Search Results: Technology and Manufacturing from Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB

New York: The Simes Company, 1939. Hardcover. VG, exlibrary with minimal markings a superb copy overall. Brown paper-covered, gilt printed covers with coarse woven cloth spine. 98 pp., including 92 pages of bw illustrations. Cover title (from top to bottom): "MCMI The Simes Company Inc Lighting Fixtures MCMXXXIX" 98 pages of lighting for Public Building Illumination (pp. 1-43); Residential Lighting Motifs (pp. 44-77); General Illumination (pp. 78-98). Essential reference for the time period 1901-1939, as defined on the cover.

Bridgeport, Pennsylvania: Summerill Tubing Company, 1930. Paperback. Good- mostly clean copy but with general shelf wear, spine splitting, and five small pieces of tape at spine. Art museum ex-lib. copy with faint stamp to front cover.. Tan wraps with orange border and black lettering. 24 pp. full of bw illustrations. A technical catalogue about aircraft tubing by the manufacturer, with tables, photos, and more. Looks quite interesting.

Richmond, Virginia: Willmann-Bell, Inc. / National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1995. Second Edition. Hardcover. VG+. Glossy blue & illus. boards, 298 pp., 121 BW illus. "Alvan Clark and his two sons, George Bassett and Alvan Graham, figured importantly in the great expansion of astronomical facilities which occurred during the second half of the 19th century. ... Here, for the first time, more than 600 optical instruments made by the Clarks and their successors are systematically catalogued. ... An entire section of the book is devoted to a systematic description of the smaller Clark telescopes and will be particularly helpful in identifying heretofore uncatalogued Clark instruments that certainly must exit and are scattered across the world. Since Alvan Clark was a successful portrait and miniature painter his known works are also described and catalogued here.

USA: Mercantile Printing, 1984. Softbound. Vg. Illustrated wrap, 143pp, profuse b/w and 5 color illustrations. Exhibition catalogue Cooper-Hewitt Museum of New York 1984 show of patent models.

Tarrytown, New York: Sleepy Hollow Press, 1985. Second (1st paperback edition). Softbound. VG+, cover and spine crisp, text fresh and bright.. White with duotone pictorial wraps, [vii] 218 pp, numerous BW photos and other illustrations. From editor's note: Wood technology was, for a time, especially important in America and especially important as a foundation of social life. This story is opened in this volume.

Acton, Massachusetts: The Antiquarian Scientist, 1998. Winter. Softcover. VG- with light sunning to covers;. White pictorial stapled wraps with brown lettering; 96 pp. with 450 bw illustrations;. Includes excellent descriptions of each piece in the catalogue.

Poole, U.K.: Blanford Press, 1980. Softcover. VG (ex-lib, stamp on first page, sticker on back cover). Color pictorial wraps; 168 pp; 69 color figures; several bw plates. An informative publication that describes and illustrates many different types of scientific instruments used from the 17th century onwards.

London: Holtzapffel & Co, 1881. Hardcover. Good (top half of spine is missing, overall shelfwear to boards and staining to block edges) Includes inscription to previous owner on first flyleaf dated 1881.. Blue-gray boards with stamped design on front and back, gilt lettering on front and spine, 144 pp, black and white illustrations. Includes 74 illustrations. Written by Major James Ash, Late Bombay Artillery, Inventor of the Elliptical Cutting-Frame. Appendix by John Jacob Holtzapffel.

NY: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1914. first edition, second printing--corrected. Hardcover. good (ex-library with expected marks. small tear to the bottom of pg 1. wear and soiling from use. wear to cloth, especially at corners, but library binding holding well. end papers used in rebinding are slightly acidic). Green library buckram. xii + 407 pp. 271 bw figures, 3 foldout diagrams.

NY: John F. Rider, 1941. Hardcover. VG- (ex-library with expected marks plus perforation stamp on title page and pg 1. tear on the insdie of title page has been closed with tape. some toning to pagers. minor wear to exterior). Blue library buckram. 732 pp. Many bw figures.

Chicago: J.M.W. Jones Stationery, 1888. Softbound. VG, ex art library with faded stamp on top of cover, ancient colored tape strips along spine. Original color pictorial wrappers. 88 pp. profusely illustrated with line engravings. A very clean, tight copy of this book, with a beautiful color illustrated cover of a dramatic mining scene.

Boston: Stratford, 1924. Hardcover. VG, covers show normal wear for age. Ex-library markings on spine. Pages clean and tight. Navy blue covers, gilt lettering. 269 pages illustrations, fold-outs. Introduction by Edward F. McSweeney. The means of international intercourse -- The cable policy of the United States -- Cable-landing licenses and monopolies of traffic -- Cable relations between the United States and Great Britain -- The radio in international communication -- The press and international communication.

Alexandria, Virginia: Office Of History / U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, 2005. Softcover. VG (corners rubbed. spine ends rubbed w/ rub to lower edge). oversized, multi-color & illustrated wraps w/ black printing; illustrated french flaps. 306 pgs w/ primarily bw illustrations. A nice, bright copy. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is best known for its water resources and environmental work and its construction of facilities on military bases; however, in its long history the Corps has performed many other missions, such as the critical role in the development of Washington, D.C. The purpose of this book is to bring to the public's awareness the depth of the Corps' involvement in the design, development, construction, and maintenance of our Nation's capital by effectively chronicling its history and showcasing rare images, maps, and drawings. Select chapters discuss the Corps' involvement in designing and constructing the still-existing water supply system..."--Amazon.

New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1856. Hardbound. Good+. Previous owners name inked on ffep, on title page. Academic verse written on ruled lines inside front and rear covers, some foxing. A tight copy. Faded brown cloth with embossed design. 288 pp. The title is scarcely visible in gilt on the spine. Covers and text block are VG.

London: Universal Books, 1978. Hardbound. Good, clean and tight with minor cover wear. Blue cloth with gold spine lettering; pale blue dj with color illustration and black lettering; French flaps; 96 pp. with 122 bw illustrations. The cat's whisker was a tiny coil of wire, carefully adjusted, so that the wireless radio could be heard with the loudest signal through the headset. Hill traces the history of the wireless through its heyday in the Second World War to its eclipse with the advent of television.

London: Oresko Books, 1978. Softcover. Good, clean and tight with minor cover wear. Pale blue wraps with color illustration and black lettering; French flaps; 96 pp. with 122 bw illustrations. The cat's whisker was a tiny coil of wire, carefully adjusted, so that the wireless radio could be heard with the loudest signal through the headset. Hill traces the history of the wireless through its heyday in the Second World War to its eclipse with the advent of television.

Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1946. Paperback. Good- (Wraps are heavily toned/foxed/chipped/smudged; textblock is toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; first few pages have large chips in the bottom corner; other pages have light chipping to the edges; interior is toned around the edges and lightly foxed; textblock is solid.). Light green wraps with red and blue lettering and illustration; XII, 241 pp. Text in Italian.

Wilmington: Scholarly Resources, Inc, 1974. Hardcover. VG-/VG-, book in very good condition with several passages underlined in pen, wear and scuffing to DJ edges. Off-white cloth, light tan ill. DJ. xix, 325 pp. Numerous bw ills., charts, and tables. Extensive study of the Chicopee Manufacturing Company, a New England cotton mill of the 19th-century. Study recounts all phases of production, profits and losses, and growth and development, as well as puts into broader perspective this company with the 19th-century textile industry.

Hartford, Connecticut: The Trustees of Trinity College, 1963. Hardcover. VG- (Inscription from previous owner on first page; binding is slightly worn esp. at heel of outer spine; flyleaf gutters are heavily tanned but remaining pages are crisp and clean.). Sage green buckram boards with black leather-like spine, gilt letters on spine, gilt decoration on front cover; 259 pp., many BW illus. with one color plate as frontispiece. Considers the life and work of Swedish scientist Christopher Polhem (1661-1751). "Polhem, one of the most ingenious and inventive individuals ever to grace the pages of history, had an extraordinary ability to fashion new and creative concepts. He was a man of many talents -- one dares to call him a genius. He was a man who passionately absorbed what was known in the natural sciences and engineering at his time. But to this deposit of understanding, he contributed his own discoveries and insights. At times his ideas were brought to fruition, but too often he was considered a… Read More

Dordrecht, Netherlands: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1977. Hardcover. VG- (DJ has uneven sun fading on cover and flyleaves.). Chocolate stamped cloth, gold dust jacket, 138 pp. Vol. 4 in the series Episteme. Expands upon Bohr's Principle of Correspondence.