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1970This wonderful collection includes: The 1970 Alumni Directory for the Class of 1935 - 12 pages; Program for the 40th Reunion of the Class of 1935 - includes over a dozen autographs; A 1956 reunion letter to the Class of 1935 from D.G. (Gord) Auld; Illustrated Fourth Annual Reunion Dinner Program for the Class of 1935 - bearing more than 25 autographs; Illustrated Second Annual Reunion Dinner Program for the Class of 1925 - attractively presented in blueprint format with customary young engineers depiced 'whooping it up' on front cover. All items in sound condition. Book
2012576 pages. Light wear. Minimal markings. A sound copy. Please note: we are offering this book only - access code not included. Book
2012440 pages. Light wear. Minimal markings. A sound copy. Please note: we are offering this book only - access code not included. Book
1904192 pages plus 47 pages of ads at back. "Before 1879 the electrical industry did not exist. It has made tremendous progress in the twenty odd years since it was born - progress much more rapid than that made, say, by the steam-engine a century ago." - from page 2. Doesn't that sound like the state of the internet in the mid-1990s, or the blockchain explosion of recent years? Chapters include: The Birth of the Electrical Industry; The Early Days of Electric Lighting; Electric Lighting in London and the Provinces; The Early Days of Electric Traction; The Development of Electric Inter-Urban Tramways; Electric Railways; Electric Power - An Industrial Revolution; The Economies of Electric Power; Electric-Power Distribution Schemes; Electrical Engineering as a Career; The Future of the Electrical Industry. Above-average but not excessive wear to red cloth exterior. Binding intact. Two small contemporary book vendor artifacts inside back board, otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating historical item. Book
8vo. 22 pp., final blank. Papered spine. Rare, early treatise on yellow fever, in the early 19th century a poorly understood disease that was causing much sensation throughout the Austro-Hungarian monarchy and indeed the entire continent, due to several spectacular outbreaks in southern Europe. Not until the 1880s would the cause and transmission (the yellow fever mosquito) be identified correctly. - Estreicher erroneously attributes this brochure to the Spanish physician Juan Manuel de Aréjula, who had published similar works on the subject at the same time (translations even appearing in Vienna). In fact, the booklet was issued on behalf of the Austrian state ("auf allerhöchsten Befehl", at the Emperor's command) and distributed free of charge among general practicioners and surgeons in the Austrian countries so as to disseminate the relevant medical knowledge as quickly as possible. A Polish translation was published that same year. - Browned and duststained; traces of old shelfmarks and stamps to title-page and final blank. Only five copies in libraries worldwide (Austrian National Library, Munich, Frankfurt, Tübingen, Wellcome Collection). Wellcome II, 72. Lesky 67. Estreicher (19th c.) I, 92 and cf. I, 39 (Polish translation).
8vo. 39, (1) pp. Papered spine. Rare Berlin anatomical dissertation about the female breast. With a life of the author (born in Oppeln in 1802; died 1852), a son of the professor of obstetrics, Jacob Dziatzko, on pp. 38f. - Some brownstaining and waterstaining throughout. OCLC 257740654. Not in Kayser, Engelmann, Wellcome or Waller.
Sin lugar ni año de impresión pero: Barcelona, Luis Tasso, 1872. 4to.; 31 láminas dobles, con más de 300 figuras dibujadas por Facerías y litografiadas por J.A. Serra y Vázquez. Encuadernación de la época en piel marbreada con tejuelo.
183982, (2) SS. Interimsbroschur der Zeit. 8vo. Sehr seltene Prager Inauguraldissertation über das Kephalhämatom bei Neugeborenen, den bei der Geburt bewirkten Bluterguss unter der Schädelknochenhaut. - Nur ein Exemplar in Bibliotheken nachweisbar (HAAB Weimar); nicht in ÖNB. - Ecken etwas knittrig und angestaubt; Einband lädiert. Nicht bei Lesky, Wellcome, Waller, Engelmann etc.
4to. (6), 32 SS. Papered spine. Edges sprinkled in red. First edition. Very rare anatomical dissertation on the female breast, written by the German physician and botanist A. B. Kölpin (1739-1801). Formerly a theologian, Kölpin had to forsake a career as a preacher due to a thoracic illness, whereupon he took up medicine. From 1765 onwards he served as director of the Greifswald Botanical Gardens before moving to Stettin as professor and county physician. A Freemason, Kölpin corresponded with Carl von Linné and published a German translation of Pehr Löfling's botanical travelogue. - Kölpin discusses the overall structure of breasts, the areola, and the exterior and interior parts of the nipple, noting its faculty for "erection in sexual arousal and other states of irritation" (p. 8). He gives an account of the blood vessels, nerves and muscular tissue throughout the breasts. Also, he describes an experiment by which he drives coloured liquids through various lactiferous ducts, proving by the several colour mixtures that they all branch out from a single papilla. - Very slight browning. Wants the plates and their explanation found in some copies. OCLC 14335139. Not in Blake. Cf. Wellcome III, 407; Engelmann 307 (other editions).
1796169, (3) SS. Mit gest. Titelvignette und einem Kopfstück in Holzschnitt. Interimsbroschur der Zeit. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe. Eine deutsche Übersetzung erschien 1799. - Der Chirurg und Botaniker J. J. Ritter v. Plen(c)k (1738-1807) “entwickelte eine großartige schriftstellerische Thätigkeit in seinem Fache. [...] Plenks Arbeiten waren damals so gesucht, daß er zuletzt die Praxis ganz aufgab und nur der literarischen Thätigkeit in seinem Fache sich widmete” (Wurzbach). - Unbeschnittenes, breitrandiges Exemplar; gelegentlich etwas wasserrandig. SS. 167f. ausgerissen und lose beiliegend. Broschur lädiert. Kayser IV, 362.
1753(4), 20 SS. Mit 1 gefalteten, kolorierten Kupfertafel. Zeitgenössische Broschur. 4to. Erste Ausgabe der nach Nissen ersten Abhandlung über die sogenannte Sattelfliege, lt. Vorwort des Autors eine Fliege, "die noch völlig unbekannt zu seyn scheinet". Das Kupfer mit sechs Abbildungen der Fliege im schönen, zeitgenössischen Kolorit. Der evangelische Theologe und bedeutende Naturwissenschaftler Jacob Christian Schäffer (1718-1790) widmete sich "naturkundlichen Studien und legte eine Reihe von Sammlungen an. 1757 wurde S. Mitglied der Deutschen Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. [...] und war Mitglied zahlreicher wissenschaftlicher Gesellschaften in Europa" (DBE). Zu seiner Bedeutung als Physiker vgl. auch Poggendorff II, 768f. Nissen ZBI 3637.
1828XXIII, (1), 760 SS. Mit 7 gest. (teils gefalt.) Tafeln. Marmorierter Pappband der Zeit mit goldgepr. Rückenschildchen. Gr.-8vo. Erste Ausgabe. - Die Kupfer zeigen neben diagrammatischen Kometenbahnen vorwiegend Wind- und Wasserhosen, aber auch eine Karte der "Punkte in Europa, auf welche das Erdbeben zu Lissabon am 1ten Novbr. 1755 einwirkte". Der luth. Theologe S. C. Wagener (1763-1845) "gehörte dem Umfeld der Berliner Aufklärung an, war Mitarbeiter an Friedrich Nicolais 'Allgemeiner deutscher Bibliothek' und schrieb pädagogische Aufklärungsschriften, kunsthistorische Abhandlungen, Handbücher und Erzählungen" (DBE). - Papierbedingt teils schwach braunfleckig. Kayser VI, 126.
1905Folio, Second and Best Edition, with 5 very large folding coloured maps, 5 large folding plans, 40 photographic plates on 20, and164 illustrations (a number full-page) in the text, half-title very lightly spotted, some very light and occasional marginal spotting to text; original black cloth, upper board blocked and lettered in blind, gilt back, very neatly rebacked in cloth to style, small faded patch on upper board else a very good, bright, clean copy. With 4pp of illustrated industrial advertisements at end. Greatly expanded and updated version of the first edition ['Irrigation Works in India and Egypt'] of 1893. All unsold copies were destroyed by fire at the publishers and it was consequently unavailable by December 1903. The original book also included descriptions of the Irrigation Works of Egypt; these are almost entirely omitted here since Works in India had increased substantially and required greater coverage. A very good, clean copy of the standard reference of the period. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.
First Edition, 2 vols., [6], 504; 475pp., frontispieces, numerous facsimiles, orig. cloth, a nice set. An important catalogue and one of the finest collections in the field. Full collations for over 7,000 titles.
2007Hardcover in good condition. Ex - library. Dust jacket is warped. Tape on jacket flaps and rear pastedown. Library stamps on page block. Library labels on front pastedown and FEP. Binding is intact, contents are clean and clear. AM Ex - Library
1933Very Good Turkish Paperback. Some rubbed on cover. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 16, [6] p., 6 unnumbered b/w plates. Cümhuriyet Türkiyesi, elektrikli Türkiye. Book includes first works from on the electricity supplied and opening of the last electric factory in Turkey, first ten years of early Republican period, 1923-1933, with fine plates and statistical tables. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, was a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye' (National Forces). First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Only 2 copies in OCLC 254443059.
1880Complete 5 volume set. pp. 464; 548; 595; 686; 702 + Numerous plates, some folding. Many of the plates are heliotypes or lithographs. 8vo. 240 mm. Original gilt-lettered full cloth binding, slightly soiled. Hardbound. Very good. The copy of Abraham Herr Smith (1815-1894), a U.S. Representative from Millersville, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. He was elected as a Republican to the Forty-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1885). Contents include: I. Report of the Commissioner-General, with Accompanying Papers, including Lists of Exhibitors and of Awards. II. Fine Arts, by W.W. Story; Education, by J.L. Chamberlain; Political Education, by A.D. White; Manual Training Schools, by E.C. Jewett; Wood-Carving, by J.T. Norton; Textile Fabrics, by Henry Howard. III. Iron and Steel, D.J. Morrell; Ceramics, by W.P. Blake; Glass and Glass-ware, also by Blake. Forestry, F.P. Baker. Cotton Culture, by P.M.B. Young. IV. Chemical Processes, by T.E. Jenkins; Mining Industries, J.D. Hague; Steam and Gas Engines, A.J. Sweeney; Machines and Machine tools, W.T. Porter; Clocks and Watches, E.H. Knight; Railway Apparatus, by W.A. Anderson. V. Agricultural Implements, by E.H. Knight; Agricultural Products, by J.J. Woodman; Live Stock, by Samuel Dysart; Horticulture, by G.W. Campbell; Pisciculture, by T.B. Ferguson; etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W50.
1769pp. (12), 555. Illustrated with numerous folding tables, plans and diagrams. Very dampstained. Inked ownership of Sam Carpenter, Dec. 2nd 1803. Samuel Carpenter, was born in 1765, at Lancaster County, PA. He was a farmer for many years. In 1807 he moved to Lancaster for the purpose of having better opportunities for the education of his children. Here he engaged for some years in the business of inn-keeping. Lancaster at the time being the seat of the State government, and a great resort for strangers from all parts of the State, he developed wealth and influential connections. He was appointed an Alderman, and not long thereafter was elected Mayor of the City of Lancaster, a position to which he was frequently reelected. 205mm. Original full leather binding, very worn. Front board fragile. Sixth Edition. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! VERIA BX 1
1987Hardcover (no jacket). Minor exterior shelfwear. Labels on spine foot, front pastedown and copyright page. Stamps on the page block and a few pages. Minor pen on copyright page. The binding is sound; all content is clear. Ex-Library
1970Paperback in acceptable condition. Ex - Library. Covers, spine and page block are grubby and scored. Leading corners, edges and spine ends are worn, creased and nicked. Library labels on spine foot, front inside cover and half - title page. Library stamps on covers, front inside cover, half - title page, copyright page and in the volume. Correction fluid on front inside cover and half - title page. Some pages are creased and marked. A few pages are detached and nicked. Contents are clear. AM Ex - Library
1985"A celebration of the ideas, activities and traditions that one hundred years of enthusiastic Skulemen have brought to life, Skillfully and Vigorously. Traces the growth of the University of Toronto's Engineering Society from the early days of campus scraps to the existing traditions of Skule Nite, Chariot races and the Lady Godiva Memorial Band. Yet throughout the revelry, the desire to maintain a certain degree of professionalsim can be seen to exist." - dust jacket. Author graduated from the U. of T. Engineering program in 1984. pp. [4], 73, [1]. Oblong 11" x 9". Includes numerous black and white reproductions of archival photos and illustrations. Book clean and unmarked with light wear. Moderate wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A quality copy of this fun and informative history. Bonus: Laid-in is a programme for the Society's Spring Reunion Dinner-Dance held at the Royal York Hotel on June 6, 1986. Book
1896Octavo dark green cloth, gilt lettering; 140 pages illustrations, diagrams 18 cm
1824Hardcover (rebound in contemporary cloth with endpapers by either MIT or the Smithsonian; gilt titles on spine). Second edition, improved, with nine plates (all present), and several wood cuts in text. xiv + 325pp. Ex-academic library - MIT Dept. of Civil Engineering stamp on title page, with Smithsonian stamp on reverse; serial stamped on final blank (unclear which draughty house of education was responsible for the binding). Two marks on spine.Taped repair to upper edge of p.iii (dedication page), with a small nick further down; chip an inch or two deep from upper edge of p.v (advertisement); two nicks at fore-edge of p. vii (preface) - all text remains clear. Pages in main body are in very good condition for age. Title continues: 'With Illustrations Experimental, Scientific, and Practical, to which are added, Remarks on the Nature of Heat and Light; and Various Tables Useful in the Application of Heat'. TS Used
1990268 pages. Black and white diagrams. "A guide for engineers, planners and maintenance supervisors in scheduling inspection, maintenance and repair of waterfront structures and related facilities." - from page 1. Prior owner's stamp atop first page otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. Tight and square. A quality copy. Book
2003338 pages. Many black and white photos. Author provided geotechnical consulting engineering in over forty countries. This book relates his everyday experiences in the form of 71 case histories of landslides, rock slides, transportation geotechnology and geotechnical engineering in surface mining. Each example illustrates at least one important lesson. Light wear. Clean and unmarked. A quality copy of this valuable reference. Book
