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1934ref. 133a2718USA: United States Department of the Interior Burea of Reclamation 1934. Book. Fair. Paperback. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 75 pages of detailed text plus dozens of fold-out engineering drawings plus construction program. Somewhat above-average external wear but contents clean and sound. No markings noticed. Binding intact. A wonderfully historic item. United States Department of the Interior, Burea of Reclamation Paperback
1950ref. 140949395New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1950. First edition. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition first printing. xiii. 1 451 pp. Bound in publisher's navy cloth ruled in blind on front board and lettered in gilt on spine. Near Fine with trivial foxing to upper textblock edge light offsetting from jacket to endpapers and owner inscription to front pastedown. In a scarce Very Good unclipped dust jacket with sunned and creased spine panel light foxing and moderate wear. The first edition of the foundational text of the American computer industry. This well-organized compendium of components techniques and concepts was developed by a research team that had its roots in wartime naval cryptanalysis. McGraw-Hill Book Company unknown
1941ref. 097322United Kingdom 1941. A run in the engineering Weekly Journal from 1941 to 1946 January 1941 to December 1946 lacking January to June 1943. 11 volumes in all. circa 6000 pages. Books measure 14 x 11 inches. Bound in cloth. Cloth light rubbed faded on spines scuff marking. Good solid working bindings. Internally pages clean throughout. A nice run in good solid working bindings. Some of the articles in these volumes. Early Naval Flying. The '' Marathon '' Civil-Transport Aircraft. North Atlantic Ice Patrol. The British '' Valentine '' Infantry Tank Air Raid Shelter Air Purification. Side Launching of Submarines. Ranney Water-Collecting Installation; Indian Ordnance Work. Mud Mountain Dam. Washington. Production-Line Welded Shipbuiling. Pre-Fabricated Ship Construction in the United States. Timber Hanger for the United States Navy. Rebuilt 2-8-0 Locomotive for the L.N.E.R. Trench-Excavation Machine. The '' Superfortress '' Long-Range Bomber. Floating Concrete Arch Bridge Across River Derwent at Hobart. . Very Good. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. hardcover
1986ref. 2111902156002111Taisei Corporation Civil Engineering Headquarters 1986. Soft Cover. Fine. The book is in fine condition. Taisei Corporation Civil Engineering Headquarters paperback
1991ref. x-0419167501Spanish Professionals in Amer 1991. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 422 pages. 9.75x6.50x1.00 inches. Spanish Professionals in Amer hardcover
1950ref. 118811New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company Inc. 1950. First edition first printing of the first treatise on how to build an electronic digital computer. An important contribution to computing literature in its own right it also provided some of the most complete bibliographies available on the subject at the time. Charles Brown Tompkins a pioneering academic in the fields of numerical analysis and computing wrote the majority of the text much of which summarises the work of the Engineering Research Associates computer company of which he was a founder in 1946. Octavo. With diagrams throughout. Original navy cloth spine lettered and ruled in gilt front cover ruled in blind. With dust jacket. Minimal shelfwear cloth bright contents clean. A near-fine copy in the very good jacket lightly soiled chipped at extremities spine panel faded with two slight indentations and a faint patch of dampstain visible on verso bookseller's stamp on front flap. Origins of Cyberspace 584; Tomash & Williams E14. hardcover
1880ref. g0966Paris: Au Bureau des Publications. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed. Slight foxing. 1880. First edition thus. Dark blue hardback cloth cover. 320mm x 240mm 13" x 9". 120 plates. 120 b/w plates. Over 300 ironwork patterns. Grills Balconies Canopies Gates Fences Girders Frames Bridges etc. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas. . Au Bureau des Publications hardcover
1933ref. 2092902141207453China Engineering Institute 1933. Soft Cover. Fine. Volume: 1 China Engineering Institute paperback
ref. 159Earthquake Spectra - Total of 60 Volumes - Engineering Research Professional Journal Volume 5-20 Softcovers 1989-2004 Subtitle: "The Professional Journal of Earthquake Engineering Research Institute." Published by the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute California. Softcovers throughout the set may have slight creases impressions spots or smudges. A few volumes have small tears or bumps on the covers or spines as well as the pre- or proceeding pages. The last six 6 volumes are still in the original shipping packaging. No writing or markings. Overall the set is in Very Good condition. PLEASE REVIEW THE LIST OF VOLUMES INCLUDED BELOW AS THERE ARE SEVERAL VOLUMES THAT ARE INTERUPTED OR INCOMPLETE FOR EXAMPLE: VOLUMES 5 16 17 18 19 AND 20 ARE MISSING NUMBERS OR QUARTERLY PRINTINGS & OTHER VOLUMES INCLUDE ADDITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS. 1. Volume 5 Number 3 - August 1989 2. Special Supplement - August 1989 3. Volume 5 Number 4 - November 1989 4. Volume 6 Number 1 - February 1990 5. Volume 6 Number 2 - May 1990 6. Volume 6 Number 3 - August 1990 7. Volume 6 Number 4 - August 1990 8. Volume 7 Number 1 - February 1991 9. Volume 7 Number 2 - May 1991 10. Volume 7 Number 3 - August 1991 11. Supplement A to Volume 7 - October 1991 12. Supplement B to Volume 7 - October 1991 13. Volume 7 Number 4 - November 1991 14. Volume 8 Number 1 - February 1992 15. Volume 8 Number 2 - May 1992 16. Volume 8 Number 3 - August 1992 17. Volume 8 Number 4 - November 1992 18. Volume 9 Number 1 - February 1993 19. Volume 9 Number 2 - May 1993 20. Supplement to Volume 9 - July 1993 21. Volume 9 Number 3 - August 1993 22. Volume 9 Number 4 - November 1993 23. Volume 10 Number 1 - February 1994 24. Volume 10 Number 2 - May 1994 25. Volume 10 Number 3 - August 1994 26. Volume 10 Number 4 - November 1994 27. Volume 11 Number 1 - February 1995 28. Supplement A to Volume 11 - April 1995 29. Supplement B to Volume 11 - April 1995 30. Volume 11 Number 2 - May 1995 31. Volume 11 Number 3 - August 1995 32. Volume 11 Number 4 - November 1995 33. Supplement C to Volume 11 - January 1996 34. Special Supplement to Volume 11 - November 1996 35. Volume 12 Number 1 - February 1996 36. Volume 12 Number 2 - May 1996 37. Volume 12 Number 3 - August 1996 38. Volume 12 Number 4 - November 1996 39. Volume 13 Number 1 - February 1997 40. Volume 13 Number 2 - May 1997 41. Volume 13 Number 3 - August 1997 Bumped back top corner that affected the processing pages too 42. Volume 13 Number 4 - November 1997 43. Volume 14 Number 1 - February 1998 Small tear on cover and first few pages 44. Volume 14 Number 2 - May 1998 45. Volume 14 Number 3 - August 1998 46. Volume 14 Number 4 - November 1998 47. Volume 15 Number 1 - February 1999 48. Volume 15 Number 2 - May 1999 49. Volume 15 Number 3 - August 1999 50. Volume 15 Number 4 - November 1999 51. Volume 16 Number 1 - February 2000 52. Supplement A to Volume 16 - December 2000 Regional Fault Rupture Map Small tear on cover 53. Supplement A to Volume 17 - April 2001 54. Supplement A to Volume 18 - July 2002 55. Volume 19 Number 2 - May 2003 Still in packaging 56. Volume 19 Number 3 - August 2003 Still in packaging 57. Volume 19 Number 4 - November 2003 Still in packaging 58. Volume 20 Number 1 - February 2004 Still in packaging 59. Volume 20 Number 2 - May 2004 Still in packaging 60. Volume 20 Number 3 - August 2004 Still in packaging Earthquake Engineering Research Institute paperback
1968ref. 5022Antarctica 1968. Very good. 65pp. report typed on rectos only plus 28 leaves illustrated with eighty-six black-and-white mounted photographs each approximately 5 x 7 inches most accompanied by typed paper caption strips plus three loose photographs. Quarto. Original pressboard wrappers with metal spine fastener with printed title leaf pasted to front board. Minor wear to binding photos in generally nice condition. A typed report accompanied by detailed photographs documenting the 1967-1968 projects carried out by U.S. Naval Construction Battalion Unit 201 in Antarctica dubbed "Deep Freeze '68." The projects involved the upgrading and expansion of facilities at McMurdo Station and Palmer Station including water sewer and energy infrastructure improvements and laboratory and living-quarters construction. The original photographs here provide more than eighty-five detailed and well-captioned views of Antarctic construction architecture and engineering involved in the execution of “Deep Freeze ‘68” with sixty-five pages of typed reports providing a dense written summary in support of the project. Battalion Unit 201 had been newly established in 1967 as a Seabee unit specializing solely in Antarctic construction to continue supporting the series of "Operation Deep Freeze" missions first headed by Admiral Richard E. Byrd in the 1950s to establish a permanent research infrastructure on the then-largely unexplored Antarctic continent. Plagued by material shortages and the savage regional climate Unit 201 was disbanded at the end of “Deep Freeze ‘71” as the brief building season made the continuation of a dedicated Antarctic construction unit unfeasible. unknown
ref. 12844Various locations in Cuba and Pennsylvania: contents ca 1973. 25 leaves totaling 40pp. illustrated with thirty black-and-white and sepia-toned photographs with detailed manuscript captions plus seven large clippings from school publications and six additional ephemeral items. Oblong folio. Black cloth with alligator-patterned cloth on front board with manuscript title below a drawn representation of a small pennant for Lehigh University. Covers worn frayed and chipped alligator-style cloth curling a bit along fore edge. A few items loose from adhesive and a few with small tears scattered spotting and soiling. Overall very good condition with fascinating materiality. A lovingly-compiled photograph album and memorial book created by a young woman named Magdalena Sofia Guitart in tribute to her godfather Rafael Genó a Cuban engineer who studied at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Juan Rafael Genó Rizo was born in Santiago de Cuba in 1883. A doctoral thesis on Cuban architecture found online deems him one of the premiere Art Deco architects of Santiago and the only one to obtain a degree abroad. Genó graduated with a degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh in 1909 and from the University of Havana in 1913. He died in Miami Florida in 1973. This doting scrapbook was compiled and heavily captioned in Spanish which we hereafter present in translation as a "Memorial which with love and pride I dedicate to my godfather and some of his works; a pale reflection of all the good he has done in his life" by Magdalena Sofia Guitart who was born in 1936 in Santiago and arrived in Miami in 1958. She includes photos of Genó as a baby and a boy of 11 "From a very young age as you can see here my godfather was a little gentleman" as well as in uniform alongside Mexican and Costa Rican comrades at Pennsylvania's Wayne Field. She lauds his "triumphs" and "genius" in "thousands of battles." Genó likely came to the United States following the Spanish-American War during the growth of Cuban immigration resulting from increased American attention of the island country. All of the content in the album is artfully presented within decorative rules or floral borders providing an unusual flair to the presentation. The book displays not only the hand-drawn Lehigh pennant on the cover but also large artistic renditions of the campus and an internal shot of its library clipped from school publications and comparing views from 1873 1909 and 1933 the relevance of Lehigh at the later date is unclear. Additional photographs and decorative designs share the story as "our engineer" returns to Cuba and "begins to demonstrate his knowledge" in the mines of Ponupo. Soon "his hard work integrity and honesty led him to be chosen" for other feats of engineering including "la Iglesia church Los Desamparados constructed by my godfather 1932" and a train terminal in Guantánamo. Images and a photographic clipping laud his renovations of "Colegio La Salle" in 1937. There are also six photos and a clipping showing Genó's work on the altar for the Eucharistic Congress held in Santiago in 1936 during which the original statue of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre Patroness of Cuba was granted a canonical coronation by Pope Pius XI. The album also holds a clipping naming Genó as president of the Board of Directors of Santiago's Urban Property Center an inauguration ribbon and brochure for the Municipal Food Market in 1950 with which he was also involved and photos of the celebrated engineer later in life. A captivating and carefully-assembled homage created by a Cuban immigrant to the United States honoring a loved one who was educated in Pennsylvania and then returned to his home country to serve as a noted engineer during the first half of the 20th century. contents ca unknown
1919ref. 2655Various locations including Wyoming Nebraska and Iowa 1919. Very good plus. Forty-two original black-and-white photographs and real photo postcards most with manuscript annotations bound into a two-ring leather binder. Two additional postcards laid in. Minor occasional dust soiling but overall in excellent shape. An intriguing pocket-sized binder containing a collection of photographs and real photo postcards documenting large-scale construction projects in the American West mostly involving concrete projects such as dams drainage reservoir infrastructure railroads and more between about 1913 to 1920. All of the projects occur on or west of the Mississippi River in locations such as Keokuk Iowa; Ardmore South Dakota; Grand Island Nebraska; and Arminto Wyoming. The projects cover a wide range of subject matter from a simple base for a railroad mail sack crane to entire dam wall construction and seem to feature several involving sprayable concrete commonly known as gunite. This material was rather new in the 1910s but is still widely in use to the present day. The majority of the images are captioned in manuscript identifying the project or location or often both. These include a power-generating dam in Keokuk; reinforcement of a reservoir dam near Lysite Wyoming; widening of a cut for the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad through Arminto; memorializing a concrete crib wall for the same railroad at the Bancroft St. Vincent Omaha; the installation of an eighteen-inch wall casting and sinking the Kelly well in Grand Island; documenting frost action on a brick chimney and water tank and also picturing a "concrete gun" in Worland Wyoming; and others. The images are organized into two sections with small tabs one reading "Dams" and the other "Miscellan." The compiler of the pictures is not identified but he or she was most likely involved in the operational aspects of the construction projects. One of the captions is initialed at the bottom "JRH" which may help scholars identify the compiler with further research. The binder itself was produced in Kansas City which may be an additional clue to the compiler's identity. A small but focused collection featuring major western construction projects from the early-20th century. unknown
1993ref. 2080202103700237Shinseishuppan 1993. Soft Cover. Fine. Size: 22cm A5 Shinseishuppan paperback
1985ref. ZB3937711985. volumes 1-10 1985-1994 an uninterrupted run of complete volumes unbound library markings textually clean & tight price is for the set. - If you are reading this this item is actually physically in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties taxes or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request. unknown
ref. Z1-K-013-02028New York Academy of Sciences. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. New York Academy of Sciences unknown
ref. Z1-F-073-00145Training Publications Ltd. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Training Publications Ltd unknown
ref. Z1-Q-003-03290The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. The Institution of Engineering and Technology unknown
ref. Z1-C-071-01901The Institution of Engineering and Technology. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. The Institution of Engineering and Technology unknown
ref. Z1-C-011-02053IEEE. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. IEEE unknown
ref. Z1-C-089-02083Science and Engineering Research Council. Used - Good. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less usually same day. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library so some stamps and wear and may have sticker on cover but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry. Science and Engineering Research Council unknown
1950ref. 51105New York McGraw-Hill 1950. 8vo. In the original full cloth with the original dust-jacket. Dust-jacket with light miscolouring to spine and and a tear to capitals. Small tear to upper part of the back to dust-jacket. A very fine and clean copy. XIII 1 451 pp. First edition in the rare original dust-jacket of the first textbook on digital computers. It constitutes "the first genuine textbook on computing techniques and computer hardware was a pioneering book that influenced both American and foreign computer developments." Tomash-Erwin E14. "The first treatise on how to build an electronic digital computer" OOC"High-Speed Computing Devices was written to satisfy a perceived need following the end of World War II for a compendium of technologies applicable to the emerging field of the electronic digital computer. Because published technical information was scarce in the US there can be little question that the book was an important contribution to the computer literature of the 1950s. For today's student of computer history whether a professional historian or a history buff the book with its state-of-the-art picture of the period 1947 through 1949 establishes a well-documented baseline for tracking and evaluating subsequent technological progress" A.A. Cohen "Introduction" Charles Babbage Institute Reprint Series Edition of the ERA Report 1983."It provides the best picture of the state of the industry in its infancy. Ostensibly written as a report to the Office of Naval Research the work was really undertaken on behalf of the Naval cryptographic establishment. Engineering Research Associates ERA was a group formed primarily from demobilized World War II naval cryptographers. It presents a discussion of the mechanical and electrical both analog and digital devices that could be usefully incorporated into computing machines. Although it does not survey the computer projects then underway it does occasionally discuss individual machines in the context of integrating devices into complete systems. Engineering Research Associates ERA later became a division of Remington Rand and then of Sperry Rand." Tomash-Erwin E14Tomash-Erwin E14.Origins of Cyberspace 584. hardcover
1813ref. g3686London: G Kearsley; J Walker; J Stockdale; &c. G : in good condition. Rebacked with new eps. Covers rubbed. Some foxing and set-off. 1813. First Edition. Brown hardback leather cover. 240mm x 160mm 9" x 6". 8000pp plates. 370 plates 164 hand-coloured. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas. . G Kearsley; J Walker; J Stockdale; &c hardcover
1848ref. r7076aaEdinburgh: Adam & Charles Black Ltd. G : in good condition. Cover rubbed faded. Spine worn with splits and loss. Frontis foxed. 3 plates detached. 1848. First Edition. Brown hardback cloth cover. 340mm x 260mm 13" x 10". 439pp plates. 34 b/w plates 3 double-page 1 folding. . Adam & Charles Black Ltd hardcover
1969ref. 8249849Iliffe Books 1969. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item450grams ISBN:059202525X Iliffe Books hardcover
1973ref. 2110502150903437Society of Civil Engineers 1973. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 3 Society of Civil Engineers paperback