[TheForge] Interesting books from Lee Valley

[Andrew Vida]

Jeeez...  some place called "bookworld" in the UK wants almost $58 for 
the fourth edition.  Is anyone actually paying these prices?

I have most, if not all of the books in PDF form.  The one on thatching 
is pretty amazing.  What a job it is to do that work correctly.  had no 
idea there was so much to know.

Graham Whaley wrote:
> Andy,
> 	I think I've got a 'new' Lillico.  Believe I got it from
> 
> http://www.bababooks.com/booklist.PHP
> 
>  Also downloadable as a PDF from the Countryside Agency.  Note - there are
> other books of interest on the Countryside Agency website as well.  The URLs
> were posted on various newsgroups/lists at the end of last year.
> 
>  Try
> http://www.countryside.gov.uk/Publications/articles/Publication_tcm2-7490.as
> p
> 
>  I have the PDFs on CD/PC, but I do like to have a real paper book to sit on
> the sofa (couch) and read of an evening :-)
> 
> 	Graham
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew Vida [mailto:osan at netlabs.net]
> Sent: 21 January 2005 16:43
> To: mspencer at tallships.ca; Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Interesting books from Lee Valley
> 
> 
> Speaking of books, while in Portland I stopped into Powell's and picked 
> up two old blacksmithing volumes, "Plain and Ornamental Forging" by 
> Schwarzkopf (1916) and "Blacksmith's Manual Illustrated" by Lillico 
> (1960 fourth edition).  Hey, for $10 I couldn't pass them up.  Both are 
> full of very good industrial smithing techniques.  Anyone know if they 
> are in reprints?
> 
> 	-Andy
> 
> Mike Spencer wrote:
> 
>>Lee Valley Tools has an interesting line of books that you may not
>>have noticed.  The (now retired) founder and former CEO works up
>>reprints of old books relating to wood- and metal-work and other
>>trades and crafts.  Sort of his personal enthusiasm.
>>
>>Mechanics & Metalwork
>>
>>   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=46130&cat=1,46096
>>
>>Classic Reprints
>>
>>   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=46100&cat=1,46096
>>
>>Links to all the books at Lee Valley
>>
>>   http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&cat=1&p=46096
>>
>>I got _507 Mechanical Movements_ (Harry T. Brown, 1868) for Christmas.
>>Paper but with sturdy binding and sewn signatures.  Lots of pics of
>>things like the Scotch yoke and the ellipse-drawing widget someone
>>here was asking about recently.
>>
>>- Mike
>>
> 
> 

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	-Andy V.

A dog, a woman, a walnut tree...
The more you beat `em, the better they be.

	_From "The Red Badge of Courage"