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.

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: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Stated First Edition.. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1950. Stated First Edition. Very Good+/No Dust jacket. First Edition, accompanied by original typed manuscript with graphs and drawings. BOOK: "First Edition" stated on title page. Clean dark green cloth boards with gold lettering on spine. No bumping or wear. Binding is tight, no cracking. Pages and edges are clean, with previous owner name and address in light pencil on front free endpaper. 606 pages with index. Manuscript is gathered in black notebook, dated August 1947 on title page. 180 pages on 8-1/2" x 11" typewritten sheets with drawings and graphs. All pages clean..

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.

Chicago: The Author, 1911. Presentation Copy, inscribed at title page -"Given to you by the son of the author ( see page 4)" and with the name stamp of Henry G.K. Tyrrell at title page. Very Good, rebound in later green cloth boards, paper label at spine, front hinge cracked and holding nicely, rear hinge just starting. Profusely illustrated with 328 illustrations, 478, (2) pp. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Tall 8vo. Presentation Copy.

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.

NY: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1941. 2 Volume set. Third Edition. Published NY: John Wiley & Sons, 1941. Thick 8vo's., profusely illustrated with tables, charts and reproductions. Limp burgundy leatherette with rounded corners and gilt titles. Previous owner name on fly leaf, near fine, clean, attractive set. Unworn. . Hard. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo.

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.

Silverton, CO: Sundance Books, 1977. 3 vols. Hardcover. Very Good. 3 volume set:
Volume I - Old South Park - Denver to Leadville
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Covers show moderate shelf and handling wear with rubbing and denting to all corners and edges, as well as overall abrasion.
Volume II - Old South Park - Across the Great Divide
Interior is clean and bright; binding is tight. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Envelope attached inside rear cover contains facsimile of Georgetown Courier and a Station Map.
Volume III - Georgetown - Mining - Colorado Central Railroad
Interior is clean and bright; rear pastedown and flyleaf show age-toning and light foxing. Cover is in protective mylar which shows minor shelf and handling wear. Edges of binding are cracked and torn. Fore-edges are foxed. Map of Colorado Showing All Railroads is tucked into rear mylar sleeve.
Photo is of the set here at Barbed Wire Books.

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.