Technology from White Raven Books

Elmira, New York: Schweizer Books, 2004. Blue cloth, silver spine title, & many black & white illustrations in the text; A near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket; 299 pages.. 8.5"x11".

London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts, 1861. Second Edition; Bold (apparently) Author signature on title of title page dated; Green textured cloth with blind covers border & device, gilt spine title, pale yellow endpapers / pastedown; frontis portrait, & a few small illustrations in the text; A very good+ copy; 220 pages.. 5.5"x8.5".

Philadelphia: E. Claxton & Company, 1881. Ninth Edition, Revised; Black leather overwrap binding, gilt spine title, gilt locomotive vignettes on cover, all edges gilt, frontis portraiot, & a few black & white illustrations in the text; A good copy with ownership signature / location on fep, & last leaf with fep loose; 324 pages. .… Read more about this item

Boston: William Peirce, 1834. Embellished with 140 engravings; Natural Philosophy is the science which explains the laws by which all moving bodies are governed [including] Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Acoustics, Pneumatics, Optics, and Astronomy.; 1/4 brown leather & drab paper over boards, black cover title with border, black border & patriotic vignette to back board, A just good copy with tender… Read more about this item

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1948. Inscribed & signed by the Author in green on the fep; "A clear statement of the fundamental principles of the theory of limit design. By presupposing ductile rather then elastic stress distribution, design emphasis is shifted from permissible safe stresses to permissible safe deformations.; Blue cloth, gold spine title, & many graphs in… Read more about this item

San Francisco: Fireboard Products Inc., 1943. This is a tutorial from a box maker on how to stack boxes of goods for shipping or storage; Tan wraps, dark brown cover title, company information to back cover, diagrams printed in blue, & tabbed contents; A good+ copy; 29 pages. Includes 2 pieces of related ephemera. Size: 8.5"x11". Soft cover.

New York: Simmons-Boardman Publishing, 1919. Fifth Edition; Black cloth, gilt spine title, hundreds of illustrations, & one fold-out; A very good copy freshly rebound with the original cloth laid over; 1284 pages. Size: 8.25"x11.5". Hardcover.

1860. ATLAS only; Date, publisher, & city are not listed on the Atlas but only on the main volume; This is a small book of fold-out diagrams depicting printing presses & printing tools; 3/4 green leather & textured cloth over boards, gilt spine title on red labels, raised bands with gilt decoration, marbled endpapers/pastedown, & 25 fold-out pages; A very… Read more about this item

London: John Heywood, 1883. Presentation in pencil on back of the fep next to the title page signed By the Author; Revised & Enlarged second edition; A very technical book; Brown cloth, gilt cover title, black cover decoration, & blind device to back board; A very good copy; 134 pages. Size: 5"x7.25". Signed by Author(s). Hardcover.

New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1890. Together with a short essay upon the application of the principles of the lever to a ready analysis of the strains upon the more customary forms of beams and trusses.; Fourth Edition; Brown cloth, gilt spine title, gilt cover bridge vignette, black horizontal cover bands & rear in blind, chocolate endpapers/pastedown, & tissued… Read more about this item

Greenfield, Michigan: [Henry Ford], 1929. Full black leather, gilt cover title, top edge gilt, blue endpapers/pastedown, frontis portrait, & a few black & white photo illustrations in the text; A just good copy with damage to feps & a couple clumsy tape repairs Size: 6.25"x9". Hardcover.

Washington 25, D. C.: Department of the Navy, Bureau of Yards and Docks, 1955. Pale blue cover wraps, black cover title, metal strip bind, several fold-outs, & many illustrations; A good + softcover copy with large chip at head of spine; Chapters separately paginated. Size: 7.75"x10.5". Soft cover.

Columbia, Connecticut: Columbia Graphs, 1952. Green cloth, & gold cover title, A fine copy with ownership stamp on fep, & in glassine dust jacket; 128 pages Size: 6"x9". Hardcover.

Scottsdale, Arizona 85262: MIke McGuire, 2007. Reprint of the 1905 edition; Shiny wraps with gold titles; A near fine paperback copy; 402 pages. Size: 6"x9". Soft Cover.

Chicago: Complete Service Publishing Company, 1935. Twenty-Eighth Edition; Brown cloth, black cover title & border, advertisements in black on spine & back board, & many photo illustrations; A good solid copy; 744 pages. Size: 8.25"x11". Hardcover.

New York: New York Central Lines, 1913. Vol. 1 #1#2 #4 1913, Vol. 2 #1 1914, & Vol.III #2, 1915; White wraps, black cover title, many black & white photo illustrations, & photo illustration to back covers; 5 separate just good issues in wraps with finger & dust soil; Approximately 20 pages each; Size: 5.75"x8.75". Soft cover.

Cleveland: Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, 1957. Issued monthly; The calendar year of 1957, 12 issues bound together with covers, & Complete Index; Black nubbly cloth, gold spine title, & drab endpapers/pastedown; A very good copy; 448 & 416 pages. Size: 8.25"x11.25". Hardcover.

Baltimore: Privately Printed, 1963. Half burgundy cloth & tan paper over boards, burgundy cover title, frontis illustration, & several diagrams in the text; An almost very good copy with ink inscription on fep: For Jimmy [J. Hamilton Owens, Jr.] H.O. [Hamilton Owens, Publisher of the Baltimore Sun] June 23 1963; 60 pages. Size: 8.5"x11". Hardcover.

Paris: Librairie Hachette, 1874. From the series Bibliotheque des Merveilles; This in a fine binding; Half brown textured leather & deep blue/brown marbled paper over boards, gilt spine title, raised bands, all edges speckled, marbled endpapers/pastedown on coated paper, many black & white illustrations mostly in the text, & a blue ribbon bookmark; A very good copy with moderate foxing… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1884. .including common, pressed, ornamentally shaped and enamelled bricks, drain tiles, straight and curved sewer pipes, fire clays, fire-bricks, .; Illustrated by 228 engravings and 6 plates; Dark green textured cloth, gold spine title, blind borders with decoration, brown floral endpapers/pastedown, & tissued frontise; A very good copy with 1.75" closed tear to one… Read more about this item