Engineering

London, Longmans Green and Co, 1966, hardcover, 114 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine end touches. Dustjacket price clipped, light edge nicks, some laminate lifting adjacent to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This history of the development of radio to the satellite age focuses mainly on the inventors; Marconi, Baird, Watson-Watts, and Lord Reith. Illustrated throughout with drawn figures and black-&-white plates.

New York: The Sanitation Engineer. Good+. 1884. Hardcover. Volume 10, June to November 1884. Text tight, clean & intact. Pages 293 & 295 with small edge tear. Numerous B/W illustrations. The latest in sinks, toilets, tubs and urinals. Public health, drainage, water supply, ventilation, heating & lighting. Clean marbled boards with modest edge wear. Green cloth tape spine with gilt lettering. X-Library with some internal markings including book plate. Technical, Sanitation Engineering; Ex-Library; B&W Drawing; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 618 pages .

Springer Science + Business Media. New with No Dust Jacket as issued. 2004. First Edition: First Printing. Hard Cover. 318 pages: 6.25 x 9.5 in.: 2: KB#007490: No Jacket As Issued. BRAND NEW. Boards and pages are clean, unmarked, bright, tightly bound and sharp cornered. Scarce, Out Of Print, Book. "This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the growing field of nuclear solid state physics with synchrotron radiation, a technique that is finding a number of unique applications in fields such as magnetism, surface science, and lattice dynamics. Due to the remarkable brilliance of modern synchrotron radiation sources, the method is particularly suited for the studying thin films, nanoparticles and clusters. Its high isotopic specifity can be employed to measure magnetic or vibrational properties with very high spatial resolution. The book is written on a introductory level and is thus suited for newcomers to the field. Many examples are presented to illustrate the unique… Read More

New York & London: Babcock & Wilcox, March, 1893. Tall quarto. Original brown cloth blocked in gilt and blind, all edges red, floral patterned endpapers. Lithographic half title. Engravings and illustrations from photos throughout. Ownership ink stamp of Edmund Prechtel to front pastedown and title, ownership signature of the same to the front blank. Cloth a little rubbed and spotted with some scattered loss of size, small tear at the base of the spine panel, contents faintly toned. Excellent condition. "Steam, Its Production and Use, together with a Catalogue of Manufactures". A very attractive 1893 German language catalogue of the pioneering power firm Babcock & Wilcox, the first edition of which was published in 1875. This 180-page catalogue is heavily illustrated with both photos and engravings. In addition to specifications for the firm's boiler models, it includes a detailed overview of steam power and the operations of different types of boilers, as well as information about the company and… Read More

Berlin: Deutsches Museum, 1928. Original Half Vellum. Very Good. Folio. 564pp+ many illustrations from the original 1556 latin edition. Insignificant here and there some foxing. A VERY GOOD COPY. Folio. Considered to be the most important German translation.

Coventry: Alfred Herbert Ltd, 1918. Very well illustrated, very large thick quarto, pp (24), 885, a little worn and used throughout, some light creasing to the lower corners of the later pages, fore-edges a little thumbed, green bevelled cloth rubbed and a little worn and marked, recently recased, the spine strengthened. RARE. Due to the great weight of the book, extra postage will be needed - this may be considerable if posting abroad. [Metal cutting. boring.milling. drilling, tapping, chucks, capstan lathes, grinding, presses, power hammers, planing, screwing, tool cutters etc. .Alfred Herbert Ltd was one of the world's largest machine tool manufacturing businesses. It was at one time the largest British machine tool builder. The firm was known for technical excellence and competed well against other brands, especially in turret lathes.]. Second edition. Cloth. Good.

Glasgow: North British Locomotive Co.Ltd. Book. Good. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. [1920]. 123pp, photos, map, landscape format, brown cloth/dec sl worn/stained, contents v good. Attractive manufacturer's presentation volume, printed on art paper. Scarce..

Materials Research Society, n. Apr-90. 155899047X. as New. Materials Research Society as new

New York: The William T. Comstock Co., 1913. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 208 pages. Hardcover bound in original green cloth with front cover designs in red and white. Housed in a modern clear mylar or plastic jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. A sound copy. The inner hinges have been reinforced with Japanese tissue. Color frontis. The text is illustrated with black and white photos and drawings. Text is clean. Scarce.

NY: Society of Mining Engineers, 1973. Hard cover 2 volume set. Published NY: Society of Mining Engineers, 1973. Thick 8vo.'s containg 35 in-depth sections of technical data and guidlines, illustrated with tables, formulas and reproductions. An authoritative reference and design source. Red letherette with gilt titles. A near fine set - clean, bright, unmarked.. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. First edition. Hard cover. Published Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1976. Folio, 10 3/4" x 14 1/2", ix+459pp., illustrated with 400 color plates, maps, map endpapers. Pictorial cloth with black titles. Minor bump to top tip of front cover. A fine copy. . 1st. Hard. Fine/No Jacket. Folio.

Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1923. 2 volume set. First editions. Hard covers. Published Washington, D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1923-24. 8vo., 1167pp.; 658pp. Brown cloth with gilt titles and speckled edges. Previous owner bookplate on pastedowns. Near fine set. Clean, tight, unworn, unmarked. . 1st. Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.

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Hardcover revised edition, signed by the author. Excellent condition. Dust jacket in good condition, with some fading and scuffing. Pages bright and unmarked. B & W photos throughout. Comes with 1990 Inventory & Addendum sheet. Proceeds from the sale of this book support public library programming and services.

Edinburgh and London: Blackie & Son. Second Edition. . Leather Bound. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo.466 pages, indexed, plus 19 plates at the rear (collates complete; many folding). Hardcover bound in 3/4 black morocco with red marbled paper-covered boards. Raised bands on the spine. Top edge gilt. The binding shows light to moderate rubbing and wear with some scuffing on some of the bands and a bit of rubbing on the hinges in spots. Corners a little bumped. Marbled endpapers. The text is a little toned but is clean. The plates are toned but are quite sound. Stated Second Edition on the title page. No copyright date, but the consensus seems to be that the second edition was published in 1842.