The complete practical machinist: embracing lathe work, vise work, drills and drilling, taps and dies, hardening and tempering, the making and use of tools

Rose, Joshua

Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1886.

2 volume set. Bound in publisher's brown cloth. 34 cm. Illustrated with more than three thousand (3000) engravings. Volume 1 has a poor binding, internally split at gutter. Volume 2 in good shape. Clean, unmarked pages.  A comprehensive illustrated guide to the tools and practices of the workshop.  This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.