Book List

Historical

Agricola G. (1950) De Re Metallica. Reprint 16th Century treatise on metals. New York: Dover.

Aston TS. (1924) Iron and Steel in the Industrial Revolution. Economic and political history Manchester University Press.

Ellacott. (1955) Forge and Foundry. Development put simply. Methuen.

Gale WKV. Iron and Steel. Pictorial. Moorland.

Gale WKV. Iron and Steel. Booklet. Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust.

Lambton L. (1976) Vanishing Victoriana. Coffee Table. Elsevier Phaidon.

Wrought Ironwork - Historical Aesthetic

CoSIRA. (1973) Catalogue of drawings for Wrought Ironwork.
(Council of Small Industries in Rural Areas).

Dunkerley S. (1988)Robert Bakewell, Artist Blacksmith. Scarthin Books.

Edwards I. (1977)Davis Brothers Gatesmiths. Welsh Arts Council.
Geddes J. (1999)Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England. Society of Antiquaries.

Lister R. (1957)Decorative Wrought Ironwork in Great Britain. David and Charles.

Seymour Lindsay J. (1964)An Anatomy of English Wrought Ironwork 100 to 1800 AD. Alec Tirani.

Starkie Gardner J.(1911)English Ironwork of the 17th & 18th Centuries. Batsford.

Starkie Gardner J.(1930)Ironworks - 3 volumes V & A.

V & A Museum. (1950)English Wrought Ironwork. H.M.S.O. 1950.

Zimelli U & Vererio G. (1966)Decorative Ironwork. Hamlyn.

Wrought Ironwork - Modern Aesthetic

Kuhn F. (1965)Wrought Iron. Harrap.

Kuhn F. Decorative Work in Wrought Iron and other Metals. Harrap.

Meilach. (1976)Decorative and Sculptural Ironwork. New York: Crown.

Schmirler O. (1979)Le Fer Forge dans le Jardin et la Maison. Office du Livre (English Text).

V & A Museum. (1982)Towards a New Iron Age. Exhibition Catalogue.

Hand Forging - Instructive

Andrews J. The Edge of the Anvil. (USA).

Beater AW. (1976)The Art of Blacksmithing. Funk and Wagnalls.

CoSIRA. (1973)Decorative Ironwork.

CoSIRA. (1953) Wrought Ironwork.

CoSIRA. (1952) The Blacksmith's Craft.

Richardson MT. (1978)Practical Blacksmithing. New York: Crown.

Steeter D. (1980)Professional Smithing. (USA): Murreay.

Weygers AG. (1974)The Modern Blacksmith. Tool Making: Von Nostrand Reinhold.

Industrial Forging

Bacon LG. (1914)Forging. American Technical Society.

Homer JG. (1920)Smithing and Forging. Emmott & Co.

Lillico JW. (1930)Blacksmith's Manual Illustrated. Oxford.

Cast Iron

Bolland S. (1901)The Iron Founder. Wiley.
Gay J. (1985)Cast Iron. Murray.

Lister R. (1960)Decorative Cast Iron in Great Britain. Bell.

Wrought Iron - Technical

Ashton & Story. (1939)Wrought Iron, its Manufacture, Characteristics & Applications. USA: AM Byers & Co.

Brough J. Wrought Iron, The End of an Era. Bolton Metropolitan Borough Arts Department.

Architectural

Betjeman J. (1972)London's Historic Railway Stations. Murray.

Woods M & Warren AS. (1988)Glass Houses, A History of Greenhouses, Orangeries and Conservatories. Aurum.

Periodical

The Artist Blacksmith. The Journal of the British Artist Blacksmiths Association. Hon Sec. Denise Axelsen. 10 Lerwick Road, St Eval, Cornwall, PL27 7UX.