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Industrial Revolution:

Whitten, David O. (editor) . ELI WHITNEY'S COTTON GIN 1793-1993
Washington 1994 1st Agricultural History Society. Hardcover. Octavo, 268pp., cloth. Near Fine, slight soiling on top fore-edge, no DJ. (a28814)
$30.00 (economics) . GENERAL CONVENTION OF THE FRIENDS OF DOMESTIC INDUSTRY ASSEMBLED AT NEW YORK OCTOBER 26, 1831
1831. Reports of Committees on production and manufacture of iron and steel. 8vo., 31pp., rebound in new wraps. Good, some foxing. (a2886)
$35.00 Christian, M. . INSTRUCTION POUR LES GENS DE LA CAMPAGNE SUR LA MANIERE DE PREPARER LE LINE ET LE CHANVRE SANS ROUISSAGE
Paris 1818 first edition. Madame Huzard. Technological advances to prepare linen and hemp without soaking. Hardcover. In French. 4to. , 44pp., 6 engraved foldout plates of machinery, full red leather with gilt borders (very fancy border about half inch wide pictures of men and women in various poses and occupations) and mounted black spine label, blue silk end papers. VG, light wear, light cover soiling. Rare. (a46551)
$1500.00 Scott, Sir Walter; John Wilson Croker . THOUGHTS ON THE PROPOSED CHANGE OF CURRENCY & TWO LETTERS ON SCOTTISH AFFAIRS
Barnes and Noble 1972 reprint. Introduction by David Simpson and Alastair wood. A complete and unabridged photolithographic facsimile of these two famous 19th century Scottish classics.Octavo, xxv, 84pp., 39pp., 62pp. (1), blue cloth hardcover. Fine, no DJ. (a67435)
$125.00 Sawyer, Thomas Spencer . ON SHEARING, PUNCHING, RIVETING AND FORGING MACHINERY
London 1858 Minutes of Institution of Civil Engineers. Octavo, pp.173-194, one large engraved foldout plate, removed and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73870)
$65.00 Bodmer, J. G. . THE ADVANTAGES OF WORKING STATIONARY AND MARINE ENGINES WITH HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM, EXPANSIVELY AND AT GREAT VELOCITIES OF THE COMPENSATING OR DOUBLE-CRANK SYSTEM
London 1845. Octavo, pp. 372-399, five foldout engraved plates of Engines, removed from Institution of Civil Engineers and rebound in later wraps. VG. (a73922)
$75.00 Thorneycroft, George Benjamin . ON THE MANUFACTURE OF MALLEABLE IRON; WITH THE RESULTS OF EXPERIMENTS ON THE STRENGTH OF RAILWAY AXLES
London 1850. Octavo, pp. 294-320, removed the Institution of Civil Engineers Minutes of the Proceedings, rebound in later wraps. VG. (a77516)
$35.00 Woods, Canon R. J.; A. G. Foster; F. Beckwith . LEEDS CHURCH PATRONAGE IN THE 18TH CENTURY; OAKWELL HALL INVENTORY OF GOODS 1611; POPULATION OF LEEDS DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
1948. Publications of the Thoresby Society, Miscelllany. Octavo, pp. 101-212, several plates. Octavo, original printed wraps. Uncut. VG. (a79017)
$44.00