Operating Instructions and Parts List. Lawton Fork Truck, Model TFT 45 CC
Adelaide, J.A. Lawton and Sons, [early 1950s].
Quarto, approximately 190 leaves of duplicate typescript (printed rectos only) plus a printed title leaf and rear cover, 10 full-page printed diagrams, 23 full-page blueprints, and about a dozen tabbed card dividers.
Screw-bound quarter cloth and papered boards lightly worn at the extremities; trifling signs of use; an excellent copy.
Offered with 'Operating and Maintenance Instructions for Lawton Fork Trucks, Models PFT 45M, PFT 68M, TFT 45M, TFT 68M, and "Fluidrive" Models. 2nd Edition'. Adelaide, J.A. Lawton and Sons, [early 1950s]. Quarto, approximately 170 leaves of duplicate typescript (printed rectos only) plus a printed title leaf, dozens of full-page printed diagrams and plates, and about a dozen tabbed card dividers. Screw-bound quarter cloth and papered boards a little worn, marked and stained; small marginal stain to a handful of leaves front and rear (causing the paper to become brittle and split or tear a little); neat repair to one torn leaf; trifling signs of use; a decent copy. These manuals, from Lawton's now-dispersed archive, come with a thin scrapbook containing proof copies of the printed advertising campaign for Lawton's Fork Lift Trucks by Austin Brown Advertising, Adelaide. It contains four mounted advertisements (roughly A3, A4 and two DL size) and a decorative list of the publications through which they were disseminated. Loosely inserted is some original cartoon artwork (black ink and wash on paper, external dimensions 375 × 275 mm; a little grubby) - 'Operating Instruction No 3: Floors should be in good condition .... never drive over old wooden floors'. It's the one about the forklift, the load of toilet bowls, and the old wooden floor ... [3 items].
Item #97192
Price (AUD):
$450.00