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10 page article from a rare 1894 periodical, the article is entitled "Thieves v Locks and Safes"

A very interesting article with several illustrations including

  • Primitive Wooden tumbler lock
  • Egyptian wooden lock and key
  • Picklocks and skeleton keys
  • Common housebreakers tools
  • High class set of burglars tools
  • Building a strong room
  • Interior of a strong room door
  • Plate stores Messrs Chubb safe works
  • Change key shifting levers
  • Key used at opening of Colonial exhibition
  • Key used at opening of Brussels exhibition


    CONDITION Please note this listing is for genuine actual pages extracted from a scarce disbound Victorian magazine, there are no covers. Article may include the ending or beginning of other articles

    Whilst images show the article in its still bound state, the article will be posted as loose pages. Some pages may be showing signs of foxing / browning due to the age of the paper

    If you are interested in more than one item I will always combine postage where this is possible so long as purchases are in one transaction. If you are forced by ebay to pay multiple postages for your purchases I will refund the overpayment
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