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A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HANDRAILING (LOCKWOOD'S TRADE MANUALS)
Written by George Collings.
Stock no. 1829257
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1927. Very good condition.

Eighth Impression, Second Edition. Showing new and simple methods for finding the pitch of the plank, drawing the moulds, bevelling, jointing-up, and squaring the wreath. To which is added A Treatise on Stairbuilding. Small format. Title to spine & boards is Handrailing and Stairbuilding. B/w diagrams. x and 119 pages plus publisher's advert for books under the same series to rear. Text block and endpapers browned. Contents clean. A lovely copy.

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FLOUR MANUFACTURE: A TREATISE ON MILLING SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
Written by Friedrich Kick; H.H.P. Powles.
Stock no. 1826854
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1888. Almost very good condition.

Translated from the Second Enlarged and Revised Edition with Supplement by H.H.P. Powles also bound in. Illustrated with 24 fold-out plates plus another 4 fold-out plates to supplement. 113 woodcuts plus 54 woodcuts to supplement. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Text block untrimmed. Spine & board corners rubbed & worn. Cloth joints starting to split from the outside. Inner joints still firm. Text block and page edges a little browned. All plates present. A few finger marks to margins. Some dampstaining to some plates.

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PRACTICAL PAPER-MAKING
Written by George Clapperton.
Stock no. 1826831
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 1st 1894. Very good condition.

A Manual for Paper-Makers and Owners and Managers of Paper Mills to which are appended useful tables, calculations, data, etc. Brown cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations reproduced from micro-photographs. Top & tail of spine lightly worn. Page browning. Some hinges pulled but binding is tight.

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AERIAL NAVIGATION
Written by Frederick Walker.
Stock no. 1609462
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 1st 1902. Almost very good condition.

Brown boards, gilt titles and illustrated panel to front. A practical handbook on the construction of dirigible balloons, aerostats, aeroplanes, and aeromotors. With about 100 illustrations. Spine and corners bumped and worn; covers scuffed and marked. Front joint partially cracked. Name in ink to half-title page.

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DYNAMO CONSTRUCTION
Written by John W. Urquhart.
Stock no. 2107929
Published by Crosby Lockwood and Son. 2nd 1895. Very good condition.

A Practical Handbook. For the use of engineer-constructors and electricians-in-charge. Second edition, revised and enlarged. B/w illustrations and diagrams. Front cover is a bit bowed. Corners and spine are bumped. Some scuff marks to covers. Light foxing and some page browning.

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