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L - Local Studies and History book collection
. - Main series (octavo)
01 - Physical Aspects
02 - Geology
03 - Natural History
04 - Meteorology
05 - General Works
06 - Directories
07 - Book Trade in Birmingham
08 - Periodicals and Newspapers
09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham
10 - Religion
11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture
12 - Monastic Birmingham
13 - Church of England General Histories
14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham
15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston
16
17 - Roman Catholic Church
18 - Nonconformists Dissenters
19 - Minor Denominations
20 - Social Life
21 - Social Life Special Classes
22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs
23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking
24 - Clubs and Societies
25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes
26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows
27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens
28 - Theatres, Music Halls
29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings
30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times
31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively
32 - Mayoralty
33 - Aldermen
34 - City Council
35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens
36 - City Officials and Departments
37
38 - Town Hall
39 - Regional Government
40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics
41 - Poor, Life and Labour
42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes
43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice
44 - Markets and Food Supply
45 - Public Health
46 - Medicine Hospitals
47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems
48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,
49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)
50 - Culture in Birmingham
51 - Literary Associations
52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)
53 - Libraries
54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture
55 - Music
56 - Architecture in Birmingham
57 - Public Buildings
58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens
59 - Other Cutural Activities
60 - Economic History and Theory
61 - Industrial Organisation
62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests
63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance
64 - Trades and Manufactures
65 - Engineering and Technology
66 - Chemical and Allied Industries
67 - Manufactures
68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys
1; 298601 - The Dial. Issued to those interested by Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd., Birmingham. Volumes 1 - 3 with supplement. June 1920 - February 1927. 3 volumes. 1920-7. Dennison Watch Case Co. Ltd..
2, 531700 - Souvenir of the Avery section in the Lord Mayor's (Sir A. David Brooks, G.B.E.) Birmingham "Win the War Day" procession. September 21st 1918. Photographs. 1918. Avery (W. & T.) Limited.
2; 243675 - Catalogue of telescopes; microscopes; mathematical instruments etc. Illus. 32pp. c.1875. Lancaster (James) & Son.
2; 295843 - Avery (W. & T.), Birmingham. Makers of scales and weighing machines. Illustrated catalogue. 1885. Weights and Measures.
2; 299704 - AVERY (W. & T.) Suggestions for the amendment of the law relating to weights and measures. New edition, enlarged. 38pp.
2; 371185 - Weighing the world. An impression after 200 years of the past history of an English house of business (W. & T. Avery, Ltd.) and of its present activities and interest throughout the world of weighting. Ports. Illus. 90pp. 1930. LEIGH-BENNETT (E.P.).
2; 516747 - James Parkes & Son, No. 5 St. Mary’s Row, Birmingham, manufacturer of improved measuring tapes, land chains, mathematical instruments, miners’ & mariners’ compasses, watch keys, seals, etc. List of prices. 24pp. 1848. Parkes (James) & Son.
2; 533723 - Avery 50-year men : [records of men with more than 50 years' service].
2; 536039 - Harris (Philip) & Co., Limited. Instruments for magnetism and electricity. Price list. Illus. 1908. Trade Catalogues.
2; 589601 - Illustrated price list of weighing apparatus / by W. & T. Avery, Ltd.
2; 594851 - Home catalogue. No. 1,000, 1915-1916, High-grade apparatus for weighing and for mechanical counting.
2; 594852 - Catalogue. No. 2000, High grade apparatus for weighing, mechanical counting, and physical testing of materials.
2; 594853 - Catalogue. No. 3,000, High-grade apparatus for weighing, mechanical counting and physical testing of materials.
2; 594854 - [Catalogue. No. 230, Weighbridges, weighing apparatus, and testing machinery : May, 1906].
2; 605102 - The Avery business (1730-1918).
2; 625146 - A short history of the firm of Thomas Walker and Son Limited, Birmingham, nautical instrument makers.
2; 660275 - Catalogue B : [a catalogue of] drawing instruments [and] drawing office materials.
2; 669108 - Salter: the story of a family firm, 1760-1960.
2; 753146 - A short history of weighing : revised.
3; 287831 - The Journal of Vision. The organ of James Lucking and Co. A quarterly journal Vols. 1 – 3 (September 1920 – January-March 1926) Port. Illus. 3 volumes. 1920-26 NOTE - From July 1924 published by Messrs. Boatman of Southend. LUCKING (JAMES) AND CO..
5; 660904 - Midland hardware & ironmonger.
5; 782711 - Kenricks in hardware: a family business, 1791-1966 / [by] R. A. Church.
6; 660130 - The gun trade of Birmingham : a short historical note of some of the more interesting features of a long-established local industry / by Keith Dunham.
9; 625091 - Eighty years' sound development : an account of the growth of the firm since the foundation in 1870.
9; 635403 - Shoemenders; a study of goodwill in industry [as practised by Harry H. Payne Ltd.].
9; 660512 - Photographs of [the] Isle of Man.
9; 662858 - Jubilee, 1797-1947 : [a short history of the firm].
51; 316231 - HALSTEAD (R) The history of Walsall Locks and Cart Gear, Limited, 1873 - 1923. Fifty years of co-partnership endeavour. Ports. Illus. 48pp.
52; 663111 - The story of William Newman and Sons Limited.
52; 664274 - The story of William Newman and Sons Limited.
53; 660097 - Men with pride : the house of Chubb, 1818-1948.
69 - Other Industries
70 - History: Sources
71 - History: General
72 - History: Before the Conquest
73 - Histories of Specific Periods
74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations
75 - Military, Naval and Air History
76 - Political History
77 - Geneaology, Heraldry
78 - Biography
79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits
80 - Topography and description
81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers
82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands
83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country
84 - Maps and Plans
85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas
86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939
87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards
88 - Conservation, Environment
89 - Particular streets and localites
90 - Parishes
91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire
92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie
93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire
94 - Herefordshire
95 - Shropshire
96 - Staffordshire
97 - Warwickshire
98 - Worcestershire
99 - West Midlands, Black Country
F - Large volumes (folio)
FF - Extra large volumes
p - Pamphlets
pp - Large pamphlets
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