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1899ZZ0213Racine Wisconsin: Self Published. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1899. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 254 pp. Illus. Spine ends corners bumped and rubbed. Brown cloth boards gilt lettering on the front board. The 37th revised and enlarged edition. First published in 1895 the author has contunually updated and expanded the information he has gathered pertaining to the operation and care of steam engines and boilers. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall . Self Published hardcover
18909202173R. H. Woodward and Company 1890. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Octavo. Re-bound in orange cloth covers with gilt lettering on backstrip. Bumped corners and scuffed edges. Age toned pages. Tears in some pages. Binding a little loose in places. Ink stain on a page. Backstrip faded. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item600grams ISBN: R. H. Woodward and Company hardcover
189342477NY: The Engineering Record 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1pp. 17 plates 1pp. 17 plates 4ads. Some spotting and darkening to the red cloth with a bit of glue residue on the front small chip to edge of front free endpaper with some light wear to the extremities else a very good example in publisher's beveled boards lettered in gilt. Rear endpaper loose but present. <br/><br/> The Engineering Record hardcover
1878r6211bLondon: Longmans Green & Co. G : in good condition. Covers rubbed and faded. Hinges cracked and weak. 1878. 7th Edition. Black hardback cloth cover. 230mm x 150mm 9" x 6". x 1021pp;. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . Longmans, Green, & Co hardcover
1898133G2864New York: John Wiley & Sons 1898. Book. Good. Hardcover. Revised Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 80 pages plus advertisements. Three fold-outs of figures. Revised edition of the 1890 first edition. Provides designs for steady load snow and wind. Usual library markings. Average wear. Binding intact. A sound vintage copy. Please note that we are offering Part I only. Parts II and III dealing with bridge-trusses and arches are not included. John Wiley & Sons Hardcover
1856839j1923London: George Philip & Son. Poor with No dust jacket as issued. 1856. New Edition. Hardcover. "This work was initially published in 1850 in twelve monthly instalments. Dr. Larrie Ferreiro wrote 'It was the first American book to extensively treat both the practical and theoretical aspects of ship design and construction.' John W. Griffiths 1809 - 1882 was an American naval architect who was influential in his design of clipper ships and his books on ship design and construction. He also designed steamships and war vessels and patented many inventions. Maritime historian William H. Thiesen wrote 'Of all the nineteenth-century American shipbuilders John W. Griffiths did more than any other builder to champion American shipbuilding methods. An experimenter an advocate for formal ship-design education and a working intellectual Griffiths proved to be most remarkable of Americas nineteenth-century shipbuilders. - Wikipedia. 196 3 pages followed by a thick unpaginated compilation of illustrations/graphs of engineering data constituting over 50% of the thickness of the contents. Original gilt-lettered and embossed boards detached but present. Lacking backstrip. Heavy wear and staining particularly to bottom edge of first quarter of the book. Not pretty but an uncommon surviving example of this impressive and historic treatise. 12.6 x 9.8 inches. 4lb. ; Folio . George Philip & Son hardcover
18907080959John Wiley and Sons 1890. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. 8vo. Brown cloth binding with gilt lettering on backstrip. 4 plain stamped bands running continuously across both boards and backstrip. Plain library stamp on front board. Some general shelf wear bumped corners. Internally clean binding firm. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item700grams ISBN: John Wiley and Sons hardcover
1880mon0000016617Amer Soc Mech Engr 1880-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings. Binding is tight light wear text clean. Library rebound the book in black buckram. One of the fold outs is ragged with small nicks and chips to its edges. From the Table of Contents: Regenerating Metallurgic Furnaces; Standard Sizes of Screw Threads; Value of the Study of the Mechanical Theory of Heat; Packing for Piston Rods and Valve Stems; Calorimeter as a Pyrometer for High Temperatures etc. Amer Soc Mech Engr hardcover
1894mon0000015172Amer Soc Mech Engr 1894-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Leather wrapped spine and corner tips. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings and wear. No DJ. Binding is tight text clean. Gift from A.J. Dickie Editor Pacific Marine Review as per bookplate on inside front cover. Articles include: Recent Progress in Manufacture of Steel Castings-Gantt; Crucible Furnace for Burning Petroleum-Crane; Strength of Rim Joints in Fly-Band Wheels-Stanwood; A Curve Delineator-Scheffler; New Form of Prony Brake-Carpenter etc. 1359pp. Amer Soc Mech Engr hardcover
1886mon0000016620Amer Soc Mech Engr 1886-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Leather wrapped spine and corner tips. Rubbing and scuffing to all leather edges. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings. Binding is tight text clean. From the Table of Contents: Basic Bessemer Process; Rapid Transit and Elevated Railroads; Improvement in Ferry Boats; Transmission of Power By Belting; Substituted for Steam etc. 850pp. Amer Soc Mech Engr hardcover
1898mon0000015174Amer Soc Mech Engr 1898-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Leather wrapped spine and corner tips. No DJ. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings and wear. Binding is tight text clean. Gift from A.J. Dickie Editor Pacific Marine Review as per bookplate on inside front cover. Articles include: Valuation of Textile Manufacturing Proerty-Main; Cast Iron under Impact-Keep; Water-purifying Plant-Stillman; Electricity in Cotton Mills-Smith-Whaley; Screw Die for the Turret Lathe-Hartness; Dustless Buildings-Woodbury etc. 1033pp. Amer Soc Mech Engr hardcover
1883mon0000016618Amer Soc Mech Engr 1883-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. No DJ. Ex University of California Berkeley library book with usual library markings. Binding is tight light wear text clean. Library rebound the book in black buckram. Errata slip tipped in. 440pp. Amer Soc Mech Engr hardcover
180802619101055Printed for B Crosby and Co London 1808. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Title on front cover is "The Surveyor's Guide or Treatise on Practical Land Surveying; Being a Complete Introduction to that Useful Art". The book has been re-backed using original printed brown boards and with parts of original spine cover pasted onto replacement spine cover edges are scuffed and bumped. Sound binding darkened end-papers previous owner's name in blue on title-page clean slightly darkened uncut untrimmed pages. Illustrated with many wood engravings. No dust jacket as published. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: under 1 kg. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 02619101055. All our books music and maps are sent by a tracked mail service. Printed for B Crosby and Co hardcover
189022996San Francisco: G. W. Gordon. Very Good. 1890. First Edition. Hardcover. Covers damp damaged at the top of the spine. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 170 pages . G. W. Gordon hardcover
1873EG-577London England: Longmans Green and Co. 1873. Classic comprehensive updated and enlarged text by the renown Irish civil engineer of the mid-nineteenth century presents a detailed study of engineering stress and strain including topics covering mechanical laws; elasticity; flanged girders with braced or continuous webs; transverse strain; girders of various sections; braced girders with parallel flanges and webs formed of isosceles bracing; girders with parallel flanges connected by vertical and diagonal bracing; braced girders with oblique or curved flanges; deflection; continuous girders; quantity of material in braced girders; angle of economy; torsion; strength of hollow cylinders and spheres; crushing and tensile strength of materials; pillars; shearing-strain; elasticity and set; flanges; web; temperature; cross-bracing; counterbracing; deflection and camber; depth of girders and arches; connections; working strain and working load; estimation of girder work; etc. 632 pp. Illustrated with numerous woodcuts by Oldham including 5 full-page & fold-out woodcut plates. Frontispiece is plate 1. Small light stamps to endpapers and a few random stamps to the upper margins of some of the text pages. Small taped section on the back of frontispiece page. Label removal mark on the front endpaper. Spine rebound by prior owner with title label pastedown on spine below a number label. Binding tight. Average shelfwear; moderately rubbed corners including the upper and lower edges. Scarce. Revised & Enlarged Edition. Original Cloth. Good. Illus. by Oldham. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Professional Library. Longmans, Green and Co. Hardcover
18994755408Longmans Green and Co 1899. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Red cloth covers. Backstrip torn. Binding loose. Bumped Corners. Top pages dusty. Several pages including half-title and title page are detached but present. Internal text illustatrions and foldouts are clean. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item1300grams ISBN: Longmans Green and Co hardcover
188936454Ann Arbor: Published by the Society 1889. 1889. MICHIGAN. First edition. Limited to 1500 copies. 9" x 6" pictorial blue wrappers viii 10 120 12 pp. preliminary pages are advertisements programs for 1889-1890 of the Engineering Society faculty and instructors of the Engineering Department members of the Society illustrated portrait figures diagrams calculations advertisements. Portrait of Professor William H. Pettee. Articles on a variety of subjects including stresses in bridge trusses mining tool steel ribbed domes bridge machinery water supply of cities and much more. Small piece of cellophane tape at top of front cover next to the spine interior is clean else a very good copy. Published by the Society, 1889. unknown
1898003691London: George Allen 1898 seventh edition in small form cloth lightly rubbed to joints top edge gilt light foxing and soiling to the prelims light foxing throughout but mainly to the margins xix 444pp all 14 plates present with their tissue guards intact. reprint. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by John Ruskin. 12mo - over 6 - 7 tall. George Allen hardcover
18972888067Horace Marshall and Son 1897. This book has hardback covers. Ex-library With usual stamps and markings In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item250grams ISBN: Horace Marshall and Son hardcover
18283194bLondon: B Steill. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. Split to lower front hinge. 1828. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 191pp 380pp. Numerous b/w engravings in text. Includes Brunel's account of the Thames Tunnel disaster. . B Steill hardcover
18293194bcLondon: B Steill. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Some foxing. 1829. First Edition. Brown hardback half-leather cover with marbled boards. 220mm x 150mm 9" x 6". 287pp 288pp 102pp plates. Numerous b/w engravings in text. . B Steill hardcover
18834751477George Bell and Son 1883. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. 8vo bound in green cloth covers. Gilt lettering on the backstrip. Decorative stamped binding on the covers.The Binding is split with some pages partly attached. Pages are brown with age. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item350grams ISBN: George Bell and Son hardcover
18834954028E & F N Spon 1883. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Internally fair. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item650grams ISBN: E & F N Spon hardcover
186431538Washington DC: Published by the Union Congressional Committee. Printed and Stereotyped by McGill & Witherow 1864. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. Stitched wraps. 16 pages. Tiny pinholes on the left margins. Some of the stitching is missing. Light toning and edge wear. <br /> <br /> This is a Presidential campaign pamphlet for 1864. On page 16 is a list of officials of the Union Executive Congressional Committee and a list of 15 more documents to be circulated. This particular pamphlet attacks General McClellan's hesitancy and indecision not to engage in battle with the Rebels.<br /> <br /> Sabin 3483. Published by the Union Congressional Committee. Printed and Stereotyped by McGill & Witherow unknown
1829002466Fleet Street London : Robert Thurston 1829. A LOVELY volume numerous illustrations including large pullout the second edition published 1829 First was in 1825 900pp E-mail for further details . No. First Edition of This Edition. Half-Leather Cloth Boards. Very Good Faded 'Bits'/No Jacket. Illus. by Illustrated By One Hundred and Fifteen Engravings. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Thick Wide. Large Hardback. Robert Thurston hardcover