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Hobbies8009. : "OO" Guage Model Railway & Electrical Equipment 1953 Catalogue. Hove Sussex: Bradshaw Model Products 1953. 22.5 by 19.5 cms. 21 pp. illustrated, staples rusty, covers dusty otherwise very good. Contains a 2 page loose insert, illustrated of Rivarossi models 1953/54 season. £23.0011057. : Cassell's Book of In-Door Amusements Card Games and Fireside Fun. London: Paris & New York: Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. n.d. c. 1890/1900. 21 by 15 cms. 224+4 pp. illustrated, dark green and red cloth boards with gilt, black stamped, title and games vignettes, spine and some gilding a little faded, spine professionally relaid, board corners a little rubbed, a.e.g. Internally very tight, clean and fresh. Overall in very good condition. A companion volume to Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes which is concerned with outdoor activities. The sections of this charming work cover, Round or Parlour Games, Toy Games and Toy Making, Mechanical Puzzles, Arithmetical Puzzles, Card games, Parlour Magic, Fireside Fun. £25.006451. : Dryad Art Craftwork Needlework 1969. Dryad Leicester 1969. 215 pp. illustrated. Dryads craft catalogue. stiff card covers, very good £6.007905. : Euromodel Rail Review. Southend on Sea: 1982 - 1986. 29.5 by 21 cms. A non consecutive group of 13 issues. from Vol. 1 Number 2 July 1982 , nos's 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 14, 15, 19, 20, 22. All in very good condition, almost as new. £75.007903. : Ferguson Heritage. Coventry: Friends of Ferguson Heritage 29.5 by 21 cms. Encompassing Massey Harris and derivatives. A run of 8 issues, no's 5 Autumn 1995, no. 6 Spring 1996, no. 7 Summer 1996, no. 8 Autumn 1996, no. 9 Spring 1997, no. 10 Summer 1997, no 12, Spring 1998. All in very good condition, almost new. For Tractor enthusiasts. £42.009555. : Handicrafts The Amateur Woodworker's Magazine. London: Handicrafts Ltd. 1929-1930. 24.5 by 17 cms. four issues vol. 25, 1929, nos 384, March. 386, May. Vol. 26, 1930, 396, March. 402, Sept. paper covers in very good condition. Also a folded special fretwork design no. 171as issued with hobbies no. 174. 5 Mar. 1929. Working Model of The Great Wheel. The equivalent of the modern London Eye and similar wheels like that in the Prater Vienna. £10.008161. : Hobbies A Weekly Journal for Amateurs of Both Sexes. London: Hobbies Limited Volume IV April 17th 1897 to October 9th 1897. 24 by 15 cms. viii+520 pp. illustrated, half leather and marbled boards, slight edge browning in places, boards a bit rubbed and scuffed otherwise very good. An insight into late Victorian hobbies, and covers just about everything. The magazine was published weekly. £35.008116. : Hornby Railways 'OO' Scale Model Catalogue 1980. Kent: Hornby Hobbies Rovex Ltd. R280 26th ed.1980. 30 by 21 cms. 63 pp. illustrated, paper covers, a bit worn but generally in good condition, terrific nostalgia. £6.008117. : Hornby Railways 1825-1975 Stephenson Edition 150 Years of Railways. Kent: Hornby Hobbies Rovex Ltd. R280 1975 30 by 21 cms. 47 pp. illustrated, paper covers, in very good condition, terrific nostalgia. £10.008119. : Lima Catalogo Generale of Train Models 1976 Vicenza: 1976. Ref. 092, 21.5 by 29 cms. 87 pp. illustrated, paper covers, text in Italian, German, French, Dutch, English, in very good condition. A terrific international train model catalogue from this Italian company. £8.008575. : Model Maker & Model Boats. Hemel Hempstead: Model & Allied Publications 1973-1977 A group of 19 issues of this periodical. illustrated, plans, diagrams, sections. Possibly one of the best such magazines. Issues, Nov. Dec. 1972. Jan. Feb.Mar. Apr. June Nov. Dec. 1973. Jan.Mar.July 1974. Jan. Nov.Dec. 1975.Jan. Apr. 1976. Jan. Feb. 1977. £20.008574. : Modeller's World. Windsor: 1977-1981 15 issues. Vol. 6. no's 1,2,3,4. Oct. 1976-July 77. Vol. 7. no's 1,2,4. Oct.1977-July 78. Vol. 8 no's 2,3,4. Jan.-July 1979. Vol.9 no's 2,3,4. Jan.-July 1980. Vol 10 no's 2,3. Jan.-April 1981. All in very good condition. £12.009537. : Newnes Home Mechanic. London: George Newnes n.d. c.1930. In 24 Parts. 1376+viii pp. illustrated, decorative paper covers in yellow and black showing a pipe smoking gentleman in waistcoat and tie woodworking. Published in 24 weekly parts at a shilling a copy. There are 15 loosely inserted folding charts or large size construction sheets to make objects from bookcases, gate-leg tables to three valve radio sets. It was later published in 4 vols. The complete weekly parts will be scarce. There is minor edgewear and a little dustiness but this is wonderfully evocative period material. A heavy item for postage particularly outside the UK. £25.008121. : Rivarossi Catalogue 1969/70 Coma: 1969. 19.5 by 22.5 cms. 92 pp. illustrated, paper covers, English text, in very good condition. A terrific train, and tramway, model catalogue from this Italian company. £10.008568. : Ships and Ship Models. London: Percival Marshall & Co. Vol 1 No. 1 Sept. 1931. 23 by 15 cms. iv+32+vi pp. illustrated, drawings, diagrams, paper covers a small, faint museum library stamp on cover, covers slightly dusty otherwise very good. The very first issue of an excellent magazine which ran until 1939. £15.007904. : The German Railway Modellers' Society Magazine. Middlesborough: & Herts: Dec 1981 - Spring 1993 21 by 15 cms. A non-consecutive collection, no.3, Dec. 81,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10,11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 39, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, Spring 1993. A total of 43 issues all in very good condition, almost as new. After issue 46 it was re-named Merkur, The Journal of the German Railway Society. £85.007906. : The Journal of the The German Railway Society. Herts: Summer 1993. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive collection, no.47, Summer 1993, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, Autumn 1995. A total of 10 issues all in very good condition, almost as new. Before issue 47 it was known as The German Railway Modellers' Society Magazine. £30.008115. : Triang Hornby Model Railways edition 17. Kent: Hornby Hobbies Ltd. R280 1971. 21 by 30 cms. 39 pp. illustrated, paper covers, Cuneo painting as front cover, in very good condition. £7.008113. : Triang Hornby Model Railways 12th edition 1966. Kent: Rovex Scale Models Ltd. R280 1966. 27.5 by 21 cms. 27 pp. illustrated, paper covers, Cuneo painting as front cover, in very good condition, terrific nostalgia. £8.008336. "A Steady Stoker": The Model Steam Engine. How to Buy, How to Use and How to Make It. London: Houlston & Wright 1868. 18.5 by 12.5 cms. 80 pp. 46 illustrations, pictorial card cover. Front cover has an illustration of a contemporary locomotive. Frontispiece of a French locomotive from, Ganot's, "Physics". Owner's name and stamp on ffep, David Fergus Blyth St. Andrews, with a similar small name stamp to the top of the title page, fairly minor wear to the covers, internally a very tight good copy. Excellent illustrations of steam thrashing machine, steam sawing machine,locomotives, including Chaplin's new patent locomotive engine, steam crane, etc. A very early, scarce and attractive item. £125.007999. "Berkeley": Ecarte and Euchre. London: George Bell & Sons, 1892. The Club Series. vii + 79 + ii pp. 17 x 12 cm. Black-blocked pictorial gray-green cloth boards. No dw. Lots of diagrams and tables. Some wear to boards. The inside front cover advertises Bohn's Handbook of Games, followed by six pages - Opinions of the Press, The Club Series, The All-England Series, The New Webster, Chess Player's Annual and Telegraphic Chess Codes, and Bell's Books for Chess Players. There is inserted loose a two-page advertisement for Webster's Dictionary, detailing its use by the Lord Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of the Surpeme Court of the US, and its use in court when Mr Justice Bruce sent for it to determine the meaning of the word "squirm". At the end is a two-page list of Handbooks of Athletic Sports, with Opinions of the Press inside the back cover. £30.0011658. "Cavendish": The Laws and Principles of Whist stated and explained and its Practice Illustrated on an original system by means of hands played completely through. London: Thos. De La Rue fourteenth edition 1884. 276 pp. illustrated, hardback, embossed brown boards with gilt spine and front board title. a.e.g. in very good condition. Illustrations are printed in black and red to aid identification. A beautifully produced book. £23.001959. 10th Belfast Group of Boy Scouts: Fifty Years of Scouting 1909-1959. Belfast: 10th Belfast Group of Boy Scouts, 1959. 11pp. 24.5 x 15 cm. One illustration. Signature on front cover o/w good, in faded card covers. £6.0011784. Adams, Joseph: The Angler's Guide to the Irish Fisheries. London: Hutchinson & Co 1924. xxxvii+255 pp. with a preface by the Marquess of Sligo, illustrated, hardback, minor wear, foreedge spotting and some pencil underlining, name removed from ffep, otherwise good. Containing descriptions of angling days spent on the rivers and principal loughs throughout the country, setting forth their true sporting quality, with hints on flies, tackle and other information helpful to fishermen. £42.008041. Ahern, John A.: Miniature Landscape Modelling. Percival Marshall & Co. revised and reprinted 1955. x+133pp. illustrated, hardback, no dustwrapper, in otherwise very good condition. A classic study. £5.001790. Anon: Bucks & Hickman Stock Catalogue. Sheffielf: Bucks & Hickman, 1975. 33cm x 18cm, scuffed card covers. 660pp listing 18,000 hand and machine tools. Illustrated. B&H Catalogue number 000732. £20.007995. anon.: Directions of Playing "Chinese Game of Four Winds". 1930s? 22 pp. 19 x 13 cm. Illustrated paper covers. Lots of illustrations. Ffep has been stuck to front cover at one spot, and forced apart with very slight damage to cover. £5.001574. Anon.: Handbook of Instruction for Operating Equipment (Oxy-gas Welding and Cutting) and Directions for Assembling London: The British Oxygen Co Ltd, 1953. 56pp in card covers. 18.5 x 12cm. Near Mint £5.008063. Bagley, Wm. A.: The Boy's Book of Metalcraft. London: Vawser & Wiles n.d. c. 18.5 by 12.5 cms.93 pp. with illustrations by the author, paper covers, rusty staples otherwise in very good condition. Beautifully illustrated cover. £6.008052. Bassett-Lowke (Rlys) Limited: Bassett-Lowke Railways. London: Steam Age 1968 21 by 29.5 cms.136 pp. illustrated, diagrams, paperback, in very good condition. A re-introductory Bassett-Lowke catalogue. £15.008014. Bassett-Lowke Ltd.: Model Supplies Railways. Ships. Engines. Accessories. Northampton: Bassett-Lowke 1951. Stock list of Model Engineering Supplies. 23 by 15.5 cms. 60 pp. illustrated, loose insert 8pp price list, staples rusty, some age wear but generally in very good condition £40.008010. Beattie, S. N.: Build a Space Age Railway. London: Southgate Hobbyshop n.d. c. 1958-1961 20.5 by 16.5 cms. n.p. c.22pp. diagrams, card covers, two light small stains on cover otherwise good. £5.008247. Beaumont, Anthony: Traction Engine Pictures. London: Percival Marshall 1961. 12 by 18.5 cms.64 pp. illustrated, card covers, covers a little dusty but otherwise very good. Super photos of tractors and traction engines. £5.007974. Blake, Wendon: Watercolour Painting. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications, 1979. The Artist's Painting Library. 80 pp. 28 x 21 cm. Pictorial glazed card covers, in very good condition. Useful outline of techniques and materials. Paintings by Claude Croney. £15.007990. Bolton, Richard: Painting Buildings in Watercolour. Tunbridge Wells: Search Press Ltd, 1983. Leisure Arts 20. 32 pp. 20.5 x 20.5 cm. Glazed illustrated card covers. Profusely illustrated in colour by Richard Bolton. Discusses materials and techniques. £7.008064. Booth, T. J.: Model Railway Kit Building. Patrick Stevens Ltd 1989. 199 pp. illustrated, diagrams, paperback. How to build, paint and detail plastic and metal kits. £6.008026. Booth, Trevor: The Silverlink Library of Railway Modelling Creating the Scenic Landscape. Trevor Booth: reprinted July 1997. Stations and buildings, fields and trees, roads and rivers, construction techniques, painting and detailing. A series of books providing a no-nonsense step by step guide to model railway construction. 27.5 by 21 cms. 95 pp. illustrated, paperback, in near mint condition. £8.008045. Boreham, D. A.: Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling London: Percival Marshall 1962. 136 pp. illustrated, diagrams, hardback, in a good dustwrapper, and in very good condition. £10.007733. Bullivant, Cecil H: Every Boy's Book of Hobbies. London: T.C. & E. Jack n.d. c.1915. 534 pp. a uniform volume with Home Fun. Spine shows a boy looking up at an early airplane and there is a boy on the front cover showing a contents page. Includes model making, carpentry, collecting, scouting, pets, photography, fret work, bent iron work, camping, caravaning, home museum, etc. Some fore edge spotting, and a little foxing to first few pages otherwise a nice bright copy. £12.0013178. Burn, R. Scott: The New Guide to Masonry, Bricklaying and Plastering Theoretical and Practical. London: John G. Murdoch n.d. c.1870. 28.5 by 22.5 cm. iv+440+133 plates+28 plates. Illustrated by 160 plates and 346 wood engravings in text. Bound in half leather and textured cloth. Six panelled spine, raised bands, gilt decorative panels and lettering, marbled fore edges and endpapers. Owners name on prelim, John McKnight 1872. Double title pages, the first showing a decorative architectural portico around the title. Spine professionally restored, showing some wear but overall in good condition, excellent plates. A very heavy book. £145.007994. Butcher's: British Cameras and How to Use Them. Butcher's, 1923. ii + xxxii + 176 + ii pp. 18 x 10.5 cm. There are two pages of advertisements, followed by 32 pages: "Photography by Simple Methods - Written & Illustrated by Harold G Grainger, Author of 'Photography in the Home' - with a Price List of British Made Cameras and Accessories". This covers everything you needed to know about cameras, film, and developing. and is illustrated with plates and diagrams. The next 176 pages is "Butcher's British Carbine Cameo, Klimax & Pressman Cameras and Other Photographic Apparatus 1923. This illustrates and describes lenses, shutters, 30 cameras - including 2 Kinematogragh cameras, 8 enlargers, easels, lamps, condensers, albums, frames, mounts, backcloths, negative boxes, chemicals, instruments, protective clothing, tanks, drainers, clocks, thermometers, dishes, lamps, meters, flashes, filters, measures, frames, trimmers, retouching equipment, scales, timers, squeegees, tripods, unipods, levels, view finders, plate washers, print washers, plates, film, papers, postcards, home projector (illustrated), and lanterns, with dozens of further illustrations and diagrams. The calalogue has an index, and is followed by two further pages of advertisements. At page 33 a 4-page leaflet advertising the "Little Nipper"camera and developing and printing outfit, and postcard printer is tipped in. There are further advertisements on the inside of the front and back card covers. The outside back cover is printed with a coloured advertisement for Carbine Film. The coloured front cover carries a picture of a child using a very large Pressman Camera, and a panel in which is printed "John Bell, Camera Specialist, 10 Lower Garfield Street, Royal Avenue, Belfast". £95.008053. Cain, Tubal: Building Simple Model Steam Engines. London: Argus Books 1980. 107 pp. illustrated, diagrams, paperback, in a slightly worn condition. £4.0011219. Camlink: Plastics Art and Craft for the home and the amateur. London: C. Arthur Pearson first ed. 1952 working with perspex, catalin, casein plastics and cellulose, acetate, plastics for special purposes, nylon, crinothene, polyvinyl chloride paste, making articles for the home. 124 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition in a dusty rubbed dustwrapper with a few small tears. Scarce. £23.004207. Camm, F.J: Norman Hunter's Successful Conjuring for Amateurs. London, Pearson 1951. 383 pp. illustrated, spine faded, some wear good. The book is based upon the artivcles contributed to Practical Mechanics by Norman Hunter the famous conjuror associated for many years with Maskelyne's Mysteries. The card of J.Demaline, Magical Entertainer, Ramsbottom, is on the front paste down. £35.008004. Carter, Ernest F.: Model Railway Signals. London: Percival Marshall & Co. 1st edition, April 1948. 18.5 by 12.5 cms. 65pp. diagrams, paper covers, minor wear otherwise very good. £12.0012816. Carter, Ernest F.: "OO" Gauge Layout and Design. London: Percival Marshall reprinted 1958. 99pp. illustrated, softcovers with a protective plastic dw, removable. In good condition. £5.0010587. Casson, Michael: The Craft of the Potter A Practical Guide to Making Pottery. London: B.B.C. reprinted 1980. 29.5 by 21 cms. 128 pp. illustrated, soft covers, in good condition. A useful introduction. £6.001552. Christopher, F. J and Christopher, R. B: The Handyman's Encyclopedia - A Manual of Home Decoration and Repair. London: Spring Books, c1950 488pp. 241 illustrations. Torn dustwrapper. £6.008065. Clyde Model Dockyard & Engine Depot.: Models. Argyll Arcade Glasgow: Clyde Model Dockyard & Engine Depot n.d. c.1910 Catalogue. 25 by 18.5 cms. 76 pp. illustrated, paper covers. In superb condition. Established in 1789 this company were model makers to the Admiralty, the principal Railway companies etc, and made engines, yachts, steamboats and parts, and executed repairs. Includes the firm's sales receipt for 21/1/1911 and a written note on the cover, "Received January 21 1911" Features model trains and associated items, steam engines, small models,aeroplanes, racing yachts, steamboats, small motors, meccano, a remarkable new hobby, novelties, cinematographs etc. A superb 1910 catalogue, a scarce survivor. £125.008837. Collins, Jack: Clowning Around For Children. A Supreme Magic Publication 1979. 24.5 by 18.5 cms. 71 pp. illustrated, card covers. The author's professional name is Weedy the Clown. A very small tear, one cm. affecting the first 44 pp. has been repaired. £10.007997. Cussans, John E: The Grammar of Heraldry: Containing a Description of all the Principal Charges used in Armory, the Signification of Heraldic Terms, and the Rules to be Observed in Blazoning and Marshalling; . London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1866. The title of this book continues "together with the Armorial Bearings of all the Landed Gentry in England prior to the Sixteenth Century." x + 100 pp. + 32-page General List of Works, dated July 1864, published by Messrs. Longman, Green, and Co. 18 x 12.5 cm. Gold blocked red cloth boards. No dw. "Illustrated with One-Hundred-And-Ninety-Six Engravings". Wear to spine and corners. £85.0012598. Dobson, Margaret: Block-Cutting and Print-Making by Hand. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons n.d. (1930). xix+183+21 pp. illustrated in colour and monotone, hardback decorative front board in black and red, some pencil annotation on rear endpaper and an alphabet drawn on the margin of one of the final advertising pages otherwise very good condition. £20.008797. Dryad Handicrafts: How to Weave on Four Way Table Looms. Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, c1950. Dryad Leaflet No. 89, 3rd Impression. 18 pp, plus the illustrated paper covers. 21.5 x 14 cm. There are eighteen illustrations, including five looms. Grubby, and torn at bottom of spine, but containing useful pencilled notes. £5.008798. Dryad Handicrafts: Weaving on Four-way Table Looms. Leicester: Dryad Handicrafts, c1970. Dryad Leaflet No. 89. 24 pp, including the illustrated paper covers. 21.5 x 14 cm. There are six plates, and twelve diagrams. £5.007922. East Anglian Cyclemotor Club. National Autocycle Cyclemotor Club.: Buzzing The Newsletter of the East Anglican Cyclemotor Club, The National Autocycle and Cyclemotor Club. Suffolk: 1982-1995. 21 by 15 cms. TWO SETS - no.1: A run of 48 issues, plus one duplicate, from Vol 1 No 1 Spring 1982 to Vol 10 number 6 Dec. 1991. All in very good, mint condition. Vol 1 no 1- 4, Vol 2 no 1-4, Vol 3 no. 1-4 ( these 11 early issues are reprints) then originals, vol 3 no. 4. vol 4 to vol 10 are complete runs, four issues a year to vol 6, then six issues annually thereafter. I duplicate issue vol 7 no 2. It changed its name from the magazine of the E.A.C.C. to that of the N.A.C.C. during publication. All contained in a black, unlabelled Archive box. SET 2: A run of 24 issues, plus one duplicate, from Vol 11 No 1 Feb. 1992 to Vol 14 number 6 Dec. 1995. All in very good, mint condition. Vol 11, nos 1-6, Vol 12 nos 1-6, Vol 13 nos 1-6, Vol 14 nos 1-6, a duplicate of vol 13 no 3. All contained in a maroon, unlabelled Archive box. Plus a couple of inserts from Les Amis du Velosolex. These two sets give a near mint collection of the first 72 issues covering 13 years. £150.0011782. Eeles, H.H: Tackle Fishing for Fishermen. London: Adlard Coles in assoc. with George G. Harrup 1954. 101 pp. illustrated, hardback in an edgeworn, price clipped dustwrapper. very good. Chapters on rods, nets, floats, spoons, wagtails and devons, plugs, tackles and traces, spinning leads, preserving baits, dressing trout and salmon flies etc. £10.0010370. Ellis, Chris: Model Trains The Collector's Guide. Wigston: Magna Books 1994. 30.5 by 23.5 cms. 80 pp. illustrated, hardback, very good in a v.g. dustwrapper. £6.008043. Ellis, Hamilton: Model Railways 1838 - 1939 London: George Allen & Unwin first edition 1962. 139 pp. illustrated, hardback, in a good dustwrapper, and in very good condition. £7.007975. Evans, Ray: Learn to Paint Buildings. London: Collins, 1987. Learn to Paint Series. 64 pp. 27.5 x 21 cm. Pictorial glazed card covers, in very good condition. Useful outline of techniques and materials. £15.007459. Everyday Science: Everyday Science. London: Everyday Science, Vol III, No 8. Dec. 1921. Incorporating Models, Railways and Locomotives. Pages v+393-448. 24.5 x 17 cm. Paper covers. Chats on model locomotives, wireless telegraphy for amateurs, and model aeroplanes. In very good condition. £5.007458. Everyday Science: Everyday Science. London: Everyday Science, Vol II, No 8. Dec. 1920. Incorporating Models, Railways and Locomotives. Pages ix+409-464. 24.5 x 17 cm. Paper covers. Chats on model locomotives, model flying machines, long distance pictures, etc. In very good condition. £5.008038. Freezer, C. J.: The Model Railway Manual A Step by Step Guide to Building a Layout. Patrick Stevens Ltd. 1994. 31 by 22 cms. 34 pp. illustrated, hardback, near mint condition. £8.007883. Gilson, Leslie E.: Parrys Woodworking Machinery Electric Tools and Accessories Price List November 1971. London: 1971. 21 by 13 cms. 116 pp. 5000 prices, card covers. Covers handled but otherwise very good. This price list was an addition to their second edition catalogue. £10.002888. Grier, William.: The Mechanic's Pocket Dictionary . Glasgow Blackie and Son 5th ed. 1839. 16 by 11 cms. 344 pp. quarter leather and marbled boards with leather corners, frontispiece. Being a notebook of technical terms, rules and tables in mathmatics for the use of millwrights, engineers, machine makers, founders, carpenters, joiners and students of natural philosophy. Inscribed to John McCance Ladybrook 28th May 1849. Formerly a student at Belfast Academy. Condition is overall good but there are a few small stains and the titlepage and frontispice are a bit grubby showing the kind of wear a user of the book would give it. £45.002124. Gubelin, Dr. Eduard: The Colour Treasury of Gemstones. Elsevier. Phaidon 1975. 29 by 21cms. 127pp. illustrated from photographs by Michael Wolgensinger and Dr Eduard Gubelin, no dustwrapper otherwise very good. £12.008177. Guild of Master Craftsman: Modelling and Miniature Crafts. Lewes: A Guild of Master Craftsman Publication, 1986-1989. Issues 1-8. Each issue 29.5 by 21 cms. c. 92/96 pp. illustrated, card covers, all in very good condition. The magazine that becomes a collector's item. Very well produced and illustrated. £32.0011671. Hasluck, Paul N. editor: Beehives and Beekeepers Appliances. London: Cassell and Company March 1920. First published Jan. 1905. 17 by 10 cms. 160pp. illustrated, softcovers, spine strip largely gone and covers showing some wear, otherwise a fair copy. £12.006450. Hooper, Luther: Hand - Loom Weaving Plain & Ornamental. London: Pitman 1979. xxii+339 pp. with line drawings by the author and Noel Rooke also several illustrations from ancient and modern textiles. First published in 1910 this is its first paperback printing. £8.008123. Hornsey, Pat editor: An Introduction to Model Railways. London: New English Library 1977. 34 by 24.5 cms. 155 pp. illustrated in colour, hardback, no dustwrapper, in good condition. £5.001549. Houghton, P. S: Press Tool Practice. London: Chapman & Hall Ltd, 1943. Part Three. viii+167pp. 94 figures and tables. Fair, in dustwrapper.. £7.001242. Hoyle, G: Hoyle's Games, Improved and Enlarged by New and Practical Treatises, with the Mathematical Analysis of the Chances of the Most Fashionable Games of the Day, Forming an Easy and Scientific Guide to the Gaming Table, +Most Popular Sports of the Field. London: Longman and Co., etc, 1847 New edition. x + 492 pp. 14.5 x 9cm, in gold-blocked spine and decorated boards. Card games, billiards, chess, "goff or golf", tennis, archery, game cocks, horse-racing, etc, etc. On th front pastedown is tghe bookplate of, "Robert G. Nicholson, Donacloney." £65.0013395. Hunter family: Victorian Scrap Album. Belfast: 1879 et seq. A Victorian scrap album. 36 double-sided pages. 31 x 26.5 cm. Dark blue heavily embossed boards, with faint remains of gilding. Containing a rich mix of printed coloured Victorian scraps, newspaper cuttings - mostly poetry and humour, pasted-down pressed leaves, hand written poems - some original, and letters. One of the handwritten poems is on embossed notepaper for Parkmount, Belfast, (the home of H.H. McNeile J.P.), one handwritten poem is signed Annie McCandless, Coleraine, June 3rd 1885, and another is marked, "copied by M.A.H. June 1883". There are about 485 printed coloured scraps of varied sizes, 12 handwritten poems, and about 100 printed pieces. The ffep has the inscription "Elizabeth Hunter, 2 Hopefield Avenue, Belfast, Christmas 1879". This was the home of William Hunter, Builder. The condition is very good overall, but there were once about 30/40 further scraps which are no longer there, two of which have been cut out leaving a hole in the page, several of the pasted-down pressed leaves have gone, and some six or so of the existing scraps have damage. Overall an attractive, if sentimental, collection of Victoriana. £55.007978. Hutchings, Margaret: Making and Using Finger Puppets. London: Mills & Boon Limited, 1973. 96 pp. 25 x 19 cm. Pictorial glazed boards, in very good condition. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author, and coloured plates. £10.006449. Jarvis: P. R: A Practical Weaving Course. Manchester: Harlequin Press 1947. 152 pp. illustrated, very good in a rather worn dustwrapper. £10.007993. Johnston, RF: Coin Collecting A Beginner's Guide. London: Letterworth Press, 1968. 120 pp. 20 x 15 cm. White blocked red boards, in dw. Illustrated. Discusses condition, care, storage, sources, etc. Discusses the English periods, Ireland, Scotland, and rest of world. There is a small neat repair to the bottom of the back of the dw. £9.509095. Jones, Bernard E.: Soldering, Brazing and Welding. London: Cassell and Company reprinted Nov. 1922. 18 by 12 cms 156 pp. illustrated with 78 illustrations, card covers, one of Cassell's Work Handbooks. Some wear to bottom inch of spine otherwise good. £8.008044. Joyce, James: Collectors Guide to Model Railways. Watford: Model & Allied Publications first edition 1977. 139 pp. illustrated, hardback, in a good dustwrapper, and in very good condition. £6.009470. Kalmbach, A. C: The Model Railroader Cyclopedia Fifth Edition Railroad Equipment Prototype Plans. Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co. 1947. fifth edition third printing. 184 pp plus 27 folding plates. The ffep has been clipped at top right presumably to remove a name, otherwise in good condition. First published in 1936 this is a very nice production. £15.008049. Kelly, Robert: Micro Model Railways an Introduction to N and Z Scales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles 1982. 95 pp. illustrated, diagrams, hardback, in very good condition, near fine. £5.008015. Kure, Gottfried and Voice, David: Toy and Model Trams of the World Vol 1: Toys, Die Casts and Souvenirs. Adam Gordon Buckinghamshire 2001. A description of toy and model trams around the world including trolleybuses, underground cars, funiculars and monorails. 29.5 by 21 cms. 128 pp. illustrated in colour, paperback, in mint condition. Manufacturer's index, 1800 items included, 480 manufacturer's names, historical summary, market price estimates. £15.007912. Lake, G.H.: "OO" (16.5 mm. Guage) Miniature Railways Handbook & Guide 1953/54 London: 1954. Including Latest British Railways Modelling Standards Bureau, Standard Dimensions. 21.5 by 13.5 cms. 24 pp. diagrams, paper covers, in very good condition. Contains a brief history of 00 gauge. £15.008153. Levy, Allen: A Century of Model Trains London: New Cavendish Books 3rd. imp. 1978. 27 by 33.5 cms. 208 pp. illustrated in black and white and in colour, hardback, dustwrapper, with a laminated black and white slip case which has a large image of a model train, the slip case has some rubbing and wear but in very good condition, near mint. This is a very handsome book which has been well protected by its slipcase. £25.0010767. Lloyd, David: The Irish Narrow Gauge Narrow Lines Extra no. 6 Scale Drawings described by David Lloyd. The 7mm Narrow Gauge Association 1988. 30 by 21.5 cms. 13 pp. + 18 drawings, some folding, illustrated, covers a bit dusty otherwise in very good condition. In a black plastic slide binder, as issued. £15.008068. Mackenzie, A. W. N: Wolf Cub Tests and How to pass Them. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson thirteenth edition 1937. First published 1920. 18.5 by 12.5 cms. 44 pp. illustrated, paper covers, dusty covers, some wear otherwise in good condition. An early survival. £8.008002. Magnus, George G: How to Write Saleable Fiction. London: The Cambridge Literary Agency, 1940s? 77 pp. 19 x 12.5 cm. White-blocked gray boards. No dw. £8.009866. Marshall, A. C. editor: The Complete Illustrated Household Encyclopaedia. London: George Newnes n.d. c.1938. 1016 pp. illustrations, green boards. Organised from A to Z. Includes air-raid precautions. £8.003494. McEntee, Howard G. editor: The Model Aircraft Handbook. London: Robert Hale 1970. 226 pp. diagrams a little wear but good. £8.008029. McHoy, Peter and Ellis, Chris: The World Guide to Model Trains The Guide to International Railways and Ready to Run Models. London: Sphere Books 1983. Over 2500 locomotives and rolling stock in full colour. 28.5 by 21.5 cms. 256 pp. illustrated, paperback, in very good condition. £8.007915. Model Bus Federation.: Model Bus Journal The Magazine of the Model Bus Federation. no. 309 Jan 1997 - no. 332 Dec 1998. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 24 issues, all mint, as new in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. £30.007910. Model Bus Federation.: Model Bus Journal The Magazine of the Model Bus Federation. no. 357 jan 2001 - no. 375 July 2000. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 19 issues, all mint, as new in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. £30.007909. Model Bus Federation.: Model Bus Journal The Magazine of the Model Bus Federation. no. 333 jan 1999 - no. 356 December 2000. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 24 issues, all mint, as new in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. £30.008795. Model Buses: Model Buses. Telford: Model Buses Feb./Mar. 2001 Issue 25 - Oct./Nov. 2002 Issue 35. 29.5 by 21 cms. Issue 25, Feb.-Mar. 2001 to Issue 35 Oct.-Nov. 2002. 11 issues of the magazine, all as new in a red binder with gilt spine title. Around 24 pp. plus advertising per issue, illustrations. £18.008792. Model Buses: Model Buses. Telford: Model Buses Vol ) No. 1 (Preview Copy) Winter 1995 - Issue 12 Autumn 1998. 29.5 by 21 cms. editor Ian Morton, Issues 1-12, from 1995 to Autumn 1998. 12 issues of the magazine, all as new in a red binder with gilt spine title. Around 24 pp. plus advertising per issue, illustrations. £18.008335. Percival Marshall, editor: Model Steamers and Motor Boats How to Build and Run Them. London: Percival Marshall & Co n.d. c.1930. 18 by 12.5 cms. 109pp. illustrated, diagrams, card covers. Marshall's Practical Manuals No. 11. Covers rubbed, some edge wear otherwise a very good tight copy. £15.001550. Perkins, John: Tool Sharpening Made Simple. London: Bloomsbury Books, 1994. 48pp, mint in dustwrapper. Profusely illustrated. £6.007908. Pola.: Katalog Gebaudemodelle in H0 & N. 1991 Rothausen: Pola GmbH. 1991. English Text. 97 pp. illustrated in colour. Model Building kits, an amazing collection. £10.007996. Polak, S and Quilter, H. C: The Teaching of Drawing, Its Aims and Methods. Dublin: The Educational Company of Ireland Ltd, 1920s. Fourth Impression. viii + 168 pp. 18 x 12.5 cm. Gold blocked green cloth boards. No dw. Profusely illustrated, and four coloured plates. Slight staining to boards and slight foxing. £13.503686. Reder, Gustav: Clockwork, Steam and Electric, The History of Model Railways up to 1939. London: Ian Allan 1972. 22.5 by 21 cms, 216 pp. illustrated. First published in German in 1969 translated by C. Hamilton Ellis. The first comprehensive account of this hobby from its beginnings to 1939. An essential work of technical reference, an appendix includes concise histories of all the principal model railway manufacturing companies of the period. £20.002102. Scarfe, Herbert: The Lapidary Manual. London Batsford 1973 25x19 cms. 180pp. 66 line drawings, 81 photographs, 4 colour plates, d.w. v.g.Covers the skills required for cutting stones. £6.007979. Selander, Malin: Weaving Patterns from Sweden. London: Studio Books, 1961. Second edition. 120 pp. 25.5 x 17.5 cm. Black-blocked fawn spine strip and printed-paper-covered boards, in worn dw. Profusely illustrated with drawings by the author, and coloured plates. The fabrics illustrated were revolutionary when the book was first published in 1954, and include 180 designs, for tablecloths, towels, curtains, upholstery, rugs, etc, etc. £25.008566. Shillibeer: The World's Model Buses. London: Pirate Models n.d. c.1971-1976. 4 items. 28.5 by 22 cms. "The World's Model Buses", 20pp. illustrated with black and white photographs. "Model Bus Parade", 20 pp. illus. "Model Bus Review" 18 pp. illus. "More Model Buses" 36 pp. illus. all in very good condition. Cast metal buses, vintage and modern, from all parts of the world. £15.007971. Smith, Ray Campbell: Developing Style in Watercolour. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1992. 128 pp. 29 x 21 cm. Gold-blocked blue boards, in mint dw. Lavish production covering everything you need to know about watercolour painting. Large full-colour reproductions. Featured artists are Jill Bays, Alwyn Crawshaw, Anthony Flemming, Aubrey Phillips, Edward Wesson, and John Yardley. £11.5012166. Smith, Stan: Experiment with Watercolours. London: Quintet Publishing Ltd, 1989. 32 pp. 28 x 22 cm. Glazed illustrated card covers. Profusely illustrated in colour. Discusses materials and techniques. £10.008057. Sotheby's: Auction Catalogue An Important PrivateCollection of Trains and Accessories including Tinplate Toys, the Arnold Archive and Fine Dolls and Automata. Sotheby's London 19 and 20 Nov. 1997. 27 by 21 cms. 127 pp. illustrated, paperback, in very good condition. £10.009104. Stanley Gibbons: Stanley Gibbons Postage Stamp Catalogue 1955 Part II Foreign Countries Europe and Colonies. London: Stanley Gibbons 50th edition 1955. xiv+1213 pp. illustrated, green boards, in good condition. £12.0010572. Stanley Gibbons: Stanley Gibbons priced Catalogue of Stamps of Foreign Countries 1907-8. London: Stanley Gibbons 19th edition 1908. Stanley Gibbons catalogue, 640 pp. illustrated, green boards, some wear from usage, front joint tender, title page slightly damaged otherwise good. £9.507973. Stanton, Jane: The Art of Life Drawing. London: Artists House, 1989. 112 pp. 28 x 22 cm. Pictorial glazed boards, in near mint dw. Useful outline of anatomy, techniques, materials, storage and display. £5.507926. The 2 mm Scale Association.: The 2 mm Magazine Middlesex: 1994 - 1998. 21 by 15 cms. Issues from, Feb, Apr. June, Aug, Oct., Dec. 1994, Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, Dec, 1995, Feb, April, June, Aug, Oct, 1996, June , Aug, Dec, 1997 and Feb, 1993. A non consectutive run of 21 issues, all in very good condition, apart from two copies which are a bit fingered/grubby. Includes a separately issued Index from 1991-1995, along with the yearbooks for 1999-2000 and 2001-2002 , these 3 in very good condition. Also one blue binder. £45.008145. The 2 mm Scale Association.: The 2 mm Magazine Middlesex: 1960 - 1964 Vol 1 - 5. no. 1 Jan. 1960 -Nov. Dec. 1964, 28 issues, all in very good condition, almost as new, with index for each year, in a royal blue binder with spine title. £95.007967. The 2 mm Scale Association.: The 2 mm Magazine Middlesex: Apr. 2000 - Apr 2003. 17 issues, all in very good condition, almost as new. Apr, June, Aug, Oct. Dec. 2000. Feb, Apr.June, Aug. Oct. Dec. 2001. Feb. Apr. June, Aug. Oct. 2002 and Apr. 2003 £30.007925. The 2 mm Scale Association.: The 2 mm Magazine Middlesex: 1965 - 1967 Vol 6 no. 29 Jan. -Feb. 1965, to Vol. 8 No. 42 March 1967. 14 issues, all in very good condition, in a green binder with spine title. £70.007927. The 2 mm Scale Association.: The 2 mm Scale Narrow Gauge News Norfolk: 1993 - 1995. 21 by 15 cms. Eight Issues from, No 1 Oct. 1993, no. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Spring 1995. All in very good condition, near mint in a brown binder £18.007924. The Tramway and Light Railway Society: Tramfare The Tramway & Light Railway Society Bulletin. Liverpool: 1995 - 1996. On model trams - old Trams and Modern Trams. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 12 bi-monthly issues, no. 163, Jan. Feb. 1995 to no. 174, Nov. Dec. 1996, in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. In very good, virtually mint condition. £18.007918. The Tramway and Light Railway Society: Tramfare The Tramway & Light Railway Society Bulletin. Liverpool: 1999 - 2000. On model trams - Old Trams and Modern Trams. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 12 bi-monthly issues, no. 187, Jan. Feb. 1999 to no. 198, Nov. Dec. 2000, in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. In very good, virtually mint condition. £18.007919. The Tramway and Light Railway Society: Tramfare The Tramway & Light Railway Society Bulletin. Liverpool: 2001 - 2002. On model trams - old Trams and Modern Trams. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 12 bi-monthly issues, no. 199, Jan. Feb. 2001 to no. 210, Nov. Dec. 2002, in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. In very good, virtually mint condition. £18.007916. The Tramway and Light Railway Society: Tramfare The Tramway & Light Railway Society Bulletin. Liverpool: 1993 - 1994. On model trams - Old Trams and Modern Trams. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 12 bi-monthly issues, no. 151, Jan. Feb. 1993 to no. 162, Nov. Dec. 1994, in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. In very good, virtually mint condition. £18.007917. The Tramway and Light Railway Society: Tramfare The Tramway & Light Railway Society Bulletin. Liverpool: 1997 - 1998. On model trams - Old Trams and Modern Trams. 21 by 15 cms. A consecutive run of 12 bi-monthly issues, no. 175, Jan. Feb. 1997 to no. 186, Nov. Dec. 1998, in a dark blue binder with gilt spine title. In very good, virtually mint condition. £18.008596. Tri-ang Hornby: Tri-ang Hornby Model Railways. Margate: Rovex Industries 13th edition 1967 Catalogue, 27.5 by 21.5 cms. 32 pp. illustrated in colour, paper covers. Showing some wear otherwise fair/good £8.008595. Tri-ang Hornby Minic: Tri-ang Hornby Minic Railways and Motor Racing. Margate: Rovex Industries 14th edition 1968. Catalogue, 27.5 by 21.5 cms. 43 pp. illustrated in colour, paper covers. With inserted price list. £10.008037. Truin, Ronald: Collecting Meccano Dinky Toys A New and Fascinating Hobby A Meccano Magazine Digest of Dinky Toys modelled miniatures & railway accessories 1928-1940. London: Cranburn Press n.d. c.1970's. 28 by 22 cms. n.p. c.28 pp. illustrated, card covers, near fine condition. £15.008120. Truin, Ronald. editor: Meccano Magazine Hornby Digest Gauge "O" 1924 - 1939.. London: Cranburn Press n.d. c.1970's. 28 by 22 cms. 37 pp. illustrated, card covers, near fine condition. £8.507972. von Volborth, Carl-Alexander: The Art of Heraldry. London: Tiger Books International, 1991. 224 pp. 28.5 x 22 cm. Pictorial glazed boards. No dw. Lavish production covering everything you need to know about heraldry. Large full-colour reproductions. Useful examples of the heralry typical of most European countries, including Nora O'Shea's work in Ireland. Please note: there is damage to both corners of the front board. £8.008012. W. & H. Models: Catalogue of Scale Model Equipment and Accessories. London: W.& H. (models) Dec. 1971. 21.5 by 14cms. 152 pp. illustrated, faint ring mark on cover, minor wear otherwise good. A very detailed well illustrated catalogue from this London dealer. £23.008013. W. & H. Models: Catalogue of Scale Model Equipment and Accessories. London: W.& H. (models) July 1966. 21.5 by 14cms. 108 pp. illustrated, minor wear, otherwise good. A very detailed well illustrated catalogue from this London dealer. £23.001429. Walker Agnes: Manual of Needlework and Cutting Out London 6th ed 1908 xii+298pp. illus. folding plates £23.001785. Walker, Agnes: Manual of Needlework and Cutting Out Specially Adapted for Teachers of Sewing, Students, and Pupil-Teachers London: Blackie & Son, 1897. viii+278pp+two folding diagrams. 22cm x 16cm. Some wear to boards o/w good copy of this work that was the standard for generations. Agnes Walker was the "Lecturer on Needlework at the Free Church Training College, Aberdeen" and her plethora of coloured diagrams are superb. £25.007970. Watson, James: The Stanley Gibbons Book of Stamps and Stamp Collecting. Leicester: Windward, 1984. 221 + xi pp. 31.5 x 23 cm. Glazed pictorial soft covers. Lavish production covering everything you need to know about stamps and stamp collecting. Large full-colour reproductions. In near mint condition. £9.5013633. Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences: Cutting and Fitting; cutting preparation for fitting fitting the dress form. London: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences n.d. c.1946. vi+36+10+88+10 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition. We have four others in this series, this one is autographed and dated July 1946. A home study course which began in the 1920's in Scranton Pennsilvania but which also had a London base. The designs are perfectly in keeping with the 1920's through to the end of the war. Useful for costume drama and retro. £10.0013634. Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences: Dressmaking, Trimming, Finishing; Perfection in Details Finishes and Trimmings. London: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences n.d. c.1946. vi+134 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition. We have four others in this series, this one is autographed and dated Mar. 1946. A home study course which began in the 1920's in Scranton Pennsilvania but which also had a London base. The designs are perfectly in keeping with the 1920's through to the end of the war. Useful for costume drama and retro. £10.0013631. Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences: First Steps in Dressmaking. Essential stitches and seams easy garment making individualizing tissue-paper patterns. London: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences n.d. c.1946. vi+138 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition. We have four others in this series, and this book is autographed and dated Jan.1946. A home study course which began in the 1920's in Scranton Pennsilvania but which also had a London base. The designs are perfectly in keeping with the 1920's through to the end of the war. Useful for costume drama and retro. £10.0013630. Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences: Pattern Designing Designing with Foundation Patterns. London: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences n.d. c.1946. iii+74 pp. illustrated, hardback, the final 2 pages of examination questions have been neatly removed as could be expected, otherwise in very good condition. We have four others in this series, one of which is autographed and dated Jan.1946. A home study course which began in the 1920's in Scranton Pennsilvania but which also had a London base. The designs are perfectly in keeping with the 1920's through to the end of the war. Useful for costume drama and retro. £10.0013632. Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences: Underwear and Lingerie. Part 1 and Part 2. London: Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences n.d. c.1946. iv+47+50 pp. illustrated, hardback, in very good condition. We have four others in this series, one of which is autographed and dated Jan.1946. A home study course which began in the 1920's in Scranton Pennsilvania but which also had a London base. The designs are perfectly in keeping with the 1920's through to the end of the war. Useful for costume drama and retro. £10.006829. Women's Institute Library of Dressmaking: Care of Clothing. Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton PA. 1925. Paginated separately for each chapter, c.200 pp. illustrated. Subjects covered include, home laundering, dry cleaning, dyeing, remodelling, the upkeep of clothing, and the budget. Original blue boards, spine a little faded, otherwise very good. Originally issued as separate booklets but bound together here as a separate hardback volume. £10.006827. Women's Institute Library of Dressmaking: Harmony in Dress. Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton PA. 1927. vi+220+xii pp. illustrated. Subjects covered include, beautiful clothes, corsets and dress foundations, silhouettes, colors, fabrics, good taste in dress, millinery and accessories, the dressmaker and tailor shop, and European shops. Original blue boards, spine a little faded, otherwise very good. £10.006828. Women's Institute Library of Dressmaking: Sewing Materials. Women's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences, Scranton PA. 1928. vi+267+xviii pp. illustrated. Subjects covered include, textiles, laces, embroideries and findings, shopping hints, mending, household sewing, trade and sewing terms. Original blue boards, spine a little faded, otherwise very good. £10.00 |
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