This book of well over 400 pages was commissioned by Copper Development Association and is intended to bring up to date the information contained in the standard reference work by P J Macken and A A Smith, published in 1966. In particular, the book contains much valuable new material on the metallurgy of aluminium bronzes and the composition and manufacturing conditions required to ensure reliable corrosion resistance. It contains chapters on alloying elements physical properties, casting processes and the properties of castings, the manufacture and design of castings, wrought aluminium bronzes, heat treatment, welding, corrosion, wear resistance, microstructure of binary alloys, ternary alloys, the Cu-Mg-Al-Ni-Fe system. It also contains a historical introduction and a number of useful appendices.