A rare cast iron HOPKINSON & COPE "Imperial" arming press dated 1875 to gold-stamp customers’ coats of arms on the sides of completed books (collection only as delicate, fragile machine) Subject to VAT

A very rare MATHIESON No 56C rosewood and brass 12" inclinometer level with V.R. Patent with Crown G+

An early 9 7/8" No 17 round stamped by both HAYES and WHEELER G

Nine salesmen's samples of miniature earthenware drainage pipes by THOMAS WRAGG Swadlincote G++

A 36" PRESTON No 702 boxwood and brass Yard rule and a 24" contraction rule by BUCK & HICKMAN G+

A sash fillister with boxwood fence by ROUTLEDGE c/w matching sash template G+

A very rare 13" double slide boxwood timber calculating slide rule by W.F.STANLEY with Fred'k A.Sheppard Patentee and Cubic Content, Superficial Area etc with orig instructions dated 2nd August 1878, ex Max Ott collection F

A rare 12" boxwood and brass calculating slide rule with cursor by E.PRESTON for Diameters of Yarn and Square Root, Compiled by JAMES HOLMES M.S.A. Burnley for Cotton, Silk, Worsted and Linen etc in orig card case F

An unusual, little used, 18" shipwright's mast axe by JOSEPH CARTER with 5 1/2" edge G++

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