Thomas telford (23 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Zustand: very good. Gut/Very good: Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit wenigen Gebrauchsspuren an Einband, Schutzumschlag oder Seiten. / Describes a book or dust jacket that does show some signs of wear on either the binding, dust jacket or pages.

Hardcover. 254 p.; 17.5 cm. Contents [with year of birth - ministerial appointment - death]: Peter Jaco [1729-1754-1781], Duncan Wright [1736-1765-1791], Thomas Hanby [1733-1754-1796], Alexander Mather [1733-1757-1800], John Murlin [1722-1754-1799], George Shadford [1739-1768-1816], Richard Whatcoat [1736-1769-1806], George Story [1738-1762-1818] Good, lt. rubbed and spotted blue cloth, tear at head of spine.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Nec3 Supply Short Contract Guidance Note This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Zustand: Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. .…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 194 pages. 9.75x7.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

No Binding. Zustand: Very Good. A fine original engraving, printed ca. 1890. Mounted and ready to frame. An excellent opportunity to purchase a portrait of this eminent personage.

Slim 4to, 12pp. Original matte green paper wrapper, some slight bruising to corners. Portrait of Thomas Telford at frontispiece. Gift inscription dated 1977 on front fly leaves. A near-fine copy. One of 200 copies.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pale green wrappers. Covers slightly creased and nicked at (yapp) fore-edge, corner of lower cover a little creased. Edition limited to 200 copies; errata slip tipped in. The civil engineer Thomas Telford once published poems as "Eskdale Tam"; this, the last of his known verses, was addressed to a fellow Eskdaleman, Sir John Malcolm, newly returned from India, where he was Governor of Bombay. Halliwell B5.…

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. Wraps. 8vo. pp 11. Original publisher's green wraps, lettered black on the front cover. Limited edition of 200 copies. Slight creasing and fading at spine, otherwise very good.

SOFTCOVER. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4to in colour printed stiff paper wrappers, 32pp text with plates and illustrations in text, 20pp of period engineering and construction related adverts at rear . [CONDITION: Mild foxing to covers else a a well preserved VERY GOOD clean and tight unmarked copy ] . . . We always ship in STRONG PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pale green wrappers. Spine very slightly faded, upper cover slightly creased. Edition limited to 200 copies; errata slip tipped in. Loosely inserted a presentation typed letter signed from Roland A. Paxton to the Edinburgh antiquarian bookseller J.R. Abbey, 1p. 8vo, Edinburgh, 5 October 1979, thanking him for "drawing my attention to the books with Telford's signature in them in the recent sale, I hope that you will accept the enclosed as a memento of the occasion. It has been out of print for sometime now . . ." Roland Arthur Paxton (1932-) was principal engineer, Lothian Regional Council, 1975-84, senior principal engineer, Scotland, 1984-90, and from 1994 an honorary Professor of Civil Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. The civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757-1834) once published poems as "Eskdale Tam"; this, the last of his known verses, was addressed to a fellow Eskdaleman, Sir John Malcolm (1769-1833), newly returned from India, where he was Governor of Bombay. …

Zustand: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.…

Half-Leather. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Published in 1803, this is the First Edition of this important early survey of the Agriculture of Shropshire, looking at the Geology, Mineral Resources, Soils, Climate, Water, Estates and their Management, Farms, Cottages, Rents, Leases, Husbandry, Arable Land, Crops and Crop Rotation, Grasses, Plants, Draining, Cattle, Livestock, Sheep, Poultry, Bees, Fuels, Roads, Markets, Manufacture, Canals, Population, Fairs and More The chapters on Roads and Canals were written by Thomas Telford and are credited thus at end of this section, illustrated with a map of the county and plates, including detailed plans of the Canal inclined plane at Ketley, the Aqueduct at Longden On Tern, the New Iron Bridge crossing the River Severn at Buildwas book measures inches just under 8.5 inches tall, 366 pages. Bound in an old half leather binding. CONDITION The binding is rubbed and worn, cracking to upper joint along its length though binding still holding. Internally pages remain untrimmed, noticeable heavy foxing to a number of pages else in good acceptable condition.…

Hardcover. Zustand: gut. 1984. Piling and Ground Treatment In englischer Sprache. pages.

Cloth. Zustand: VG. 1st. A combined volume of thirteen official reports etc., on various aspect of the roads and bridges of Highland Scotland in the early 19th century, by Thomas Telford and committees and then by the commissioners appointed under the 1802 Act to overseas improvements etc. In detail it contains: Mr Telford's Survey and Report of the Highlands, April 1803 [27pp] Second Report of the Committee on the Survey of the Coasts etc, June 1803 [2pp] Fourth Report from the Committee on the Survey of Coasts etc, June 1803 [19pp] First Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, June 1804 [33pp] Second Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, June 1805 [43pp] with large coloured fold out map of roads in Scotland Report of Select Committee on the Funds arising from forfeited Estates, June 1806 [25pp] Third Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, 1807 [98pp] Memoir relative to Arrowsmith's Map of Scotland, 1807 [32pp], two maps (one - Shetland - missing) Fourth Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, 1809, [67pp] with large fold out map of Scotland Fifth Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, 1811, [67pp] with large fold out map of Scotland Sixth Report of the Commissioners for Highland Roads & Bridges, 1813, [59pp] with large fold out map of Scotland Statement of the origins, extent and repair of Roads in the Highlands, including Military Roads, 1814 [66pp] with coloured road map Also bound in are a couple of related Acts of Parliament. All in VG clean condition, maps undamaged, edges rough cut and little worn on corners. Stamp of Statistical Society of London to first page, dated 1834, no other marks. Modern rebinding in brown cloth boards. A massive source of material for the history of road and bridge construction in the Highlands. Rare - there do not seem to be any copies of this collected work available in public collections.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 2nd Edition. Published in London by J. Taylor in 1820 this is the second edition of this early work on repairing roads by Thomas Telford, book is bound in the scarce original drab boards with paper title label to upper board, 9 inches tall approx., 8pp plus engraved plate, bound in at rear is a 20 page publishers catalogue. cCovers are rubbed at edges, minor loss of paper covering to spine, minor marks else covers in good original condition. Internally a few minor marks else contents in good condition Thomas Telford FRS, FRSE (1757-1834) was a Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason, and road, bridge and canal builder. After establishing himself as an engineer of road and canal projects in Shropshire, he designed numerous infrastructure projects in his native Scotland, as well as harbours and tunnels. …

Zustand: Good. vol. 18, partly bound, minor library markings else text clean & binding tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.…

4pp., foolscap 8vo, on two bifoliums. On aged and worn paper, with slight bloom at head and a little loss to spine from disbinding. The letter (2pp.) begins: 'Now for a twelvemonth the dues collected for the passage of Vessels through the Caledonian Canal have been progressively deposited in the Bank of Scotland at Inverness and Fortwilliam by the Collectors, upon deposit Receipts in the name of Mr Rickman and me.' The receipts amounting to £4200, and 'a certain Sum of Interest' having arisen, he conveys the instructions of the Canal's Commissioners, that a new account be opened in Edinburgh. The letter continues with further details, and is signed 'Ja Hope'. Accompanying the letter and 2pp. long, is a tabulated 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of The Bank of Scotland, sent to the Bank to be placed to the Credit of the Commissioners for the Caledonian Canal', with the first entry dated 23 August 1824, and the last 19 December 1825. This lists 42 deposits made in Inverness and Fort William, with 'Dates', 'Days', 'Interest' and 'Sums'. The interest on the £4200 total is £68 13s 3d. Docketed 'Schedule of Deposit Receipts of the Bank of Scotland | Canal Dues.' Accompanying the document is a manuscript resolution, dated 'Bank of Scotland | 29 Decr 1835': 'The Sum of £4268. 13/3 is placed to Credit of Messrs Rickman & Hope, for Commrs for the Caledonian Canal. In Account with the Bank of Scotland - | A Y p Secy'. Also present are four lines of pencilled accounts.…