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
including steam generators, reciprocating steam engines, steam turbines and internal combustion engines. A text-book for engineers and students. Pp. xiv+724, coloured frontispiece, numerous text figures (some full page), appendices, index; blue cloth, spine lettered in silver, edges rubbed and slightly bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, lightly soiled and worn, edges torn;..... 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 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. 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
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
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
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
The bridge of fools. Pp. 320, 32 plates, appendix, glossary, bibliography, index; med. 8vo; bottom fore-corner of lower board faintly bruised; dust wrapper; edges of leaves a trifle soiled; David & Charles, Newton Abbot, 1979. First edition. *'Describes the building of the bridge itself, its maintenance and its collapse not..... More
Reprinted from "Engineering," February 28, 1890. Third edition, revised, with appendix. Pp. 72, plus 19 plates (many double page), plus text illustrations; small cr. folio; limp navy cloth, printed and ruled in gilt & blind, the spine worn and with several splits, and small loss at head and foot, edges..... 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