Locks and Lockmaking. With a foreword by Sir George Hayter Chubb. Second Edition.

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London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons (1931). Sm. 8vo. Orig. green cloth with black text. (xii 132 24pp.). With b/w frontisp. 31 b/w illusts. and front endpaper adverts. Toning on endpaper otherwise fine. NOTE: '...the art of the locksmith in the direction of security has been developed to keep pace with the skill of the thief.' (Foreword). The author's Grandfather Charles Chubb developed a famous lock.