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Wade, Jill
Houses for All: The Struggle for Social Housing in Vancouver, 1919-1950
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 248 pages. Contents: Housing and Reform in Pre-Depression Vancouver; "Slum Dwellings": The Housing Problem in the 1930s; Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1930s: The Campaign for Low-Rent Housing; "A Camp Existence"' The Housing Problem in the 1940s; Responding to the Housing Problem in the 1940s: The War on Canada's "Number One Emergency"; Conclusion; Notes; Index.
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Bossert, Helmuth Th.
Decorative Art of Asia and Egypt
Ex-library book with the usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is tight and straight and text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Book has been re-bound by the library in to strong, heavy green cloth boards that show small tears at lower corners, but little else. Interior is very very clean and bright with very heavy paper with sharp corners. The forty 4-color full page plates illustrate approximately 600 examples of ornamental designs from Ancient Egypt, Syria, Turkey, Persia, Bokhara, Samarkand, Chinese Turkestan, Persia, India, Siam, China, Japan; and from those of the Tartars, the Siberian peoples, the Lapps, the Kirghiz, the Turcomans and the peoples of the Pamir plateau. These illustrations cover mainly the peak periods of non-European civilizations, so rich in decorative ornaments.
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Brown, Desoto
Hawaii Recalls Selling Romance to America: Nostalgic Images of the Hawaiian Islands, 1910-1950
A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. 134 pages. Many color illustrations.
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Wade, Nicholas
The Art and Science of Visual Illusions
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 293 pages. "The variety of visual effects manipulated in OpArt are described and profusely illustrated by the author's own designs. The spatial illusions familiar to psychologists are then depicted using a novel technique of superimposing one design, printed on a transparent overlay, on top of another: the lines of the transparency may be distorted in size, shape, or orientation. More complex illusions than have yet been employed in either context are presented in the final section." All 16 transparent plates present; but most have creases around edges.
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Carluccio, L.; Postiglione, F.
L'Arte Grafica In Italia-La Ilte
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 238 pages. Text in Italian. Many color plates, some with gilt. Slight edge wear to dark red library binding.
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Martin, A. G.
Finishing Processes in Printing
Ex-library copy with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 284 pages.
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Yip, Ronald (designer); Hoo, Alex (photographer)
Karma of the Brush: An Exhibition of Contemporary Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy
Clean and unmarked; tight binding. 82 pages. Slight fading on top edge of cover. Photo of table of contents available.
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Kupreianov, Nikolai Nikalaevich [I. Kuprejanov]
I. Kuprejanov [Kupreianov] Prints By
18 plates and a ten page pamphlet. Text in Cyrillic. In a beige cloth covered case with sunning and discoloration to spine, a small tear at bottom of spine, and penciled price on back. Small creases to edge of pamphlet. Prints are in Fine condition and are 26 cm x 29 cm. Number 63 of a limited edition of 500. Kupreianov was a Soviet graphic artist born in 1894, in the Polish People?s Republic; died July 29, 1933, in Moscow. "In 1910, Kupreianov studied in St. Petersburg with A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva and in the workshops of D. N. Kardovskii and K. S. Petrov-Vodkin. He was a member of the Society of Easel Painters and the Four Arts group. From 1922 to 1930 he was a professor at the Moscow Vkhutemas-Vkhutein, and from 1930 to 1933 he taught at the Moscow Institute of Printing. Most of Kupreianov?s early works are wood engravings, such as Armored Cars (1918) and The Cruiser Aurora (1923), imbued with revolutionary romanticism. His drawings of the 1920?s and 1930?s on industrial subjects reflect a keen perception and a sense of the rhythm and joy of labor. Emotional immediacy and an expressive sketch are combined with a precise rendering of objects in the series Railroad Tracks (india ink, 1927, Tret?iakov Gallery) and Fishing Season (watercolor, 1930-31, Tret?iakov Gallery and the A. S. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow). Kupreianov?s landscapes and interiors are marked by rich tonal variations, giving them a strikingly picturesque quality, and by a subtle mood. Kupreianov did the illustrations for Lunacharskii?s Bear?s Wedding (1924), Mayakovsky?s Fairy Tale About Petia, the Fatty, and About Sima, Who Is Much Thinner (1925), Gorky?s The Artamonovs, Mother, and The Town of Okurov (1931), and Fadeev?s The Rout (1932)." from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979).
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Daish, Herbert H.R.; Forrest, John; Sword, Joseph H.
Reed's Machine Drawing for Marine Engineers
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Orange cloth spine and corners with wood-grain printed paper covered boards. Oblong: 12"w x 9 1/2"h. 76 illustrations and plates. This book was created to prepare candidates for the Board of Trade Examinations at the Marine School, South Shields, England. It shows how to illustrate views of particular parts of machinery.
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Dunbar, Chas. S.
Buses, Trolleys & Trams
Impressively clean book in red cloth covers with black sillouette embossed trolly driver depicted on cover. Photo mural endpapers in front of turn-of-century inner city street packed with busses and trollys. Book in in excellent condition in every respect: flawless boards with sharp corners, no edgewear of any kind, 141 pages packed with large b&w & color photos, page block is in excellent condition, no flaws and is clean of marking of any kind. Contents includes: The horse supreme, Mechanical marvels(steam trams, European light railways, compressed-air cars, cable traction etc.) The roaring twenties, The troubled thirties, Fighting for life... etc. Dust jacket has the tiniest of edge wear and shelf scuffing, no tears and is wrapped in protective jacket. In business for 20 years, we provide excellent customer service and ship in appropriate packing material to insure you purchase arrives undamaged.
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Matthews, Doug
How to Create Fantasies and Win Accolades: a Practical Guide to Planning Special Events
Covers show light wear only, Binding is solid, spine is straight, text/interior is clean and neat with no marking of any kind. 256 pages on glossy paper, densely illustrated with color photos. In business for 21 years we provide excellent customer service and ship in padded packing material to ensure you purchase arrives undamaged.
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Trynka, Paul (ed.)
The Electric Guitar
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 160 pages. Large format: 9 3/8"w x 11 1/4"h. Many color photographs. Introduction by Keith Richards.
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The Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors and the Maritime Administration
The Port of Seattle, Washington (Port Series No. 36)
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Re-bound by library in buckram cloth boards. 219 pages. Three fold-out maps. Wear and stains on title page and contents page, otherwise clean and unmarked. This report is a revision of Port Series No. 7, which was published in 1938. This report assembles information about Seattle's port, harbor, channels, anchorages, bridges, piers, wharves, docks, warehouses, and railroads. B&w photos, charts, lists, maps.
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Choko, Marc H.; Jones, David L.
Canadian Pacific Posters, 1883-1963
A clean, unmarked book. Cracked spine, but pages are intact and not loose. 186 pages. Slight edge wear to cover. 9 1/8"w x 12"h. This book illustrates 128 of the Canadian Pacific Railroad silk screened posters.
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Cotten Patrick
Harmony: Yacht Design, Construction and Cruising
Book show light wear to covers only, text/interior are clean and unmarked in any way. Lots of color and b&w photos, construction drawings, detailed construction photos, voyage histories.
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Glasman, J-M; Ruven Feder
French Style of the Golden Years: Graphic Sourcebook Vol. 2 Ladies
A clean, unmarked book. 120 pages. Metal comb binding. Super cool black and white graphics of vintage fifties French advertising.
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Pierrat, Emmanuel
100 images qui ont fait scandale (French Edition)
Book shows light wear at cover edges only. Text/interior is clean, straight, and free of marking of any kind with many color prints, drawings. Text is in french. Previous owner's inscription on front end paper.
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Campanini, Alessandro; Marelli, Angelo
Canzo: Ricordi Attraverso Vecchie Immagini
A clean, unread book with a tight binding. 146 pages. 7 7/8"w x 11 1/8"h. Printed on heavy cream colored paper with bright red cover; in slipcase. A book of postcard images. Text in Italian and English.
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Sloan, John; Sloan, Helen Farr
American Art Nouveau: The Poster Period of John Sloan: A Selection of Hitherto Unpublished Prints and Autobiographical Recollections by the Artist, Collected by Helen Farr Sloan
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Unpaginated. 6 1/8"w x 9 1/4"h. Previous owner's name inside. Decorative endpapers. Twelve color plates; chronology. Limited edition, #838/2500, privately printed by Hammermill Paper Company. Bumped corners.
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Schrag, Karl; Johnson, Una E.
Karl Schrag: A Catalogue RAisonne of the Graphic Works 1939-1970
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 131 pages. 9"w x 9 1/8"h. Orange paper cover, slightly soiled.
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Smyly, Carolyn; Smyly, John
Those Born at Koona: The Totem Poles of the Haida Village Skedans Queen Charlotte Islands
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 120 pages. 8 1/4"w x 10 3/4"h. Many b&w photos and illustrations.
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McLaren, T.A.
Ships of Steel: A British Columbia Shipbuilder's Story
Book is as-new and in excellent condition in every respect with a straight spine, square, solid binding, text/interior is clean, neat and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears. Inscribed by Vickie Jensen "Smooth sailing!" and signed by Malcolm McLaren on half title page. Contents include: INTRODUCTION Steel Shipbuilding in British Columbia CHAPTER I Those Shipbuilding McLarens 26 CHAPTER 2 The Challenge of Wartime Shipbuilding 45 CHAPTER 3 Post-War Downsizing and Adjustment (1946-1948) 69 CHAPTER 4 No Assets, No Overhead: Starting a New Shipyard 83 CHAPTER 5 Building for Remote Areas: The Northern Rivers CHAPTER 6 Landlocked Vessels (t950s-1970s) CHAPTER 7 Building a Saltwater Ferry Fleet CHAPTER 8 Boom Times: Government Subsidies and a New Shipyard Site CHAPTER 9 Tugs and Barges: Workhorses of the Coast CHAPTER 10 The Business of Fish and Fishing Vessels CHAPTER II Ships for Offshore Oil and the Arctic 189 CHAPTER 12 Slow Times. Blueprint endpapers, maps, a great many color and b&w photos, schmatic drawings, a stats section for the boats built at back. Gift quality.
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Woodcock, Sally (ed.)
Big Pictures: Problems and Solutions for Treating Outsize Paintings
Book is in excellent condition in nearly every respect: sraight, very tight, solid binding, with sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Strangely, however, the "Big Pictures" portion of the title on the cover has been very neatly blacked out under a perfeclty cut rectangle of black paper, glued down. Odd. The only other flaw is the lower corner of the cover is chipped, otherwise very clean inside and out. A collection of articles by different authors on the subject. Articles include: Conservation of large miniatures on ivory; The conservation of large-format works of art on paper, The conservation and reinstatement of the Lonsdale Frieze, Mount Stuart, Installation of L'Escargot, by Henri Matisse, Cy Twombly: big pictures in a travelling retrospective, Touring Robert Rauschenberg's 32 ft long painting Barge Gillian McMillan, The problem of the seven foot door, Using Aluminium for a stretcher a practial assessment, The challenges of storing a collection of theatre backcloths, etc. 152 pages with photos, mechanical drawings, tables, charts.
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Jones, John
Wonders of the Stereoscope (Two Volume Set)
Set of two books in Good slipcase. Slipcase shows spots on the light yellow paper-covered box; cloth edges show slight wear, but no tears. The first volume is a 126 page book that surveys the history of the stereoscope from the 1850s to about 1920. Many color photos. The second volume contains a plastic fold-out stereoscope and 48 stereographs (pairs of photographs mounted side by side, for use in the stereoscope). Both are in Very Good conditon with floral printed covers. Books are 9 1/2"w x 10 1/4"h.
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Van Krimpen, Huib
Neugebauer, Scribe of Austria
Covers show light wear only. Book is otherwise in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, , text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Unpaginated. Special catalogue edition. Introduction by Huib Van Krimpen, from The Penrose Review of the Graphic Arts, Color and black and white illustrations.
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Seiler, Burkhardt; McLaren, Malcolm
The Album Cover Art of Punk
Book shows cover, edge, corner wear, text block has a light curl at both top and bottom corners. Binding is solid and square. Text/interior is clean, complete and free of marking of any kind. Approx. 200 cover photos of punk albums; an impressive compilation, all color, 4X layout on the L. hand page with full page on the R. Nevermind the Snakefinger...
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Crimlis, Roger; Turner, Alwyn W.
Cult Rock Posters: Ten Years of Classic Posters from the Glam, Punk and New Wave Era
Book is in excellent condition in every respect. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners. Book shows very light use only. Exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. From 1972 to 1982, rock posters-like rock itself--exploded with power and invention. Part visual history, part visceral history, Cult Rock Posters traces the evolution of pop music, from glam to punk to new wave, during a turbulent decade. These are the posters that inspired a generation--and interviews with rock stars, artists, photographers, and promoters fill in behind-the-scenes details. Author Roger Crimlis, one of Britain's most renowned collectors of rock posters, shares his own favorites, all in raw, torn-from-the-wall format. Adam Ant, David Bowie, Blondie, Marc Bolan, Bow Wow Wow, The Clash, Alice Cooper, Ian Dury, Brian Eno, Brian Ferry, Malcolm McLaren, Iggy Pop, Roxy Music, the Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Patti Smith, the Sex Pistols, X-ray Spex--if they were out there, they are in here. The words "First Published" appear on the publisher's page.
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Massey, Hart
Stephen Harris: Designer, Craftsman
Book is in excellent condition, as new, very stiff, appears unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket has been wrapped in clear protective cover and is in excellent condition in all respects also.
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Pietsch, Theodore W.
A Mermaid in the Tub: A Specimen of MVB Sirenne, The Family of Typefaces by Alan Dague-Greene Inspired By Engraved Letterforms in a Rare Book
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 36 pages. Pictorial cover. 6 1/4"w x 9 1/4"h.
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Caines, Arthur J.; Haycock, Roger F.
Automotive Lubricants Reference Book
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows the slightest signs of shelf wear only, no tears. 706 pages,
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Rhodes, Dick; Hinz, Earl R.
Understanding Sea Anchors and Drogues
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 127 pages. 6 1/8"w x9 1/4"h. Full blue cloth boards. Many illustrations and diagrams in black and white.
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Watson, Jane Werner
The World of Science: Scientists at Work Today in Many Challenging Fields
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 216 pages. 8 1/8" w x 11 1/4" h. A bit musty smelling. Small tears, edge wear, and peeling laminate on price-clipped dust jacket. 265 color photographs and diagrams. Wonderful 1950's ultra-modern graphics in bright colors. "This remarkable book tells the activities of scientists working today in seven major fields: geology, astronomy, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, and engineering. It is not a survey of the history and achievements of science, but rather an exciting look-over-the-shoulder at the men, in laboratories and in the field, who are making tomorrow's world."
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Tufte, Edward R.
Envisioning Information
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 126 pages. Slight edge wear and marks to dust jacket. "Revealed here are design strategies for enhancing the dimensionality and density of portrayals of information -- techniques exemplified in maps, the manuscripts of Galileo, timetables, notation describing dance movements, aerial photographs, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, electrocardiograms, drawings of Caler and Klee, computer visualizations, and a textbook of Euclid's geometry." Later printing.
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Ypma, Herbert J. M.
India Modern: Traditional Forms and Contemporary Design
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 240 pages. Full black cloth boards. 10"w x 11 3/4"h. Slight edge wear. Large full color photographs throughout. "India Modern explores the themes used through the centuries by village craftsmen on Hindu temples, Mogul palaces, and traditional crafts. The author reveals how modern designers are reinterpreting these forms and returning to the indigenous skills of Indian craftsmen and women to produce works that are praised worldwide for their aesthetic quality."
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Huxhold, William E.
An Introduction to Urban Geographic Information Systems (Spatial Information Systems)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 337 pages. Full green cloth boards.
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Lefebvre, Germain
Pellan
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 157 pages. Large format: 9 7/8"w x 12 3/4"h. Full cream-colored cloth boards. In Poor slipcase with several tears. Many full-page b&w and color illustrations.
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Welsch, Roger L
Tall-tale postcards: A Pictorial History
Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked; tight binding. 244 pages. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/4"h. "In Tall-Tale Postcards: A Pictorial History, the full rane of subjects, techniques, and skills of the genre are examined, with the postcards themselves graphically telling the story in the best way possible. The hundreds of postcards reproduced here, selected from a collection of over 2,000 items, illustrate the best and the worst, the earliest and the latest, the rarest and most common of the tradition."
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Burke, Padraic
A History of the Port of Seattle
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owners' names written on dust jacket with edge wear and small tear. Full blue cloth boards. 134 pages. 8 3/8"w x10 3/4"h. Black and white photographs.
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Matthew Kangas; Richard Fairbanks; Aav, Marianne, Parker-Fairbanks, Dixie
Richard Fairbanks: American Potter
Book is in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, with a slight curl to one, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 127 pages, large color and b&w photos, exerpts from artist's Helsinki journal, heavily illustrated.
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No More Fukushima
Like new. Text in English and Japanese. 68 pages. 8 1/4"w x 11 3/4"h. Each page shows four color posters from the Anitnuclear Power Poster Exhibition. Also includes three loose full-page posters advertising the exhibition. One of these posters has a small 1/4" tear.
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Johnston, Keith, P. ; Penninger, Johannes, M. L. (eds.)
Supercritical Fluid Science and Technology (ACS Symposium Series)
Light wear to covers and dust jacket, binding is solid , text/interior is pristine, sharp, clean with previous owner's mark on front end paper. This is the original book, not a cheap "print on demand," half the size with unreadable text. 550 pages of figures, equasions, formulae, graphs, charts, technical drawings. 33 articles from different authors, sections include: Molecular interactions and structure, Phase behavior, Suractants, gels and polymers, Chemical reactions, Rate processes: crystallization, heat , mass transfer, Food, pharmaceutical and environmental applications, Design of commercial plants.
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Dreyfus, John; Erickson, Knut (eds.)
ABC-XYZapf: Fifty years in alphabet design : professional and personal contributions selected for Hermann Zapf
Book is in excellent condition, in deep red cloth covers with gilt print on cover and spine. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes other than a small scuff mark on cover. Text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind with two tipped-in plates full color plate. 251 pages. Text is in German and English with over 40 contributors.
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Nunoo-Quarcoo, Franc
Bruno Monguzzi: A Designer's Perspective: Issues in Cultural Theory 2
Book is brand new and in excellent condition. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 160 pages with many color graphics, plates, posters.
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Typo Lyrics: The Sound of Fonts
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 208 pages. 8 3/4"w x 11 1/8"h. Edited by Slanted magazine -- an experiment in bringing together song texts and typography to create a visual.
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Blodgett, Omer W.
Design of Weldments
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Previous owner's name blocked out in two places. Unpaginated. Full brown cloth boards. Previous owner's embossed stamp. Contents: I, Design Approach; II, Load and Stress Analysis; III, Special Design Conditions; IV, Stationary-Member Design; V, Rotating-Member Design; VI, Joint Design & Production; VII, Reference Design Formulas; and, VIII, Miscellaneous Tables.
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Nice to Meet You: Visual Greeting from Business Cards
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Paperback with clear plastic cover. 350 pages. 6 3/4"w x 8 1/2"h.
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Haill, Catherine
Fun Without Vulgarity: Victorian and Edwardian Popular Entertainment Posters
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Many color illustrations, featuring 80 posters drawn from the vast archive of Victorian and Edwardian advertising materials preserved by the Public Record Office at Kew. 9 3/4"w x 10 7/8"h.
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Sudjic, Deyan, Burdett, Ricky
Living in the Endless City: The Urban Age Project by the London School of Economics and Deutsche Bank's Alfred Herrhausen Society
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Bumped corner and slight edge wear. Tear on dust jacket. 432 pages. Many color photos.
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Anderson, Stanford (ed.)
On Streets: Streets as Elements of Urban Structure (The MIT Press)
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 416 pages. 9 1/2"w x 9 3/8"h. Edge wear to cover and crease on spine. Previous owner's name inside. Many b&w illustrations. "On Streets offers a superbly illustrated study of the history and sociology of streets, their role in urban life, their design and structure, as well as an actual demonstration project."
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Krenn, V; Walter J.Karcheski, Jr.
Imperial Austria: Treasures of Art, Arms & Armor : From the State of Syria
A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full black cloth boards. Slight edge wear to dust jacket. 8 5/8"w x 11 5/8"h. 134 pages. Many color photos.
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