buchanan robert angus (8 Ergebnisse)

Illus (illustrator). Reprint. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 96 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm. Subjects:Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859. Docks England Bristol History. Railroads England Bristol History.Steamboats England Bristol History. Waterworks England Bristol History. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Very good paperback copy. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dust-toned and rubbed as with age. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 96 p. : ill., facsims., map, ports. ; 25 cm. Subject; Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: (294 pages). Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: An age of revolutions -- Apprenticeship -- Castles in the sky -- Bristol -- The great western railway -- Overseas projects -- Disasters -- The great ship -- Other significant works -- The professional man -- Politics and society -- Victorian family man -- The heroic age of British engineering. Subjects: Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom Studies. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 112 pages of illustrations (1 color), coat of arms, facsimile, maps 25 cm. Subjects: Bristol, Gloucestershire. Bristol (England) Economic conditions; Pictorial works. 3 Kg.

First Edition. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: xxiv, 294 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Contents: An age of revolutions -- Apprenticeship -- Castles in the sky -- Bristol -- The great western railway -- Overseas projects -- Disasters -- The great ship -- Other significant works -- The professional man -- Politics and society -- Victorian family man -- The heroic age of British engineering. Subjects: Civil engineers Great Britain; Biography. Brunel, Isambard Kingdom 1806-1859. Engineering: English history 3 Kg.

Gebundene Ausgabe. Zustand: Gut. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 480.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; Series; The Industrial archaeology of the British Isles. Physical description; 335 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm. Bibliography: p. 301-306. Subjects; Industrial archaeology - Bristol. 3 Kg.

Single Issue Magazine. Zustand: Good. Sutcliffe, Norman; Prater, E.; Nicolson, W.C.; Skelton, J.R.; Crombie, Charles; Vedder, S.H.; Wood, Stanley L.; De Walton, John; Prater, E.; Robinson, T.H.; Tennant, Dudley (illustrator). First Edition. Profusely illustrated with black and white photos and illustrations. Features: "Mad Mike" - Part I - The adventures of a well-known South Seas character, including his romantic connection with the beautiful half-caste Laumona; The Forest Dwellers of Arabuko - Photo-illustrated article on the shy and elusive East African Sanya race; My Wife's Double - told by Sidney Fitzgerald, now chief engineer with a firm in Portuguese East Africa; In Quest of the Unknown - Part I - F.A. Mitchell-Hedges meets the strange islanders of the San Blas Archipelago and the mysterious Chucunaque - illustrated with photos; My Chinese Crystal - This story of events surrounding an ancient crystal, believed to be stolen from a Chinese temple, will keenly interest students of the occult; The Very Keen Man - How an energetic Central African Native Commissioner conceived a Great Scheme - and what happened to it; The Great Pay-Train Hold-Up - For several years the police of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania were at their wit's end to deal with an epidemic of pay-roll robberies; The Big-Game Trapper - R.D.S. describes some thrilling experiences encountered by well-known trappers; Through Savage Europe - Part III - Richard Carline describes his holiday painting tour through Serbia, Bosnia, and Montenegro - with photos; "Down Texas Way" - The wife of a Texas rancher tells the tale of three high-spirited youngsters, a desperate gang of escaped convicts, a night alarm, and a mysterious disappearance; Across the Great Sahara - Part IV - The story of a wonderful exploit - a camel-back journey from south to north through the Sahara - with photos; Donnelly's Luck - An old prospector strikes it rich, only to fall into the hands of rascally claim-jumpers; Twenty-Three Hours of Horror - A young fireman, Clermont Lafayette Staden, falls overboard from the American oil-tank steamer Fred W. Weller in the shark-infested waters of the Pacific; and more. 88 pages plus 16 pages of nostalgic ads. Nibbling to backstrip, otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy of this great vintage issue.