2 books here: 1- Corkscrews of the Eighteenth Century Artistry in Iron and Steel by Bertrand B. Giulian 1st edition 1995 Signed by the author H/B D/J 236 pages Contents: The Earliest Corks The Earliest Corkscrews The Pocket Corkscrew Travelling Corkscrews Combination Corkscrews Ornate Corkscrews The Irish Corkscrew Makers Samuel Henshall and the First Corkscrew Patent Threshold to the Nineteenth Century The American Experience Fakes and Forgeries Appendix I The Cork Stoppering of Bottles Appendix II On the Opening of Bottles Appendix III The London Spy Appendix IV The Guild System Appendix V List of Corkscrew Makers Appendix VI The Read Family Appendix VII Samuel Henshall and Matthew Boulton Appendix VIII Other Works by Samuel Henshall Appendix IX Sir Edward Thomason's Memoirs Appendix X Poem: The Bottle-Scrue Appendix XI American Corkscrew Advertisements 2- British Corkscrew Patents from 1795 by Fletcher Wallis 1st edition 1997 Signed by the author This is number 607 of an edition of 1000 Published by Vernier Press of London & Brighton Contents: Corkscrew makers Types of corkscrew Section 1: British patents for corkscrews Section 2: British patents for foreign corkscrews Section 3: British patents for combination tools with corkscrews Section 4: British patents for foreign combination tools with corkscrews Section 5: British patents for cork extractors and devices to assist cork extractions Section 6: British patents for foreign cork extractors Section 7: British patents for bar mounted machine cork drawers Section 8: British patents for foreign bar mounted machine cork drawers Appendix I: An unsubmitted patent specification Appendix II: Patent anomalies

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