Originally “prepared for students in technical, manual training, and trade schools and for the apprentice and the machinist in the shop”. The beginner would probably find this book a bit heavy going, until he has done some machining and outgrown first books, but within the 800 pages is an incredible amount of information on machining operations of all sorts - this title comes nearer to “containing it all” that any other book we know! 800 pages, 1000s of illustrations, tables etc. Hardbound. Lindsay Pubs.