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Lot 475
KELLER HELEN: (1880-1968) American deafblind Author, Activist and Lecturer. T.L.S., Helen Keller, in bold pencil, one page, 4to, New York, 27th April 1951, to Desmond Harmsworth, on the printed stationery of the American Foundation for Overseas Blind. The form letter states that there are fourteen million blind people in the world today, most living in India, Egypt and China, and comments 'Blindness is to live long, long days-- and life is made up of days. It is to live immured, baffled, all God's work shut out. It is to sit helpless, staring into the dark with nothing but the dark staring back...' Keller's letter further states that the American Foundation for Overseas Blind is working hard around the world 'to inspire leadership to guide blind people out of their well of darkness and to put equipment into their hands for schooling and tools with which to work.' and in concluding asks for a gift from Harmsworth to the foundation. Accompanied by the original envelope and a small pamphlet entitled The Blind Overseas. VG
Lot 107
SYLVIA GROVES: THE HISTORY OF NEEDLEWORK TOOLS AND ACCESSORIES, 1968, orig cl, d/w + ANNE BUCK: DRESS IN EIGHTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND, 1979, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + MARGUIRITE FAWDRY AND DEBORAH BROWN: THE BOOK OF SAMPLERS, 1980, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w + VIVIEN GREENE: ENGLISH DOLLS' HOUSES, 1979, 4to, orig cl, d/w + CHARLOTTE SAMUELS: ART DECO TEXTILES, 2003, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl, d/w + JOHN W WATERER: LEATHER IN LIFE ART AND INDUSTRY, 1946, 1st edn, 4to, orig cl gt (6)
Lot 30
Horological Workshop tools- nine volumes relating to clockmaking tools and processes: Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 published by the author, Melrose, Florida, 1st edition 1980; Crom, Theodore R. Early Lancashire Horological Tools and Their Makers published by the author, Hawthorne, Florida, 1st edition 1994; Crom, Theodore R. HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINES 1700 to 1900 published by the author, Gainesville, Florida, 2nd edition 1976; Wyke, John of Liverpool A CATALOGUE OF TOOLS FOR WATCH AND CLOCKMAKERS reprint of the original trade catalogue of 1758-70, University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville 1978, dj, (unused); Hoopes, Penrose R. SHOP RECORDS of DANIEL BURNAP CLOCKMAKER The Conneticut Historical Society, limited edtion numbered 783 out of 1000, 1958; Brittain, Wolpert and Morton ENGRAVING ON PRECIOUS METALS N. A. G. Press Ltd, London 1958; Diderot and D'Aldembert L'ENCYCLOPEDIE -ART DU TOURNEUR reprint of a late 18th century French trade guide, Bibliotheque de l'Image, Tours 2002; Aspin, Terry B.THE BACKYARD FOUNDRY Special Interest Model Books Ltd, reprint, Poole 2002; Gilbert, K. R. MACHINE TOOLS -Catalogue of the Collection Science Museum, London 1966; and two issues of The Society of Ornamental Turners Bulletin (12). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 31
A collection of Lancashire workshop hand tools, Peter Stubs, Warrington, 19th century, Comprising of nine screwplates 36cm and smaller, two hacksaws, two wire gauges, two pin vices, a plate gauge, a pair of round- nose pliers, pincers and a set of spring calipers all stamped P. S. STUBS together with two volumes; Surrey Dane, E. PETER STUBS and the LANCASHIRE HAND TOOL INDUSTREY John Sherratt and Son Ltd, Altrincham, 1st edition 1973, dj and Ashton, T. S. AN 18th CENTURY INDUSTRIALIST PETER STUBS OF WARRINGTON 1756-1806 Manchester University press, 1st edition 1939, slipcase and one other publication (23). Provenance: The Library of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 32
A rare wrought iron barrel groove cutting engine, English probably late 18th century. The square frame with cutter arm mounted onto a threaded spindle operated via a crank and geared to the work allowing the cutter to move along the barrel as it is rotated, length approx. 30cm. A similar engine is illustrated and described in Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 page 472. The current lot could have also been used to cut grooves into a fusee blank. Crom suggests that such a device could have been made by a clockmaker for his own use. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 34
An English steel and brass clockmakers mandrel, unsigned but probably by J & T Jones, Prescot, mid 19th century, with three-arm faceplate and brass frame slide-mounted on a 19 inch steel bed with simple tool rest, on six down curved supports, length 48cm. An almost identical mandrel by J & T Jones of Prescot is illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 page 527. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 36
A rare English iron and brass pinion cutting engine, unsigned probably Lancashire, 19th century. The substantial steel frame with runners supported within a brass screw-sliding armature beneath upper U shaped pivoted frame mounted with six-spoke brass geared hand-crank for the cutter, the underside with vice tongue, some old damage and repairs, the frame 23cm long. A similar engine is illustrated and discussed in Crom, Theodore R. Early Lancashire Horological Tools and Their Makers pages 249-50. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 38
Three mainspring winders, all unsigned, mid 19th century and later. The first probably Lancashire, mid 19th century, with brass frame, reversible ratchet and steel crank (top bar lacking), length 17cm; the second probably Swiss late 19th centrury (damage to brass frame, top bar lacking), length 35cm; the third modern of all steel construction, length 28cm (3). A similar mainspring winder to the first item in this lot is illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Early Lancashire Horological Tools and Their Makers page 271. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 41
Three steel bench vices, unsigned, Lancashire, early 19th century. Each if closely related design with turnscrew clamp bracket attached to boxed pivot beneath shaped jaws adjusted via a screw with T bar, the frames 15cm high and smaller, (3). A very similar vice by Peter Stubs is illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. Early Lancashire Horological Tools and Their Makers page 199. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 43
A large collection of assorted workshop hand tools, various makers, mainly 20th century. Comprising a large quantity of files from small needle to large hand files, several sets of drill bits, a brace drill, brass and steel wire brushes, screwdrivers, snips, etc. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 47
A fine and rare Lancashire wheel cutting engine, unsigned, late 18th century The cutter frame with pivoted vertical movement of the hand cranked geared cutter against a leafspring with adjustable screw-stop, mounted onto the substantial box frame via a screw-adjusted horizontal slide, the 15.25 inch brass circular index plate with twenty three original division rings ranging from 30 to 365 (a further six later rings marked to the inside edge) located via a detent fixed to the front of the frame, the central arbor passing through the frame to hold the work, the whole on four down-curved spiked supports, length of frame 73cm, with a small quantity of accessories including spare centre arbors, cutters and a square wrench. The overall design, construction and layout (including the operation of the cutter via hand-cranked crossed-out brass wheelwork) can be directly compared to an engraving of an English wheel cutting engine published in Enderson, William The Principles of Mechanics, 2nd edition 1758 (see Crom, Theodore R. Horological Shop Tools 1700-1900 page 634), an almost identical engine is illustrated in Crom, Theodore R. HOROLOGICAL WHEEL CUTTING ENGINES 1700 to 1900 page 93. The current lot appears to have survived in good original condition without the later modifications many similar engines have been subjected to. Provenance: The Workshop of John Hooper. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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