haslett caroline (6 Ergebnisse)

HardBack. Zustand: Very Good. 416pp. In v good condition. Small inscription on front end paper. No d/j.

Hardback, 221mm x 144mm black cloth boards, gilt titles, first edition, 240+pp. plus index, Black and white illustrations. Photographic illustrations. Good/NoWrapper. Book has been well read. Spine and boards generally bumped, some light staining, boards bowed outward, spine faded. Block edges grubby but pages (and plates) clean, binding good. Owner sticker on inner front board. Biography of an pioneer in the science and business of electricity, written mostly by his widow, with a Foreword by Haslett. Catalogue: Science. Keywords: Ferranti, industry, electricity.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. 4th Edition. Hardback book in good condition, 4th edition, 1945. Original dust jacket, with price unclipped. Small ink inscription on front endpaper of previous owner's name. No additional inscriptions, stamps or pen markings inside. Covers are worn and have some creases as well as chips at edges, see photos. Pages are lightly tanned with age. Pages remain firmly bound.

First edition in publisher's original stapled colour illustrated stiff card wrap covers [soft back]. 8vo. 7'' x 5''. Contains 32 (+ covers) printed pages of text, priced 1/6 to the front cover. In Very Good clean condition, no dust wrapper as issued. We currently hold in stock four other countries from this kitchen series. Member of the P.B.F.A. NETHERLANDS (Holland).

Première édition en anglais de la biographie de Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti, l'inventeur de l'alternateur.Envoi autographe des auteurs en page de garde.Nombreuses planches hors texte.

First edition; 8vo; photographic frontispiece and 19 plates of which 15 are double-sided, folding map, numerous diagrams and illustrations within the text, old tape residue to the free endpapers, spotting to the top edge of the text block and slightly to the fore-edge, short closed tear and associated creasing at the edge of the map; original blue cloth, titles to spine and EWA roundel to upper board in silver, boards slightly bowed, spine very slightly faded and rolled, a very good copy in the rubbed, creased, and dulled jacket with some small chips and short closed tears; 416pp. The rare first edition, first impression, in the uncommon and stylish dust jacket by famed Art Deco illustrator Bip Pares. The Electrical Handbook for Women was the 'cornerstone publication' of the Electrical Association for Women, which was founded in 1924 by engineer Caroline Haslett and other members of the Women's Engineering Society, 'in part to encourage the use of electricity in the home' (Oxford Dictionary of National Bibliography). The contents are well-illustrated and include sections on the general principles of electrical technology, legal and regulatory issues, and technical details of applications like lighting, heating, cooking, and laundry. Though edited by Haslett, the book's main author was electrical engineer Margaret Partridge (1891-1967), who began her career as a munitions worker during the First World War, then founded her own firm, M. Partridge & Co., Domestic Engineers. 'The new company focused on providing lighting and electric power for farm and country houses. In 1922 she put on an exhibition of electric models and machines in Exeter, including a range of labour-saving devices aimed at women in the home. It was predicted that her exhibition would "stir up the women of Exeter to demand the installation of electricity"' (The Woman Engineer, col. 1, no. 17, 1923). At the completion of her first rural electrification scheme in Brampton in 1926 she wrote to Haslett, 'My dear, for sheer exciting experience give me a town to light' (ODNB).