willcocks sir william (15 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fair. 2nd Edition. 8vo, 100pp, folding plates, front cover chipped and detached, rear cover missing , contents have some pencil annotations but are good , a good ref/reading copy. Book.

Zustand: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. A good condition hardcover book. Contains an 'Orotava Library' stamp on the front pastedown but shows no other signs of library ownership. Rubbing to the book edges. Foxing throughout, otherwise the pages are decently clean and sturdy with good unfaded print.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. This is a Very Good Copy of this Book in red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and the upper cover.This copy has been inscribed by the Author on the Title Page and it reads '' with the author's compliments 24/4/05 '' The binding of the book remains firm with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine.Illustrated with 21 folding plates.Contents remain clwean internally.The outer boards have a little sun fading around it';s extremities.4to 225pp including index and appendices. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. None (illustrator). First edition. A very scarce discussion of water storage and drainage in Egypt under the British Empire, addressed to a Minister of Public Works whom the author feels is misunderstanding the irrigation needs of the area. The work of irrigation engineer Sir William Willcocks, a British civil engineer during the high point of the British Empire who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, a gravity masonry buttress on the Nile River. This was published three months before Willcocks' death, and, addressed to 'His Excellency The Minister of Public Works', discusses water storage and drainage in Egypt under British colonial rule, in the region of the Wadi El Rayan, a vast area of lakes and sulphur springs.From the library of Frederic Newhouse (1883-1969), sometime inspector-general of Egyptian irrigation in the Sudan, and with his contemporary inscription to the head of the front wraps, dated 1932. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Wraps age toned to perimeters due to paper type, with contemporary inscription to head of front wrap. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Very Good. book.

8vo. pp [viii], 338, [1]. Publisher's blue cloth with gilt lettering at front and spine. Black and white illustrated frontispiece. Foxing at the page edge, occasionally reaching the surface of the page, previous owner's brief presentation inscription at first endpaper and shelfwear and corner's of boards and spine. Overall good condition.

Zustand: Good. Second edition. 26 cm; xii, 35 pages, folding frontispiece and 12 folding plates. Bound in original red cloth. Ex library, with library bookplate and ink stamp on verso of plates. Sound and entire.

First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covered boards, blocked and lettered gilt back and front. 8vo. 8½'' x 5½''. Contains portrait frontispiece, (viii), 338 pp. Sir William Willcocks was an irrigation engineer who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, the scale of which had never been attempted previously. He later undertook other major irrigation projects in South Africa and in Arab regions of the dying Ottoman Empire. Top front corner squashed, light foxing to the closed text block edges and in Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. NORTH AFRICA [Egypt].

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 26 cm; 225 pages and 21 plates, some folding. Bound in original red cloth stamped in gilt. A little dusty, especially on upper board, but very good condition overall. Bookplate of George A. Orrok.

Hardcover. Zustand: Used: Very Good. First and only Edition. A beautiful book, small quarto. Textured red linen boards with black and gold lettering and design on front board. Heavy textured midnight green endpapers. 7 small white call numbers in upper corner of front board. Perforated title page, otherwise no marks. This is from the great midwestern reference library: The Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, MN>.

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint in the Smithsonian's original printed wraps with separate title page (not a disbound article) 16 x 25cm. 16pp (401-416) + 4 Plates (containing 7 b/w photos) + colour folding map of the Tigris Euphrates Delta 35 x 30cm as called for. Covers very good, creased to the edges. Text pages near fine, lightly tanned, uncut to the top edges. The plates only are damp stained to their fore-edge suggesting this occurred before binding. The map is neatly folded with some creasing. This contains Willcocks' presentation to the Royal Geographical Society in London on 15 November 1909, reprinted with permission from the Geographical Journal (Vol 35, No.1, Jan 1910). Willcocks had been appointed by the new Turkish Government to engage engineers and survey and level the rivers and canals of the Tigris-Euphrates Delta, and devise projects for the rehabilitation of the country. Willcocks' descriptions include historical context. The photos are of Ctesiphon, Babylon, Baghdad, Basra Creek, and "unirrigated Mesopotamia".

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of this uncommon work by Sir William Willcocks, a British civil engineer during the peak of the British empire. An irrigation engineer, Willcocks proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, which is the subject of this work. With five folding plates. Collated, complete. Multi-lingual, with the initial work in English followed by a French translation and an Arabic Translation. This work discusses Willcocks' decision to build the first Aswan Dam, a gravity masonry buttress on the Nile River. Nothing of this scale had been attempted let alone built before this, and at the time of completion it was the largest masonry dam in the world. It was also the first true storage reservoir on the river. Willcocks originally delivered this work as a lecture at a meeting of the Khedivial Geographical Society, Cairo on the 16th January 1904. In the publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart with bumping to the extremities and to the head and tail of spine. Light rubbing to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Stamp to the recto of front endpaper and to the title page, R and R Limited. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are slightly age toned to edges. Just the odd spots. Very Good Indeed. book.

orig. cloth. 46 plates. (illustrator). 26x18cm, xxvii,485 pp., Original decorated cloth. Weighs 1950 grams. A small tear to spine. Some spine buckling. Some of the folding plates have tears. Includes 46 diagram & map plates, many folding. With an introduction by Major Hanbury Brown. Contents: Egypt;The Nile; Basin Irrigation in Upper Egypt; Perennial Irrigation in Upper Egypt; Perennial Irrigation in Lower Egypt; Egypt by Provinces; Drainage & Land Reclamation; The Barrages; The Nile in Flood; Engineering Details; Duty of Water and Agricultural; Administrative & Legal; Reservoirs; Appendices. Binding corners bumped. Rubbed. Rear interior hinge crack. Good., 2nd edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Original red cloth with gilt titling and black decoration, text in English, French and Arabic, illustrated with pull-out plans, presented by the author to W N Twelvetrees, later President of the Society of Engineers, and formed part of his bequest to the Society. White accession number on foot of spine. A rare title.