The social marketplace for new and used books.

Get started

Learn to sell
Learn to buy
Buy textbooks
Sign up
Buy a giftcard
For the authors

Support

Help
Track a shipment
Terms of use
Privacy policy
Cookies policy

Company

About us
Work with us
Give feedback
Categories

Contact us

Fast delivery with

Safe payments by

Visa
Mastercard
Vipps
Klarna

© 2026 Bookis AS

English

Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys

Hardcover • 2016 • 1. edition

Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys

By Maurice Collins

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌
‌

About the book

Hundreds of 19th- and 20th-century curiosities and contraptions are catalogued in this amusing assembly of more than 1,000 images. The days from the first Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851 to the post-WWII Festival of Britain saw rapid technological advancement throughout the United Kingdom and elsewhere, and countless numbers of products, from the ingenious to the idiotic, appeared on the market. Twenty-two sections divided into time- and money-saving devices, kitchen utensils, gadgets for la...Show more

Book details

ISBN

9780764351327

Publisher

Schiffer Publishing Ltd

Published year

2016

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Bizarre & Outlandish Gadgets & Doohickeys

Format

Hardcover

Shippping and returns

Shipping

Used books are shipped by the seller. Expected delivery after package is sent is 2-4 days.

Returns

Contact the seller after delivery.

Reviews · 0

0 Ratings • 0.0 of 5

You might also like

The Book The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization

The Book The Ultimate Guide to Rebuilding Civilization

Hungry Minds FZCO

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

The Mystery of the Exploding Teeth and Other Curiosities from the History of Medicine

Thomas Morris

30-Second Great Inventions

30-Second Great Inventions

David Boyle

Modern Puzzles: From The Victorians to the Computer Age

Modern Puzzles: From The Victorians to the Computer Age

Tim Dedopulos

World's Worst Inventions

World's Worst Inventions

Jack Watkins

20th Century Travel

20th Century Travel

Allison Silver

Bizarre England - Discover the Country's Secrets & Surprises

Bizarre England - Discover the Country's Secrets & Surprises

David Long

History without the Boring Bits

History without the Boring Bits

Ian Crofton

Bizarre Scotland

Bizarre Scotland

David Long

How To Be A Victorian

How To Be A Victorian

Ruth Goodman

The Golem at Large

The Golem at Large

Harry Collins

Bizarre London - Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises

Bizarre London - Discover the Capital's Secrets & Surprises

David Long

Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries that Made Our World

Mad Science: Einstein's Fridge, Dewar's Flask, Mach's Speed, and 362 Other Inventions and Discoveries that Made Our World

Randy Alfred

Penguin English Library the Time Machine

Penguin English Library the Time Machine

H. G. Wells

There I Fixed It!: (No, You Didn't)

There I Fixed It!: (No, You Didn't)

Cheezburger Network

Dunk Your Biscuit Horizontally: 106 Quirky Scientific facts

Dunk Your Biscuit Horizontally: 106 Quirky Scientific facts

Rik Kuiper

Toilets of the world

Toilets of the world

1001 Inventions that Changed the World

1001 Inventions that Changed the World

Jack Challoner

DIY Dentistry And Other Alarming Inventions

DIY Dentistry And Other Alarming Inventions

Andy Riley

The Shock Of The Old

The Shock Of The Old

Edgerton, David

The 1960s - Britain in Pictures

The 1960s - Britain in Pictures

Paul Richardson

TV and Film Toys and Ephemera

TV and Film Toys and Ephemera

Arthur Ward

Industrial design A-Z

Industrial design A-Z

Charlotte Fiell

MORE Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius

MORE Electronic Gadgets for the Evil Genius

Iannini, Robert

Unuseless Japanese Inventions

Unuseless Japanese Inventions

Kenji Kawakami

Funny, Peculiar - An Encyclopedia of the Daft and the Dotty

Funny, Peculiar - An Encyclopedia of the Daft and the Dotty

Aubrey Dillon Malone

The Book of Inventions

The Book of Inventions

Ian Harrison

The World's Stupidest Inventions

The World's Stupidest Inventions

Adam Hart-Davis

The Seventy Wonders of the Modern World: 1500 Years of Extraordinary Feats of Engineering and Construction.

The Seventy Wonders of the Modern World: 1500 Years of Extraordinary Feats of Engineering and Construction.

Neil Parkyn

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things

Sneaky Uses for Everyday Things

Cy Tymony

Inventing the 20th century

Inventing the 20th century

Stephen Van Dulken

In the Supermarket (Machines at Work)

In the Supermarket (Machines at Work)

Henry Arthur Pluckrose

Inventions

Inventions

W. Heath Robinson

Mind Bogglers

Mind Bogglers

Simon Melhuish

The History of Computers

The History of Computers

Les Freed

American Genesis A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

American Genesis A Century of Invention and Technological Enthusiasm, 1870-1970

Thomas Parke Hughes

The Devouring Fungus: Tales of the Computer Age

The Devouring Fungus: Tales of the Computer Age

Karla Jennings

Objects of Desire

Objects of Desire

Adrian Forty

Pebbles to computers

Pebbles to computers

Hans Blohm

The Illustrated History of Automobiles

The Illustrated History of Automobiles

David Burgess-Wise