On the Economy Of Machinery and Manufactures

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1832. Hardcover. Recased in original boards. Some staining and rubbing to boards. Front free endpaper replaced. Dampstain and tidemark to upper 15mm margin of leaves in first two gatherings. Small burn mark to 5mm margin of last few leaves. ; First US edition. xix, [1], (15)-282… Read more about this item

London: Charles Knight & Company, 1832. First edition, large paper edition, one of 3000 examples of Babbage's hugely influential work on operations research. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For the Rev. Ch. Currie from the author." In very good condition, rebacked with the original spine, embossed stamp of Unitarian College… Read more about this item

London: Charles Knight, 1832. [Operations Research] FIRST EDITION. Octavo (18 x 11cm), pp.[2] xvi; 320 [4]. With a vignette title page featuring an engraved medal of Roger Bacon. Publisher's pink moire silk-effect cloth, with gilt titles to spine. All edges untrimmed. Inscribed 'From Her Grace | the Duchess of Gordon | for Wagstaff | 1832' in black ink to… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. hardcover. fine. 282 pages, 36 pages of advertisments, 12mo, rebound in plain black cloth with gilt-lettered spine (small ex-lib stamp on verso of title page, else clean with some light scattered foxing). Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832. First American edition. Very good.<br/> <br/> Babbage's most complete and important work dealing with modern industrial… Read more about this item

London: Charles Knight, 1833. Third Edition. Very Good. Third edition, revised and enlarged, presentation copy, inscribed by Charles Babbage on the front free endpaper verso: "H. J. Bowditch Esq from the Author.' Bound in tan moire cloth binding, engraved title page with portrait of Roger Bacon. Very Good, rebacked to style. Printed ex-libris of Lewis A. Dyer to… Read more about this item

E-084: Charles Knight & Company Ltd.. Good. 1832. Hardcover. Hardcover. 8vo. Charles Knight. 1832. 320 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Signed by Charles Babbage on the FFEP. Bound in half cloth boards. Boards are faded and worn to the extremities and have shelf-wear present to the extremities. Spine has been rebacked. Ex-Lib item with typical marks present… Read more about this item

Augustus m Kelley Pubs, 1980. hardcover. Good. . Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover and edges shows light shelf wear. Pages are clean and intact.

London: Charles Knight, 1832 Enlarged Second Edition. pp xxiv 387 plus 1 page of works by the same author. Illustrated with tables in the text. Half-Bound with leather spine and corners and marbled boards. Spine with bands of gilt lining. Title label missing from spine but the impressed letters are visible. Marbled paper is rubbed and there are pieces… Read more about this item

Very Good.

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Cambridge University Press, 2010-03-04. Illustrated. paperback. Used:Good.

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Paperback / softback. New. In this eminently readable historical account, Charles Babbage surveys manufacturing practices including printing and publishing, and discusses the political, moral and economic factors affecting them. His scientific analysis and promotion of mechanisation and efficient 'division of labour' still resonate strongly for modern industrial engineering and manufacturing industries.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The On The Economy Of Machinery And Manufactures.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures.