Farm Machinery

1. Ardrey R L. American Agricultural Implements. A Review of Invention and Developement in the Agricultural Implement Industry of the United States. Intwo Parts (in one) Part One General History of Invention and Improvement. Part Two Pioneer Manufacturing Centers. Privately published by the author, Chicago. 1894. Roy 8vo. Pps 236, liberally illustrated, many illustrations with several implements to the page. Original brown cloth in nice condition, endpapers a little browned otherwise internally a nice copy. £146
An important and sought after implement book.
2. Arnold James. Farm Wagons and Carts. Newton Abbott. 1977. Oblong 4to. Pps 144 and 125 drawings of a very varied number of carts and wagons. Orange cloth in a whole pictorial dust wrapper, fine copy. £36
3. Avery Company. Avery Tractors, Trucks, Motor Cultivators, Threshers, Plows etc. Catalogue. IL. 1922. 4to. Pps 96, illustrations and diagrams throughout. Pictorial card covers in nice condition, hinges a little rusted.. £35
A large number of photographs of tractors and their associated machinery just when the tractor was beginning to take over.
4. Bagot A. The Principles of Civil Engineering As Applied to Agriculture & Estate Management. London. 1885 Cr 8vo. Pps xii, 276, illustrated in the text. Original Maroon black lined cloth, spine a bit faded, gilt lettering spine and front board. £46
5. Banks John. Treatise On Mills. Manuscript Copy by James Evans. In Four Parts....Circular Motion....Maximum Of Moving Bodies, Machines, Engines Ac....On The Velocity of Effluent Water....Experiments on Circular Motion. Water Wheels Ac. 1811 manuscript copy Pagination does not match the original but is complete with 3 hand drawn fold out plates as called for and even includes the subscribers list. Quarter leather, vellum corners, marbled paper sides, worn. £195
Manuscript in a beautiful copper plate hand.
6. Beaumont A. Traction Engines And Steam Vehicles In Pictures. Newton Abbot. 1969 4to. Pps 112, illus. Black cloth in pict dw. £12
7. Blackstone & Co Ltd. Catalogue: Blackstone Oil Engines. 1913. 6 x 5 inches. Pps 32, some descriptive text and detailed prices. Original black printed card covers. The bottom outer corner of the last few pages a small stain from the red covers otherwise a nice copy. £38
Signed on the front free end paper in pencil "Charlotte Kipling"!
8. Bonnett H. Saga of the Steam Plough. London. 1965. Pps 208, illustrated. Ex Farmers Club Library in brown cloth, nice copy. £15
9. Boss W. Instructions For Traction And Stationary Engineers. 8th edition, St Paul. Nd looks like very early 1900s. Sm 8vo. Pps 319, circa 55 illustrations. Original black cloth rubbed and worn, black tape top and bottom spines and some tape holding title page and frontis. Many manuscript additions throughout. Reading copy of an early engine book. £28
10. British Oxygen Co. Oxy-Acetylene Welding And The Repair Of Agricultural Machinery. 1951 4to. Pps 26, illus. Printed paper covers. £6
11. Broehl W G Jnr. John Deere's Company. A History of Deere & Company And Its Times. NY. 1984. Roy 8vo. Pps 870, 10, well illustrated, some in colour. Brown cloth in a decorative dust wrapper, Ex lib with a minimum of stamps. Presented to the library by Joh Deere. £46
A very large and detailed history of the John Deere Company.
12. Casson Herbert N. Cyrus Hall McCormick. His Life And Work. Chicago 1909 Pps xii, 264, illus. Original green cloth, little rubbed & spine faded. £28
13. Clark Ronald H. The Developement of The English Traction Engine. Norwich. 1960 Folio. Half title. Pps xxvi, 390, 582 illustrations, XXXIV appendices, loose errata slip inserted. Original black cloth in a whole picturesque dust wrapper. A fine copy. £145
Detailed and sought after history.
14. Corcoran Bryan Ltd. Implenents, Tools and Accesories for Mills and Factories. Catalogue. London. Nd c1930s. Pps 52, many illustrations plus text and prices. Printed card covers, nice copy. £28
Many illustrations per page. For example 14 samplers for grain4 sack barrows, 8 grain brushes, 7 wood and tin scoops and shovels etc etc.
15. Cottis Wm & Sons Ltd. Catalogue of farm Machinery. Epping. Nd c1900. Oblong Cr 8vo. Pps 16, illustrated. " file holes in the front edge not affecting text. £26
IncludesCottis Patent Expanding hoe, chilled hoes & points, Ridger, Ridging Plough, potato raising ploughAdvance plough, Drill steerage, New Century hay sweep, Harrows, Shares for cultivators, Root grater, Cake mill, Chaff cutter, Land roller, plain or cambridge, Thistle plough.
16. Coultas J Ltd. Specialists In Manure Distributors. Grantham. 1938. Pps 16, illustrated. Blue printed paper covers. £12
17. Crawley J. Ploughing Engines In Focus. Over 260 Photographs Of Steam Ploughing Engines Taken During Their Working Days. Turvey. 1985. 4to. Pps 128, Black cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper, fine copy. £18
18. Dennison M. Harvest Triumphant. The Story of Massey Harris. 1949 Pps xvi, 351, illustrated. Red cloth. £18
19. Department Of Commerce And Labour. Daily Consular Reports. Agricultural Implements And Vehicles In Foreign Countries. Washington. 1903. Royal 8vo. Pps 32, 8 illustrations. printed paper cover. £28
20. Dingee-MacGregor. Science Of Successful Threshing. Case Racine 1915 Cr 8vo. Pps 263, illus. Cloth, worn. £18
21. Douglas L M. Refrigeration in the Dairy. A Short Illustrated Treatise On The Application Of Refrigerating Machinery To Modern Dairy Practice. 1904 Pps 80 plus 8 pps ads, illus. Original yellow cloth, grubby. £12
Really a catalogue for Douglas dairy equipment masquerading as a treatise.
22. Dudley R. Modern Farm Machinery. Nd clothes & tractor 4to. Pps 60 with 84 illus. Pict card covers a bit grubby. £24
23. Durham Harry W. Saws: Their Care And Treatment. Nd c1921 Cr 8vo. Pps viii, 272 + 34 pps related ads. Original dec cloth, fine copy. £12
24. East Yorkshire & Crosskills Cart & Wagon Co Ltd. Abridged Price List of Spring Carts, Floats, Luggage and Game Floats, Market Carts &c. Beverley. 1910. Oblong 6 x 31/2 inches. Pps 28, an illustration on each page with accompanying text and price. Black printed pink paper covers, hinges rusted otherwise a nice copy. £75
25. East Yorkshire & Crosskills Cart & Wagon Co Ltd. Abridged Catalogue of Lurries, Floats, Vans Suitable for Brewers, Wine & Spirit Merchants &c. Beverley. 1909. Oblong 6 x 31/2 inches. Pps 12, illustrations with accompanying text and price. Black printed green paper covers, hinges rusted. £48
26. Elsey G G. The Little Wonder Winnowing Machine and the Albert Blower. Invitation to folk who own these machines to have improvements fitted, round Wimborne and Blandford. List of people (named on the rear with their names and first line of their address). On the front a description of what is proposed to improve these 2 machines. No date but probably around the 1870s. Single card 6 x 4 1/2 inches, a bit grubby and one small hole with the loss of a few letters. £8
27. Follett L G. Obed Hussey Who of all Inventors Made Bread Cheap. Being a record of his life and struggles to introduce his greatest invention, the reaper, and its success as gathered from pamphlets published heretofore by his friends and associates, and reprinted in this volume, together with some additional facts and testimonials from other sources. Privately printed. 1912. Cr 8vo. Pps 2, 228, illustrated. Original brown cloth with gilt decoration on the front board, a fine copy. £38
A competitor for McCormick.
28. Fordson Tractor Magazine. Quarterly. Volume 1 Numbers 1 to 7. Ambaston Derby. 1978 and 1979. 7 magazines in the correct Fordson Magazine Folder. £25
29. Forward E.A. Land Transport. II Mechanical Road Vehicles. Part II Descriptive Catalogue. 1936 Pps 92, illustrated. Printed paper covers. £8
30. Foster William & Co. Threshing Machines, Straw Elevators, Stackers and Chaff Cutters. Catalogue No: TM24. Lincoln. Nd c1924. Sm folio. Pps 31, many illustrations. Pictorial white paper covers a little grubby, internally clean. £45
A number of threshers and ancillary machinery, all with fairly lengthy text and illustrations of the whole and some of the parts.
31. Garret Richard & Sons. Field Implements. Catalogue & Price List. Leiston. March 1891. 6 x 4 inches. Pps 36, illustrations. Black printed red card, a nice copy. £38
32. Gillford F W. The Traction Engine 1842-1936. South Godstone. 1952 Sm 8vo. Pps 36, illus. Printed card covers. £10
33. Glew Bros. Howard's Famous Implements. Catalogue. Howden. 1913. Single sheet 14 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches folding down to 24 small pages4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inches. Each page with a picture and a detaoled description in small print, fine copy. £18
12 types of plough, 7 harrows & cultivators, 1 baler, 2 rollers and 1 straw trusser.
34. Grace D R And Phillips D C. Ransomes of Ipswich. A History of the Firm and Guide to its Records. Reading. 1975. 4to. Pps 10, 64, illustrated. Green cloth in a whole but little grubby pictorial dust wrapper. £37
35. Gray R B. Developement of the Agricultural Tractor In The United States. Part I up to 1919. Part II up to 1950 inclusive. St Joseph. 1956 & 1958 4to. 2 vols. Pps 46 plus 43 plates with up to 8 illus per plate; 55 76 figures again with multiple illus per page. both with a large number of illus. Gre--n and fawn printed card covers, nice copies. £38
36. Greeno Follett L (Ed). Obed Hussey, Who Of All Inventors, Made Bread Cheap. Privately printed. 1912. Pps 228, illustrated. From the Newport Historical Soc Lib but only with a library bookplate and a label removed from spine. £34
Another view of who invented the reaper. McCormick has most books devoted to him but this puts the case for Obed Hussey (what a wonderful combination of names bed and hussey together). Reports a lot of trials carried out in this country.
37. Harding H. Patent Office Centenary. A Story Of 100 Years In The Life And Work Of The Patent Office. HMSO. 1953 Pps 48, illus. Printed card covers a bit dusty, hinges rusted. £8
38. Hart V B. Farm Motor Trucks in New York. Ithaca. 1923 Pps 56. Pictorial paper wrappers. £16
39. Hayward W H & Sons Ltd. Sectional Catalogue Of Continuous Fencing, Wire Fencing, Cattle & Sheep Hurdles, Plain Railings, Gates. Nd (no telephone num 4to. Pps 46 + 12 loose additional pages, illus. Printed paper covers. £14
40. Hendrick Prof J. Patrick Bell And The Centenary Of The Reaping Machine. 19 pp illus article in the Journal of the RHAS. 1928 Pps 424, 132, illus (2 non reaping pictures removed). Blue cloth, little rubbed. £8
41. Hine H J. Farm Mechanics Notebook. Practical Jottings For Everyday Use. 1948 Pps 117, illus plus xxiii rel ads. Green cloth in a little worn dw. £8
42. Hine H J. Farm Implements. YFC Booklet No 7. 2nd ed, London. 1947. Pps 50, 62 illustrations. Pictorial paper covers. £15
62 illustrations of farm machinery of the time with extended captions.
43. HMSO. Threshing Of Grass, Root And Vegetable Seed Crops. 1945 Roy 8vo. Pps 20 with folding and other illus of threshing machines, folding table. Prinred card covers. £6
44. Holbrook S H. Machines of Plenty. Pioneering In American Agriculture. NY. 1955 Pps 246, illus. Quarter dark blue cloth in the pict dw. £16
45. Hornsby R & Son. Illustrated Catalogue Of Improved Farm Machinery. Grantham. 1856. Pps 32, illustrated. Green b;ack printed paper covers. £85
Illustrations with long text descriptions of the various forms of each implement with prices. 2 red printed single pages, one loose, one tipped in.
46. Hornsby R & Son. Illustrated Catalogue Of Improved Farm Machinery. Grantham. 1856. Pps 32, illustrated. Green black printed paper covers. £85
Illustrations with long text descriptions of the various forms of each implement with prices. 2 red printed single pages, one loose, one tipped in.
47. Howard Rotavators. Pocket Guide for Users. West Horndon. Nd. 6 x 4 inches. Pps 23, illus. Printed card covers. £12
48. Hunt R & Co Ltd. Price List of Horse Gears of all sizes, suitable for driving all kinds of Agricultural Machinery. Earls Colne. 1920. 4to. Pps 28, well illustrated. At the rear Directions for Fixing R Hunt & Co's Horse Gears and a page of Illustrations and Technical Names of Wearing Parts for Horse Gears. Black printed red card covers in nice condition. £46
49. Iern T. Custom Combining On The Great Plains. A History. Norman OK. 1981. Pps xvi, 248, illus. Brown cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper. £24
50. Imperial Machinery Co. Imperial Tractors. Catalogue No: 7. Minneapolis. Nd c1912. Oblong 10 x 7 inches. Pps 42, illustrations 2 in colour. Original decorative blue gilt and black printed covers. The top left hand inner corner has been crumpled and an attept made to make a hole through to page 31, on the lower edge a small hole has been made through from front to back well clear of the text. £48
Illustrations of the tractor from all angles, tractor parts, tractors at work, Imperial Shock and Hay Loader.
51. Implement Agents Register. Official Organ of the National Association of Agricultural Engineers & Implement Dealers. London. Mar 1925. 4to. Pps iv, 33-64, illustrations and advertisments. Decorative paper covers. £18
52. Institute For Research In Agricultural Engineering, University Of Oxford. Farm And Machine Vols 1, 2, and 3. Comprising the Report of the Institue ....and Miscellaneous Papers On Agricultural Engineering. Oxford. 1934, 35 and 36. 3 vols. Pps 94; 100; 256, all illustrated. Pictorial printed card covers, spines a bit faded, uncut.
All 3 vols for: £136
The first 3 reports from this important research centre. The reports are short and the most interesting parts are the papers on various aspects of farm machinery of all kinds.
53. International Harvester. Tractor Plowing At Its Best. Chicago. Nd c1931. Roy 8vo. Pps 32, 64 illustrations. Pictorial paper covers. Old stain in the top quarter for the first 3 or 4 pages. Hinges rusted. £26
As well as ploughing layouts pictures of 6 wheeled, 4 tracked and 8 ploughs.
54. International Harvester Company. Model W - 4 Tractor Owner's Manual. Chicago. Nd. Pps 52, illus. Printed card covers, grubby. £12
55. International Harvester Company. Tillage Implements Spring Tooth Harrows, Tooth Cultivator, All Steel Horse Hoe, Disc Harrows, Corn and Seed Drills. London. Nd. Oblong 8vo. Pps 16, illustrated, plus descriptive text and prices. Pictorial paper covers, nice copy. £34
Nd but all the illustrations being powered are drawn by horses.
56. Jewell C (Ed). Victorian Farming. A Sourcebook. Winchester. 1975. Sm folio. Pps xx, 138, 347 figures. Laminated pictorial boards. £45
"This book provides a conspectus of the tools, implements, mrthods and machines which belonged to a style of hand and horse-powered husbandry practised during the middle years of the nineteenth century."
As can seen from the description a very large number of illustrations of hand and horse tools totalling 347.
57. Jewsons Norwich. Fencings, Field Gates Etc. Catalogue. Norwich. Nd (1930s?) Oblong 8vo. Pps 28. Card covers. £8
58. Joy D. Traction Engines In The North. Clapham. 1970 Pps 95, illus. Lam card covers. £4
59. Lyons N. The McCormick Reaper Legend. The True Story Of A Great Invention. NY. 1955 Pps 217, illus. Green cloth in a little torn & browned dw. £28
60. MacDonald S. The Progress of the Early Threshing Machine. 15 pp article in the Agricultural History Review. 1975 Agricultural History Review. Pps 192. Ex ref lib but a fine copy in blue cloth. £8

An Interesting Association Item.
61. Malden W J. Tillage and Implements. London. 1891. Cr 8vo. Pps x, 156, 48 text illustrations of implements, 16 pages ads mostly of machinery. Decorative orange cloth, variably faded but a nice clean copy. £38
On the title page the signature of J P Sheldon who also wrote agricultural books. I have had a number of Sheldon's books before and he used them as files for incoming mail. This book has 4 manuscript letters to Sheldon from the author Malden, also a newspaper cutting giving news of Malden's imminent departure from Downton College.
62. Marshall P. Workshop Wrinkles And Recipes.... London. Nd 1930s. Cr 8vo. Pps 96 plus a catalogue of books and a few related adverts. Pictorial paper covered boards rather worn. £28
What appear to be useful & different ideas for the workshop.
63. Martin A J. Some Working Traction Engines. London. 1963. Oblong 8vo. Pps 44, photograhs with captions. Pictorial paper covers. £10
64. McCormick Cyrus The Century Of The Reaper. An Account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the Inventor of the Reaper: of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Business he created: and of the International Harvester Company, his Heir and Chief Memorial. Cambridge 1931 Pps xv, 307, illus. Original red cloth, small damp mark corner rear cover. £28
65. McCormick International. B-901 Front End Loader For use with International B-250 & B-275 Tractors. User Manual & Parts List. London. Nd. 4to. Pps 10, 17, illustrated. Black printed red covers. Fine copy. £10
66. McCormick International. B-275 Diesel Tractor. Operators Manual. London. Nd c1958. 4to. Pps 61, illustrated. Black printed red covers, a little fingered and covers little grubby. £24
67. McCormick International. B-9-A Tractor Disc Harrow. Owners Manual. London. Nd c1955. Roy 8vo. Pps 28, illustrated. Grey & black printed covers a little grubby. Includes Dealers delivery report to J Urwen, Burneside Fm, Matfen. £10
68. McHardy D.N. Modern Farm Machinery. 1924 Cr 8vo. Pps xviii, 235, 151 diagrams & illustrations, including a fold out plan of a threshing machine. Brown cloth in a whole dust wrapper. £45
69. McKibben E G et al. Changes In Farm Equipment. Field Implements. Philadelphia. 1939 4to. Pps xvi, 111, illus. Blue printed card covers a little grubby. £28
70. Michelson P. Danish Wheel Ploughs. An Illustrated Catalogue. Copenhagen. 1959. Pps 16 plus 192 photo illustrations of ploughs. Printed paper covers, fine copy. £75
71. Miller D A. Farm Equipment Oddities. Vols I and II. A to Z. Battle Creek. Nd c late 70s. 4to. 2 vols. Pps 20; 20, both well illustrated. Blue and green printed card covers. £35
"Poorly designed, some well designed but ahead of their time, some prototypes...." Vol I Allis Chalmers, Case, Cockshutt, Ford & International. Vol 2 John Deere, Massey Ferguson, Minneapolis Moline, Oliver along with short line manufacturers.
72. Miller M F. The Evolution Of Reaping Machines. Washington. 1902. Roy 8vo. Pps 43, IX plates and a text figure. Original grey printed paper wrappers in nice condition. £48
33 small pictures of early cutters (circular motion) and 34 early cutters (rectilinear motion). Also pictures of Smiths, Ogles, Bells, Husseys, McCormicks and The Marsh Harvesters. Also Ketchums and Lewis Millers mowers.
73. Morton's Handbooks Of The Farm. Workman's Technical Instructor. 3rd ed, London. 1905. Cr 8vo. Pps 4, 165, 69 illustrations. Light brown black printed cloth a bit rubbed. £24
All the tools of the farm.
74. Mouat G C & Coleman F. Tillage Implements. 1954 Pps xii, 170, illus. Brown cloth a little marked in a worn dw. £10
75. National Institute Of Agricultural Engineering, Silsoe. Test Reports For Users Of Agricultural Machinery for the Years 1964 to 1965, plus 3 reports for 1969-1970. Bedford. Loose leaf index book 1 1/2 inches thick. £46
All kinds of agricultural machinery with full reports of their performance.
76. Parr F. Ltd. Catalogue. Barrows & Trucks. Birmingham. 1940 4to. Pps 38, illus. Black printed card covers.
Wheelbarrows, Handcarts, Trucks.
77. Partridge M. Early Agricultural Machinery. London. 1969. Folio. Pps 6, 30 plus 16 full page colour plates, 4 engravings. White cloth in a whole pictorial dust wrapper, almost a fine copy. £34
78. Patent No 20,919. Improvements In Side Delivery Rakes and The Like. By Joseph Bamford of St Marys Mount, Uttoxeter. London. 1908. 4to. Pps 3 and a large folding plate with 5 figures. £12
79. Patent No 14,270. Improvements In and Relating to Harrows. London. 1908. 4to. Pps 5 and a plate with 16 figures. £10
80. Patents For Inventions. Abridgement of Specifications. Cultivating Implements And Systems. London. 1916-1920. 4to. Pps xiii, errata page, 195, illustrated. Original dark blue printed paper covers, nice copy. £56
A brief summary of each patent, varying in length from short to quite long. Implements and machines for working the soil, Manure distributors, Rollers, Steam electric and other power cultivation of the land.
81. Patents For Inventions. Agricultural Appliances for the Treatment of Land and Crops. Includes Ploughs, Cultvating Implements, Manure Spreaders, Reapers, Seed Sowing, Sheafing Apparatus, Steam Cultivation and many others. London. 1893-1896. 4to. Pps xviii, 143, illustrated. Printed pale green paper covers a little grubby, small piece kissing top right front corner. £56
These are the more elaborate Patent abridgements, most with an illustration along with the usual text description.
82. Patents For Inventions. Abridgement of Specifications. Relating to Agriculture. Division III Agricultural and Traction Engines. AD 1618 -1866. London. 1884. Cr 8vo. Pps viii, 199, plus 32 page list of Patent Office publications. Ex ref lib in the standard half red calf and red cloth sides, binding sound but some loss of leather on the spine. £165
A brief summary of each patent, varying in length from short to quite long.
Early for the subject covered, the first patent written in oold English in 1618 is to plough ground withouusing horse or oxen.
83. Payne F.G. The British Plough: Some Stages in its Developement. 16 pp article in the Agricultural History Review. Also has an interesting 3 pp article on Shepherds' Staves by L.F. Salzman. 1957 (Part II) Agricultural History Review. 4to. Pps 72. Ex ref lib but a nice copy in green printed paper covers. £10
84. Piano Manufacturing Co. Jones Lever Binder No 3. Directions For Setting Up, As Packed for Export Trade with List of Duplicate Parts. Chicago. Nd c1900 Pps 22, illus. Printed paper covers, little grubby. £24
85. Pidgeon D. The Evolution of Agricultural Implements. II. 20 pp article in the Journal of the RASE. 1892 (Pps 205 to 438, liii to lxxvii. Blue printed paper covers.) £12
Also a 19 pp article on the Trials of Ploughs at Warwick by F S Courtney.
86. Power Farming. Incorporating Farm Mechanization and Buildings. Monthly magazine. London. 1971. 9 copies April to December. Circa 80 to 100 pages per issue. Pictorial and colourful paper covers.
All 9 copies for: £16
87. Randell F Ltd. Specialties for Urban District and Parish Councils. Nd but tel No 12! Pps 14, illustrated with text descriptions. Appear to be all horse drawn which is another indicator of date.White black printed decorative covers. £48
Sanitary or Tumbler Cart, Patent Tip Cart, Street Watering Cart, Street Watering Van, Van for Tar or Ammoniacal Liquor, Improved 4 Wheel Water Cart, Improved Flushing Cart, General Purpose Cart, Wrought Iron Water Cart on 3 Wheels, Swing Water Carts, Swing Water Barrows, Wrought Iron Wheel Barrows, Wrought Iron Upright Tank, Portable Pump, Improved Tire Benders.
88. Ranshaw G.S. Great Engines And Their Inventors. The Story of Machine Power. 1950 Pps 212, illustrated. Cloth in a little grubby d.w. £14
89. Richmond & Chandler. Illustrated Catalogue of Agricultural Implements and Machines. Chaff Cutters, Chaff Machines, Cutters, Corn Crushers, Washers, Drills, Sack Holders, Turnip Slicers, Horse Gear, Steaming Apparatus and the like. 1877. Pps 52, line drawing illustrations. Black printed pale green wrappers a little browned here and there. Internally a very nice copy. £128
90. Richmond & Chandler Ltd. Catalogue: Patent Safety Feeder Chaff Cutters, Grinding Mills, Corn Crushers, Root Pulpers, Food Preparing Machinery. Nd early 1900s 5 1/2 x 3 inches. Pps 23, illustrated with text and prices, White and green card covers, hinges a little rusted otherwise a nice clean copy. £26
91. Ridley Annie E. A Backward Glance. The Story of John Ridley A Pioneer. London. 1904. Pps viii, 445, 9 illustrations including 3 of his reaper, 1 with two outline plans and 2 of horse propelled machines, one of these with multi forse teams. Ori9ginal light blue cloth with outlines og 5 and 3 ears of wheat on the front board and spine. £28
Ridley came from West Boldon in Co Durham and is renowned throughout Australia as the inventor of the Australian Reaping Machine or The South Australian Stripper.
92. Robinson Thomas & Son Ltd. Prvender Milling Machinery. Rochdale. Nd. Pps 107, many illustrations and lengthy descriptive text. Dec light green car covers, spiral binding, nice copy. £28
93. Rural Industries Bureau. Wrough Ironwork. A manual of instruction for craftsmen. 4th imp. 1963. Pps 100, illustrated. Ex ref lib, cream cloth a bit grubby. £10
3 or 4 small illustrations on the left of the page with explanatory text on the right.
94. Samuelson & Co Ltd. Duplicate Parts For Mowers & Reapers. Banbury. 1925 4to. Pps 47, illus. Blue printed paper covers a little grubby. £10
95. Sanders L. A Short History of Weighing. Birmingham. 1947 Pps 59, illus. Blue cloth little marked. £7
96. Scott John. Complete Text Book Of Farm Engineering. Comprising Practical Treatises On Draining & Embanking; Irrigation and Water Supply; Farm Roads, Fences and Gates; Farm Buildings; Barn Implements and Machines; Field Implements and Machines; And Agricultural Surveying. London. Nd c1880s. 7 volumes bound in one. Cr 8vo. Each volume paginated separately with upwards of 600 illustrations. Book just over 3 inches thick. New red cloth spine with gilt lettering, original green cloth sides. A very clean sound binding and a clean interior. £165
Originally published as a series of small volumes on the subjects listed, this second edition then published with all the books together in one volume.
Not common and if found often a bit weary.
97. Scott Prof J. Farm Roads, Fences & Gates. 1907 Cr 8vo. Pps viii, 123, illus. Original cloth a little marked. £18
98. Seedburo Equipment Company. Catalogue No 144. Hundreds of items for grain testing, seed evaluation, mixers, baggers, germinators, samplers, scales, thermometers, etc etc. Chicago. 1944 Pps 100, many illus. Dec paper covers. £28
99. Shearer H A. Farm Mechanics. Machinery and Its Use to Save Hand Labour On The Farm Including Tools, Shop Work, Driving and Driven Machines, Farm Waterworks, Care and Repair of Farm Implements. Chicago. 1918. Sm 8vo. Pps 250, illustrated with 300 Original Drawings. Red cloth, fine copy. £28
100. Sherwen T. The Bomford Story. A Century of Service to Agriculture. Privately printed, Evesham. 1978. Pps 104, well illustrated including colour. Maroon cloth in a pictorial dust wrapper, a fine copy. £26

A Nice Copy OF An Important Early Farm Machinery Book.
101. Slight James & Burn R Scott. The Book Of Farm Implements and Machines. Edinburgh. 1858. Roy 8vo. Half title. Pps xvi, 648, xxi, errata page, 40 steel engravings bound at the rear, 836 other illustrations throughout the text. Original black quarter morocco, green paper corners, raised bands, gilt decorations in the compartments, gilt tile, marbled paper sides rubbed here and there. Internally clean and fresh throughout. £265
Edited by Henry Stephens the man who wrote the Book of the Farm made popupar by the BBC programme Victorian Farming. Remarkable detail.
102. Small James. A Treatise On Ploughs And Wheel Carriages.... 1st ed, Edinburgh. 1784. Pps 6, i-x, 11-255, 5 plates, 4 of them folding and large. RFebound in brown half calf , marbled paper sides , some scattered browning and the odd finger mark. £395
According to Fussell "his work remained the classic of the subject for nearly fifty years.
103. Smith D. Metalwork. An Introductory Historical Survey. 1956 Pps 64, illus. Blue cloth in a little torn dw. £15
104. Steensberg A et al (eds). Tools & Tillage. Vol I.1 and Vol III.2. Copenhagen. 1968 and 1977 4to. Pps 64; 65-136, illus. Card covers. £18
105. Stephenson James H. Farm Engines And How To Run Them. A Simple, Practical Hand Book For Experts As Well As For Amateurs, Fully Describing Every Part Of An Engine And Boiler....Special Attention To Traction And Gasoline Engines, And A Chapter On The Science of Successful Threshing. Chicago 1910 Pps 243, illus. Original gilt dec red cloth, fine copy. £36
106. Steward John F. The Reaper. A History Of The Efforts Of Those Who Justly May Be Said To Have Made Bread Cheap. NY. 1931. Pps xviii, 382, illus. Green cloth, ex lib but an almost fine copy. £34
Excellent history of the reaper which is a bit less biased than those underpinned by one of the manufacturers..
107. Steward John F. The Reaper. A History Of The Efforts Of Those Who Justly May Be Said To Have Made Bread Cheap. NY 1931 Pps xviii, 382, illus. Green cloth, ex lib but a very nice copy in the original cloth.fine copy. £38
Excellent history of the reaper (The harvest not the grim).
108. Stewart J T. Engineering On The Farm.... Chicago. 1923 Pps viii, 538, illus. Dark green black printed cloth. £25
109. Swift R.B. Who Invented The Reaper? An Answer To The Protest Statement Said To Have Been Filed At The Treasury Department. 1897 Pps 54, illus. Original red cloth, front free endpaper detached otherwise a nice copy from the Franklin Instittute Library. £28
With a printed compliments slip from the "McCormick Harversting Machine Company".
110. Taskers Catalogue. of Traction Engines, Road Rollers, Agricultural Machinery and Industrial Artefacts. Anna Valley, Andover, Hants. 22/2/69 4to. Pps 62, illustrated with both wood cuts and photo illustrations. Dec card covers, fine copy. Newspaper report of some of the main items in the sale and their prices. £36
Sold by Christies on the premises.
111. Tett H S & Co Ltd., (agent). Martin's Cultivators. NS Catalogue. Stamford. 1902. Oblong 8vo. Pps 20 of text and illustrations, 16 pages of testimonials. Green black printed paper covers, hinges rusted otherwise a nice copy. £36
112. Thomas J J. Farm Implements, And The Principles Of Their Construction And Use...... New York. 1865. Pps 267 with 200 engraved illustrations. Original black embossed publishers cloth a little chipped at the lower spine, a small stain in the inner corner of the front endpapers otherwise internally clean. £86
An earlier edition was published in London. Has an uncompleted book label for the New York State Agricultural Society on the fron paste down.
113. Thomas J J. Farm Implements, And The Principles Of Their Construction And Use...... London. [1855]. Pps 267 with 200 engraved illustrations. Original green embossed publishers cloth, some cracking of the front joint, minor browning here and there internally. £115
114. Thompson J. Horse Drawn Farm Implements. Part I Ploughs. A Source Book. Fleet. 1978. 4to. Pps 76, a large number of illustrations. Brown pictorial card covers, nice copy. £18
Large number of illustrations, drawings, photographs and reproductions of advertisments.
115. Thompson J. Horse Drawn Farm Implements. Part I Ploughs. A Source Book. Fleet. 1978. 4to. Pps 76, a large number of illustrations. Brown pictorial card covers, nice copy. £16
Large number of illustrations, drawings, photographs and reproductions of advertisments.
116. Thompson J. Horse-Drawn Farm Vehicles. Fleet 1980. 4to. Pps 80, well illustrated with many types of farm wagons. Green pictorial card covers, fine copy. £16
117. Thompson R. Manuscript Record of work done in a garage. 3 volumes in a readable hand. Description of job, make of car and cost of work, some quite lengthy descriptions. Austins, Humbers, Fords, Morris etc etc. c1932. 2 8 x 6 inches and 1 6 1/2 x 4 inches. All 3 full though only written on the facing pages. Bindings all sound.
All 3 volumes for: £32
A wonderful record of the motor car and its faults in pre gadget days.
118. Thorne M. Ferguson TE 20 In Detail. Beaworthy. 2006. 4to. Half title. Pps 174, liberally illustrated. Black cloth in a whole pictorial dust wrapper. A fine copy. £45
119. Thwaites R G. Cyrus Hall McCormick and the Reaper. 1809-1909 Commemorating the centenary of the birth of Cyrus Hall McCormick, Inventor of the Reaper. Madison. 1909. Half title. Pps 3, 234-259, 3 illustrations. Ex ref lib in quarter fawn cloth, brown paper covered sides. The usual library marks. £18
This is the first copy I have seen.
120. Trow-Smith R. Power On The Land. A Centanary History of The Agricultural Engineers Association 1875-1975. London. 1975. 4to. Pps 92 with over 50 illustrations many repros of adverts for early machinery others pictures of an actual example. Brown cloth in a little torn pictorial dust wrapper. £24
121. United Mnfg Co (Bury) Ltd. Machinery Catalogue. In special covers printed for The Royal Agricultural Show, Nottingham. 1955. Bury St Edmunds. 4to. Pps 28, many illustrations. Includes 3 coloured oblongs for Threshing Machinery paints and 4 of the same for Tractor Paints. Printed blue covers, nice copy. £35
Leans strongly towards threshing machines, including complete units, but also other types of agricultural hardware.
122. USDA. Reports Of The United States Commissioners To The Paris Universal Exposition, 1878. Vol V. Agricultural Implements, Agricultural Products, Live Stock, Horticulture, Pisiculture. Washington. 1880. Roy 8vo. Pps xii, 702, some 253 illustrations of farm implements (quite a number of various kinds of named ploughs), others for Horticulture and others yet again for Pisiculture ( some of these circa 24 are full page plates of various kinds of fishing boats). Original green cloth with gilt medallion front board, apart from a small nick at the bottom of the spine this is a very good copy of a book often found a bit mworn. £75
The main interest is the large section on farm implements including illustrations of early steam engines for agricultural purposes.
123. Vigzol Oil Refining Co. Farm Tractors. The History Of Their Developement With Notes On Their Proper Maintenance. 1946 Roy 8vo. Pps 63, many illus. Quarter cloth in a worn dw. £14
Some pictures of early tractors and a large number of illustrations of "modern tractors" (1920 to 1946).
124. Vigzol Oil Refining Co. Farm Tractors. The History Of Their Developement With Notes On Their Proper Maintenance. London. 1946 Roy 8vo. Pps 63, many illustrations, errata sticker. Quarter cloth in a whole little rubbed dw. £24
Some pictures of early tractors like the first Case and a large number of illustrations of "modern tractors" (1920 to 1946), again an up to date Case for 1946..
125. West W J. Machinery For Land Improvement. RHAS reprint. 1952 Pps 12, 6 photo illustrations. Grey printed card, fine copy. £8
126. Whitaker I. The Harrow In Scotland. Reprinted fron Scottish Studies. 1958. Pps 149-164, 4 figures and 2 plates. Printed paper covers. £18
127. Whitehead R. The Age of the Traction Engine. 1970 4to. Pps 96, many illus. Pictorial paper covered boards in a whole pictorial dust wrapper, fine copy. £16
128. Williams M. British Tractors for World Farming. An Illustrated History. Poole. 1980 4to. Pps 112, illus. Ex lib, red cloth in a pict dw, no front free ep, ow a nice copy. £10
129. Wilson C & Reader W. Men and Machines. A History of David Napier & Son, Engineers Ltd, 1808-1958. London. 1958. Roy 8vo. Half title. Pps 10, 187, 32 multi item plates. Dark blue cloth in a whole but little rubbed dust wrapper. £28
130. Wilson J V. Machinery In Agriculture With Notes On Lubrication. 1907 Pps 87, illus. Printed green paper covers. £24
Illustrations of tractors and stationary engines.
131. Woodhouse J S & Co. Catalogue E. Agricultural Implements and Machines. New York. 1916 Roy 8vo. Pps 80, many illus. Printed paper covers. £48
A large number of illustrations, eg Page 4 has 7 illus of ploughs, again page22 has 5 illus of rollers. Also includes small tools.
132. Wood Walter A. Harvesting Machines. Tubular Tilt Mower, Iron Frame Mower (Left and right hand pattern), Steel Mower for 2 Horses, Steel Mower for one Horse, Reaping Attachment, New Standard Reaper, Steel Hay Tedder, Self Acting Steel Hay Rake, Self Acting Wood Frame Hay Rake, New Century Grain Binder (Right and Left Hand Pattern, Sickle Grinders. NY. 1903. 4to. Pps 24, illustrated with 9 of them in multi bright colours. Dec card covers, a very nice copy. £95
133. Wood Walter A. Catalogue. Mowers, Reapers and Binders. London. 1897. 5 x 3 inches. Pps 24, illustrated. Black printed card covers with on the back in manuscript "Sold By H Tucker, Smith, Staplehurst". Hinges rusted, £34
134. Wright P. Traction Engines. 1960 Roy 8vo. Pps xiv, 89, illus incl colour. Cloth in a rubbed dw. £14
135. Wright Phillip. Old Farm Tractors. 1962 Pps x, 77, 48 photographs and 28 drawings. Ex lib but quite a nice copy in a whole but little faded dw. £10