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  1. AIRD  W.V.  Compiled by. The Water  Supply,  Sewerage  And Drainage  Of  Sydney. illus. with frontis. & 40  full-page plates t/out. 42 maps & dgms. some folding pub. Syd.  1961 or. red cl. 4to. pp.XVIII.348. An account of the development and history of the water supply, sewerage and drainage systems of Sydney ... from their beginnings with the first settlement to 1960. Very good copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  2. AMERICAN FORK & HOE CO. –The.  Farm And Garden Tools. Export Catalogue. illus. with many b/w. examples of forks, hoes, rakes etc; pub. U.S.A. NY Export Office Nov. 1919 or. grey and brown cl. 4to. pp.104. Inserted: 6 pages of supplementary catalogue, one folding, Very good condition.    Price: $50.00
     
  3. ARKWRIGHT JOHN P. Ed. by Cabinet Making For Amateurs A Practical Handbook on the Making of Various Articles of Furniture By Various Hands illus. with many examples with line drawings in the text. Printed in double column. pub. London: L. Upcott Gill: no date c. 1900 or. light brown and black pictorial cloth 8vo. pp.200. Very good copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  4. AUSTRALIAN-The. Electrical Times Handbook. Of  Australian Systems   &  Voltages.  1924  Indispensable   to   Sellers, Manufactures  and  Repairs  of  Electrical  Apparatus  and Machinery.  illus.  with advts. t/out. pub. Syd.  1924  or. grey wps. 16mo. pp.64.     Price: $35.00
     
  5. AUSTRALIAN  Iron  & Steel Ltd.  text  by  Clive  Turnbull. Commemorating the Official Opening by the Prime Minister of Australia  the  Rt. Hon. R.G. Menzies CH., QC. of  the  hot strip mill  and  other  major  plant  extensions  at   the Australian  Iron  &  Steel Ltd. Kembla  Works,  N.S.W.,  on Tuesday,  Aug.30,  1955. pub. Melb.  Specialty  Press  1955 1st.ed. or. grey illus.bds. 4to.obl. pp.100. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  6. BALE M. POWIS   Saw Mills Their Arrangement And Management  illus. with line drawings and diagrams, 63 figures pub. London Ludgate Hill Crosby Lockwood & Son, 1906, 3rd ed. revised with additional chapter; or. brown cl. decorated with a circular wood saw and a large log on the front, gilt, 8vo. pp.366,16 advts. invaluable to the Timber trade and Engineering historian. Mr. POWIS BALE also wrote works on stone working machinery, pumps and pumping and gas and oil engine management. Lacks half-title page, sticker on front board, else very fine copy.    Price: $150.00
     
  7. BARBER-GREEN Company. Aurora, Illinois. B-G Standardized Belt Conveyors. Portable & Stationary Conveyors Self-Feeding Bucket Loaders. Catalogue No.3 illus. with numerous  b/w. plates  t/out.  some full page, pub. USA Aurora, Illinois. nd. c.191-? or. grey/black stiff wrappers, 4to. pp.32. Fine.    Price: $35.00
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  8. B.H. P. 75 Years.  The Broken Hill Proprietary Co. Ltd. Australia. 1885-1960. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col. with index. pub. Melbourne B.H.P. Co Ltd. 1960 or. grey cl. 4to. pp.192. Commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company Ltd. Fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  9. BIRMINGHAM JUDY Ian Jack and Dennis Jeans Industrial Archaeology In Australia. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many col. pub. Melb. Heinemann 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192.     Price: $45.00
  10. BRITTEN F.J. The Watch & Clock Makers' Handbook, Dictionary and Guide. profusely illus. drawings, diagrams t/out. (400) pub. London: E & F Spon, 1922. Thirteenth Edition. or. decorative brown cloth, gilt title. 8vo. pp.504 Little rubbed, 3cm tear in cloth at spine else good copy.     Price: $100.00     Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
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  11. CHANDLER D. & W. General Hardware Catalogue. Issue N 51 profusely illus. with diagrams drawings throughout, some full page of hardware items, index, pub. Melbourne D. & W. Chandler Sept.,1939 or cream, red and black wrappers. Cr.4to. pp.180 wrappers little chipped, sl. water staining to first page, contents clean.     Price: $125.00
     
  12. CHILD PETER The Craftsman Woodturner illus. with 125 black and white photographs specially taken to illustrate the text; pub. London Bell & Hyman 1977 or.cl. brown & white d/w. cr.4to. pp.238 This teaching manual on the craft of woodturning includes: Principles of Turning , describing the tools of the wood turner; and Practical Examples, demonstrating more advanced skills, in which a variety of pieces and how to make them are described. Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     
  13. CHOICE  Choice   The   Journal   of   the   Australian   Consumer's Association. 1960-1975 lacks 1963 March, April, July, Aug., Sept,  Oct., Nov., Dec. (8 issues) 1964 Jan, Feb,  March. (3  issues) 1970 May & 1975 June issue,  otherwise  complete run of approx 150 issues through the 60's and early 70's. First years, 1960-Dec. 1963 bound in red cloth; illus. with many plates t/out. pub. Syd. cr.4to. pp.25 approx. per issue. Many early inventions and consumer items reviewed in the 60's & 70's. Fine.   Price: $250.00
     
  14. COANE J.M., H.E. and J.M. Jun Revised And Enlarged By Coutie, B M Assisted By McCowan, W G Coane  Australasian Roads. The Location, Design, Construction and Maintenance of Roads and Pavements. illus. with b/w photographs, diagrams and tables (516). pub. Melbourne Robertson & Mullens 1937 5th edition or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.812. Neat small name to front free e/paper else near fine copy.   Price: $110.00
     
  15. COCKBURN STEWART and David Ellyard Oliphant. The Life  and Times  of  Sir Mark Oliphant. illus. with 44  photo  plates glossary, honours and awards, scientific papers, bibliography, and index. pub.  Adel.  Axiom books  1981  1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.   8vo. pp.XVIII.370. Australian scientist and humanitarian Sir Mark Oliphant helped build the first atomic bombs, played a key role in the development of radar, helped establish a great university, Governor of South Australia, and co-founded a renowned scientific society. Fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  16. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Postmaster-General's Department. Engineering   Branch.   Research  Laboratory   Report No.91 Submarine Cable Testing With Direct Current. illus. with  6 graphs  pub.  Melb. 1937 or.wps.  (typed  manuscript)  4to. pp.64. good copy.     Price: $35.00
     
  17. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Postmaster-General's Department. engineering   Branch.  Research  Laboratory   Report No.93. Victoria-Tasmania Submarine Telegraph Cables. Cause of low dielectric resistance faults, April, 1937. illus. with  two full  page  photos & map pub. Melb. 1937  or.crm.wps.  4to. pp.16. fine.     Price: $40.00
     
  18.  COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA The Department of Labour and National Service.   Floor And Wall Tiling  illus. with colour plate examples of tiling, 8 full page, drawings, diagrams t/out. pub. Melbourne McCarron Bird Pty Ltd 1947 Technical Pub. No.16. or. stiff beige wrappers, cloth bound, 4tp. pp.140. Typed instructions on tiling techniques. Fine.    Price: $35.00
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  19. COUNTRY ROADS BOARD Forty-Second Annual Report For year Ended 30th June 1955. illus. with many photo plates t/out. some full page pub. Melb. Govt. Printer 1955 or. b/w. pictorial wrappers 4to. pp.84. fine copy.     Price: $35.00
     
  20. DAVIS GEORGE E. -. Practical Microscopy New and revised edition. With a coloured frontispiece and 310 full-page and other illustrations, 2 adverts. pub. Lond. W. H. Allen, 1889 original blue cloth, gilt 8vo. pp.VIII.436., sl. rubbed otherwise a nice copy.     Price: $120.00
     
  21. DE CARLE DONALD Practical Watch Repairing. illus. with text dwgs. t/out. by E.A. Ayers pub. Lond. N.A.G. Press 1947 or. blue cl. 8vo. pp.40 advts .pp,300 fine.     Price: $75.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
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  22. DE CARLE DONALD    Watch & Clock Encyclopedia: Illustrated with 1, 300 b/w. drawings within the text, pub. London N. A. G. Press, LTD 2nd revised edition 1959 or. dark blue/purple cloth, 8vo. pp.XXXII.307.5 advts. slightly faded to spine else almost fine copy.     Price: $85.00
     
  23. DIESENDORF W. Ed. By. The Snowy Mountains Scheme. Phase 1 - The Upper Tumut Projects. profusely illus. with plates and diagrams t/out. some full page & 4 colour pub. Syd. Horwitz Pub. 1961 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XVI.162. Includes details on construction, by engineers of the Snowy Mountains Scheme for both technical and non-technical readers. Lacks piece to d/w. at front panel, chipped, otherwise boards are very clean and bright, a very good copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  24. DORING PAUL   The Home Book of Money-Saving Formulas with appendix, glossary, index, pub. Philadelphia Blakiston 1946? or. tan cl. boards, with black lettering on the spine, 8vo. pp.440 Formulas for all types of household fixing & cleaning, cosmetics, beverages. Everything from how to make your own shampoo to information on a wide range of commercial formulas. Fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     
  25. EASTWICK-FIELD  JOHN  JOHN STILLMAN The  Design And Practice  Of  Joinery.  illus. with  many  plates  diagrams t/out.  some full page pub. Lond. The  Architectural  Press 1958 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.222. fine.     Price: $65.00
     
  26. EATON J. H. O. A Short History of the River Murray Works illus. with 1 colour fold out map, 1 b/w fold out map, 10 b/w plans and maps, 1 colour plan, 9 b/w illustrations, appendices, index, acknowledgments; pub. Adelaide, K.M. Stevenson, Government Printer, nd. c.1945 (River Murray Commission) or. brown cl. 4to. pp.70. Fine copy.   Price: $50.00
     
  27. EDWARDS CECIL Brown Power. A Jubilee History of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Profusely illus.  with text  plates throughout. illus. e/papers appendices, chronology, bibliographical note, index; pub. Melb.  S.E.C. 1969 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. sm.4to. pp.314. Closed tear to d/w. with tape marks else fine.   Price: $35.00
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  28. ELECTRICITY  COMMISSION Industrial Victoria. Being  a  few Pertinent  Reasons why you should select your Factory  Site in Victoria.  profusely illus. with text plates  &  graphs t/out.  pub. Melb. and compiled from the  latest  available official and authentic sources by- D.E. Williams Electricity Sales Manager  S.E.C. nd.1930? or. crm.&  brn.  illus.wps. 4to. tall pp.28. rear wrapper water-stained as is last  few pages to top right-hand corner otherwise v/good copy of  an interesting item.     Price: $45.00
     
  29. EVANS BROTHERS Ltd.  The Woodworker Series. Set of 5. Bureau And Bookcase Designs, Table Designs, Bedroom Furniture Designs, Dining Room Furniture Designs, Living Room Designs, All with Complete Scale Drawings, Cutting Lists and Directions. illus. with line drawings, plans directions in each booklet; pub. London Evans Bros. nd. c. 1910 or. card wrappers, 4to. pp.48 each. Slight shelf wear, else near fine set. The set of five-    Price: $150.00
     
  30. EVERYMAN His Own Mechanic Series. Ornamental & Constructional. Carpentry And Joinery. An Exposition of the arts of turning, fret-sawing, & wood carving, with instructions in making and mending household furniture and fittings of every kind and description. illus. with 271 illustrations, diagrams, &c. pub. London Ward Lock and Co. Ltd. c. 1890’s ? or printed beige boards, 8vo. pp.228. + advts.     Price: $125.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  31. FOSTER T.    Bushfire. History, Prevention, Control. illus. with 250 photographs, line drawings and diagrams, title-page illus.; pub. Sydney Reed 1976 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.248. With History of bushfires in Australia and details of bushfire fighting in Australia and overseas.    Price: $50.00
     
  32. FRAZER L. T.   Municipal Engineering Developments Abroad 1950  illus. with b/w. photo plates, maps, plans, tables. pub. Melbourne, City of Melbourne, 1951; or. green cloth 4to, pp.V.III.194 The report of the Melbourne Deputy City Engineer following his world travels over nine months during 1950. Shelf wear else a very good copy.    Price: $100.00
     
  33. FRIED HENRY The Watch Repairer's Manual illus. with diagrams t/out., index; pub. NY Van Nostrand 1949 1st ed. or. light brown cloth cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.308. A complete manual on every phase of watch repair. Fine copy.     Price: $115.00
     
  34. GARNETT J. H. Wood-carving. An illustrated and practical guide for the home student. illus. with frontis. & many text line drawings, with adverts on the end papers. pub. London C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1923 or. papered boards, design of carving to front 12mo. pp.124. The art of woodcarving. Closed tear to top of spine else very good.   Price: $40.00
     
  35. GARRARD F.J.   Watch Repairing, Cleaning And Adjusting  illus. with 210 text drawings, pub. London Technical Press 1950 17th impression. or. black cloth 12mo pp.VIII.214 inc. index. A practical handbook dealing with repairing, cleaning, altering, and adjusting all kinds of English and foreign watches, repeaters, chronographs and marine chronometers. with over two hundred illustrations specially drawn and engraved for the work. Fine copy.      Price: $45.00
     
  36. GARVIE  R.M.H.  (Compiler). A Million  Horses.  Tasmania's Power in  the Mountains. with e/paper maps  col.  frontis. plates  t/out.  some  full page &  col. glossary, lists, pub.  Tas.  Hydro-Electric Commission 1962 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.112. Tasmania's rich water sources and the development of hydro-scheme. Dustwrapper little chipped otherwise very good.    Price: $35.00
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  37. GIBBS GEORGE  A. (COMPILER) Water Supply  Systems  Of The Melbourne  And  Metropolitan Board Of Works. illus.  with plates, some fold-out, map, diagrams, orange flowered e/papers; pub. Melb. 1915 or. brown cl. roy.8vo. pp.84. Near fine copy.   Price: $100.00
     
  38. GIBBS GEORGE A. Compiled by. Water Supply And Sewerage Systems Of The Melbourne And Metropolitan Board Of Works. illus. with 2 folding maps & 86 full page plates t/out. (single sided) of which 6 are folding. pub. Melb. Engineering Pub. Co. 1925 or. lt.blu. cl. roy.8vo. pp.180. fine copy.   Price: $75.00.00
     
  39. GRAEME-EVANS ALEX Against The Odds. Risbys Tasmanian Timber Pioneers 1826-1995. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page pub. Hobart Tasbook pub. 1995 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp. 422. Limited to 250 copies of which this is No.179. Fine copy.     Price: $200.00
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  40. GREENHALGH R. Practical Joinery And Carpentry with 507 illus. pub. London George Routledge and Sons, Limited 1923 3rd ed. .or. green cl. 8vo. pp.,296. Almost fine copy.     Price: $35.00
     
  41. GREENLY HENRY Model Engineering : A Guide to Model Workshop Practice illus. with 85 photo plates & 724 line drawings pub. London: Cassell & Co. Ltd. 1941 eighth ed. or green cl. glt ltg to spine and front board; 8vo pp.VII.408. small tear to cloth else good.     Price: $60.00
     
  42. GRUNDY R.H.   The Theory And Practice Of Heat Engines Including Steam Generators, Reciprocating Steam Engines, Steam Turbines & Internal Combustion Engines-a Text Book for Engineers and Students illus. with col. frontis. b/w. photographic plates and line illustrations, diagrams, pub. London Longmans, Green & Co., 1947 or. blue cl. silver gilt title to spine, 8vo. pp.724. Very sl. shelf wear to spine else a very good copy.    Price: $45.00     Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  43. HALDANE  ROBERT Workshop  Receipts For   Manufacturers Mechanics  And Scientific Amateurs.  Acidimetry,  Albumen, alcohol, Alkaloids, bitters, Bleaching, Boiler  Incrustations, cleansing, Confectionery, Copying, Disinfectants, Essences, Extracts, Fireproofing,  Glycerine,  Gut,  Iodine,   Ivory Substitutes, Leather, Matches, Pigments &  Paint,  Paper, Parchment  &c. &c. illus. with some line dwgs. t/out.  pub. Lond. E  &  F  N  Spon  1883  or.glt. dec.  cl.   cr.8vo. pp.VIII.486,16  advts.  added:  booklet advertising  anti-corrosive paints pp.16. repaired to top of spine else almost fine.     Price: $100.00
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  44. HALL CHARLES A. - How To Use The Microscope; A Guide for the Novice. illus. with 20 photo plates including frontis, plus 25 illus. from drwgs, bibliog., index. pub. London. Adam and Charles Black, 1912. 1st.ed. or. pictorial cloth, 12mo. pp.VIII,88 Most of the drawings are of equipment and microscopes including those made by Watson, Beck, Swift, as well as polarizer, analyzer, etc. The photo plates are of specimens, mainly insects and plants, at various magnifications. Near fine clean copy.     Price: $65.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  45. HARDY BOBBIE Water Carts To Pipelines. The history of the Broken Hill Water supply. with e/paper maps col. frontis. & 16  full  page plates t/out. graphs, pub. Syd.  Broken  Hill  Water Board 1968 1st.ed. or. maroon cl. 8vo. pp.146. Very good copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  46. HARDY BOBBIE Water Carts To Pipelines. The history of the Broken Hill Water supply. with e/paper maps col. frontis. & 16  full  page plates t/out. graphs, pub. Syd.  Broken  Hill  Water Board 1968 1st.ed. or. maroon cl. 8vo. pp.146. Presentation copy signed by author: "Bobbie Hardy To Audrey Dunbar with best wishes, 10/8/80". Very good copy.   Price: $40.00
     
  47. HASWELL J. ERIC   Horology The Science of Time Measurement and Construction of Clocks, Watches and Chronometers illus. with over 100 diagrams and illustrations and pull out diagrams, index. pub. London Chapman & Hall 1951 Reprint edition, with supplement. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XVI.288 Almost fine copy.     Price: $100.00
     
  48. HEALING  A.G. The National Automotive Magazine. Tonic. Healing  Magazine. Contains illustrated articles  on  cars, cycles, and  appliances  all  made  or  associated   with `Healing'. Vol.1 No.1 1st Oct. 1932 to 1st. Sept. 1933 (12 issues)  Vol.2 1933-34 lacks No's. 7 & 8 (10 issues)  Vol.3 1934-35 lacks No's. 10 & 11 (10 issues) Vol.4 1935-36 lacks 4 & 6 (10 issues) Vol.5 1936-37 lacks 12 (11 issues)  1937-38 Vol.6 lacks 3,4 & 5 & (9 issues) Vol.7 Dec. No.2 only (1 issue).  64 magazines from 1932-1938 lacking ten issues,  a fine run nevertheless. all fine.     Price: $600.00
     
  49. HERALD-The "Atomic Age And Industrial Exhibition" programme from exhibition held at The Exhibition Buildings Melbourne January February 1948. illus. with advts. (radios, machinery, science) plan of exhibition, plates, some col. some two-tone; pub. Melbourne Edgar H. Baillie for the Herald & Weekly Times 1948 or. black and yellow/red wrappers cr.4to. pp.64 inc. covers. Fine copy.     Price: $50.00
     
  50. HISCOX GARDNER D. M.E. and Prof. T. O'Connor Sloane, A.B., A.M., E.M, -Edited by   Fortunes In Formulas for Home, Farm, and Workshop: The Modern Authority for Amateur and Professional, Containing Up-to-date Selected Scientific Formulas, Trade Secrets, Processes, and Money-Saving Ideas. pub. New York: Books, Inc.: 1946 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.884. Money Saving Ideas for Cosmetics, Soaps, Antiseptics, Water-proofing, Photography, Lacquer, Paints, Dyes, Cements, Preventives, Fumigants, Insecticides etc. sl. flecked to spine, chipped d/w. almost fine copy     Price: $75.00
     
  51. HISCOX GARDNER D. (Edited By) Henley's Twentieth Century Formulas Processes and Trade Secrets A valuable reference book for the home, factory, office, laboratory and the workshop. Containing ten thousand selected household, workshop and scientific formulas, trade secrets, chemical recipes, processes and money saving ideas for both the amateur and professional worker. pub. New York, Norman W. Henley 1937 Revised & Enlarged ed. or. red cl. gilt to front board and spine, 8vo. pp.884.40 advts. Gilt lettering faded to spine, slight spotting to fore-edge el;se v/good.   Price: $70.00
     
  52. HODGSON FRED T.   Common - Sense Stair Building And Handrailing  illus. with frontis. & over 250 black and white drawings and diagrams; pub. Chicago Frederick J Drake & Co. 1916 Later Edition or. green/black decorative cloth, stamped pictorial front panel; 8vo. pp.196,58 of house plans and designs. Very good clean copy.   Price: $150.00
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  53. HOMECRAFTS  Radio,  Electrical  &  Cycle  1938   Catalogue profusely  illus. with plates, dgms, t/out. of  electrical appliances, valves, torches, coolers, fans, irons,  radios, toys, and many other electrical appliances for the home and technician.  pub.  Melb.  Homecrafts  (Swanston  St.)  1938 or.ornge. illus.wps. 4to. pp.128. Almost fine copy     Price: $150.00
     
  54. HOSE T. The Australian Magpie And The British Commonwealth Of  Nations.  illus. with frontis. 1 text plate  &  several diagrams  pub.  Melb. Fraser & Jenkinson 1936  or.cl.  8vo. pp.140. Science and mathematics compared to a magpie. Covers race, religion, banking, magic square, man's struggle, games, how to mobilise an army, Camperdown clock tower, etc. Fine.   Price: $40.00
     
  55. HOWES C.   Practical Upholstery  illus. with frontis. black & white plates and diagrams some full page pub. London: Evans Brothers Limited, 1950 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.198. Detailed Instructions for Chairs of All Kinds, Suites, Settees, Divan Beds, etc. also Materials, Tools, Frames, Covers, Springs, etc. Chipped d/w. else fine.    Price: $35.00
     
  56. HUTCHINSON J. W.   The Art of Loom Tuning illus. with 520 text photo plates, and in line, including index and adverts. Two folding; pub. U.K. Bradford: J.W. Hutchinson, 1948 second edition or. maroon cl. dulled gold titling to front bd. 8vo. pp.XXIII .600 Prev. owner's name and address to front free e/paper A standard work on all power loom types worsted, woollen, rayon, silk, linen and cotton. Looms by Hattersley, Dobcross, Jacquard by Dracup, Platt Bros; Northrop, etc. all detailed. Advt. on page 598 torn, gilt dulled else very good.    Price: $65.00
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  57. JONES BERNARD E. Ed.by. The Practical Woodworker. A complete guide to the art and practice of woodworking. illus. with num. text-illus., diagrams, photos & drawings pub. Lond. Cassell & Co. n.d. circa 1930’s 2 Vols. or. stiff card boards roy.8vo. pp.Vol.I.VIII.824 Vol.II.VI.825-1608. Boards are plain grey/blue, spine maroon cloth. No titles to boards or spine, otherwise fine condition.     Price: $100.00
     
  58. JONES BERNARD E. General Editor. The Complete Woodworker. illus.  with  about 900 Diagrams and working drawings  and nearly  100  photographs.  pub. Lond. Cassell  &  Co.  1926 (Cassell's  Handcraft Library), or.dk.grn. cl. glt.ltg.  to spine & front bd. 8vo. pp.VIII.408. little worn  at  spine (rubbed) small tear to top of spine else good copy.     Price: $75.00
     
  59. KEITH THOMAS A New Treatise On The Use Of The Globes A philosophical view of the earth and heavens: comprehending an account of the figure, magnitude, and motion of the earth: with the natural changes on its surface, caused by floods, earthquakes, &c together with the elementary principles of meteorology and astronomy, the theory of tides, &c preceded by an extensive selection of astronomical and other definitions; and illustrated by a great variety of problems, questions for the examination of the student. illus. with seven copper plates, folding; pub. London. Thomas Tegg. 1834. or. dark blue calf 12mo. pp.364. 8vo. sl, rubbed else very good copy.     Price: $175.00
     
  60. KELLY HAROLD C. Watch Repair illus. with numerous drawings and b/w. plates some full page, index, pub. U.S.A. Ill. Chas. A. Bennett Co. Inc. 1957 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.,284 Fine copy in chipped d/w.     Price: $85.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  61. KENNEDY RANKIN   The Book of Modern Engines   A practical work on Prime Movers and the Transmission of Power Steam, Electric, Water and Hot Air profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page & col., hundreds of photographs, illustrations and diagrams throughout the six volume set. pub. London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 1912, or. green embossed cl. dec. gilt ltg. to spine 4to .pp.Vol I: 237 pp,Vol ll:223 pp,Vol III:216 pp,Vol IV:215 pp,Vol V:223 pp,Vol VI: 216 The complete six volume set is in very good condition Apart from minor silverfishing of one or two flyleaves and lacks small piece from e/paper fold-out, contents are clean, bright and sound throughout all six Vols.     Price: $300.00
     
  62. KNIBBS G.H. (Edited by) Federal Handbook. Prepared in Connection with the Eighty - Fourth Meeting of The British Assoc. for the Advancement of Science. illus. with maps in colour & b/w. b/w plates, figs & tables. pub. Melbourne Government Printer, 1914 or. green cl. roy.8vo. pp.598. Has a fifty-two page chapter, with 20 pages of photo plates, on all aspects relating to the life, religion and culture of the Aborigine by Professor Baldwin Spencer. Very good copy with green cloth slightly flecked.   Price: $40.00
     
  63. LANGLANDS I. & THOMAS A.J.  Handbook Of Structural Timber Design illus. with figures, tables, extensive conversion table. Index. pub. Melbourne Commonwealth of Australia. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Division of Forest Products, 1948 3rd ed. Technical Paper No.32. or. red cl. 8vo. pp.300. Sl. faded to spine else very good copy.    Price: $35.00
     
  64. LEEPER  G.W. (Editor) Report Of The Twenty-Second  Meeting Of  The  Australian  And New Zealand  Association  For  The Advancement Of Science. with 5 full page plates, 4  folding maps,  text illus., charts & maps. pub. Melb.  1935  or.cl. titles in gold on spine, 8vo. pp.XLVII.562. Detailed summary by the members of the association, includes financial reports and papers on Astronomy, Chemistry, Geology, Zoology, History, Anthropology, Economics, Statistics, Social Science, Engineering, Architecture, Pharmaceutical Science, and much more. Fine copy.   Price: $45.00
     
  65. LINGE G. J. R.    Industrial Awakening A Geography of Australian Manufacturing 1788 to 1890 First from a penal colony to a player on the world stage, illus. with b/w. illustration to title page & throughout, b/w maps, charts & tables throughout. List of illustrations, list of tables, preface, acknowledgements, list of abbreviations, appendices, notes to text, biblio, index. pub. Canberra, Australia Australian National University Press or.cl. d/w. roy.8vo. pp.XXVI.846. 1979 Ex-Library, 2 cancelled library stamps to f/free e/paper, else very good, with as mint d/w.    Price: $55.00
     
  66. LOW DAVID ALLAN    Heat Engines Embracing the theory, construction, and performance of steam boilers, reciprocating steam engines steam turbines and internal combustion engines - a text book for engineering students. illus. with 656 black and white figures, and 315 exercises pub. London Longmans Green and Co 1946 or. blue cl. gilt title to spine 8vo. pp.VIII.592. Slight shelf wear, very good.    Price: $45.00
     
  67. LUKE  R.H. Bush Fire Control In Australia. illus.  with  8 full  page  plates,  & graphs and sketches pub.  Melb.  Hodder  & Stoughton 1961 1st.ed. or.illus.boards 12mo. pp.136. Practical manual by the Fire Protection Officer of the Forestry Commission of N.S.W. Near fine copy.   Price: $30.00
     
  68. LUKE R.H. & A.G. McARTHUR Bushfires In Australia. profusely illus. with plates dgms. t/out. some full page & col. maps, diagrams, bibliography, index; pub. Canberra Aust. Pub. Service, Department of Primary Industry Forestry and Timber Bureau CSIRO Division of Forest Research 1978 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.360. Fine.   Price: $95.00
     
  69. LUKIN J. Ed. by. Turning Lathes. A Manual  for  Technical Schools  and  Apprentices.  illus.  with  eng.dwgs.  t/out. advts. pub. Lond. Britannia Co. 1894 or.dk.blu.cl. glt.ltg. & dec. to front bd. & spine 8vo. pp.234, plus 190 pages  of catalogue of Engineers' Tools for 1896. front free  e/paper &  title  page  has piece torn out of  them  but  does  not interfere  with text inside or plates, otherwise fine  copy of an unusual item.     Price: $150.00
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  70. McKAY MASSEY HARRIS PTY. LTD. Australia. 1939-1945. A record of our tasks and an acknowledgement of the debt we owe to the Armed Forces and all those whose devotion to duty brought about the defeat of the enemy. McKay Massey was the originator of the Sunshine Harvester Works, started in 1884. illus. with col. drawings t/out of the war effort, pub. by company 1945 or. beige wrappers, gold lettering and sun to front wrapper, pp.22. very fine copy.     Price: $55.00
     
  71. McLAUGHLIN JUDITH Nothing Over Half A Crown. A Personal History of the founder of the G.J. Coles Stores. Illus. with text plates t/out. pub. Melb. 1991 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.X.102.     Price: $35.00
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  72. McNEICE  ROGER V. Helmets And Hatchets. A History  of  the Hobart Fire Brigade 1883-1983. profusely illus. with plates t/out. some full page pub. Tas. The State Fire  Commission 1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XII.240.     Price: $75.00
     
  73. MELBOURNE & Metropolitan Board Of Works-The. Water Supply, Sewerage, Etc. Photographic Views  illus. with numerous b/w full page photographs; pub. Melbourne, Osboldstone & Atkins, 367A Little Collins Street, 1905; original imitation leather maroon boards, titles in gilt on front; a.e.g. 8vo. oblong pp.112 Full page historical views including township of Fernshaw near Maroondah Reservoir, formal opening ceremony of Maroondah water system, Boards Offices in Spencer Street including inside, Clark's Shield, The Marquis of Linlithgow turning the first sod of the Outfall Sewer in 1892 and Junction of Maroondah and Yarra Rivers.  Slight spotting to front board else good condition.   Price: $300.00
     
  74. MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY Engineering Student's Magazine. Cranks And  Nuts  1949. Ed. by Bruce Addis.  illus.  with  plates, portraits,  advts.  t/out.  pub.  Melb.  Uni.   Engineering Students Club 1949 or. red white & blk.ltg.  wps.  cr.4to. pp.108. fine.     Price: $40.00
     
  75. METROPOLITAN GAS COMPANY   The Metropolitan Gas Company  Melbourne Victoria Jubilee 1878-1928 An Historical Sketch illus. with 44 photographic plates many full page, pub. Melbourne, designed and Printed by The Specialty Press Pty Ltd, 1928 1st. ed. original dark blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on front board 4to. (pp. unpaginated approx. pp. 74) cloth sl. browned to edges, sl. cracking to spine else very good.    Price: $250.00
     
  76. MERGENTHALER Linotype Company.   Newspaper Heads. Linotype. Newspaper Headings. Composed Direct from Keyboard in Sizes from 6 to 60 Point. illus. with frontis. (Offices and Supply warehouses), 6 full page examples of printing machines in two-tone (yellow/black) examples of printing, lettering, layout; pub. N.Y. 1919 or. grey newspaper illus. boards, grey cloth to spine, cr.4to. oblong, pp.110. little rubbed, else very good.     Price: $100.00  (See picture-press   )
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  77. MITCHELL C.F. & MITCHELL G. A.   Building Construction Advanced Course. illus. with b/w diagrams 672 figures in text throughout pub. London, Batsford, 1906; Fifth edition, thoroughly Revised & much Enlarged. 36th thousand. or. red cloth gilt lettering. cr.8vo. pp.792.14 Publishers catalogue. with index, includes: plasterwork, brickwork, tiles, timber, paints, glass, cements, etc., "Compiled to assist Students preparing for the Examinations of the Board of Education, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the War Office, the Surveyors' Institution , the City Guilds, Civil Service, and other Examinations." Slightly rubbed, spine sl. faded, cloth torn to edges of spine, pages all intact, binding tight. A good copy only.     Price: $40.00
     
  78. MORGAN BEN H. The Trade And Industry Of Australia. Being a report  on  the state of and openings for  trade,  and  the condition  of  local  industries,  in  Australia  and   New Zealand.  illus. with numerous tables and reproductions  of special  plans, dwgs, and photographs. pub. Lond. Eyre  and Spottiswoode 1908 or.cl. lge.8v0 pp.250. Near fine copy.   Price: $55.00
     
  79. MOYAL ANN  Clear Across  Australia.  A   history   of telecommunications. with illus. e/papers & b/w. text plates t/out.  pub.  Melb. Nelson 1984 1st.ed.  or.cl.  d/w.  4to. pp.436. v/fine.     Price: $45.00
     
  80. MOYAL ANN  A Bright And Savage Land. Scientists in Colonial Australia. illus. with col. frontis. numerous illus. & plates, many in colour from orig sources; bibliog. index. pub. Sydney Collins 1986 1st. ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.192. Very fine.   Price: $50.00
     
  81. MURRAY  JAMES Phoenix To The World. The Story  of  Clyde Industries  and Sir Raymond Purves, CBE.  profusely  illus. with  plates  t/out.  some  full  page  &  col.  pub.  Syd. Playright Pub. 1992 or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.244.     Price: $35.00
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  82. NICHOLSON PETER Practical Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet-Making 1848. Being a new and complete System of Lines for the use of Workmen, founded on accurate geometrical and mechanical principles. With their application: IN CARPENTRY - to Roofs, Domes, Centring, etc; In Joinery - to Stairs, Hand-Rails, Soffits, Niches, etc; In Cabinet-Making - to Furniture, both plain and ornamental, Rev. by Th. Tredgold. illus. with portr., title-page vign. 90 full-page engr. plates, and some text-figs. pub. Lond: Thomas Kelly, 1851. Rebound in black cl. 4to.. pp.2.VIII.140.36. some water staining effecting title page and portrait page, some foxing, one 0late may be miss-numbered, but overall a good copy. With new e/papers.     Price: $300.00    Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  83. OSBORNE W.A. William Sutherland. A Biography. illus.  with frontis.  & 2 full page plates t/out. one col.  pub.  Melb. Lothian 1920 1st.ed. or.cl. cr.8vo. pp.162. flecked to bds. otherwise good copy, internally clean and sound.   Price: $35.00
     
  84. PAGE   MICHAEL  Muscle  And  Pluck  Forever.   The South Australian  fire Services 1840-1982. with e/paper illus.  & plates t/out.  pub. S.A. Metropolitan  Fire  Service  1983 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.576. Fine copy.   Price: $65.00
     
  85. PELTON B.W.   Furniture Making And Cabinet Work: A Handbook illus. with b/w. photos including index, pub. New York D. Van Nostrand Co. 1949 original cloth backed bds., roy.8vo, pp.X.596, Little shelf wear, sl. stain to lower spine on cloth, else nice firm copy.     Price: $75.00
     
  86. PHILPOTT STUART F. Modern Electric Clocks - Principles, Construction, Installation, and Maintenance illus. with text page plates t/out. plus ads, pub. Lond. Pitman & Sons 1949 4th edition or.cl. d/w. cr.8vo. pp.228 owner notation on front endpaper, d/w chipped else fine.     Price: $125.00
     
  87. PORT   LEO with BRIAN  MURRAY Australian   Inventors. profusely  illus. with b/w. plates t/out. many  full  page. pub. Syd. Cassell 1978 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.206. Fine copy.   Price: $40.00
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  88. RAWLINGS A.L. The Science Of Clocks And Watches, illus. with 96 figs. in text, Publisher: London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd. 1948 pp.XI.303 sl. sunned to spine     Price: $65.00
     
  89. RIVETT ROHAN David Rivett. Fighter for Australian Science. illus. with frontis. & 12 full page plates t/out. pub. by author 1972 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XII.226. Rivett, a scientist, was chief executive officer of the C.S.I.R.O. Near fine copy.   Price: $35.00
     
  90. ROSS I.C. Ian Clunies Ross. Memoirs & Papers. With some fragments of autobiography. illus. with frontis. portrait pub. Melbourne: O.U.P., 1961. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.XXIV.240 In slightly chipped d/w. Ian Clunies Ross (1899-1959) in 1949 became the first chairman of C.S.I.R.O. sl. chipped d/w. otherwise fine.   Price: $35.00
     
  91. ROWE ELEANOR  Hints On Chip-Carving. and Simple Northern Styles. illus. with diagrams, plates, t/out. pub. London School of Art Wood-carving 1896 rebound in leatherette, black e/papers, gilt lettering to spine, 12mo. pp.76.16 advts. Fine condition.    Price: $125.00
     
  92. THORN W. H.  Reed's Engineers' Hand Book to the Board of Trade Examinations for Certificates of Competency as First and Second Class Engineers. With the Elementary Questions & Answers. illustrated with 260 diagrams and 36 large fold-out plates, pink, illus. e/papers;1885 Eleventh Edition Revised and Enlarged. pub. London Thomas Reed and Co or. red cl. gilt dec. to front board, lettering to spine, pp.544,18 tables, 33 fold-out examinations, 20 illus. advts. edges of cloth sl. closed tears to spine. A very good firm copy.   Price: $150.00
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  93. RUDD J.H.  Practical Cabinet Making And Draughting   illus. with Numerous black and white illustrations and drawings. Advertisements to the rear. pub. London Benn Brothers Ltd. 1912 1st. ed. or. brown cloth. 4to. pp.172(xii advertising). boards lightly rubbed and marked else very good copy.     Price: $125.00
     
  94. SCHEDVIN  C.B. Shaping Science And Industry. A History  of Australia's  Council for Scientific and Industrial  Research 1926-49.  illus. with several text plates t/out. pub.  Syd. Allen & Unwin 1987 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.XX.374.     Price: $35.00
     
  95. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN  The Weekly Journal of Practical Information. illus. with advts, photo plates, maps, diagrams, come col.; pub. N.Y. Munn & Co. Inc. 1916; issues for:         
    Aug 26 1916 front page illus by
    Carroll Berry    		 Oct 14 1916 Full page Cadilloc advt. Oct 28 1916 Vol. CXV No.14 Sept 18 1916 Illus. determining
    heat value of fuels on front cover.
     Nov 16 1916 Recent development for motor cycle On front cover.

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  96. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN   The Weekly Journal of Practical Information. illus. with advts, photo plates, maps, diagrams, some col.; pub. N.Y. Munn & Co. Inc. 1917; issues for:    
    Jan 6 1917 19th Annual Motor No.
         		 Jan 13 1917 Cover- Splash of big gun salvo March 10 1917 incomplete
         		 April 7 1917 White Trucks full page advt. double issue.
    April 28 1917 CXVI No.17
         		 May 19 1917 double issue. (Motor Traction in Modern Warfare) June 2 1917
         		 June 23 1917
     
    July 14 1917 Clearing Enemy Mines on front cover
         		 July 21 1917

         		 Aug 4 1917 Packard full page advt.

         		 Oct 13 1917 Ambulance and horses on front cover.
     
    Nov 3 1917 illus. of hydroplane on front cover Nov 24 1917 (Full page advt. for Mack Truck) Dec 1 1917 Literary War Number; double issue. Dec 8 1917 Airships.
     
    Dec 15 1917 Full page col. advt. of Santa with large packet of Murad cigarettes on rear cover. (detached)

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  97. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN The Weekly Journal of Practical Information. illus. with advts, photo plates, maps, diagrams, come col.; pub. N.Y. Munn & Co. Inc. 1918; issues for:      
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         		 Jan 12 1918 Building locomotives for war on front cover. March 2 1918 Stunning a submarine on front cover. April 6 1918 Vol. CXVIII No.14
     
    April 13 1918
         		 April 20 1918 full page col advt of Marmon car on rear cover. April 27 1918 illus. of ship and mine on front cover. July 13 1918 Battle of tanks on front cover.
    Sept 7 1918 illus. of aircraft dog fight on front cover.
         		 Sept 14 1918 Illus. of a duel between British & German subs. On front cover. Oct 5 1918 Vol. CXIX No.14 Coaling a warship on front cover.
         		 Sept 21 1918 CXIX Vol. No.12 full-page advt. Harrison radiators.
     
    Sept 28 1918 CXIX Vol. No.13 Nov 16 1918 incomplete

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  98. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN  The Weekly Journal of Practical Information. illus. with advts, photo plates, maps, diagrams, come col.; pub. N.Y. Munn & Co. Inc. 1919; issues for: 
    March 1 1919 Vol. CXX No.9
         		 March 8 1919 Vol. CXX No.10 Steamer and sub on front cover April 12 1919 Vol. CXX No.15 illus. of wireless station on front cover. May 17 1919 Vol. CXX No.20 illus. inside a flying boat on front cover. 
    July 19 1919 Vol. CXXI No.3 Page advt. for Ace Service Trucks
         		 July 26 1919 Vol. CXXI No.4 Turning auto over to get under side on front cover. Aug 2 1919 Vol. CXXI No.5 bi-plane attacks forest fire with gas bomb on front cover. Aug 9 1919 Vol. CXXI No.6

     
     Oct 11 1919 Vol. CXXI No.15
         		 Nov 1 1919 Vol. CXXI No.18
         		  Oct 4 1919 Vol. CXXI No.14
         		 Nov 22 1919 Vol. CXXI No.21 article: What war taught about trucks.
     Nov 8 1919 Vol. CXXI No.19

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  1. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Supplement "The purpose of the Supplement is to publish the more important announcements of distinguished technologies, to digest significant articles that appear in European publications, and altogether to reflect the most advanced thought in science and industry throughout the world."  illus. with photo plates, some maps, diagrams, pub. N.Y. Munn & Co. Inc.   issues for:

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    		 Oct 7 1916 Dec 23 1916

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    April 28 1917    		 May 10 lacks cover
    May 12 1917
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    July 7 lacks cover
    Aug 25 1917
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    Nov 10 1917
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    June 1 incomplete

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    July 13 1918    		 July 27 lacks cover
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    April 5 1919    		 April 12 1919
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    		 July 26 extra pages
    Aug 2 1919    		 Aug 30 1919
    Nov 8 1919

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  2. SINKANKAS JOHN   Gem Cutting A Lapidary's Manual illus. with a colour frontispiece and many b/w photos and diagrams, (190). pub. USA D. Van Nostrand, 1962 second edition or.cl. d/w. 4to. pp.XX.298. A useful guide detailing the latest tools and equipment available in the1960s which were designed specifically to make gem cutting and general lapidary work within the reach of all, describing clearly every step in cutting and polishing gemstones. Fine copy.    Price: $65.00
     
  3. SMITH ALEX  The Australian Home Carpenter A book for Amateurs & Craftsmen. profusely illus. with plates, diagrams, plans t/out. some full page; pub. Melbourne United Press 1929 original stiff stapled wrappers 4to. pp.160. Making garden steps, ladders, steps, sleep-out, gates, table, remodelling etc. 16 page booklet laid in on 'Useful Hints.' 14 extra pages pasted into front by prior owner, else v/good condition.   Price: $60.00
     
  4. SNOWY MOUNTAINS Hydro-Electric Authority   Souvenir Commemorating the commencement of work by the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, Adaminaby, N.S.W. October 17 1949. illus. with numerous  b/w. plates, maps  t/out.  some full page, pub./prnted. Melbourne: Dept. of Info. Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Authority, &Truth and Sportsman Ltd. 1949 1st. ed. Buckram Card. Good. 4to. pp.32 Good copy.     Price: $50.00
     
  5. SNOWY MOUNTAINS  AUTHORITY  The Snowy Mountains Story. Story in Pictures and Words. illus. with many plates, dgms. t/out. mostly col. e/paper illus. pub. N.S.W. 1961 or.col. illus.bds. cr.4to. pp.36. fine.    Price: $30.00
     
  6. STROM H.G.  River Control in New Zealand and Victoria. illus. with With num. text plates pub. State Rivers and Water supply Commis. Melbourne 1941 1st ed. or. grey cl. .8vo. pp.132 fine copy.     Price: $45.00
     
  7. TABERNER DENIS Woodwork In Pictures with 335 illustrations, with an index, pub. U.K.: House of Grant Ltd, 1960 or.cl. d/w. cr.4to. pp.170. The Author has attempted, as the title suggests, to surmount this difficulty with the use of excellent photographs showing in sequence the steps leading up to the finished piece of work. The book is intended to help boys starting on individual work, and thus it is presumed that the readers have a slight background knowledge of woodwork. One of the principal aims is to encourage the boys to work without constant reference to the teacher, or in the case of adult beginners who are unable to seek advice from a teacher, to supplement their some times scanty knowledge, and enable them to produce a more craftsman like job. The methods of instruction have already been proved highly satisfactory with boys of the age of thirteen and upwards, and with adults who do Woodwork as a hobby." Almost fine copy.     Price: $70.00
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  8. TAYLOR  PETER An  End to Silence. The  building  of  the Overland  Telegraph  Line  from Adelaide  to  Darwin.  with e/paper maps, & many plates t/out. of which 4 are full page &  col. pub. Syd. Methuen 1980 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w.  cr.4to. pp.192.     Price: $40.00
     
  9. THORN W. H.   Reed's Engineers' Hand Book to the Board of Trade Examinations for Certificates of Competency as First and Second Class Engineers illus. with frontispiece of Triple Expansion Engine, 339 text diagrams, 36 large plates, tables, index and publisher's catalogue 24 folding drawings at rear; pub. London Sunderland, Thomas Reed & Co. 1891 Fourteenth Edition, Revised and Enlarged or. red cl. blind rulled boards, gilt to spine and front board, (glt. illus. of engine on front board) 8vo. pp.640. Almost fine copy. Bright and very little used.    Price: $100.00
     

  10.  TRENGOVE A. What's Good For Australia...! The story of B.H.P. illus. with 32 full-page plates & illus. endpapers pub. Sydney Castell 1975 1st.ed. or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.X,264 fine copy.     Price: $35.00
     

  11. VACUUM Oil Company.   The Horizontal Steam Turbine. For Stationary Plants. illus. with frontis. & 11 plates in the text; pub. N.Y. Vacuum Oil Co. (Gargoyle D.T. E. Oils for Turbine Lubrication) 1920 or. illus. cream wrappers, 4to. pp.16. Field of Service; Classification; Types: Construction; Principals of Operation; Transmissions of Power; Lubrication; Oil; Deposits; Fine condition.    Price: $55.00   (See picture-press   )
     
  12. VACUUM Oil Company.   Stationary Steam Engines. Steam Valve and Cylinder Lubrication. For Stationary Plants. Part I Reciprocating Steam Engines. Part II Boiler Plant and Steam Production. illus. with 15 plates in the text; pub. N.Y. Vacuum Oil Co. (Gargoyle Lubricating Oils) 1921 or. illus. charcoal wrappers, 4to. pp.32. Fine condition.     Price: $75.00  (See picture-press   )
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  13. Von SCHWARTZ Dr: (Trans Charles Salter): Fire And Explosion Risks. illus. with tables, index. pub. London Charles Griffin 1946 5th edn. or. brown/orange cl. 8vo. pp.358 covers the many aspects of materials and methods which can lead to fires. A handbook dealing with the Detection, Investigation and Prevention of dangers arising from Fires and Explosions of Chemico-technical Substances and Establishments. Fine copy.     Price: $100.00
  14. WAGNER J.B. Compiled & Written by. Cooperage. A treatise on Modern  "Shop  Practice and Methods; from the Tree  to  the Finished  Article. pub. N.Y. J.B. Wagner, Yonkers 1910  or. maroon cl.dk.brn. spine 8vo. pp.XVIII.396. v/good copy.    Price: $400.00   Convert Currency   Parcel Costs
     
  15. WALLACE  JEROME Timber and Tools. A Text-Book  for Manual Training  Classes. illus. with line dwgs. t/out. of  tools, technique and timbers pub. Lond. Thomas Nelson 1900  or.dk. red cl. glt. ltg. to spine, 12mo. pp.X.218. v/good copy.     Price: $35.00
     
  16. WENHAM EDWARD Old Clocks For Modern Use illus. with 70 line illustrations 26 photographs, bibliography, index.; pub. London Spring Books 1964 or.cl. d/w. 8vo. pp.174. Traces the development of time-pieces from the earliest sundials, water clocks and sand-glasses. the author's sense of enjoyment is well conveyed in his book and his explanation of clock mechanism is clear and free of technical jargon. He describes lantern clocks, bracket clocks and grandfather clocks also explanation of features such as dials and hands. Tape marks to free e/papers, pages little browned else near fine   Price: $40.00
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  17. WINZENRIED A.P.  Britannia Creek An Essay in Wood Distillation. illus. with b/w. plates throughout, original drawings By Jillienne Winzenried pub. Melbourne APW Productions 1986 or. card wrappers, (paperback), 4to. pp.130. Wood distilling in the Warburton District. History of the only wood distillation tried in Australia. Fine.   Price: $35.00
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  18. WOOD J.G.   Common Objects Of The Microscope illus. with frontispiece col. plates, (14) text drawings; pub. London, George Routledge & Sons n.d. c.189-? Second edition revised by E.C. Bousfield; full calf, marbled e/papers and edges, gilt decoration to spine, cr.8vo. pp.X.186. School presentation plate adhered to paste-down e/paper. Fine copy.     Price: $150.00
     
  19. ZIEGLER OSWALD L. Produced by. Snowy Saga. profusely illus. with plates t/out. many col. pub. Syd. Oswald Ziegler  Pub. for  The Council of the Shire of Snowy River  1960  revised ed. or. lt.blu. cl. col. photo to front bd. cr.4to.  pp.80.     Price: $35.00
   
   
 
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