG/VG. A sweeping chronicle of the Hudson’s Bay Company supported by careful research. £8.50
Reed M C A History of James Capel & Co., James Capel, 1975, pp129. VG+/VG+. One of the oldest firms of stockbrokers in Britain, with a 200 year history. £5.95
Rothchild, John Going for Broke,
Simon & Schuster, 1991, pp286. VG/VG.
How Robert Campeau bankrupted the retail industry, jolted the junk bond
market and brought the booming Eighties to a crashing halt.
£5.95
Salmon A G The History of Wilde Sapte 1785-1985 with Some Account of the Wilde Family, A.G. Salmon, 1985, pp189. VG+/VG. Wilde Sapte have practised continuously as solicitors in the City of London since 1785. This book traces the history of the firm from its beginnings under Thomas Wilde in 1785 through five generations of the Wilde family. £5.95
Slinn, Judy Linklaters
and Paines: The First One Hundred
and Fifty Years, Longman, 1987, pp260.
(In association with Debrett’s History Research Limited).
F/F. A comprehensive history
of one of the largest firms of solicitors in the City. £7.50
Toulson, Norman The Squirrel and the Clock: National Provident Institution 1835-1985, Henry Melland, 1985, pp140. F/VG+. £5.95
Tregoning, David and Cockerell, Hugh
Friends for Life:
Friends’ Provident Life Office 1832-1982, Henry Melland, 1982,
pp196. F/F. The history
of Friends’ Provident Mutual Life Office, founded in Yorkshire in 1832 by the
religious Society of Friends, the Quakers.
£5.95
William
Deacon’s Bank 1711-1970,
published privately, 1971, pp180. F/VG.
A bicentenary history of William Deacon’s bank which became part of
Williams & Glyn’s bank in 1970. £6.95
Winsbury, Rex Thomas McLintock and Company: The First Hundred Years 1877-1977, privately printed, 1977, pp164. VG+/VG+. The story of a Glasgow based accounting firm. £5.95
Wright, Charles and Fayle, C. Ernest
A History of Lloyd’s:
From the founding of Lloyd’s coffee house to the present day,
MacMillan, 1928, p475. No dw.
VG. A comprehensive and
authoritative history, based on unrestricted access to Lloyd’s records.
£12.50
Bower, Tom
Tiny Roland:
A Rebel Tycoon, Heinemann, 1993, pp659.
F/F. A comprehensive yet readable biography. £8.50
Brown, Mick
Richard Branson:
The Inside Story, Michael Joseph, 1988, pp278.
Fine in nr fine dw. Traces
Branson’s meteoric career. £5.95
Burnett R G Through the Mill, Epworth, 1945, pp226. Inscription. Hb. VG-. Slight wear to the covers. A biography of Joseph Rank. £4.95
Clark Ronald W
Edison:
The Man Who Made the Future, Macdonald & Jane’s, 1977, pp256.
F/F. A comprehensive
biography of the inventor of the light bulb and phonograph.
£7.50
Collier, Peter and Horowitz, David
The Fords
An American Epic, Collins, 1988, pp496 plus 88 b/w illustrations
No dw. VG.
The story of the Ford car family dynasty.
£5.95
Edwardes, Michael Back from the Brink, Collins, 1983, pp300. VG+/VG+. The story of Edwardes’ five years as chairman of British Leyland from 1977-1982. £4.95
Ford, Henry
My Life & Work,
Heinemann, 1924, pp289. First
published in 1922. Foxing on most
pages. No dw.
G+. Maroon cover quite
marked with creases on top cover. The
autobiography of Henry Ford written in collaboration with Samuel Crowther.
£8.50
Gasson, Roy
Never Look Backwards, Adventure
in business being the memoirs of a business executive, printed privately, 1968,
pp128. Large format.
VG/G. Gasson was with the
Metal Box Co and Johnson and Johnson. £5.95
Geoffrey
Heyworth: A Memoir, Unilever, 1985, pp71. No
dw. VG. Heyworth was chairman of Unilever from 1947-1960.
This monograph consists of a series of brief tributes from those
associated with various aspects of his career.
£4.95
Glynn, Jenifer Prince of Publishers: A Biography of the Great Victorian Publisher, George Smith, , 1986, pp232. VG+/VG+. George Smith founded the publishing house of Smith &
Elder. He was a self-made millionaire and a friend of Bronte,
Thackeray, Mrs Gaskell, George Eliot, John Ruskin and Leslie Stephen.
£6.95
Hall, Richard My Life with Tiny:
A Biography of Tiny Roland, Faber and Faber, 1987, pp257.
F/F. Traces Tiny Roland’s
rumbustuous career from his birth in a centre for enemy aliens in India, through
his successes with Lonhro and his unsuccessful fight for Harrods.
£5.95
Iacocca, Lee Iacocca: An Autobiography,
Sidgwick & Jackson, 1985, pp352. VG+/VG. At Ford Iacocca introduced the
Mustang and rose to be president only to be fired by Henry Ford.
He then took over at Chrysler where he rescued the company from
bankruptcy. £4.95
Jacobs, Joseph J The
Anatomy of an Entrepreneur: Family,
Culture and Ethics,
Macdonald, 1991, pp274. F/F.
Founder of the Jacobs Engineering Group, a USA chemical engineering
company. £4.95
Lenzer, Robert Getty: The Richest Man
in the World, Hutchison, 1985, pp283. VG+/VG
in foil protected dw with slight wear at corners.
A comprehensive biography based on extensive research. £5.95
Macpherson, Hugh (Ed)
John Spedan Lewis 1885-1963,
John Lewis, 1985, pp222. VG/VG. A
centenary tribute to John Spedan Lewis by some of his contemporaries.
£5.95
Maher, Terry
Against My Better Judgement:
Adventures in the City and in the Book Trade, Sinclair-Stevenson, 1994,
pp223. F/F. Terry Maher founded Pentos in 1972 and was responsible for
establishing the Dillons chain of bookstores.
£5.95
Miller, Russell The House of Getty,
BCA, 1986, pp362. F/F. A
comprehensive biography of eccentric oil billionaire John Paul Getty.
£3.95
Pauli, Herta E Alfred Nobel:
Dynamite King - Architect of Peace, Nicholson & Watson, 1947,
pp323. VG with some yellowing and
foxing of pages. A comprehensive
biography. £5.95
Philips, Frederick 45 Years with Philips
Autobiography of Frederick Philips, Blandford Press, 1978, pp280 plus 45
plates. F/VG+.
Frederick’s father and uncle founded Philips.
His own autobiography covers the period 1930 - 1975.
£7.50
Robens, Lord
Ten Year Stint, Cassell,
London, 1972, pp342. Roben’s account of his 10 years as Chairman of the
National Coal Board from 1961 to 1971. £7.50
Sieff, Marcus Don’t Ask the Price:
The Memoirs of the President of Marks & Spencer, Weidenfield &
Nicolson, 1986, pp260 + 21 b/w illustrations.
VG/VG. Lord Sieff’s
autobiography. £3.95
Sloan, Alfred P My Years with General
Motors, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986, pp472. Tiny tear in dw else F/F.
Sloan transformed GM from a sprawling loosely organised company into the
largest private company in the world. £7.50
Thompson, Peter and Delano, Anthony
Maxwell:
A Portrait of Power, Bantam Press, 1988, p256.
F/VG. Library stamp on copyright page but no other evidence of
library ownership. “The
definitive unauthorised biography of a truly extraordinary man.”
£7.50
Unwin, Sir Stanley The Truth about a
Publisher An Autobiographical
Record, A&U, 1960, pp465. VG/VG.
The memoirs of Stanley Unwin of Allen & Unwin.
£5.95
Wang A N
Lessons An Autobiography, with Eugene Linden,
1986, pp250. VG/VG. The
story of the founder of Wang Computers. £4.95
Watson, Thomas J Jr. and Petrie, Peter
Father Son & Co.
My Life at IBM and Beyond, Bantam, 1990, pp468.
F/F. The autobiography of
the man behind the modern IBM. £8.50
Worthy, James C William C. Norris: Portrait of a Maverick, Founder of Control Data Corporation, Ballinger (Harper and Row), Boston, 1987, pp259. VG/VG-. Cover shows signs of wear around edges. The story of CDC. £6.95
Chapman-Houston D & Cripps E C Through a City Archway - The Story of Allen & Hanburys 1715-1954, John Murray, 1954, pp326 plus 46 pages photos. No dw. 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. £8.50
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, Centenary Commemoration, April 15th 1941, pp84. Large format. No dw. G+. A collection of articles providing a general survey of the development of the society. £5.95
Reader M J Unilever: A Short History, Unilever, London, 1960, pp64. No dw. VG+. Appendix with diagrams of company organisation at various times in its history. £4.95
Reader M J Fifty Years of Unilever: 1930-1980, Heineman, 1980, pp148 Pb. Fine. A well-illustrated history. £3.95
Smith, R Grenville and Barrie, Alexander Aspro - How a Family Business Grew Up, Nicholas International, 1976, pp182. VG+/VG. The story of how a one-man business was begun in Melbourne in 1915 to produce aspirin and grew into a multi-national group of companies producing a large range of pharmaceuticals and cosmetics. £5.95
6. CIVIL ENGINEERING and CONSTRUCTION
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. £12.50
Creswell
H B The
Honeywood File: An Adventure in
Building, The Architectural
Press, 1931, pp312. Bottom right
edge of back cover very worn. Some
Foxing. G+.
£4.95
Huxley,
Julian TVA
Adventure in Planning, Architectural Press, 1943, pp142 with 158
illustrations.. VG/G.
Inscription. Small piece
missing and small tears in foil protected dw.
Describes the vast Tennessee Valley Authority project, a massive American
hydroelectric scheme that was a show piece of Roosevelt’s New Deal.
£7.50
Jackson, Gordon The History and Archaeology of Ports, World's Work, 1983, pp176. Hb. VG+/VG. Traces the rise, development and relative decline of our major ports and their role in the British economy. £5.95
Jenkins
A Built
on Teamwork, Heinemann, 1980, pp245. VG/VG.
The story of the world-wide Taylor Woodrow civil engineering construction
group. £4.95
Jenkins,
David The
History of BPB Industries, BPB Industries, 1973, pp147.
VG+/VG-. History of British
Plaster Board Company. For internal
circulation only. 54 illustrations
including the following transport plates: Traction engines at Kirby Thore
plaster mill 1933; 1890-1 Bagnall loco at Station’s Bank, Fauld; Fowler 0-4-0T
at Hawton Quarry. £5.95
Kittridge,
Alan Rendel's Floating Bridges,
Twelveheads, 2008, pp143. Pb.
VG+. Rendel's floating
bridges were designed to maintain communication across estuaries were bridges
were impractical or simply too expensive. £9.50
London’s
Water Supply 1903-1953: A
review of the work of the Metropolitan Water Board, Staples Press, 1953, pp368
plus 60 photos and 9 plans & diagrams, several folding out. No dw. VG- with
rather dull maroon covers. A
comprehensive history of the development capital’s water supply in the first
half of the 20th century. £8.50
Stephens J H The Guinness Book of Structures: Bridges, Towers, Tunnel, Dams..., Guinness Superlatives, 1976, pp288. VG+/VG with prize inscription stuck on the front end paper. £7.50
Williams,
Archibald The Romance of Modern
Engineering: containing interesting descriptions of the Nile Dam, the Panama
Canal, Tower Bridge, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Trans-Siberian Railway, the
Niagara Falls Power Co, the Bermuda Floating Dock etc, Pearson,
1904, pp377. An attractive
hardback, in excellent condition for age. £8.50
Galloway, Robert L Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade Vol.1 (First series up to 1835), D&C, 1971, pp553. First published in 1898. With a new introduction by Baron F. Duckham. Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw edges; Annals of Coal Mining and the Coal Trade Vol.2 (Second series 1836-1850), D&C, 1971, pp409. First published in 1904. Hb. VG/VG-. Slight wear to the dw edges. Widely accepted as one of the finest technical histories of any British industry. £36.50 for both volumes
Griffin
A R The
Miners of Nottinghamshire 1914-1944: A
History of the Nottinghamshire Miner’s Unions
[Vol.2], A&U, 1962, pp323. No
dw. VG.
£8.50
Hughson,
Irene The
Auchenharvie Colliery, An Early History, Stenlake, 1996, pp36. Pb.
NEW.
A carefully researched history.
£3.95
Hutton,
Guthrie Mining,
Ayrshire’s Lost Industry, Stenlake, 1996, pp112.
Large format Pb. NEW.
An illustrated history of the mines and miners of Ayrshire and Upper
Nithsdale. £12.95
Lloyd
George, David Coal
and Power - The Report of an Enquiry presided over by The Rt. Hon D Lloyd
George, Hodder & Stoughton, 1924, pp285 with 20pp plates illustrating
the appalling housing conditions endured by miners families in the 20s.
No dw. VG.
£10.50
Mundell,
Frank Stories
of the Coal Mine, Sunday School Union, 1895, pp160.
Some wear on front edge of cover else VG.
A 19th century view of coal mining.
£10.50
Parker
T Red
Hill: A Mining Community, Heinemann,
1986, pp196. VG/VG.
Examines the thoughts and feelings of a community whose coal mine is
scheduled for closure in the aftermath of the miners’ strike of 1984-5.
A vivid social document. £5.95
Sargent
A J Coal
in International Trade, P S King, London, 1922, pp73.
Pb. Browning on spine else
VG. Professor Sargent studies the
important role played by coal exports in the world economy before and after WWI.
£8.50
Townshend-Rose
H The
British Coal Industry, A&U, 1951, pp162. No dw.
VG. An account of the nationalisation of the coal industry and its
subsequent organisation. £8.50
Warnes,
Arthur R Coal
Tar and Some of Its Products, Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries,
[1918], pp105. VG. Small format
with illustration of factories and machinery.
£8.50
8. COMPUTERS
Evans
C The
Mighty Micro: The Impact of the Computer Revolution, BCA/Gollancz, 1979, pp255. Spine
of dust wrapper slightly faded else VG+/VG+.
De-mystifies the computer and explains its impact in everyday terms.
£5.95
Evans
C The
Making of the Micro: A History of
the Computer, Gollancz, 1981, pp118. VG/VG.
A history of the development of the computer from the earliest mechanical
adding machines to the microprocessors of today.
£6.95
Rose,
Frank West
of Eden: The End of Innocence at
Apple Computer, Business Books (Hutchinson), London, 1989, pp356.
F/F. A case study of the upheavals
at Apple in the period 83-86 which culminated in John Scilly taking over from
Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple. £5.95
9. ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Bennett,
Richard Battersea
Works 1856-1956, The Morgan Crucible Company, 1956, pp67.
Dust wrapper slightly discoloured around edge 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
Bradley,
Keith
Phone Wars: The Story of
Mercury Communications, Century Business, London, 1992, pp271. VG/VG.
A study of Mercury and its struggle with BT undertaken by the Business Performance Group at LSE.
£5.95
Electrical
Industry of Great Britain: Organization, Efficiency in Production and World
Competitive Position,
Beama Publication Department, 1929, pp233. Prepared by the statistical
department of the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers’ Association.
Large format. VG. A
comprehensive statistical study of the electrical industry between the wars.
£25.00
Jackson G B Power Controlled, CEGB, 1967, pp24. Large Format Pb. VG. An illustrated booklet explaining how electricity is generated and distributed in England and Wales. £2.95
Morita,
Akio (with Edwin M Reingold & Mitsuko Shimomura)
Made in Japan:
Akio Morita & Sony, Collins, 1987, pp309.
F/F. The phenomenal post war
rise of Sony described by its chairman. £5.95
Sampson,
Anthony The
Sovereign State: The Secret History
of ITT, Hodder & Stoughton, 1973, pp288.
Inscription. F/VG.
Recounts in devastating detail how big money was able to subvert and
corrupt the Nixon administration, and how ITT played its part.
£5.95
Sanders,
Sol Mitsubishi
Electric: The Challenge of
Globalization (sic),
Penguin, 1996, pp176. VG+/VG+.
Examines how companies like Mitsubishi Electric must change to stay in
front in the global market. £5.95
St
Albans Grid Control Centre,
Central Electricity Board: South Eastern Region, 1975, pp20 and a facts card in
a rear pocket. Landscape format Pb.
VG. An illustrated booklet.
£2.95
T.M.C.
Loud Speaking Telephones,
Telephone Manufacturing Co. Ltd, Hollingsworth Works, West Dulwich, [1950s?],
pp12. Pb.
G+. Covers a bit grubby with
wear to corners. An illustrated
trade catalogue for T.M.C. marine telephone equipment.
£2.95
Young, Peter Power of Speech: A History of Standard Telephones and Cables 1883-1983, Allen & Unwin, 1983, pp220 plus 27 b/w illustrations. Hb. VG+/VG. A centenary history. £4.95
10. FOOD & DRINK
Barr,
Robert and Jephcott, Mark Robert
Barr 1875 to 2001, pp90. Published
privately by the company. Large
format pb. Fine.
A pictorial history of the company that makes Irn Bru.
£4.95
Briggs,
Asa Wine
for Sale: Victoria Wine and the
Liquor Trade, Batsford, 1985, pp199. F/F.
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. £7.50
House,
Jack Pride
of Perth The Story of Arthur Bell
& Sons Ltd. Scotch Whisky Distillers, Hutchinson Benham, 1976, pp135.
VG/VG. £5.95
Hugill,
Anthony Sugar
and All That: A History of Tate and
Lyle, Gentry Books, 1978, pp320. VG+/VG+.
A comprehensive history. £7.50
Ibbetson
A Tea
From Grower to Consumer, Isaac Pitman, nd, pp116.
VG. Pitman’s Common
Commodities and Industries Series. A
pre-World War I view of the industry. £6.95
Janes,
Hurford The
Red Barrel: A History of Watney
Mann, Watney Mann, 1963, pp226 with coloured frontis and 102 plates.
F/VG. The story of the Stag
Brewery in the heart of Westminster and of other breweries stretching back into
the 18th century which came together to form Watney’s.
£7.50
Master
Millers (The): The Story of the House of Rank 1875-1955,
Harley, 1955, pp98. Large Format
Hb. Very Good / Poor.
An illustrated history published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of
the company. £5.95
Monckton
H A A
History of English Ale and Beer, Bodley Head, 1967, pp238.
VG/VG-. The thousand year
old history of English beer. £7.50
Saunders,
James Nightmare:
The Ernest Saunders Story,
Hutchison, 1989, pp288. F/F.
The Guinness scandal as seen by the son of Ernest Saunders.
£5.95
Simmons,
Douglas A Schweppes
- The First 200 Years, Springwood Books, 1983, pp160 plus 24 pages of
coloured illustrations and numerous b/w photos.
Large Format. VG+/VG+.
Spine of dw slightly sunned. The
story of Schweppes, the oldest mineral water manufacture in the world, from the
18th century to the 1980s. £7.50
Stuyvenberg
J H van (Ed) Margarine:
An Economic, Social, and Scientific History, 1869-1969,
Liverpool University Press, 1969, pp342.
Small piece torn from corner of fep.
VG in VG- protected dw. An
economic, social and scientific history, 1869 -1969.
£8.50
Whitbread’s
Brewery Incorporating the Brewer’s Art,
A.N. Holden & Co., 1951, pp92. VG
in slightly worn protected dw. Describes
the growth of the Chiswell Street premises in London and the colourful
personalities connected with two centuries of development.
£4.95
Whitbreads
The Story of Whitbreads, 3rd
edition. 1964, pp64. VG+/VG. First published in 1947.
With coloured reproduction of Terence Cuneo painting of Whitbread horses.
£4.95
Williams
K The
Story of TyPhoo and the Birmingham Tea Industry, Quiller, 1990, pp132.
VG+/VG+. Large format.
Well-illustrated in colour and b/w.
£8.50
11. FOOTWARE
Dobbs, Brian The Last Shall be First: The Colourful Story of John Lobb, the St James Bootmakers, Hamish Hamilton, 1972, pp147. Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good+. £5.95
Russell, McDonough Sheep into Shoes: The Development of Warm-Lined Footware, Morlands, 1962, pp64. VG in clear dw. An illustrated history of Morlands warm-lined footwear published to mark the retirement of H F Scott Stokes after forty years with Morlands. £6.95
12.
GLASS MANUFACTURE
Barker T C The Glassmakers Pilkington: the Rise of an International Company 1826-1976, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1977, pp557. Small 1cm repaired tear at top right corner of dust wrapper else VG/VG. An erudite history of Pilkington written by a Professor of Economic History at the University of London. £12.50
Hatcher,
John and Barker T C A History of
British Pewter, Longman, 1974, pp363. An
economic and social history of the pewter industry.
£12.50
Woodward H W “Art, Feat and Mystery” The Story of Thomas Webb & Sons, Glassmakers, Mark + Moody, 1978, pp61. VG+/VG+. A brief centenary history followed by a “dictionary” of the more notable types of Webb glass, illustrated with colour plates. £6.95
Bailey, Brian The Industrial Heritage of Britain, Ebury, 1982, pp208. Hb. VG/VG. "A practical illustrated guide to industrial history, detailing the buildings and sites that can be seen today." £3.95
Brears,
Peter Leeds Waterfront Heritage
Trail: A guide to the historic sites & buildings along eight miles of the
Aire Valley through Leeds, Leeds City Museums, 1993, pp122.
In association with Leeds Waterfront TDAP.
Pb. Fine. £4.95
Burton,
Anthony Industrial
Archaeological Sites of Britain, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1977, pp160.
VG+/VG+. A detailed and
practical introduction to over 300 sites in Britain.
£5.95
Dibnah, Fred and Hall, David Fred Dibnah's Industrial Age: A Guide to Britain's Industrial Heritage, BBC, 1999. Hb. With pp208. Generally F/VG+ but there is a small internally repaired tear in the rear dw with a small indentation in the cover underneath. With chapters on: The Power to Drive Machines: Wind, Water, Steam; Mills & Factories; Iron & Steel; Mining; Railways; Steam Ships & Steam Engines, followed by a Gazetteer of places to visit. £4.95
Falconer,
Keith
Guide to England’s Industrial Heritage, Batsford, 1980, pp270.
F/F. A county by county
guide to England’s most notable industrial sites.
£6.95
Hudson
K Handbook
for Industrial Archaeologists, John
Baker, 1967, pp84. VG/VG.
A practical guide to fieldwork and research.
£5.95
Hudson
K The
Archaeology of Industry, Bodley Head/BCA, 1976, pp128.
F/VG. Considers mining &
quarrying, working with metals, factories & mills, transport, and food &
drink. Bookplate inside front
cover. £4.95
Pannell
J P M Techniques
of Industrial Archaeology,
D&C, 1966, pp191. Dw neatly
repaired inside else F/VG. Industrial
Archaeology of the British Isles series. £6.95
15. IRON & STEEL
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
Church
R A Kenricks in Hardware: A
Family Business 1791-1966, D&C, 1969, pp340.
F/VG with mark on rear dw. The
history of this West Bromwich family firm provides a fascinating insight into
the growth and development of the cast iron consumer goods industry.
£8.50
Gale
W K V The
Iron and Steel Industry A
Dictionary of Terms, D&C, 1971, pp238.
VG+/VG+. Over 3000 terms defined. £8.50
Horsfall,
John The
Iron Masters of Penns, Roundwood, 1971, pp331 plus 41 plates.
VG+/VG. The 250 year history
of the Midland’s wire mill that produced the wire for the first transatlantic
cable. £10.50
Muter,
W Grant The
Buildings of an Industrial Community: Coalbrookdale and Ironbridge,
Phillimore in association with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, 1979, pp69
plus 117 b/w plates. Nr fine in VG
dw. A study of an industrial
environment frozen in its late Victorian state as a result of industrial
decline. £7.95
Nitralloy
Steel and the Nitriding Process of Hardening,
Thomas Firth and John Brown Ltd, Sheffield [1950s?], pp56.
Pb. VG.
A well-produced technical booklet extolling the benefits of Nitralloy
Steel. It is intended as a guide for those actually using Nitralloy Steel or who
have its use in mind. £3.95
Redhead,
Brian and Gooddie, Sheila The Summers of Shotton, Hodder &
Stoughton, 1987, pp160. One inch
tear in dw neatly repaired internally else F/VG+.
The story of the Shotton family who founded the Shotton steel works on
the banks of the Dee. £7.95
Riden,
Philip A
Gazetteer of Charcoal-fired Blast Furnaces in Great Britain in use since 1660,
Merton Priory Press, 2nd revised ed. 1993, pp174.
Pb. New.
Provides an outline history of every charcoal fired blast furnace in England,
Scotland and Wales since 1660. £8.50
Trinder,
Barrie The Most Extraordinary
District in the World: Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale, Phillimore, 1977, pp125
with 61 illustrations. Published in association with the Ironbridge Gorge Museum
Trust. ½ inch tear in dw else
VG+/VG. In the late 18th
century the Ironbridge Gorge was at the forefront of the industrial revolution
and was a magnet for writers, artists and industrial spies.
Barry Trinder has edited a selection of the most interesting contemporary
descriptions to produce an anthology of visitors’ impressions of Ironbridge,
Coalbrookdale and the Shropshire coalfield.
£8.50
Bennett,
Eric The Worshipful Company of
Wheelwrights of the City of London, 1670-1970, D&C, 1970.
VG+/VG+. £4.95
Blackham,
Robert J (Colonel) The
Soul of the City: London’s Livery
Companies, Their Storied Past,
Their Living Present, Sampson Low, Marston & Co., nd(c.1930?), pp358.
No dw. Top and bottom of
spine bumped. Inscription.
VG-. A comprehensive popular
history dealing with both the twelve major companies and the sixty-five lesser
livery companies. £8.50
Fisher
F J A
Short History of the Worshipful Company of Horners, published by the
company, 1990, pp138. The extensive
appendices include lists of the 1935 members, past masters, wardens and clerks;
the original statute of 1465; the charter and bye laws of 1638 and the oath of
association of 1696. No dw. Fine in
an attractive dark blue binding with the seal of company in gold on the cover.
First published in 1936. £7.50
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. £4.95
Boulton,
David A Square Deal All Round:
The History of Perkins Engines: 1932 to 2006, Perkins Engines Company, 2007,
pp252. Large format Hb.
VG+/VG+. A comprehensive
history of both the company and its diesel engines.
£12.50
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/VG. "The story of steam power from its beginnings in the ancient world to the steam preservation movement of today." £4.95
British Standard Specification for Internal-combustion Engines for Stationary and Industrial Purposes and for Auxiliary Purposes on Shipboard, excluding Carburettor-type Engines, British Standards Institution No.649, December 1935, pp15. Pb. G+ with some browning on covers. £2.95
Elasticity through the Centuries, Jonas Woodhead and Sons, nd, pp16. Pb. VG-. An illustrated booklet published to promote the laminated springs manufactured by Jonas Woodhead of Leeds. Although undated, the then current Managing Director took office in 1920. £1.95
Gibson A H and Chorlton, Alan E L
Applied
Mechanics and Heat: A Practical Treatise written by Specialists, Gresham
Publishing, 1930, pp396 with numerous figs and with charts showing properties of
substances used in refrigeration in an end pocket.
The Gresham Library of Mechanical Engineering.
Blue cloth with gold lettering. Inscription.
Hb. No dw.
VG. Slight foxing to the
page edges, some rubbing and wear to the covers at the corners and at the head
& base of the spine. Sections
on: Applied Mechanics, Elasticity & Strength of Materials, Testing &
Properties of Materials, Mechanism, Machine Drawing & Design, and Applied
Heat. £16.50
Gibson A H and Chorlton, Alan E L
Hydraulic
Engineering: A Practical Treatise written by Specialists, Gresham
Publishing, 1930, pp193 with numerous figs. The Gresham Library of Mechanical
Engineering. Blue cloth with
gold lettering. Inscription. Hb. No dw.
VG. Some foxing to the
preliminary pages, some rubbing and wear to the covers at the corners and at the
head & base of the spine. Sections
on: Modern Pumping Machinery, Fans & Air Compressors, Hydraulic Machinery,
and Water Turbines. £16.50
Gibson A H and Chorlton, Alan E L
Steam
Engineering: A Practical Treatise written by Specialists, Gresham
Publishing, 1931, pp404 with numerous figs.
The Gresham Library of Mechanical Engineering.
Blue cloth with gold lettering. Inscription.
Hb. No dw.
VG. Slight foxing to the
page edges, some rubbing and wear to the covers at the corners and at the head
& base of the spine. Sections
on: Engineering Chemistry, Steam Boilers, Coal & Ash Handling Plant, The
Reciprocating Steam Engine, Steam Turbines, Condensers & Cooling Towers, and
The Operation of Land Power Plants. £24.50
Booth A J British Small Mines (North), Industrial Railway Society, 2000, pp112. Pb. VG+. A pictorial survey of twenty-eight small mines that the author visited in the North of England and South Scotland during the previous two decades. £10.50
Buckley J A The Cornish Mining Industry: A Brief History, Tor Mark Press, 1999, pp48. Pb. Very Good. An illustrated booklet. £1.95
Copper
in Cast Steel and Iron,
issued by the Copper Development Association, first published 1937, revised
impression 1955, pp132. Fine. An attractive well-illustrated book printed on
high quality art paper. £3.95
Ford,
Trevor and Rieuwerts J H (Ed) Lead
Mining in the Peak District, Peak District Planning Board, 1970, pp128 plus
pp15 b/w plates. Pb. VG. Compiled by members of the Peak District Mines
Historical Society. A review
(pp1-28) of Lead Mining in the Peak District
followed by an examination of each of 12 mining areas in turn.
£4.95
Gold
Fields
(The) 1887-1937, Consolidated
Gold Fields of South Africa, 1937, pp185. No
dw. VG.
A history of The Consolidated Gold Fields of South Africa, written in
1937 to mark the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Company by Rhodes in
February 1887. £8.50
Johnson,
Paul Gold Fields: A Centenary
Portrait, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 1987, pp256. Large Format Hb.
Fine / Very Good. Slight scoring on the back of the dw.
Well-illustrated
in colour & b/w. A comprehensive examination of an international mining
conglomerate with gold, diamond and coal mines around the world.
Includes details of ARC, a fully owned subsidiary.
£5.95
Machining
of Copper and its Alloys
(The), issued by Copper Development Association, 1957, first issued
1939, pp118. No dw.
Fine. Printed on
high-quality art paper. £3.95
Napier,
Jean Rhosydd
A Personal View, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1999, pp53.
Pb. NEW.
An brief account of the Welsh Slate Industry followed by Jean Napier
evocative photographic studies. English
and Welsh text. £8.95
New
Jersey Zinc Company (The), Die Casting
for Engineers, New York, 1946, pp152. Fine.
An attractive well-illustrated book printed on high-quality art paper.
£3.95
Northern
Aluminium Company Ltd, Extraction and
Fabrication of Aluminium, 1949, pp113.
Fine. An attractive
well-illustrated book printed on high-quality art paper.
£3.95
Norwood,
Victor G C A Hand Full of Diamonds,
T.V. Boardman and Co., 1960, pp235. Spine
bumped top and bottom. Marks on
cover and slightly sunned at back. VG-.
Adventures and experiences of a diamond prospector in the jungles and
diamond fields of Guinea and Brazil. £5.95
Richards,
Alun John Slate
Quarrying at Corris, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1994, pp144.
Pb. NEW.
Traces the history of slate quarrying at Corris from Tudor times to the
present day. £5.45
Richards,
Alun John Slate
Quarrying in Wales, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1995, pp232.
Pb. NEW.
Traces the history of slate quarrying in Wales from its earliest
beginnings up to the present day. £7.50
Richards,
Alun John The
Slate Quarries of Pembrokeshire, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1998, pp197.
Pb. NEW.
The first comprehensive study of slate quarries in South West Wales and
the railways that served them. £5.50
Trounson
J Mining
in Cornwall Volume One: 1850-1960, Moorland, nd, 129 photographs.
Pb. VG; Mining
in Cornwall Volume Two: 1850-1960, Moorland, nd, 134 photographs.
Pb. VG+.
A two volume pictorial history. The
pair for £5.95
West,
Richard River of Tears: The Rise
of Rio Tinto-Zinc Mining Corporation, Earth Island Ltd, 1972, pp201.
Hb. Very Good+ / Very Good.
A critical study of RTZ mining activities in Southern Africa, Australasia
and Britain. £5.95
19.
OIL INDUSTRY
Aramco
Handbook: Oil and the Middle East,
Arabian-American Oil Co., 1968, pp275. Large
format. No dw.
VG. Aramco's early history
and its present operations. £6.95
Atterbury,
Paul and McKenzie, Julia A
Golden Adventure - The First 50 Years of Ultramar, Hurtwood, 1985, pp287.
Large format with extensive coloured and b/w illustrations.
Several small internally repaired tears in dw else VG+/VG.
The history of a British international oil company operating on five
continents with revenue of over £3 billion in 1984.
£5.95
British
Petroleum Our
Industry - An Introduction to the Petroleum Industry for the use of Members of
Staff, BP, 3rd edition 1959, 472 pages plus 87 photo-plates.
No dw. VG in attractive
green cloth binding with gold lettering. £7.50
British
Petroleum Our
Industry Petroleum: A Handbook Dealing with the Organisation and Functions of an
Integrated Oil Company, 1970, pp528 with numerous photographs,
illustrations, maps and diagrams. Large
format. Several internally repaired
tears in dw else F/VG. £7.50
Hamilton,
Adrian (Editor) Oil:
The Price of Power, Michael Joseph, 1986, pp191.
F/F. Inscription.
Studies the efforts of companies, governments & individuals to
control & share in the wealth of oil. £5.95
Harvie,
Christopher Fool’s
Gold: The Story of North Sea Oil,
Hamish Hamilton, 1994, pp394.
F/F. How a £200 billion oil
windfall divided a kingdom. £8.50
Heal
G and Chichilnisky G Oil
and the International Economy, Clarendon Press, 1991, pp139.
VG+/VG+. Examines the
economic institutions through which oil is produced, traded, and consumed; and
their interactions with national and international economic systems.
£5.95
Iskander,
Marwan The
Arab Oil Question, 2nd ed. 1974, pp138.
VG/G with small piece missing from worn dw
An academic study of the background to the 1970’s oil crisis.
£5.95
Longhurst,
Henry Adventure in Oil: The
Story of British Petroleum, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1959, pp286 plus 85
photographs. Forward by Winston
Churchill. Hb.
Very Good / No Jacket. A
comprehensive history. £3.95
Petroleum
Handbook
(A), by members of staff of Royal Dutch - Shell Group, for private
circulation, Asiatic Publishing Co., 2nd edition, 1938, pp473. No dw.
VG with corners bumped. A
comprehensive survey of the industry before World War II.
£6.95
Tugendhat,
Christopher Oil:
The Biggest Business, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1968, pp318. VG in torn dw. A
comprehensive review of the history of the oil industry and its current
structure. £5.95
20.
PAPER MILLS
Evans,
Joan The
Endless Webb - John Dickinson and Co. Ltd., 1804 - 1954, Jonathan Cape,
1955, pp274 plus 49 photo-plates. VG-
in repaired dw. The history of a
well-known Hertfordshire based paper manufacturer with mills at Apsley and
Croxley. £6.95
Lyddon,
Denis and Marshall, Peter Paper
in Bolton, John Sherratt & Son, 1975, pp208.
F/VG. Traces the development
of paper mills around Bolton from the pioneering days of the Crompton family. The
authors are particularly concerned with the history of Creams at Little Lever,
Springfield at Bolton and Holcombe at Ramsbottom.
£12.50
21. PUBLISHING, PRINTING & NEWSPAPERS
Ashbury,
Raymond (Ed) Libraries
and the Book Trade, Clive Bingley, London, 1967, pp194.
F/F. Symposium held at 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.
£5.95
Fry’s
Metals Printing
Metals, Fry’s, 1972, pp93.
VG/G. Presents an outline of
the characteristics and working properties of Printing Alloys used in printing
works. The standard book on the
subject first published in 1936. £3.95
MacArthur,
Brian Eddy
Shah Today and the Newspaper
Revolution, 1988, pp216, VG+/VG. Brian
McArthur was the first editor of Today.
£5.95
Young,
John L. Books from Manuscript to the
Bookseller, Pitman, 2nd ed. 1929, pp121 plus 23 page publisher’s list at
end. No dw.
Slight rubbing at top and bottom of spine else VG.
Pitman’s Common Commodities and Industries Series.
A fascinating insight into publishing before the war.
£5.95
Brendon, Piers Thomas Cook: 150 Years of Popular Tourism, Secker & Warburg, 1991, pp372. Hb. VG+/VG. The story of the company that pioneered popular tourism. £5.95
Briggs,
Asa Marks
and Spencer 1884-1984, pp128. Large
Format. F/F.
An illustrated centenary history. £5.95
Marcus,
Stanley Minding
the Store A Memoir, Little,
Brown and Co., Boston, 1974, pp383. No
dw. VG- with bottom corners of
cover slightly bumped. The story of
the Neiman-Marcus department store in Dallas, Texas.
£4.95
Sebba,
Anne Laura
Ashley: A life by design, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1990, pp207.
VG/VG. A history of the
family-based company that started in a modest way in Wales in 1953.
£6.95
23. ROAD TRANSPORT
All-Time
Classic Cars: A Collection of More than
140 Outstanding Models, Chancellor
Press, 1993, pp160. F/F.
Details of over 140 of the world’s finest models.
£5.95
Davies, Hunter The Eddie Stobart Story, Harper Collins, 2002, pp364 plus p16 of illustrations. Pb. Very Good. "The world's greatest haulier - a rags-to-riches tale of British entrepreneurialism." £2.95
Thompson, Peter Sharing the Success: The Story of NFC, Collins, 1990, pp224. F/VG+. The story of privatisation of the National Freight Corporation through a management buyout. £5.95
Turnbull,
Gerald L Traffic
and Transport: An Economic History of Pickfords, A&U, 1979, pp196.
F/VG. By focusing on the
history of Pickfords, Turnbull traces the growth of inland transport services by
road, canal and railway from the early 17th century until the eve of
nationalisation in 1947. £6.95
Williams
K, Williams J and Haslam C The Breakdown
of Austin Rover A case study in
the failure of business strategy and industrial policy, Berg, 1987, pp150.
VG/VG. A critical review of
the Michael Edwardes’ era. £6.95
Wisdom
T H 50 Years of Progress: The History of
the Automotive Products Organisation over the past 50 Years 1920-1970, pp48.
VG/VG. Large format.
A well-illustrated history of the group with a presentation slip
enclosed. £4.95
24. TEXTILES
Catling,
Harold The Spinning Mule, D&C,
1970, pp207. Pb.
Red spine faded else VG. A
detailed history of the Spinning Mule, invented by Samuel Crompton, which
revolutionized the Lancashire Cotton Industry.
£3.95
Foster
G A R The
Principles of Roller Drafting and the Irregularity of Drafted Materials,
Manual of Cotton Spinning Vol. IV Part I, edited by A F W Coulson, Textile
Institute, Manchester, 1958, pp150. No
dw. VG.
A convenient and concise summary of the principles and theory of
drafting. £4.95
Gulvin
C The
Scottish Hosiery and Knitwear Industry 1680-1980, John Donald, 1984, pp163.
VG+/VG+. A comprehensive
study. £8.50
Lancashire
Textile Industry
(The)
1969-1970, a Worrall textile publication, 83rd edition 1968, pp35 6. No dw.
G with some wear to the covers. A
comprehensive trade directory. £4.95
Marsden R Technological
Handbook: Cotton Spinning - Its Development and Practice with an appendix on
Steam Engines and Boilers, G. Bell, 1884, pp361. No dw.
A good reading copy. A
comprehensive introduction to the cotton trade.
£8.50
Morton
W E and Wray G R An
Introduction to the Study of Spinning, Longmans, 3rd edition 1962, pp277.
VG+/VG-. First published 1937. Part
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foundations of spinning technology. £5.95
Noguera
J Theory
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illustrations. No dw. Small piece
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Deals exhaustively with one system.
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Noguera
J Modern
Drafting in Cotton Spinning, Chorley & Pickersgill, 1937, pp194.
A much enlarged edition of the author’s earlier Theory
and Practice of High Drafting in Cotton Spinning.
No dw. Cover VG-; contents
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£5.95
Platt
Brothers Particulars
and Calculations Related to Modern Cotton Opening, Mixing & Blowing
Machinery, nd (c1930s), pp126. No
dw. G+ with tear in title page.
Illustrated details of textile machinery from the famous Oldham works of
Platt Brothers. £5.95
Plummer
A and Early R E The
Blanket Makers 1669-1968: A History of Charles Early and Marriott (Whitney),
Augustus M, Kelley, 1969, pp205. VG+/VG
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The history of the company, the families connected with it, and the
community in Whitney involved in blanket making.
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Tippett
H C A
Portrait of the Lancashire Textile Industry, OUP, 1969, pp170.
F/VG. Describes the changes
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Yorkshire
Textile Industry
(The) 1969-1970, a Worrall
textile publication, 84th edition 1969, pp366.
No dw. G with worn covers.
A comprehensive trade directory. £4.95
25. TIMBER
Strangh,
Lars and Wennerblom, Holger (eds.) The
Centenary of the Swedish Wood Exporters Association 1875-1975, 1975, pp95.
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Britain is by far the most important market for Swedish timber exports.
£5.95
26. TRADE UNIONS & THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT
Allen
V L Power
in Trade Unions A Study of their
Organization in Great Britain, Longmans, Green & Co., 1954, pp323.
VG/VG. A detailed study of
union government. £5.95
Allen
V L Trade
Unions and the Government, Longmans, Green & Co., 1960, pp326.
VG/VG. Deals historically
and analytically with the relationships between trade unions and central
government in Britain. £6.95
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.
£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/VG. A comprehensive
history signed by George Guy, the union General Secretary.
£8.50
Briggs G Jubilee History of the York Equitable Industrial Society Limited, Manchester Co-op, 1909, pp280. No dw. G with covers worn but contents sound. “Ex-Libris Tony Aitman” sticker inside front cover and “Old Priory Adult Shool, Nunnery Lane, York” stamped at top of title page. A history of one branch of the co-operative movement. £5.95
Clegg H A The Changing System of Industrial Relations in Great Britain, Blackwell, 1983, pp479. A completely updated version of the The System of Industrial Relations in Great Britain. Pb. Crease down centre of spine else VG. A comprehensive description of industrial relations before the Thatcher years. £3.95
Mansbridge, Albert Brick upon Brick: Co-operative Permanent Building Society 1884-1934, Dent, 1934, pp235. No dw. VG. An important record of one aspect of the Co-operative movement. £5.95
Moran, James NATSOPA Seventy-Five Years The National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants 1889-1964, OUP, 1964, pp160. A readable history recording the colourful history of the printers’ union. VG+/VG with two small tears in dw neatly repaired internally. £5.95
Reinalda, Bob (editor) The International Transportworkers Federation 1914-1945: The Edo Fimmen Era, 1997, pp301. F/F. The ITF is the international trade secretariat for all transport workers. This major study examines the role of the ITF between the wars and during World War 2 under the leadership of the legendary Dutchman, Edo Fimmen. £7.50
Roberts, Bryan The Price of TUC Leadership, A&U, pp148. VG+/VG. A Criticism of the TUC General Council and its responsibility for the Labour Party's General Election Defeat in 1959. £6.95
Sidney E The Industrial Society 1918-1968, The Industrial Society, 1968, pp51. No dw. VG. A history of this employer’s organisation, originally known as the Industrial welfare Society. £3.50