Cowan, Henry J.MareMagnum
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1985A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Full blue cloth boards. 300 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations. "Centuries of architectural and building design achievements are explored from a structural and environmental point of view. Emphasis is on the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Gothic architecture, and the structures of the Renaissance and the Age of Reason, with briefer discussions of ancient Egypt and ancient Greece. The text includes extensive research results, uncommon photographs, and numerous illustrations, many from obscure books."
1995No marks or inscriptions. No creasing to covers or to spine. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked boards, one page corner creased and no bumping to corners. 336pp. Fifth Edition of the classic work which successive generations of students of the built environment have found provides them with a wide-ranging, yet concise, simply explained and well detailed account of building work. .
1985Exhibition catalog with printed cardboard cover (no string). Cover is a bit worn with indentations and spots on the cardboard. White cloth spine. 8 1/4"w x 11 7/8"h. 266 pages. Includes several loose copies of the floor plan of the exhibition with some of the previous owner's notes wrtten on them. Also includes The Clocktower, newsletter for The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Inc. from fall, 1985. Includes work by minimalists and installation artists such as Giovanni Anselmo, Alighiero Boetti, Luciano Fabro, Jannis Kounellis, Mario Merz, Giulio Paolini, Michelangelo Pistoletto and others.
1952A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Green and black cloth binding. Small tears and edge wear to price-clipped dust jacket. 8 3/8"w x 11"h. 256 pages. "Richly illustrated from the arts of the ages, it [this book] covers specifically the compositions, plant materials, favorite colors, containers, accessories, and backgrounds used byancient and modern peoples in their handling of flowers."
1982Contents include 9 chapters, each by a different author: Design of Wood Structural Elements: and Overview, Structural Wood-Based Materials: Applications and Design Properties, Design of Beams -- Solids & Laminated, Design of Composite Beams, Design of Columns, Design of Connections, Analysis and Design of Wood Trusses, Design of Wood Diaphrams, Design of Curved Members. Ex-library book with usual marks, stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is clean and unmarked.
1995A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Slightly bumped corner. 128 pages.
1985A clean, unmarked copy with a tight binding. Inscribed, "To Addie, friend & colleage, with warmest wishes, Doris Turner Patterson." Dust jacket worn around edges.
1994Ex-library copy with usual stamps, stickers, etc. Binding is solid and text/interior is free of marking of any kind. 236 pages, many illustrations, diagrams, charts. 23 chapters in three sections: Basic science for dental materials, Clinical dental materials, Laboratory and related dental materials.
1995Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. 26 pages depicting General Layout and notes, General details, Rail option details, Fabrication details, Materials and construction recommendations, Construction recommendations & Design procedure for both Stress-laminated sawn lumber decks and Stress-laminated glued laminated timber decks with another section on Longitudinal stringer with transverse plank decks. Large oblong format with very detailed architectural drawings created for use by "smaller highway departments with limited engineering staff." Staple-bound. 16 5/8"w x 10 5/8"h.
1984A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 63 pages. 7 1/8"w x 8 1/4"h. Many illustrations and black and white and color photographs. "Traditions in Transition gives an historial overview of the subject, with essays on plants, tools, and techniques used, and then takes a look at basket weaving among the Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo, Apache, Pima and Papago, and Yavapai, Havasupai, and Hualapai groups as well as the recent phenomenon of cross-cultural basket weaving."
1933A clean, unmarked book. Front hinge a bit loose. 66 pages. 5"w x 7 5/8"h. Black leatherette cover. Blue marbelized endpapers. Many b&w illustrations, including fold-out diagrams. Contents: Patternmaking Materials (Wood, Metals, and Plaster of Paris), Pattern Requirements, General Patterns, and Pipe and Valve Patterns.
1970A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 131 pages. 5 7/8"w x 8 1/4"h. "The irresistible collection of toys presented in this lively new craft book will have a special appeal for young children for all are designed to be played with and to perform after being constructed. Some toys are puppets or string toys, others have an intriguing outer-space look. All can be made from discarded materials such as bottle caps, twine, small remnants of fabric and other inexpensive items but, most important, every toy can be persuaded to walk, bounce, sit, kneel, or even make a quiet noise to announce its presence."
2001Book is in excellent condition but with green highlighting throughout, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes. 62 pages with tables, charts, many drawings, some measured. Chapters includeSelection of head sails, 150% staysail, Tallboys, Spinnaker staysails, Cheater staysails, Mizzen staysails, Choosing materials, Sewing, Draft placement Producing the full-sized outline, Laying down cloth panels, Gluing panels together, Sewing, Fashioning foot portion of sail, Trimming excess cloth from sial, Cutting and sewing patches, Installing a leech line, Attaching luff reinforcement, etc.
2001Book is in excellent condition but with green highlighting throughout, otherwise as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes. 51 pages with tables, charts, many drawings, some measured. Chapters include: Developing a sail plan, Choosing materials and using them, Draft and draft placement, Lofting, Panel placement, Sewing, Foot assembly and sewing, Trimming, Patches, Hemming, Luff reinforcemnt, Finishing.
1990A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 324 pages. "Here is a clear and enthusiastic introduction to building methods from ancient times to the present day, illsutrated throughout with line drawings."
1998Book 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. Contents include: Geology and natural history (Geology, Geomorphology, Vegetation, Fauna, Paleoenvironments) Geological and paleoenvironmental investigations, Culture and archaeology of trhe outer Kenai coast, Piecing together the history of the outer Kenai coast, Archaeological results of the 1993 survey, Cultural materials,( Houses, cashe or cooking pits, Cobble features, Culturally modified trees, Artifacts) A predictive GIS model of archaeological site locations in Kenai fjords national park, etc.
1978A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 192 pages. Many b&w photos and illustrations. Contents: Fireplace Development, The Chimney Effect, Building Materials, Preparation, Radiant Fireplaces, Air Circulating Fireplaces, Heat Recovery, Water Circulating Fireplaes, Multi-opening Fireplaces, Compound Fireplaces, Firespaces.
1962A few ink marks and small liquid stains inside. Staple-bound. 10 1/4"w x 13 3/4"h. 30 pages. No date shown; circa 1962.
1999Book is in excellent condition with the upper corners of the book very lightly bumped as the only flaw. Binding is solid and square, other covers are sharp, exterior shows no other blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket is Fine. 128 pages filled with full color prints and photos of the sculpture of the artist. Lots of large prints, many full page.
1980Book 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. 337 pages with graphs, charts, tables, formulae, mechanical drawings. Table of contents include: Materials: Quality, Standards of quality; Non-loadbearing brick masonry: Lateral support; Stuctural design of brick masonry: Allowable stresses in non-reinforced brick masonry (and reinforced, and stresses in reinforcement) Shear on bolt and anchors, Design of walls and columns, Flexural design of reinforced brick masonry; Construction: Placing masonry, placing reinforcement, support of masonry, anchorage of, Bonding of non-reinforced walls, Chases and recesses, Arches and Lintels, Corbelling, Parapet walls, Protection during erection, Design of bearing wall buildings: Diaphragms, Lateral load distribution, Axial load distribution, Floor-wall connections, Intersecting walls, Coupled shear walls, Foundations, Differential movement, Design examples; Geuide specifications for engineered brick masony (with nine sections); Materials, (with seven sections) Workmanship (with eighteen sections); etc.
2006Book is in excellent condition, as new with previous owner's name on front end paper as the only blemish. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 136 pages with large color photos throughout of state of the art winery warehouses, storage facilities and tasting rooms, often of avant-garde design, in USA, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and other parts of Europe.
1962A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. 10 1/4"w x 13 3/4"h. 30 pages. No date shown; circa 1962. Previous owner's name on cover. Edge wear and small tear to cover.
1962A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. Staple-bound. 10 1/4"w x 13 3/4"h. 30 pages. No date shown; circa 1962. Previous owner's name on cover.
1970Loose sewn binding. Edge wear to cover. Interior pages clean and unmarked. 62 pages. 7 3/8"w x 10 3/8"h. Many illustrations and photos.
1979A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 26 pages. 8 3/8"w x 11"h. Black and white illustrations.
