THE INTEMPERATE ENGINEER: Isambard Kingdom Brunel in His Own Words.
Pp. 288, 16 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, Surrey, 2010. First edition. More
Pp. 288, 16 plates, text illustrations, index; med. 8vo; black boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, Surrey, 2010. First edition. More
Pp. x+262, frontispiece, plus numerous text figures (several full page), bibliography, index; tall demy 8vo; maroon boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt, head of spine and top fore-corner of lower board a trifle bruised; price-clipped dust wrapper, slightly soiled and foxed, edges rubbed and split, backstrip lightly faded and..... More
Edited by Mary-Lou Jennings and Charles Madge. Pp. xl+376, frontispiece, text illustrations, theme sequences, index; med. 8vo; red boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper, the flaps slightly foxed; book label of David Levine, Sydney, on upper pastedown, top edges of leaves slightly foxed; Andre Deutsch, London, 1985. First edition..... More
Pp. viii+40(last 3 blank); small f'cap 8vo; printed blue paper wrappers, stapled, edges and backstrip lightly faded and rubbed, the upper wrapper faintly creased, with inked initials at top fore-corner and bookseller's sticker below author's name, a couple of tiny splits to top edge of lower wrapper; Sir Isaac Pitman..... More
Foreword by Ernie Wolfe. Cover design Marianne Bland. Pp. 80, frontispiece, text illustrations and maps (some full page), appendix; small post 4to; pictorial stiff paper wrappers, illustrated on both sides; Sunnyland Press, Red Cliffs, Victoria, 1994. Second edition, reprinted. *First published in 1982. The traction engine 'Big Lizzie' featured an..... More
A general reference work on machine shop practice, tool making, forging, pattern making, foundry work, metallurgy, steam boilers and engines, gas producers, gas engines, automobiles, elevators, refrigeration, sheet metal work, mechanical drawing, machine design, etc. . . . In seven volumes, totalling over 2,700 pages, printed in red & black..... More
With a Biographical memoir. Edited by Alfred J. Frost. [Facsimile edition]. Pp. xxviii+564; Martino Fine Books, Mansfield Centre, CT, n.d.[1998]. *Originally published by Spon, in 1880. More
Abridged by the author from the original and larger work. With Portrait and Illustrative Woodcuts. Pp. x+356+4(advertisements), frontispiece portrait, text illustrations and maps (one full page), index; cr. 8vo; dark green textured cloth, spine lettered and decorated in gilt, boards with decorative blind border, the boards slightly soiled and rubbed..... More