Compiled by Tawse & Allan. Pp. 172, frontispiece, plus 24 photographic plates, 9 folding plans or graphs at end (3 printed in blue & black, one in blue, red, & black), 2 full page traffic record tables, appendices; cr. 4to; gilt lettered navy cloth, the boards a trifle canted and... More
Pp. [vi]+50, numerous illustrations (several full or double page, a couple coloured); med. 4to; beige cloth, upper board lettered in white, a trifle sprung and slightly flecked; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges creased and split, with a couple of small chips and several tape repairs on reverse; bookplate of George... More
Pp. 226, frontispiece plus numerous text illustrations (many full page), endpaper diagrams, selected bibliography; square 4to; blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt, edges of boards lightly rubbed; dust wrapper, slightly soiled and worn, the laminate lifting at a couple of points, edges rubbed and creased, with a few small splits... More
The Life and Times of Inventor Frank Hornby. Pp. xvi+288, text illustrations and decorations, notes, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; text block faintly browned; Ebury Press, London, 2002. First edition. *Biography of the inventor of Meccano, the Hornby Trainset, and the Dinky Toy. More
The story of the Forth Bridge [cover title]. Pp. 40, numerous illustrations (mainly black & white); impl. 8vo; pictorial glazed paper wrappers with advertisements on reverse, stapled, faintly soiled, edges a trifle rubbed; Moubray House Press, Edinburgh, 1986. New edition. *First published in 1985. With an unused black & white... More
A Celebration. Pp. 112, 8 coloured plates, black & white text illustrations (some full page), glossary, index; wide post 4to; edges of boards occasionally slightly bruised; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed; edges of leaves faintly foxed; Mainstream Publishing, Edinburgh, 1983. First edition. *With loosely inserted related ephemera. More
Pp. xxviii+224(last blank), frontispiece, text illustrations and maps, glossary, bibliography, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, edges a trifle rubbed; Aberdeen University Press, Aberdeen, 1990. First edition. More
Pp. xiv+290, frontispiece portrait, plus 12 plates, several text figures and maps (some double page), endpaper maps, title page decoration printed in green, appendix, notes, index; med. 8vo; dust wrapper; University of Western Australia, Perth, 1978. First edition. *Irish engineer Charles Yelverton O'Connor (1843- 1902) is best known for his... More
Pp. x+222(last blank), 8 plates; boards slightly canted, with a couple of tiny bruises to bottom edges; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled, edges rubbed and split, with a couple of small chips; the free endpapers faintly offset, edges of leaves lightly foxed; Secker & Warburg, London, 1966. Reprinted. *The story... More
Recollections of Werner von Siemens. Pp. 314, hand-tipped frontispiece portrait, plus 32 plates within pagination, text illustrations, tipped-in facsimiles, double page family tree, lists of important dates & scientific and technical publications, index; small cr. 4to; boards slightly warped, edges a trifle rubbed; dust wrapper, faintly soiled, edges lightly rubbed... More
A book of paintings, poetry and prose. With a Foreword by Sir John Bloomfield. Pp. [viii]+[112], featuring 56 full page coloured illustrations with poem captions, and text on reverse, endpaper map; small oblong 4to; boards a trifle scratched and with a couple of bruises to edges; dust wrapper, slightly scuffed;... More
Reprinted from "The Commonwealth Engineer," December, 1938 and January, 1939.[cover title]. Pp. 20(last blank), text illustrations, 9 plans (3 full page); post 4to; printed paper wrappers, stapled, a trifle soiled (staples rusting) and creased, edges slightly rubbed; light foxing throughout; Tait Publishing, Melbourne & Sydney, n.d.[c.194-]. More
Pp. [x]+114, frontispiece, plus text illustrations (a couple full page), appendix, notes, bibliography, index; pictorial glazed paper wrappers, top fore-corner of lower wrapper slightly creased; several leaves faintly creased at top fore-corner; Mercat Press, Edinburgh, 1994. First edition. *On 28 December 1879, during a fierce storm, a train plunged into... More
New Light on the 1879 Tragedy. Pp. 208, 12 plates, text illustrations (several full page), bibliography, index; fore-corners of boards bruised; dust wrapper, edges a trifle creased; name in ink on upper free endpaper, which is also vertically creased, edges of leaves lightly foxed; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1972... More
With Introduction, descriptive and critical notes by Brother Potamian. [Facsimile edition, two volumes in one]. Pp. viii+504+476(last blank), frontispiece portrait to each volume, text illustrations (several full page), appendix, index; Martino Fine Books,Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. Edition limited to 150 copies. *Originally published in New York by the American Institute... More