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Zustand: Fair. 1912. No Edition Remarks. 159 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth with decorations. Black and white photographic plates throughout. Slight cracking to hinges, with exposed netting, pages remain attached. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Previous owner's inscription and stamp to front pastedown and endpaper. Some pages uncut throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Slight crushing to spine ends.

Zustand: Good. First Edition. G : in Good condition without dust jacket. Cover rubbed. Frontis missing. 250mm x 170mm (10" x 7"). xi, 243pp. Olive green art-deco hardback cloth cover.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. First Edition. Lacks frontis, however a sound copy of this substantial work on engineering projects of the mid 19th century. Blue cloth boards are heavily spotted but internally the volume is in very good condition with 2 page-spread technical ullustrations. Illustrated areas covered include London sewage and waterworks, Thames Embankment works relating to steamboat piers.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Sehr gut. Zustand: Sehr gut | Seiten: 452 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

Zustand: Hervorragend. Zustand: Hervorragend | Seiten: 450 | Sprache: Englisch | Produktart: Bücher | Keine Beschreibung verfügbar.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 357 pages. 9.00x6.00x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. Photographic portrait frontispiece of J Hawkshaw. Front board missing, spine missing rear board detached. 57pp & 36 plates. Previous owner has done art work on the rear of four of the early plates. Bored & Bizarre behaviour. Stuck in the Jungle with a naked lady it appears. Book.

Zustand: New.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Finely bound, Some light foxing to pages, Binding firm, Light wear to edges, Marbled edges and endpapers. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK WITHIN 48 HOURS ( BOOKS ORDERED OVER THE WEEKEND DISPATCHED ON MONDAY) ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.

Zustand: New.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. None stated (illustrator). First edition. The first edition of William Humber's engineering annual for the year 1865, a fantastic study on developments of engineering in the nineteenth century, with many fantastic engineering illustrations. The first edition of this annual for the year 1865. The works were published from 1863 to 1866.Illustrated with a monochrome mounted portrait frontispiece, monochrome vignettes, and forty monochrome plates, including folding plates. Collated, complete.A fantastic annual publication by William Humber, documenting developments in engineering in the late nineteenth century, and other news in engineering. This volume of the annual discusses the constructions of harbours and ports, improved systems of fortifications, the history of drainage and sewerage in London and much more. The work is accompanied by many fantastic diagrams and illustrations.A scarce volume from this series of annual engineering publications.'Bradford' library copy with the usual stamps. In the publisher's original cloth. Externally very smart with minimal edge wear and marks to the boards. Library location to the tail of the spine. 'Bradford Library' stamps to the endpapers and to the odd page to the front. Internally firmly bound with minimal age toning and the odd minor handling mark and spot. Very Good. book.

Zustand: Very Good. First edition. Hardback. Quarto. 54pp. Fading to cloth otherwise very good indeed. Ink name to endpaper. No dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. . 1912, 8 volume set, green decorated boards, gilt titles, feint scattered foxing to prelims m& occasional in text, with plates, no markings, bindings tight, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First edition. A complete eight volume practical treatise on the railway administration and economics, intended as an educational medium for those connected with railway organisations. With art-deco boards, frontispieces, and various illustrations. First Edition, complete eight volume set.In the original cloth binding with art-deco decoration.Illustrated with frontispieces, a range of illustrated plates, some folded, as well as in-text illustrations to each volume.This is a practical treatise on railway administration and economics, written at the turn of the twentieth century written from 1912 and 1914. It was intended as a work of reference for individuals within the industry, while also providing a key history of the railway and their companies.The book is divided into five main sections, those being the history of the railway, the works of the railway, general mechanical engineering, economic questions, and foreign railways.Vol I includes 'The History, Constitution, and Management of Railways', with five black-and-white plates as well as in-text illustrations.Vol II continues 'The History, Constitution, and Management of Railways', followed by 'The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Railway Works'. Includes five black-and-white plates.Vol III continues 'The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Railway Works', with five black-and-white plates, one of which is folded.Vol IV continues 'The Design, Construction, and Maintenance of Railway Works', as well as 'Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineering'. With fifteen black-and-white plates, two of which are folded.Vol V continues 'Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineering', with ten black-and-white plates, five of which are folded.Vol VI continues 'Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineering', with fourteen black-and-white plates, one of which is folded.Vol VII continues 'Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineering', as well as 'Railway Economics'. Colour frontispiece and five plates, three of which are coloured and four of which are folded.Vol VIII continues 'Railway Economics' and finishes with 'Indian, Foreign, and Colonial Railways'. Includes nineteen plates, one which is in colour, including a fold-out table.Written by various contributors, such as Frederick M'Dermott, editor of 'The Railway News', and E. C. Mileham.Edited by John Macaulay, General Manager to the Alexandra Docks and Railway, as well as Cyril Hall.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, smart. A few marks to boards with minimal edge wear to extremities. Light bumping and fading to head and tail of spine, with fading primarily to raised bands of joints. Front board to Vol VII is particularly faded. Bumping to corner of rear board to Vol III. Light spotting to text block. Front hinge starting to Vol III and IV. Front hinge is strained to Vol VII. A bit of offsetting to endpapers. Internally, firmly bound, with binding loosening a bit more towards the middle of some volumes, particularly Vol VII. Pages are bright throughout, with the odd spot particularly to the first and last few pages of text. Frontispiece has detached from binding in Vol VI and Vol VII. Plate between pages 82 and 83 of Vol I is also detached from binding. Very Good. book.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware.

1st edition. All illustrations present. Some foxing; slight brown tinge to some pages; bindings tight; spines bumped at head & foot, with wear to cloth; small dent in bottom edge of front board of vol.2; edge of colour frontis of vol.7 worn; string-mark at top & bottom edge of front board of vol.8, with repaired split in cloth at head to spine front joint; gilt on spines dull. This is a very heavy set (about 10kgs packed); additional postage may be required Used - Good. Good hardbacks in decorated olive-green cloth Used - Good. Good hardbacks in decorated olive-green cloth.

Folio. 3 Bl., 57 S. Mit 1 Titelporträt, einigen Textfiguren u. 36 (davon 35 doppelbatt-gr. bzw. mehrf. gefalteten) lithogr. Tafeln. Hldrbd d. Zeit (beschabt u. bestoßen, Schnitt tintenfleckig, anfangs fingerfleckig, Stempel auf Titel). Beispiele hervorragender Ingenieurleistungen: die Victoria Station der London-Brighton and South Coast Railway sowie der London-Chatham-Dover and Great Western Railway in London-Pimlico, die Eisenbahnbrücke über die Themse in London-Battersea, die Hängebrücke über die Themse in London-Lambeth, die Hängebrücke über den Avon in Clifton, eine Station und Röhren der Metropolitan Underground Railway u.a. Einleitend eine Lebensbeschreibung von John Hawkshaw, dem Konstrukteur der Brücke über den Avon, mit einer Original-Photographie als Frontispiz (photographed by Cundall Downes & Co.). Bis 1868 veröffentlichte William Humber noch drei weitere Bände. Sprache: Englisch.