Section 1: Civil engineering, bridges and railways

1. APPLICATION OF IRON TO RAILWAY STRUCTURES
   Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the application of iron to railway structures... London, William Clowes (printer) 1849
   SOLD
2. (BADESLADE, Thomas) & ARMSTRONG, John [with] BRIDGMAN, Charles
   The history of the ancient and present state of the navigation of King's Lynn, and of Cambridge and the rest of the trading towns in those parts... London, J Roberts for the Author; 1725 (December 1724)
   Price: £1,850
3. (BRUNEL, Isambard Kingdom)
   An account of the proceedings of the Great Western Railway Company.... London, Smith and Ebbs 1834; Bristol, Gutch and Martin 1834; (November 1834)
   Price: £180
4. BRUNEL, I.K.
   Fine ALS to J.Nash Esq. concerning the Shrewsbury & Hereford Railway 4to. 4pp. Written from 18 Duke Street. Nov 15, 1853 - Details »
   Price: £950
5. (BRUNEL, I.K.)
   The South Wales Railway Company and Lord Milford. Arbitration. Proof of Mr. Brunel. (Manuscript document]. nd. c.1853
   Price: £550
6. BRUNEL, Marc Isambard
   Report from the select committee on the Thames Tunnel; with the minutes of evidence. London, House of Commons, 10 July 1837
   Price: £350
7. BRUNEL, Marc Isambard
   ALS to Mr. W.Hurst of Shoreditch concerning his suggestion of a tunnelling method for the Thames Tunnel. April 4, 1838
   Price: £250
8. BRUNEL, M.I.
   ALS from Brunel to M. Le Baron de Pirch offering to supply him with geological specimens from the Thames Tunnel excavations. Headed, "Thames Tunnel 17th Sept 1838", 1838
   Price: £250
9. (BRUNEL, Marc Isambard) GASTINEAU, William (photographer)
   Photographic view of the garden front of Sir M.I. Brunel's house in Rotherhithe... , nd (mid 19th century).
   SOLD
10. BUCHANAN, George & BROWN, Samuel
    Report on the present state of the wooden bridge at Montrose and the practicability of erecting a suspended bridge of iron in its stead... Montrose, for the Commissioners (of the Bridge), 1824
    Price: £1,250
11. CORNWALL RAILWAY
    Hand book to the Cornwall Railway... W. Lake nd but 1870
    SOLD
12. DEFFORD BRIDGE
    Notes on bridge carrying the Midland Railway over the River Avon... Taken during repairs to piers by Messrs. A. Handyside & Co... 1894/5
    SOLD
13. DODD, Ralph
    A report and estimate, on the projected dry tunnel...under the River Tyne... 1797
    SOLD
14. (EDDYSTONE LIGHTHOUSE), STURT, I after LENS, B
    A prospect and section of the light-house. 1709
    SOLD
15. SMEATON, John
    A narrative of the building and a description of the construction of the Edystone lighthouse with stone... London, for the Author, 1791. 1st edn.
    Price: £1,950
16. ELLET, Charles
    Report on a rail-way suspension bridge across the Connecticut, at Middletown... Philadelphia, John C. Clark (Printer), 1848
    Price: £750
17. (FERREY, Benamin) GROVE, Richard Andrew
    Proposed suspension bridge across the Lymington River. A broadsheet. Lymington, March, 1834 - Details »
    Price: £650
18. GRAY, Thomas
    Observations on a general iron rail-way, or land steam-conveyance; to supersede the necessity of horses in all public vehicles...London, Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1825. 5th edn.
    Price: £450
19. JACKSON, Thomas
    The tourist’s guide to Britannia Bridge...
    SOLD
20. KLEIN, Ludwig von
    Sammlung eiserner Brücken-Constructionen ausgeführt bei den Bahnen des Vereins Deutscher Eisenbahn-Verwaltungen... Stuttgart, F.Malte, 1860
    Price: £650
21. LABELYE, Charles
    The result of a view of the Great Level of the Fens, taken at the desire of His Grace the Duke of Bedford... London, George Woodfall (printer), 1745
    Price: £650
22. MALLET, Robert
    Letter book. 4th December 1851 - 26 April 1877
    Price: £6,500
23. Molinos, L. & Pronnier, C.
    Traité théorique et pratique de la construction des ponts métalliques. Paris, A. Morel 1857
    SOLD
24. ONORATI, Francesco Maria
    Apologia di Francesco Maria Onorati per la passonata fatta sopra il Tevere fuora di Porta del Popolo... Roma, Bernabo, 1698
    Price: £1,850
25. PITROU, Robert
    Recueil de differents projets d'architecture de charpente et autres concernant la construction des ponts. Paris, Chez la Veuve de l'Auteur, 1756 - Details »
    Price: £3,800
26. Poye, Bernard
    Nouveau système de pont en bois et en fer forge... (1820/1821)
    SOLD
27. RAPIER, Richard C.
    Remunerative railways for new countries; with some account of the first railway in China. London, Spon, 1878 - Details »
    Price: £1,650
28. RENNIE, John
    Report and estimate on the improvement of the drainage and navigation of the South & Middle Levels of the Great Level of the Fens... London, E Blackader (printer), 1810
    Price: £1,250
29. Richardson, Joshua
    Observations of the proposed railway from Newcastle upon Tyne to North Shields and Tynemouth. Newcastle, Charles Empson 1831
    SOLD
30. SAMUDA, Jacob & Joseph
    The atmospheric railway. Deed of covenant. 1839
    Price: £550
31. SIMPLON TUNNEL
    Album zur Erinnerung an den Simplon-Tunnel-Bau (Nord-Seite). Zurich, nd, but c.1906
    Price: £150
32. SMEATON, John & WOOLER, John and MYLNE, Robert
    A report relative to Tyne Bridge... Newcastle, Saint (printer) ; Newcastle; Newcastle, I.Thompson (printer), All 1772
    Price: £950
33. SPITHEAD FORTS
    Report of the Defence Commissioners, and of the naval and military officers... London, George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1862
    Price: £250
34. ST KATHARINE'S DOCK, LONDON
    Prospectus... London, 1825
    SOLD
35. (ST KATHARINE'S DOCK, LONDON) COCK, Simon
    Case of the London Dock Company. London, for J.M. Richardson 1825
    SOLD
36. (STEPHENSON, George)
    ALS from James Loch to G.G.Mounsey concerning the possible appointment of George Stephenson as engineer to the Newcastle & Carlisle Railway. 14 November 1829
    Price: £350
37. SYDNEY HARBOUR BRIDGE
    Contract for the construction of a cantilever bridge across Sydney Harbour from Dawson's Point to Milson's Point... Sydney, Dept. of Public Works, 1921
    Price: £650
38. TELFORD, Thomas & McKERLIE, John
    Report from the committee appointed to examine into Mr Telford’s report and survey, relative to the communication between England and Ireland, by the North-West of Scotland... London, House of Commons, 15th June 1809 - Details »
    Price: £2,800
39. VIELE, Egbert L
    The New York Arcade Railway. Report of Egbert L Viele. (New York), nd (1869),
    Price: £450
40. (WESTMINSTER BRIDGE) JAMES, John
    A short review of the several pamphlets, and schemes...in relation to the building of a bridge at Westminster. London, Woodfall 1736
    SOLD
41. (WESTMINSTER BRIDGE) PRICE, John
    Some considerations...for building a stone-bridge...from Westminster to Lambeth. London, 1735
    SOLD
42. (WESTMINSTER BRIDGE) GAYFERE, Thomas?
    Gephryalogia. An historical account of bridges...Including a...description of the new bridge at Westminster. London, for C. Corbett 1751
    SOLD
43. YATES, Gideon & RENNIE, Sir John
    A view of Old London Bridge, in 1823, after the removal of the water works ... London, R. Martin (lithograther), nd but c.1831
    Price: £950
    
    

    Section 2: Mechanical engineering, mining, pumping, manufacturing, locomotives

44. BODA, Nicolaus
    Berechnung der Luftmaschine, welche in der Niederungarischen Bergstade zu Schemnitz.../cite> Vienna, Kurzbock (printer), 1771 - Details »
    Price: £850
45. BRUNEL, Marc Isambard
    Petition and affidavit for an invention [for manufacturing shoes and boots, to be patented in Scotland]. 1813
    Price: £450
46. CLARKE, Cuthbert
    A philosophical investigation of the origin, vicissitude, and power of steam employed in a fire-engine... Newcastle, T Slack for the Author, 1773
    Price: £850
47. DODD, Ralph
    A report on the projected measures, for the defence of the coal mines in...Durham. April 20th, 1798 SOLD
48. (FOURDRINIER, Henry)
    Report from the Select Committee on Fourdrinier’s patent... London, House of Commons, 1 June, 16 June, 1837
    Price: £350
49. GUTTA PERCHA COMPANY
    Applications of Gutta Percha [Trade Catalogue]. (London, 1850)
    SOLD
50. (HAWKSHAW, John)
    In Chancery. Caine and others v. The Cumberland Iron Mining & Smelting Company Limited... 1871
    Price: £450
51. (HUBBARD, Asahel) WILLIAMS, E.S.
    Hubbard’s patent rotary pump and engine. Deep River, Conn., 5 July 1848
    Price: £120
52. KILLINGWORTH MOOR COLLIERY
    Fine ms notebook with ink and colour wash drawings concerning the sinking of the shafts, the erection of two atmospheric engines... 19th August 1761 to 22nd Sept. 1762 - Details »
    Price: £5,500
53. MARSH, Thomas H.
    A drawing of a Stephenson-type 2-2-2 locomotive. Signed & dated, December 15th, 1862
    Price: £450
54. MARSHALL, W.P.
    Description of the patent locomotive steam engine of Messrs. Robert Stephenson and Co... London, John Weale, 1838
    Price: £850
55. NORBERG, Jonas
    Lettre sur la machine hydraulique d'Archangelsky, traduite du Suedois. St. Petersburg, Breitkopf, 1787
    Price: £950
56. WESTINGHOUSE BRAKE COMPANY
    A volumes of promotional material comprising the following: Diagram for calculating the efficiency of railway brakes ... London, The Westinghouse Brake Co., nd., 1885, 1893, nd., 1889 (6th edn), 1901
    Price: £350
57. WHITWORTH, Joseph
    Miscellaneous papers on mechanical subjects London, Longman, Brown etc., 1858
    Price: £550
58. WICKSTEED, Thomas
    An experimental inquiry concerning the relative power of, and useful effect produced by, the Cornish and Boulton and Watt pumping engines... London, Weale, 1841
    Price: £450
59. WICKSTEED, Thomas
    Illustrative plates of the Cornish and Boulton and Watt engines erected at the East London Water Works. London, Weale 1842
    SOLD
60. (WOOLF, Arthur) PLUMER, Sir Thomas
    A petition to the King asking that letters patent be granted to Woolf for imnprovements to steam engines. Lincoln's Inn, May 1810
    Price: £200
    
    

    Section 3: Building technology and architecture

61. HIGGINS, Bryan
    Experiments and observations made with the view of improving the art of composing and applying calcareous cements, and of preparing quick-lime... London, T. Cadell, 1780
    Price: £550
62. LORIOT, Antoine Joseph
    Mémoire sur une découverte dans l'art de bâtir. La méthode de composer un ciment pour mortier propre... Paris, Lambert, 1774
    Price: £250
63. VICAT, L.J.
    Résumé des connaissances positives actuelles sur les qualités, le choix et la convenance réciproque des matériaux propres à la fabrication des mortiers et ciments... Paris, Firmin Didot, 1828
    Price: £550
64. DAVY, Christopher
    Architectural precedents. London, John Williams 1841
    SOLD
65. ESPIE, Felix Francois, Comte d'
    The manner of securing all sorts of buildings from fire. Or a treatise on the construction of arches made with bricks and plaster.. London, for H.Piers , -1756
    Price: £750
66. MANBY, WILSON et Cie.
    Statuts sociaux de la société en commandite Manby, Wilson et Cie., pour l'eclairage, par le gaz, de Paris. Paris, nd but 1821
    Price: £180
67. NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE GAS LIGHT CO.
    Deeds, rules, and regulations, for the settlement and government of the Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead Union Gas Light Company. Newcastle, J.Blackwell at the Courant Office, 1839
    Price: £150
68. GREAT CLOCK [BIG BEN], PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
    Copies of all the papers and correspondence relating to the Great Clock and all other clocks for the new Palace of Westminster... London, 1852 SOLD
69. (HONNECOURT, Villard d') WILLIS, Robert
    Facsimile of the sketch-book of Wilars de Honecort, an architect of the thirteenth century... London, John Henry and James Parker, 1859
    Price: £650
70. MACDONALD, Malcom
    Steeplejacks [Trade Catalogue]. 1950s
    SOLD
71. MACFARLANE, Walter & Co
    Illustrated catalogue of Macfarlane’s castings. Glasgow, Macfarlane nd (but 1931). 7th edition.
    SOLD
72. MACFARLANE, Walter & Co
    Illustrated examples of Macfarlane’s architectural ironwork. Glasgow, Macfarlane nd (but c.1916)
    SOLD
73. MACFARLANE, Walter & Co.
    Macfarlane’s castings. Railings and gates [supplement] Glasgow, Macfarlane, nd (1930s?)
    Price: £160
74. PENNETHORNE, James
    Fine ALS to J.C.Herries? concerning the purchase of freeholds along New Oxford Street and Commercial Street. Sept.7th, 1840
    Price: £350
75. POLENI, Giovanni
    Memorie istoriche della gran cupola del tempio Vaticano... Padua, 1748
    SOLD
    
    

    Section 4: Ships and shipping

76. (BRUNEL, I.K.) WEALE, John
    The Great Britain Atlantic steam ship, of 3500 tons constructed of iron, with engines of 1000 to 2000 horse-power, and the screw propeller. London, Weale, 1847
    SOLD
77. (BRUNEL, I.K.)
    The authentic view, section, plan, and description of the Great Eastern steam ship... London, James Reynolds, Septr. 8th, 1856
    SOLD
78. (BRUNEL, I.K.)
    The Great Eastern Steam-Ship... London, G.Vickers, (November, 1858)
    SOLD
79. (BRUNEL, I.K.)
    The wonderful ship that was planned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. London, Dean & Son (c. 1859)
    SOLD
80. DAVISON, Darius
    Progress of naval architecture. Being a popular and brief explanation of the principles and advantages of Darius Davison's new American model... New York, 1852
    Price: £450
81. SMITH, Francis Pettit
    Prospectus of the Ship Propeller Company. (London, 1840)
    Price: £350
82. WILSON, Robert
    The screw propeller: Who invented it? Glasgow, Thomas Murray, 1860
    Price: £250
83. SEPPINGS, Robert
    On a new principle of constructing His Majesty's ships of war... London, 1814, 1818, 1820, 1822
    Price: £1,500
84. TOWN, Ithiel
    Atlantic steam-ships. Some ideas and statements... New York, Wiley & Putnam, 1838
    Price: £550
    
    

    Section 5: Telegraphy and submarine cables

85. (ATLANTIC CABLE)
    Proceedings at the banquet held in honour of Cyrus W. Field, Esq of New York... London, 1868
    Price: £220
86. (ATLANTIC CABLE)
    The Great Eastern. The new Atlantic cable. The old Atlantic cable. London, G.W.Bacon nd. but 1865
    SOLD
87. [MANN, R.J.]
    The Atlantic Telegraph. A history of preliminary experimental proceedings... London, Jarrold, July, 1857
    Price: £650
88. CHANNEL ISLANDS' TELEGRAPH COMPANY
    The message to the Queen [and] Her Majesty's answer. A silk commemorative broadsheet. September 7th, 1858
    Price: £450
89. COOKE, The Rev. Thomas Fothergill
    Authorship of the practical electric telegraph of Great Britain; or the Brunel award vindicated... London, Simpkin Marshall, 1868
    Price: £220
    
    

    Section 6: Varia

90. CADELL, William Archibald
    On the lines that divide each semidiurnal arc into six equal parts. Edinburgh, Reprint from the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1816
    Price: £450
91. CONYBEARE, REV. W.D., BUCKLAND, Mary BUCKLAND, William & DAWSON, W.
    Ten plates comprising a plan, sections, and views, representing the changes produced on the coast of East Devon, between Axmouth and Lyme Regis by the subsidence of land... London, John Murray, 1840 - Details »
    SOLD