Search Results: Science & Technology from Bird's Books

Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/Good. 8vo, pictorial dust jacket over blue cloth boards. 258pp including index & appendices, illustrated with 20 plates and 15 maps. Some edge wear/ rubbing to the dust jacket. Inner book lovely and clean in near fine condition. Contents include chapters on individual canals, including proposed ventures, followed by traffic statistics, financial history, engineering works etc.

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Some loss of colour to the binding on covers. 254pp including index, illustrated with photographs of some of the steamers. Contains a list of the boats with the acquisition, build and disposal date, the class of steamer, length of service and other information. Frontis loose.

London: Science Museum, 1929. First edition thus. Softcover. Good +. Pictorial card covers with an illustration of a plane flying over countryside. 115pp including index illustrated with 22 photographic plates. Contents include a historical survey of the development of flight from early experiments to post WWI, plus a catalogue of the exhibits in the museum and a bibliography. Some wear to the covers and occasional marks inside.

London: B. T. Batsford, Date, 1892. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, brown cloth boards with gilt titles from and spine. A little rubbing to the corners and spine, green endpapers. Previous owner’s name handwritten in ink dated 1892. 63pp plus 2pp publisher’s catalogue. Illustrated with 3 plates (2 folding) and figures throughout the text. Occasional marks, generally very good and clean inside.

Harleyford Publications , 1966. Hardcover. Very good +/Fair. Folio, pictorial dust jacket over red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. 210pp illustrated throughout with photographs and drawings / diagrams. Dustjacket chipped and with tears to edges. Inner book in excellent clean condition. ***Over 1kg & may require additional overseas postage***

London: The Caxton Publishing Company, 1948. Hardcover. Very good . Complete set of 3 Volumes. Black textured cloth covers with blind stamped publisher's motif on front with gilt titles to spines, all edges speckled green. Vol I, 247pp; vol II, pp; vol III, pp. Illustrated with plates and numerous figures throughout the text. Nice and clean inside. These cover a lot of subjects including chapters on tools and equipment, materials, measuring, sign writing, gilding, distemper etc, etc. Previous owner’s name handwritten on front endpaper. Over 1kg and will require extra overseas postage.

London: Thomas Telford Ltd, 1990. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Near fine. 166pp, lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs and figures. The history, design, construction and future of this iconic Scottish structure. Dedication signed by the author on the front free endpaper.

London: Whittaker and Co, 1914. Hardcover. Good. With Two Hundred and Eighty-Three Illustrations; Fourth Edition, Thoroughly Revised and Enlarged. 8vo, blue cloth boards with blind embossed titles on front, gilt titles on spine. Some edgewear/ marking to the covers, generally very good and clean inside. 409pp including index and appendices, illustrated with plates, photographs, figures and diagrams throughout the text. As the title suggests a comprehensive ‘account of the principals and practice of Iron Founding, written for both the student and the practical man.’

London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1887. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. Told by Inventors and their Friends. 8vo, cloth boards with vignette of Palissy the Potter on front in black and gilt and one of the Rocket steam engine in gilt on spine. 301pp with 19 illustrations including frontis. Decorative endpapers. Some shelfwear, generally very good and clean inside, overall good. A mix of fact and fiction being a history of technology from Archimedes to Henry Bessemer.

Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1983. First edition. Hardcover. Near fine/Very Good. From its beginnings until 1975’ 8vo, black cloth boards with pictorial dust jacket. Viii + 151pp, illustrated with photographs throughout. A little shelf wear to the dust jacket and there is a small dent to the upper board. Generally the inner book is in near mint condition. Bruck was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland and Professor of Astronomy at Edinburgh University. ‘This volume is a history of astronomy in Edinburgh from its early days in the town, in the University and at the Royal Observatory. It traces the contributions made by Edinburgh men to the progress of astronomy..intended to be of general interest to the general reader as well as to astronomers and historians of science.’ This copy was a gift from Bruck and includes a signed letter from him, dated 1983, which he sent with this book and his compliments.

Cape Town: Haum, 1973. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo, orange cloth boards with titles in white on spine. 160pp illustrated with frontis portrait and photographs. A biography of the inventor of television penned by his wife. From his early days in Helensborough to his death in London after the Second World War. A few tears to the pictorial dust jacket.

Edinburgh: The Moray Press, 1934. First edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, red cloth boards with gilt titles on spine. Upper edge yellow. 206pp with frontispiece and 16 other illustrations. A biography of Wade an engineer who built roads, many roads in scenic places. Frontis loose, inner book generally very good and clean. A few marks / edgewear. Contemporary hand written gift dedication on front endpaper.

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1923. First edition. Hardcover. Very good. 8vo terracotta cloth boards with black titles. First impression, first edition. Ix + 114pp with frontis of a cloud of stars, 3 further plates and other illustrations throughout the text. Some marks to boards, inside very good + and clean and bright. Contents include the structure of the universe, the nature of a star, moons comets and shooting stars, new stars, the evolution of the universe, etc.