Collection of trade literature for manufacturers of machine tools, spinning and weaving machines. The companies represented are Joshua Heap & Co, Churchill Machine Tool Co, Cuncliffe & Croom, Kendall & Gent, Sir James Farmer Norton & Co, William Muir & Co (from 1891 and 1896), Joseph Stubbs, John Hetherington & Co, B & S Massey, Brooks & Doxey, and J W Jackman & Co. Many of the volumes contain insertions, such as price lists.