This is a pretty standard book, How to Run a Lathe by Southbend.
http://books.google.com/books?id=sA...6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=how to run a lathe&f=false
You can download a program that will copy that link to a pdf. Just search for "Google books download tool" should bring you up one. They have many books scanned in free to read.