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	BEAUFOY, L.A., M.SC. (ENG), PH.D., A.K.C., C.ENG., PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, VICE-PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT Metrication and the Land London, The Chartered Auctioneer's and Estate Agent's Institute. 1969, First Edition. 142mm x 215mm tall (5.5" x 8.5" approx.). 10pp. Light crease to upper corner, otherwise very good, in the original blue paper covers. Very Good. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: 003077 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	SAFETY IN MINES RESEARCH BOARD The Examination of Colliery Ropes in Service London, His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946, Reprint of 1938 1st. 110mm x 161mm tall (4.25" x 6.5" approx.). 27pp with 10 b/w photos. Good, in the original black-printed green soft covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001980 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	NATIONAL COAL BOARD N.C.B. (Production) Codes and Rules - The Care and Use of Lifting Appliances London, National Coal Board Production Department. 1956, First Edition. 154mm x 242mm tall ( 6" x 9.5" approx.). 22pp. Good, in the original gold-printed thin black card covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001981 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	GLOVER BROS Catalogue of Wire Ropes Mossley, Near Manchester, Glover Bros (Mossley) Ltd. 1953, First Thus. 123mm x 190mm tall (4.75" x 7.5" approx.). A total of 97pp, divided up into 6 separately bound soft-cover booklets, each dealing with a different aspect of the products, with a b/w frontispiece plate of the wire-rope factory and over 60 text figs and illustrations, the whole contained in a green card folder/gold titling. Thoroughly comprehensive. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 001984 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	COLLINS Collins' Housekeeper's Account Book or Register of Family Expenses Re-arranged on the Most Modern Principles, and Showing at a Glance the Expenditure Per Day, Week, Month and Year. Adapted for Any Year and Commencing at Any Time London & Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press. 1919. Hard Cover. 5" x 8" tall approx. 60pp, with the account pages printed in black and light blue. A few pages have lightly pencilled entries in a neat contemporary hand. An item of social history interest, with Ready Reckoner, a table of Weights and Measures and Calenders for 1919 and 1920. Very good to fine, in the original maroon printed blue-grey boards/cloth spine. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 \| JP¥ 2128] Book number: 000326 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	JEWELL, BRIAN Veteran Scales and Balances Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Midas Books. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0959360814). Hard Cover. Hardback, landscape format 210mm x 205mm tall (8.25" x 8" approx.). 96pp with 125 illustrations in b/w and line. Small blemish from label removal to front board, otherwise very good, in the original colour photo-illustrated laminated boards. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 002166 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	JEWELL, BRIAN Veteran Scales and Balances Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Midas Books. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0959360814). Soft Cover. Landscape format 210mm x 205mm tall (8.25" x 8" approx.). 96pp with 125 illustrations in b/w and line. Almost fine, in the original colour photo-illustrated thin card covers. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002165 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	KENT, G.C. British Metallic Coins and Tradesmen's Tokens With Their Value From 1600-1912 [ Kent's Valuation of British Coins and Tokens For 300 Years ] London, L. Upcott Gill. 1912, First Edition. Hard Cover. 5.25" x 8.5" tall approx. Limited Edition, this being No. 217 of 250 copies only. Incorporating the Author's guarantee, which shows a facsimile of the metallic token originally issued to the Subscribers with their copies of the book. [It is worth noting that a copy has been seen in the past with wording on its Guarantee which seemed to indicate that Mr Kent, having issued all of the copies of his book numbered from 1 to 250 inclusive, started again and sold another 250 copies, numbering them once again from 1 to 250 but this time with the word Duplicate added!] The pagination of the copy here offered is incomplete, but would seem to have been issued so. It commences with a Supplementary Title & Index To Kent's Valuation of British Coins and Tokens For 300 Years, 1600-1912, Chichester 1913. This section of xxvii pages is followed by the Title-page proper for British Metallic Coins &c By G.C.K. this time with the cancel Publisher's name L. Upcott Gill First Edition 1912, followed by pages 1-288 inclusive, and then pages 321-353 + 13pp of adverts. Pages 289 to 320 have never been bound in. This omission apart, a very good example of a scarce and important book, in red cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 US$ 83.05 \| JP¥ 7337] Book number: 000323 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	BRITISH ROPES LIMITED Wire Rope Slings for General Engineering Purposes London, James White Ltd. for British Ropes Limited. First? Edition. Undated, Circa 1950's. 134mm x 210mm tall (5.25" x 8.25" approx.). 22pp incl.covers, with 23 text figs. and 4 b/w photo illustrations. Printed in blue & black. Good, in the original illustrated card covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001983 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	REDMAN, WILLIAM The Jewellers' Guide and Handy Reference Book Bradford, W. Redman. 1883, New Edition. Hardback, 125mm x 190mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). 96pp, with tipped-in acknowledgement slip regarding the use of copyright material on gold taken from G.E. Gee's book "The Goldsmith's Handbook", + 16pp Appendix + 2pp Crosby, Lockwood & Co. catalogue. Some contemporary, relevant, pencilled notes to blank recto of rear free endpaper. Slight rubs to hd/tl of spine and cloth and one or two minor external blemishes, otherwise a good copy, in the original black ruled reddish-brown cloth-covered boards/black title/gilt spine title. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 001985 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	WHINCUP, N. Haulage Ropes for Mining. A Paper Read Before The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (North Western Branch) 24th February, 1947 Warrington, The Whitecross Company. 1947, First (& Only?) Edition Thus. 158mm x 242mm tall (6.25" x 9.5" approx.). 12pp, with 5 text figs. in b/w & line. Very good, in the original black-printed cream thin card covers. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 001982 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.

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	BEAUFOY, L.A., M.SC. (ENG), PH.D., A.K.C., C.ENG., PROFESSOR OF CIVIL ENGINEERING IN THE UNIVERSITY OF READING, VICE-PRINCIPAL OF THE COLLEGE OF ESTATE MANAGEMENT Metrication and the Land London, The Chartered Auctioneer's and Estate Agent's Institute. 1969, First Edition. 142mm x 215mm tall (5.5" x 8.5" approx.). 10pp. Light crease to upper corner, otherwise very good, in the original blue paper covers. Very Good. GBP 4.50 [Appr.: EURO 5 US$ 7.47 \| JP¥ 660] Book number: 003077 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	SAFETY IN MINES RESEARCH BOARD The Examination of Colliery Ropes in Service London, His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1946, Reprint of 1938 1st. 110mm x 161mm tall (4.25" x 6.5" approx.). 27pp with 10 b/w photos. Good, in the original black-printed green soft covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001980 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	NATIONAL COAL BOARD N.C.B. (Production) Codes and Rules - The Care and Use of Lifting Appliances London, National Coal Board Production Department. 1956, First Edition. 154mm x 242mm tall ( 6" x 9.5" approx.). 22pp. Good, in the original gold-printed thin black card covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001981 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	GLOVER BROS Catalogue of Wire Ropes Mossley, Near Manchester, Glover Bros (Mossley) Ltd. 1953, First Thus. 123mm x 190mm tall (4.75" x 7.5" approx.). A total of 97pp, divided up into 6 separately bound soft-cover booklets, each dealing with a different aspect of the products, with a b/w frontispiece plate of the wire-rope factory and over 60 text figs and illustrations, the whole contained in a green card folder/gold titling. Thoroughly comprehensive. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.25 US$ 33.22 \| JP¥ 2935] Book number: 001984 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	COLLINS Collins' Housekeeper's Account Book or Register of Family Expenses Re-arranged on the Most Modern Principles, and Showing at a Glance the Expenditure Per Day, Week, Month and Year. Adapted for Any Year and Commencing at Any Time London & Glasgow, Collins' Clear-Type Press. 1919. Hard Cover. 5" x 8" tall approx. 60pp, with the account pages printed in black and light blue. A few pages have lightly pencilled entries in a neat contemporary hand. An item of social history interest, with Ready Reckoner, a table of Weights and Measures and Calenders for 1919 and 1920. Very good to fine, in the original maroon printed blue-grey boards/cloth spine. GBP 14.50 [Appr.: EURO 16.25 US$ 24.08 \| JP¥ 2128] Book number: 000326 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	JEWELL, BRIAN Veteran Scales and Balances Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Midas Books. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0959360814). Hard Cover. Hardback, landscape format 210mm x 205mm tall (8.25" x 8" approx.). 96pp with 125 illustrations in b/w and line. Small blemish from label removal to front board, otherwise very good, in the original colour photo-illustrated laminated boards. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 002166 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	JEWELL, BRIAN Veteran Scales and Balances Speldhurst, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, Midas Books. 1978, First Edition. (ISBN: 0959360814). Soft Cover. Landscape format 210mm x 205mm tall (8.25" x 8" approx.). 96pp with 125 illustrations in b/w and line. Almost fine, in the original colour photo-illustrated thin card covers. GBP 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 11.25 US$ 16.61 \| JP¥ 1467] Book number: 002165 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	KENT, G.C. British Metallic Coins and Tradesmen's Tokens With Their Value From 1600-1912 [ Kent's Valuation of British Coins and Tokens For 300 Years ] London, L. Upcott Gill. 1912, First Edition. Hard Cover. 5.25" x 8.5" tall approx. Limited Edition, this being No. 217 of 250 copies only. Incorporating the Author's guarantee, which shows a facsimile of the metallic token originally issued to the Subscribers with their copies of the book. [It is worth noting that a copy has been seen in the past with wording on its Guarantee which seemed to indicate that Mr Kent, having issued all of the copies of his book numbered from 1 to 250 inclusive, started again and sold another 250 copies, numbering them once again from 1 to 250 but this time with the word Duplicate added!] The pagination of the copy here offered is incomplete, but would seem to have been issued so. It commences with a Supplementary Title & Index To Kent's Valuation of British Coins and Tokens For 300 Years, 1600-1912, Chichester 1913. This section of xxvii pages is followed by the Title-page proper for British Metallic Coins &c By G.C.K. this time with the cancel Publisher's name L. Upcott Gill First Edition 1912, followed by pages 1-288 inclusive, and then pages 321-353 + 13pp of adverts. Pages 289 to 320 have never been bound in. This omission apart, a very good example of a scarce and important book, in red cloth-covered boards/gilt spine title. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 55.5 US$ 83.05 \| JP¥ 7337] Book number: 000323 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	BRITISH ROPES LIMITED Wire Rope Slings for General Engineering Purposes London, James White Ltd. for British Ropes Limited. First? Edition. Undated, Circa 1950's. 134mm x 210mm tall (5.25" x 8.25" approx.). 22pp incl.covers, with 23 text figs. and 4 b/w photo illustrations. Printed in blue & black. Good, in the original illustrated card covers. GBP 12.50 [Appr.: EURO 14 US$ 20.76 \| JP¥ 1834] Book number: 001983 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	REDMAN, WILLIAM The Jewellers' Guide and Handy Reference Book Bradford, W. Redman. 1883, New Edition. Hardback, 125mm x 190mm tall (5" x 7.5" approx.). 96pp, with tipped-in acknowledgement slip regarding the use of copyright material on gold taken from G.E. Gee's book "The Goldsmith's Handbook", + 16pp Appendix + 2pp Crosby, Lockwood & Co. catalogue. Some contemporary, relevant, pencilled notes to blank recto of rear free endpaper. Slight rubs to hd/tl of spine and cloth and one or two minor external blemishes, otherwise a good copy, in the original black ruled reddish-brown cloth-covered boards/black title/gilt spine title. GBP 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 50 US$ 74.75 \| JP¥ 6603] Book number: 001985 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.
	WHINCUP, N. Haulage Ropes for Mining. A Paper Read Before The Association of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (North Western Branch) 24th February, 1947 Warrington, The Whitecross Company. 1947, First (& Only?) Edition Thus. 158mm x 242mm tall (6.25" x 9.5" approx.). 12pp, with 5 text figs. in b/w & line. Very good, in the original black-printed cream thin card covers. GBP 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 US$ 24.92 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 001982 Click here to order or inquire at Christopher Baron.