THE MAKERS OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS IN AMERICA SINCE 1700
by Smart, Charles E
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Troy, New York: Regal Art Press, 1962. First Edition (NAP). Hardcover. Very Good Plus. Quarto. Red, cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering. A wee bit of rubbing to extremities, and very slight spine lean. Looks to be self-published by the (then) Chairman of the Board of W.E. & L. Gurley, a noted maker of surveying instruments. Notes on instruments, manufacturers' biographical sketches, etc. This is the defacto "bible" of antique surveying instruments, now migh-supplanted by the digital age. Many many black and white photographs, a bibliography and a thorough index. Note: A Volume II was issued around five years after this first edition, in 1967.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87260
- Title
- THE MAKERS OF SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS IN AMERICA SINCE 1700
- Author
- Smart, Charles E
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP)
- Publisher
- Regal Art Press
- Place of Publication
- Troy, New York
- Date Published
- 1962
- Keywords
- Land Surveying, Surveying Transits, Civil Engineering, Mining Engineering
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