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69 pages. "Designed to describe a scheme of precautions which it is hoped would prove effective in preventing avoidable injury and loss of life, or widespread dislocation of national activities." - from Preface. Prior owner's name atop front cover. Sticker removal mark on front cover. Average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
(Al fin:) Sevilla, 2 de Diciembre de 1771, 30 x 20 cm., 8 págs. (Al final firmas manuscritas de Fernández de Cáceres y del Secretario del Cabildo. Traslado a Sevilla de la Pragmática sanción en fuerza de ley, por la que se prohíbe la introducción y uso en estos Reinos de los tejidos de algodón o con mezcla de él, de fábricas extrañas, bajo las declaraciones y penas que expresa).
30 pages. Illustrated. Includes notes to discussion leaders. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Nice copy. Book
188 pages including notes. Combines existential interpretation of learning and teaching with the theory of socialization developed by Peter Berger and Thomas Luckmann to raise a number of important questions including: What taken-for-granted cultural assumptions are transmitted in the classroom?; How accurately do curricular materials reflect social and environmental conditions?. "Starting with the understanding of education as a genuine dialigue between teacher and student this book elucidates in direct and vivid prose that combination of 'psychosocial moratorium' for the student and existential maturity of the teacher that is necessary if the hidden human image is to be revealed by education rather than obscured." - Maurice Friedman, author of Touchstones of Reality. Minimal markings. Average wear. Binding intact. Good working copy. Book
15x14. 32p. Fotogr. Ed. Bilingüe en griego e inglés.
88 pages including index. Black and white illustrations. Recaps methods for preserving flowers and lists plant materials most suited to each method. Explains how to set about designing your first simple plaque or picture, the secrets of colour-scheming, selecting a suitable background and the successful combination of different plant materials. Excellent reference. Price-clipped from dust jacket. Light to moderate wear. Clean and unmarked. Nice solid copy. Book
72 pages. Features: Embroidery Through the Ages; Style - The Art of Clothing - the world view of Mary McFadden; Style - The Nontraditional Wearables; Writing, Thinking, and Being in the Arts Today (part II); Death Valley Mining - Gerry Williams travels to where his glaze materials are mined; George Ohr - Clay Prophet; and more. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book
In-4 relié percaline bordeaux, 22 pages, bien complet des échantillons de tissus (simili soie, simili organsin, satin rayonne, damassé, etc). Très bon état.
857 pages. Somewhat above-average wear externally. Unmarked. Binding intact. A sound working copy. Book
456 pages. Frequently illustrated with black and white photographs and line drawings. Topics include: New Dams in the UK; New Marine and Riverside Structures; Loading Tests on Large Bored Piles in Clay; New Zealand House, London; Some New Ecclesiastical Structures; The Economic Design of Members Subjected to Shearing (Ultimate-load Method) - parts I and II; Concrete Structures in Israel; The Principal Post-Tensioning Systems for Prestressed Concrete; Loading Tests on Deep Bored Cylinder Foundations; Precast construction of a training college; Prize-winning Designs for a Motorway Bridge; Research on Concrete Members Reinforced with Deformed Bars; The Inelastic Space Frame - Prestressed Concrete; Concrete Construction at Tinsley Park Steelworks; Construction of Student Hostels; The Counteraction of the Self-weight of Prestressed Concrete Beams; Pressures in Containers of Granular Materials - Parts I and II; Reconstruction of Benghazi Harbour; Model to Determine Temperature Effects on a Cylindrical Structure; A Specification for Concrete; Effects of Oiling and Grouping Prestressed Wires; Continuous Bridges on Elastic Supports; Developments in Foundation Engineering; Progress at Nuclear Power Stations; Removable Wide-slab Construction of a Car-Parking Building; Stresses in Stiffening Beams of Skewed-slab Bridges; A Theory of Bonding - Parts I, II and III; Extensions at Gatwick Airport; Research by the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete; The Design of Concrete Hinges; Installing Pipe-lines by the Thrusting Process; Critical Loads of Plane Frames; Tunnelling Machines for Tube Railways; The Analysis of Stairs with Unsupported Intermediate Landings; The Newark By-pass Road; Special Boundary Conditions in Membrane Shells - Parts I and II; A Multi-Storey Car Park at Leeds; Bridges on the Newark By-Pass Road; Tests on Helical Stairs; Bridges on the Heads of the Valleys Road; Chimney's Constructed with Precast Blocks; New Bridges on the New Motorways - Parts I and II; Practical Analysis of Frames with Beamless Floors; Stiffness Coefficients for Cylindrical Shells; Rapid Construction of a Precast Concrete Building; An Approximating Analysis for Shallow Shells of Translation; Ultimate-Load Analysis of an Edge-Loaded Rectangular Slab Resting on Soil; and more. Prior owner's name in gilt upon front board. Clean and unmarked with light wear. Tightly bound. High quality copy. Book
Library stickers on spine, front inside cover, FEP and back of title page. Library stamps on pageblock, inside covers and some interior pages (but text is not obscured). Excellent, clean, tight, unmarked condition. Ex-Library
52 pages. Printed on glossy stock. Black and white photos, charts, tables, map. Extensive reference list. Contents include: Historical review of pinniped food studies in British Columbia waters; Methods and materials; General habitat description; Distribution, numbers and migratory behaviour; Feeding habits; Effect of seal and sea lion predation upon British Columbia's commercial fishery. Stiff, protective library boards over original card covers. Usual library markings. A sound copy. Book
135 pages. Contains Four papers which describe recent research in the compaction of soils. The second part presents the transcription of a panel discussion in which the members of the panel address four basic questions 1. Why compaction? 2. Why do we test ? 3. How do we test? 4. What do we do with test results? Average bumping to corners of boards but contents clean and bright. Book
20x15. 94p. Sello anterior poseedor. cubierta algo rozada. Láminas.
208 pages including glossary. "Describes clinker and cold-moulded construction methods for sailing, rowing or powered boats up to 20 feet in length. Covers every stage in the process from preparation, tools, materials, plans, keel structure, planking, frames, centreboards and decks to finishing off the hull, masts and oars. Includes specifications for 3 clinker boats which can be built at home by the amateur." - from dust jacket. Book clean and unmarked with minimal wear and some foxing to top edge. Moderate wear to price-clipped dust jacket. Book
44 pages. Dozens of black and white illustrations. Chapters include: Woods and Materials; Mold & Work Board; Boiling Through; Tools & Glue; Bending the Sides; Linings and End Blocks; Assembling the Sides; Jointing Top & Back; Top & Back Construction; Neck Construction; Fretboard; Bridge; Gluing Top and Back; Banding and Purfling; Finishing; Supplement - for folk guitar construction. Average wear. Moderate external soiling. Pencil markings to page three, otherwise unmarked. Binding intact. A sound copy of this excellent guide. Book
A clean, unmarked book. 6 1/2"w x 9"h. 32 pages.
23x21. 170p. Fotogr. R. Beniaminson, A. Ivanov. Intr. O. Gordeieva. Trad. B. Mertz. Enc. Cart. Ed.
numerous figures and tables, minor softening to head and tail of spine, tiny scrape to bottom corner of back cover, pages 99 - 106 detached but intact, otherwise text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout Ex - Library
Reprinted from the Journal "Composites Science and Technology" Vol. 37 Nos 1 - 3. Numerous figures and tables, softening to head and tail of spine, bump and small tear to bottom corner of front cover, chipping to bottom corner of back cover, text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout. Ex - Library
8vo., with 49 plates (one in colour); original printed wrappers, a fine copy.
A little foxing/staining to covers and page edges. No creasing to covers, spine strip missing. Rubbing to lower front corner. 159pp. Engineering and mechanical statistics and tables, techniques, advice on materials and processes,
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, one page corner creased and no bumping to corners. 336pp. Fifth Edition of the classic work which successive generations of students of the built environment have found provides them with a wide-ranging, yet concise, simply explained and well detailed account of building work. .
Very good, clean condition throughout with very few signs of any use or wear. This is an ex-library copy with clear plastic jacket, sticker to spine and sticker/stamping to first few inner pages. Ex-Library
No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, hole-punched for filing and no bumping to corners. 121pp. Techniques and advice on the insulation of building, products to use, the science behind them and practical information on how to insulate.
