Industry from C & J Read

Wellingborough: Scott Bader & Co., 1957 pp viii 120. Illustrated with photographs showing examples of moulded polyester used in boats, cars, buses, lorries, locomotives, aircraft, scooters and domestic items from the 1950s. Limp card covers with edges overlapping page block. Slight fading to spine. A Good clean copy.

London: Hutchinson, 1967 pp x 118 including index. Illustrated with photographs, maps, drawings and tables. Black cloth, gilt. Near fine in Very good protected dustjacket.

Lanarkshire Development Couincil, 1972 White glossy card covers with narrow rectangular library stamp in top margin and October 1972 written in ink above. Yellow sellotape mark around base of spine. Otherwise a clean unmarked copy.

London: The Institute of Petroleum, 1955 pp viii 185 plus xii pages of pictorial adverts at the back illustrating road tankers, refineries and rail tank wagons etc. With illustrations and diagrams in the text. Red cloth. Ex H.M. Board of Customs & Excise Library with lightly embossed stamp on front endpaper and half title page and stamped number at top… Read more about this item

London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1918 pp 280. Red cloth faded at edges and spine faded to buff. Endpapers yellowed and spotted. Good

London: Copper Development Assoc., 1967 CDA Publication No. 52. pp 48. Illustrated with photographs and a coloured frontis. Card covers.

London: Educational Supply Association Ltd., 1960 An ESA Information Book - How Things Are Obtained series. pp vi 90. Illustrated with photographs and drawings. Pictorial paper-covered boards. Near Fine in Good protected dustjacket with a few edge tears and chips.

London: The Timber Development Association Ltd. pp 154 including index. Red cloth, gilt with white ink number on slightly faded spine. Very Good.

Wellwyn Garden City: Trade Journals Ltd., 1959 pp 161 plus 7 pages of adverts. Illustrated with photographs and tables. Green cloth, gilt, a little faded at spine and with some minor surfaces scratches. Very Good.

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1975 pp. xiv 306 including index. Illustrated with photographs diagrams and tables. Pictorial laminated boards. Near Fine.

Lowestoft: MAFF Directorate of Fisheries Research, 1988 pp 22. . Illustrated with maps and diagrams. Stiff plastic-covered pictorial paper wrappers. Ex-College Library, stamped inside covers, rear endpaper and top corner of title page from which labels have been removed. Otherwise Very Good.

Manchester.: Manchester Guardian, 1921 pp vi plus 12 contents pages 271 plus lxxvi pages of commercial adverts. Illustrated with photographs, drawings and folding maps. Original blue paper-covered boards, with dark blue cloth spine, gilt. Ex-Library with new endpapers. Round perforated stamp on title page, ink number on verso and small round ink stamps on contents page and on the backs… Read more about this item

London: George G Harrap, 1970 pp 144 including index and glossary. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings.Near Fine

Derbyshire: Landmark Publishing, 1999 pp. 256 including index and bibliography. Illustrated. Green boards, gilt. Fine in Fine protected dustjacket.

Middlesex pp xxxvi 312. Illustrated throughout with a variety of hardware and domestic equipment, including locks and latches, door furniture, tools, ironwork, heaters, toilet fittings and plumbers goods etc. Green boards, gilt. Top edge of page block spotted. Otherwise a Very Good clean copy.

London: Applied Science Publishers, 1978 pp. x 233. Illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Black boards, gilt. Ex-College Library with new endpapers. Lightly stamped on fore edge of page block and with stamps in bottom margins of a few pages only. Very Good in Very Good protected dustjacket faded at spine and with a little yellowing to rear top edge and… Read more about this item

Boston, Mass.: Mansfield Printing Company, 1929 pp. 144. Illustrated with photographs and line drawings. Plum cvoloured boards, gilt with a liuttle wear to head and foot of spine and front corners, Presentation label on front pastedown. Good+. The Preface states the title as " Elementary Composition and Presswork"

London: British Association of Synthetic Rubber Manufacturers, 1970 pp 79 including index and bibliography. Illustrated throughout. Blue cloth, gilt. Ex-College Library stamped on endpapers and in bottom margins of a few pages only, 3 brown tapes to front and rear pastedowns. Otherwise Very Good in Very Good protected dustjacket faded at spine and with 1 closed tear at top rear… Read more about this item