From the bookshelves

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Tue 19 Oct 2004 23:34
From the bookshelves - Stargazer {P}
Finally, finished the bookshelves in the study (3 bays and each 10 shelves high) and SWMBO insists on sorting the books by subject and alphabetically so we can find things rather than my more usual random posiiton and memorise where you last saw it technique.

One by product of this is that assembled in front of me are a number of motoring books, aside from the usual pretty picture books of cars I will never own and a number of Haynes manuals of cars that I have indeed owned...there are a number of books that I have only kept for historical or curiosity value. I doubt that I will ever read most of them.

In date order:

1. The "Royal" road book of great britain with 400 contour plans. Gall and Inglis, 2'- net (no date unfortunately)

A series of major road descriptions and contour section showing the lie of the land. Used by Grandfather extensively in 1920s
as it has pencilled in notes throughout.

2. Anglia Instruction book 2'- FoMoCo 1953

Usual owners manual....but purchased separately. Almost as much detail as a Haynes manual for regular maintenance such as decarbonising (a whole chapter), suspension grease points for every 1000 miles.

3 and 4 Two Pitman's Motorists library,
The book of the morris minor 1000 (all models to 1960) 5'-
The book of the Ford Cortina, Corsair, Classic and Capri (all models to 1966) 7'6d

Both books by Staton Abbey. Similar in content to a Haynes manual but small paperback in format.

5 Ford Escort Repairs (Escort 2 range) by BC MacDonald 40p
Again similar to Haynes manual in content but standard paperback size


Any other BR posters have interesting books hidden on shelves at home?

I must look up the contour description for Telford to Newcastle!

StarGazer
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Wed 20 Oct 2004 12:52
From the bookshelves - Number_Cruncher
While there are already too many books in the house, SWMBO is a library manager, and she strictly forbids any type of ordering or classification of books at home - she has enough of that at work!

Having had a quick look, I don't think many of my books would be considered at all interesting by non engineers or mathematicians.

Among the usual collection of workshop manuals and glossy car books, I have a book about the BL cars up to 1980, British Leyland, The Truth about the Cars, by Jeff Daniels. The funny bit about the book is the chapter headings used, my favourite being chapter 8, Vital Stumble: the Allegro!

Jeff ends his book on an upbeat and optimistic note for the future of BL - I wonder if he would do so today?

number_cruncher


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Wed 20 Oct 2004 13:20
From the bookshelves - smokie
I have an old Lambretta manual which refers throughout to "blubs" instead of bulbs. Always makes me smile...
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