Another Great Auction 12th March 2026
An assortment of vintage technical books and a Rayner Engineering brass fire extinguisher. The extinguisher, manufactured by Rayner Engineering Co. Ltd. of 4-6 Vernon St, Leeds 2, features a cylindrical brass body with a T-shaped pump handle and embossed instructional text for use with carbon tetrachloride. The collection of books includes several volumes with red cloth bindings, primarily focusing on engineering and railway transport. Titles include The Railwayman’s Diesel Manual by William F. Bolton, Handbook for Railway Steam Locomotive Enginemen, Mechanical World Year Book 1928, and The Theory of Machines by Thomas Bevan. The lot also contains The Foundations of Geography, Book of the Seaside, and a miniature French-English dictionary.
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