Metals, Metallurgy & Mining from Bookworks MWABA, IOBA

Arlington, VA: Author / Wigglesworth & Ghatt, 1982. Important numismatic reference with in-depth information on these early American coins. Oversized hardcover, as pictured; no jacket, as issued. Enlarged second edition, with improved photos and revisions. Light wear, minor bumping to spine; last few pages creased; else near fine. Text clean, no names or marks; [2], xxii, 131 pages; many b/w… Read more about this item

Mayville, WI: Mayville Historical Society, 1993. Scarce hardcover edition of this account of the industrial past of the south-east-central Wisconsin county, the important iron mines just east of Horicon, smelters in Mayville & Iron Ridge, as well as a paint company in Neda and lime works in Brown's Corners. INSCRIBED to Phyllis by the author. Oversized hardcover in jacket, as… Read more about this item

Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1975. Standard and comprehensive manual for metalworkers. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, spine dished & creased; jacket shows light rubbing, some edgewear with tiny tears, light creases, small chips; minor nicks to page edges. Text clean; xiv, 509 pages; index, bibliography, glossary, no doubt outdated list of suppliers, charts &… Read more about this item

Geneva: Patek Philippe, 1998. History and account of the fabled Swiss watchmaker's wristwatches, with many photos, specifications. 2002 printing of the 1998 second edition, considerably enlarged, with about 100 pages more than the more common 1988 version. Text in French, German, Italian, & English. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, near fine; jacket spine faded else very… Read more about this item

Geneva: Patek Philippe, 1989. Published to commemorate the famed watchmaker's 150th year, and construction of the Calibre 89 complicated watch, at the time the most complicted portable mechanical timepiece ever built. Includes a history of complicated watches in general, the company, and the design & building process of the Calibre 89, along with instructions for its operation and use, which… Read more about this item

San Jose, CA: R. James Bender Publishing, 1988. Copiously illustrated account of German military/decorative cutlery. Angolia presents the swords of Nazi Germany, from 1933-1945; Douglas's supplement examines the arms of Imperial Germany from 1900-1914 - Great War & Weimar era swords are NOT included. Includes a brief history of the sword, manufacture in Solingen, nomenclature & use, accessories. Color hardcover,… Read more about this item

London: W. Gibson, 1824. Technical manual or formulary, containing sometimes vague recipes & formulas for drawing & painting, extracting lake, varnishes, gilding metals, dyeing & staining, dyeing silks, stuffs, cloths, threads of various colours, [leather], processes relative to iron, stationery [quills & ink], [spot removal], perfuming, "wash balls", angling, bird catching, books [cleaning, book-binder's paste], building [damp cure, wood preservatives],… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1947. Scholarly yet readable study of the lives, training, labor conditions, and prospects of early western gold miners, covering the first twenty-five years of the phenomenon. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Scholar Allan Bogue's copy, with his pencilled name & a few notes on the front endsheets. Book shows light wear, corners & spine ends lightly… Read more about this item

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1998. "An extensively documented chronicle of the rise and fall of individual mines, companies, and regions", of interest to economic & business historians, historians of technology & mining, and those interested in the Great Lakes & Western America. Hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book; jacket has a large paper-clip indentation to rear… Read more about this item

New York / Berne: International Numismatic Commission, 1973. Overview of and comments on numismatic publications, exhibits & research from 1966-1977; Volumes I, II, & III were published in 1973 and cover ancient numismatics, mediaeval and oriental numismatics, modern numismatics including medals; the 1972-1977 volume was published in 1979 and has sections including each of those periods. The articles are in… Read more about this item

München: Battenberg Verlag, 1978. History of ancient money & coins, complete in two volumes; Göbl was an important Austrian scholar of ancient numismatics & history. Text in German. Two volumes, complete; hardcovers in jackets in slipcase, as pictured. Volume one is text, volume two is notes, bibliography, index, 176 b/w plates, tables. Light wear to books; jackets show minor chipping,… Read more about this item

New York / London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. Original American edition of this study of the geology, distribution, extraction & processing, and economy of gold. Hardcover, no jacket, as pictured. Light general wear, corners bumped & rubbed, dent to fore-edge of front cover, mended split to inner front hinge. Text clean; xxxii, [2], 242 pages + 8 page publisher's… Read more about this item

London: Oxford University Press, 1974. Technical study of all aspects of metal fatigue, "intended to be a definitive monograph on fatigue [attempting] to bring together all facets of the fatigue of metals, components, and structures, presenting a unified perspective of the subject." First edition (first printing), hardcover in jacket, as pictured. Light wear to book, stamp of Westland Aircraft Ltd.,… Read more about this item

Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books, 2005. Exploration of the railroads serving the iron ore industry and twin cities of Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin, particularly the Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range; Great Northern Railway; Northern Pacific; and Duluth & Northeastern. Olsen was lifelong resident of Duluth and important railroad historian and preservationist. Hardcover in jacket as pictured. Light wear… Read more about this item

Chur: Harwood Academic Publisher, 1992. Technical history of wire-making and the use of copper as an electrical conductor, from antiquity to telegraphy & the trans-Atlantic cable. Hardcover, copper-colored cover, black titling. Light wear, hint of spine fade, minor smudges to top page edges; no jacket, likely as issued; unmarked. Text clean; xx, 284 pages; index, list of patents, bibliography, b/w… Read more about this item

New York: Interscience Publishers, 1960. Account of metals and their uses by humans through history; volume one covers ancient metals including copper, lead, silver, tin, iron, gold, mercury, and their alloys. Volume two discusses mechanical power and its uses in metal mining & processing leading to industry & industrial uses of metals. Two volume set, complete. Hardcover, full grey cloth… Read more about this item

Detroit: Frederic B. Stevens, 1910. Trade catalogue with an unusual amount of commentary on life & the foundry business, as well as the quality & history of the products offered and their uses; a good source of information on foundry practice of the time as well as the equipment & materials used. Stout hardcover, full grey cloth, gilt titling, black… Read more about this item

London: Thames & Hudson, 1980. Basic manual, including advice on setting up a workshop, acquiring tools, drawing; woking properties of the metal, largework, soldering, smallwork, cutlery, mechanical processes including spinning, turning & casting; polishing, other finishes; technical appendices. Blue hardcover, gilt titling. Light wear to book & jacket. Text clean; 192 pages; index, bibliography, b/w photos, figures, tables. … Read more about this item

New York: Peter Smith, 1950. Study of the modern settlement of North & South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Idaho & Colorado; first by miners, then buffalo-hunters, then cattle & sheep ranchers, finally farmers. Rampaging Herd 319. SIGNED by the author on the title page. Reprint; first published ten years earlier. Hardcover, full rust cloth, black titling. Light wear,… Read more about this item

Greensburg PA: Author, 1924. The author argues that Kelly developed the air-refining process for making steel some years before Bessemer patented it; the book includes discussion of patents, corporate histories, history of the manufacture of iron & steel, Andrew Carnegie, and Pittsburgh. Hardcover, full maroon cloth, gilt titling. General wear, corners bumped, some damage to the spine, small spot; ink… Read more about this item