A rare 12" x 2 3/4" boxwood slide rule by GEORGE BOUSFIELD Grimsby marked The Vade Mecum Slide Rule Patent 12806 Designed Expressly for the Timber Trade F
A very rare brass framed brace by G HORTON Sheffield and Registered Nov. 8th 1850 No 2525 with ebony handle, repair to button pad G+
A fine and large bookbinder's press from the Hampson & Bettridge workshop in green and gold colours to take 18" x 12" work (not for mailing) G+
A very little used 1" steel soled gunmetal NORRIS A27 bullnose plane with rosewood wedge, all parts stamped 8 only the tip of the iron sharpened, minor pitting spots to sole o/w F
A rare STANLEY USA No 90J bullnose plane marked USA on lever and iron, some japanning losses o/w G+
A fine and little used 25 1/2" d/t steel NORRIS A1 jointer 95% orig early Norris iron remains, a few minor rust spots at heel o/w F
about Lot 932
An engineer's 2' four fold ivory rule with German silver slide and fittings by RABONE with J Routledge scales, one pin missing o/w G++
about Lot 917
A very little used 14" shipwright's masting R/H side axe by I HARRISON with 6" edge G++
about Lot 898
A SPIERS No 8 d/t steel shoulder plane with rosewood infill, shapely wedge and fine mouth 30% orig Ibbotson1 1/4" iron remains all parts stamped 3, in fitted box G++
about Lot 927
A very rare set of 6 x 12" boxwood Livestock Computer Patent cattle gauges by G.H.MEIRE Eyeton on Severn Shrewsbury t/w another 11 1/2" boxwood slide rule marked STANLEY London with Shillings, Pence, Farthings and Half Farthings Per Pound t/w a brass printing plate to advertise slide rules by Meire. All these rules were made by Stanley and are still in the box they were delivered in to Meire from W.F.Stanley F
about Lot 791
A little used half set of 18 H & R's Nos 2 to 18 by MOSELEY G++
about Lot 744
An unused ivory and lacquered brass Stadiometre Geographique (map measurer) c1870 undoubtedly by Brevete but not marked, also beautifully engraved General Chabaud La Tour, probably a presentation piece, with various scales for Metre, France, Prusse, Belgique, Italie, Suisse, Autriche, Russie, Angleterre etc c/w instructions in orig fitted red morocco caseF
about Lot 910
A rare, unusually large, 36" two fold boxwood and brass sector or setting out rule with Tangents, Sines, Secant, Chords etc with logarithmic scales and protractor hinge, the legs 1 3/8" x 1/2" Oh for a maker's name G
about Lot 761
A fine and rare steel soled gunmetal mitre plane 10 1/2" x 3" with ebony infill and cupids bow scrolled wedge G++
about Lot 870