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Dobson, E.
Foundations and Concrete Works Circa 1850: A Rudimentary Treatise
Hardcover. Several marks and slight fading on dust jacket. Minor wear on jacket spine ends and leading corners. Light bump on lower edge of front board. Head of page block is foxed. Contents are clear throughout. AF Used
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Straschill, Max
Modern Practice in the Pickling of Metals and Related Processes
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Ex-library. Trasnlated with some additions by the staff of 'Electroplating and Metal Finishing'. Translation series no. 7. 196 pp. Hardcover is marked. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped, worn and nicked. Correction fluid on spine. Labels on spine foot, front pastedown and FEP. Stamps on page block and FEP. Page block and pages are tanned. Stamp and pen on copyright page. Spine is cocked but binding remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Brothers, W. H. (ed.)
Transactions of the British Association of Waterworks Engineers. Vol. I. 1896.
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Xxiii, 240 pages. Includes fold-out plans. Boards and spine are marked, faded and worn. Leading corners, front lower edge and spine ends are bumped and nicked. Page block and pages are marked. Previous owner's details penned on contents page. Light creases throughout pages. Spine is cocked. Binding is visible between some pages. A few pages are detached but present. Contents remain clear throughout. HCW Used
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Mattison, Thomas
The Coach-Body Makers' Guide: A Practical Treatise on Coach-Body Making, For Apprentices, Volume One: Text
Hardcover in acceptable condition. Ex-library. Library binding. Volume one, text only. Second edition, with information on hanging of doors added by author. Boards are slightly bent. Leading corners, lower edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Label remains on FEP. Title page (or original front cover) is torn and reinforced on edges with tape. Pen and stamps on title page. Pages are marked, tanned and creased. Stamps throughout pages. Text is clear throughout. Binding is sound. HCW Used
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Aurand, C. Douglas
Fountains and Pools: Construction Guidelines and Specifications
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly scored, worn and bumped. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Page block head is lightly foxed. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Cook, John Philip
Construction Sealants and Adhesives
Hardcover in good condition. Ex-library from Aston University. The plastic protected jacket is lightly marked and edgeworn. Stamps on the marked page block and at a few points inside. Labels on jacket spine foot, FEP and partially stuck to the front flap. Slight nick on half title page. Tanning on the pastedowns and endpapers. The binding is sound with clear content. CM Used
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Barnes, Alfred A.
Hydraulic Flow Reviewed: A Book of Reference of Standard Experiments on Pipes, Channels, Notches, Weirs and Circular Orifices, together with New Formulae relating thereto
with frontispiece, 11 folding plates and 12 tables, softening to head and tail of spine, dust stain to top of page block, mild age spotting to FEP and BEP, text clean and tight Used
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Brooks, W.H.
Strength and Elasticity of Materials: Solutions to Examination Questions of the University of London: Volume III
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Volume three. Part two (internal) B. Sc. (Engineering) Papers I and II, (1940-1950). Ex-library. The hardcover is lightly worn with faded text on the spine; the spine is sunned with nicked and frayed ends. Minor marks on the page block and a few pages. Labels on the pastedowns; residue on BEP; pen on the copyright page and rear pastedown. Two or three stamps. The binding is sound with clear content. CM Used
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Hobson, Arthur H. G.
The Amateur Mechanic's Practical Handbook: Describing the Different Tools Required in the Workshop, the Uses of Them, and How to Use Them
Hardcover (no jacket). Exterior worn at edges; bumped at corners; worn, torn and bumped at spine ends. Page block is tanned. Binding is slightly weak at one or two points within; all pages remain intact. A little foxing within, with slightly sunned page edges; all text and figures are clear. TS Used
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Pressure Systems: Operations and Risk Management (IMechE Conference Transactions)
Hardcover. No jacket. Ex-library. Published for an international conference organized by the Pressure Systems Group of IMechE, 24th to 25th October 1995. Spine head is bumped and nicked. Labels on spine foot and front pastedown. Stamps and marks on page block and some pages. Label residue and pen on FEP and copyright page. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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North, B.H (ed.)
Light Transit Systems : Proceedings of the Symposium on the Potential of Light Transit Systems in British Cities, Nottingham, England, March 14-15, 1990
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Ex-library. Edgeworn boards and spine. Sticker to spine, plate on FEP. Stamps on page block and at one or two points inside. Pages clean, bright and tight. Used
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Bayliss, D. (ed.)
Orbital Motorways
Ex-library. No jacket. Edgeworn boards and spine. Sticker to spine, labels on FEP. Stamps on the page block and at one or two points inside. Minor pen on half title and copyright page. Pages clean, bright and tight. Used
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Lavergne, Michel
Seismic Methods
Hardcover (no jacket) with slightly sunned spine; one or two minor marks and instances of light wear to exterior. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Content is clear throughout. TS Used
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Stepan Lucyszyn
Advanced RF MEMS (The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series)
Very Good Hardcover. Bumps on the bottom of the spine. Used
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Roland Borghi; Fabien Anselmet
Turbulent Multiphase Flows with Heat and Mass Transfer (Fluid Mechanics)
Very Good Hardcover. Gift note on FEP To Bill and signed by one of the authors F Anselmet. Bump on the bottom of the spine and front board. Leading corners on the boards are bumped. Used
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Charlton, T.M.
Model Analysis of Structures
Hardcover in good condition. Foreword by Professor J.A.L. Matheson. Jacket is tanned, marked and worn with a few nicks to the edges; repaired cut along the front leading edge. Bumps and wear to the hardcover spine ends. Name of previous owner penned on the front pastedown. The binding is sound and all content is clear. CM Used
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Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Special Edition (2 Volumes in Slipcase)
Hardcovers (no jackets as issued); two volumes in a slipcase; 'Team: The People Who Built the Channel Tunnel Rail Link' (9781858943978) and 'Work: The Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link' (9781858943985). Special edition, both in very good condition. Lightest of edgewear to the slipcase. CM Used
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Law, Margaret
Some Selected Papers: Engineering Fire Safety
Paperback in very good condition. The cover is a little worn (most notably on the spine sides) and has a few faint scratches. A few light marks on the page block. Interior excellent with clean and sound pages. CM Used
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Lundgren, H.
Cylindrical Shells: Volume I: Cylindrical Roofs
Hardcover (no jacket) in good condition. Previously owned by Jorgen Nissen; his name penned on the FEP. Volume one. Second printing, 1951. The hardcover is faded and worn, most notably on the spine which is also a little cocked. Some instances of minor crayon marks on the pages - all text remains legible. The binding is sound. CM Used
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Walker, Thomas A.
The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties, 1872 - 1887
Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Third edition, with five portraits on steel and more than forty sketches and plans. Introductory note by Sir John Hawkshaw and conclusion by Henry Lambert. Boards and spine are lightly marked and tanned. Leading corners, edges and spine are lightly bumped and worn. Text on spine is partially faded. Page block and rough-cut pages are lightly marked and tanned. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Binding is exposed between a few pages. Spine is slightly cocked but binding remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Bayley, Stephen; Davies, Peter
Channel Tunnel Rail Link: Special Edition (2 Volumes in Slipcase)
Hardcovers wtih slipcase in very good condition. No jackets. Two volumes: 'Team: The People who Built The Channel Tunnel Rail Link' (2007, 9781858943978) and 'Work: The Building of The Channel Tunnel Rail Link' (2008, 9781858943985). Slipcase and 'Team' boards are lightly marked and worn. Pages are clean and contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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MacLeod, I. A.; Wilson, G.
Structural Engineering in Scotland: A Review of Developments, 1931 - 1981
Hardcover with jacket in very good condition. Jacket is lightly worn and scored. Hardcover spine ends are bumped. Pages are clean and text is clear throughout. HCW Used
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Rice-Oxley, F. B. (ed.)
Quin's Metal Handbook and Statistics 1945
Hardcover in acceptable condition. No jacket. Boards are marked and creased. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are bumped and worn. Page block and pages are marked and tanned. Pastedown hinges are partially split but binding remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW Used
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Morris, Lewis
Plans in St. George's Channel - 1748
Hardcover (no jacket) in very good condition. A few minor marks and signs of wear to the exterior. Foxing and tanning on the page block. Pages are clean and sound; all content is clear. CM Used
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Bowen, Robert
Grouting in Engineering Practice: Second Edition
Hardcover in good condition. Second edition, 1981. The jacket is a little edgeworn with a small tear on the front lower leading corner. One or two faint marks on the page block. Stamp remains on the FEP. Interior very good with clean and sound pages. CM Used
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Eguchi, Ronald T. (ed.)
Lifeline Seismic Risk Analysis - Case Studies
Paperback in very good condition - all content is clear. TS Used
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Wilkinson, W. B. (ed.)
Groundwater Problems in Urban Areas: Proceedings of the International Conference Organized By the Institution of Civil Engineers and Held in London, 2-3 June 1993
Hardcover (no jacket, presumably as issued). A hint of wear to extremities; item slightly cocked; previous owner's name penned on FEP. Pages thereafter are clean, and all content is clear. TS Used
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Walker, Fred M
Ships & Shipbuilders: Pioneers of Design and Construction
Hardcover and jacket. Unread shop stock. Very good condition - no notable flaws. TA Used
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Brown, David J. (ed.)
The Arup Journal, Vol 49, Issue 1, 2014
Paperback in very good condition, with no notable faults. TS Used
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Electric Furnace Steel Conference: Proceedings Volume II; Cincinnati Meeting, December 2-4, 1953
Hardcover in good condition. Includes photos, charts, graphs, advertisements. No dust jacket. Inner front binding sellotaped. Library shelf mark on spine. Library stamps on page block. RB Used
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Dupuy, C.H.S.
Radiation Damage Processes in Materials
Very good hardcover with good jacket. Marked, sunned and worn jacket; a few nicks and creases to the edges. Name of former owner penned on front pastedown. Faint imprint from paperclip on the upper edges of the FEP and opening few pages. The binding is sound and all content is clear. Used
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Warren, A.; Goldsmith, F. B.
Conservation in Practice
Sound publication with clean pages and clear content. Dust jacket has some edge wear and tears around the spine. Used
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Whiteneck, Lawrence L.; Hockney, Lester A.
Structural Materials for Harbor and Coastal Construction
Hardcover (no jacket, printed boards). Shelfworn exterior with a nick to the spine head. 'Skoob Books' sticker on rear pastedown. The pages are clean and clear. 466 pp. Used
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Blank, David A.; Bock, Arthur E.; Richardson, David J.
Introduction to Naval Engineering
Paperback. Second Edition. Very good condition. TA Used
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Noise and Vibration: Advances in Research and Development
Hardcover (no jacket; printed boards). IMechE Seminar Publication 2000-3. Rear board is slightly marked; spine head is bumped. Bookseller's stamp on rear pastedown. Pages are clean and sound. TS Used
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Grigoropoulos, Costas P.
Transport in Laser Microfabrication: Fundamentals and Applications
Hardcover (no jacket; printed boards), with light wear to external edges and corners. Content is clear on clean, sound pages. TS Used
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Dietrich, Thomas R. (ed.)
Microchemical Engineering in Practice
Hardcover (no dust jacket, printed boards). Very good condition. A couple of faint marks to page block. Pages are clean and sound. TA Used
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Stephens, John H.
The Guinness Book of Structures: Bridges, Towers, Tunnels, Dams
Hardcover. Price-clipped jacket is slightly tanned. Content is clear on sound, clean pages - a very good copy. TS Used
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Lippert, Kevin (ed.)
The Inventor Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom
Hardcover (no jacket, as issued). Unread shop stock in very good condition, with no notable faults. TS Used
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Woudhuysen, James; Abley, Ian
Why is Construction So Backward?
Paperback. Exterior is slightly worn. Content is clear on sound, clean pages. TS Used
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Simons, Eric N.
Steel Castings
Hardcover. Jacket's spine is slightly tanned; two very minor nicks on lower edge, otherwise with minimal shelfwear. Page block is tanned; previous owner's name penned on FEP. Content is clear throughout. Illustrated. TS Used
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Pryke & Palmer
Pryke & Palmer General Catalogue for the Architect and Builder 736 (List No. 136)
Hardcover (no jacket, presumably as issued). Pleasant, extensively illustrated builder's catalogue (448pp); undated, and not published in 1900 - probably around the 1920s. Catalogue no. 736/List no. 136. Spine is slightly sunned; a little general shelfwear to exterior; one or two minor marks on tanned page block. Endpapers are lightly foxed; no further interior marks noted. Text and images are clear throughout. TS Used
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Moeller, Franz; Fricke, Hans (Sankaran, P. & Chandrasekaran, A. Trans.)
Fundamentals in Electro-Technics
Very good Paperback. Colour very slightly faded on covers and a little creased and worn along spine. Clean copy. xx + 508p . English translation of 'Grundlagen der Elektrotechnik'., an orangy mark at bottom page edges. In English
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Lakey, J R A; Lewins, J D (eds.)
ALARA: Principles, Practice and Consequences
Hardcover (no jacket, presumably as issued). Light wear at two points on boards; previous owner's name penned on front pastedown. Pages remain clean and sound - a very good copy. Proceedings of the Symposium on 'ALARA' - Quantitative Optimization Techniques for Radiation Protection in the Nuclear Industry, held by The Institution of Nuclear Engineers, London, 18 September 1986. TS Used
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Joby, R. S.
The Railway Builders: Lives and Works of the Victorian Railway Contractors
Hardcover, very good condition. Jacket is unclipped with light shelfwear and minor creasing to the top edges. The spine is slightly cocked but binding remains solid. Internally excellent throughout. DP Used
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Dalby, W. E.
Steam Power
Hardcover, very good condition. Second revised edition. Green cloth boards with gilt lettering remain very clean throughout with only minor shelf wear to the edges. Slight creasing to the spine but the binding is solid. Internally excellent with all fold out diagrams present and in very good condition. Previous owner's signature penned on the FEP. DP Used
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Slonim, Jacob; Schonbach, Abraham; Bauer, Michael A.; MacRae, Lachlan J.; Thomas, Keith A.
Building an Open System
Numerous figures and tables, gilt lettering to spine, lightly rubbed tail of spine, text and illustrations are clean, bright and tight throughout. Clean Copy
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Broads Manufacturing Company
Covers & Gratings for All Purposes
Paperback (flexible leatherette; stiff covers; spine covering ring-binding beneath). Catalogue for 1976 (Cl/SfB (52) Xh); 267pp. Extensively illustrated. A little aged as a whole, though with no notable faults. Content is clear throughout. Good to very good. TS Used
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Hasluck, Paul N. (ed.)
Cassell's Cyclopaedia of Mechanics, Containing Receipts, Processes, and Memoranda for Workshop Use (Six-Volume Set)
Volumes one to six. Six hardcovers (no jackets, as issued; brown boards with gilt titles on spine and black decorations). Special Edition, each volume with an attached slip advising this edition was available only to subscribers and not through general booksellers. Undated; (probably) not published in 1900, but not far off. Continuous pagination per pair: 10, xxxii, 354 + xli, 350 + 10, xxx, 352pp; four coloured plates per volume, with numerous figures throughout. Spine ends are a little bumped; occasional minor wear to exteriors (front board of v.1 and rear board of v.3 are slightly scuffed). One tissue guard missing a corner. Some minor foxing towards start and end of volumes and on tissue-guards; a handful of instances of insignificant general imperfections within; otherwise clean and sound - overall in very good shape for age, and clearly well-cared for. All content is clear. TS Used
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Lychagin, A.S.
Open Hearth Furnace Design
Hardcover, former library copy, very good condition. No dust jacket and library stamps on front paste down, FEP and page block and spine. Board corners are bumped and spine ends scuffed. Pages are clean and unmarked throughout. AD Used
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