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1948réf. 189956United States Military Academy 1948. Paperback. Good. Parts 1 and 2. Both have mild wear. Both are clean both have a name written at the top front corner. Both have good bindings. Filled with maps. United States Military Academy paperback books
1972réf. 23825Cambridge MA and London England: Northern Research and Engineering Corporation 1972. Later printing. Cloth. Very Good. Later printing. x 355 pages. 8vo. Original red cloth. Volume IIB ONLY. Cloth. In 1967 NREC created an innovative program to automate design and analysis of Radial Turbomachinery and published the results in two volumes. Volume I was a theoretical treatment of the system "A Computing System for the Design and Analysis of Radial Turbomachinery Vol 1: Bases and Capabilities of the System". Volume II dealt with the computer program itself. In 1972 Volume 2 originally issued as a large format paperback was re-issued in 2 volumes IIA and IIB both in hardcover for ease of use. We offer here Volume IIB ONLY containing the sample program that illustrates the overall operation of the program. Considered proprietary knowledge at the time these are often numbered so the company could track them. A scarce survival. Northern Research and Engineering Corporation unknown books
réf. 16795Lahore: Mufid-I-'Am Press. hardcover. very good-. Illustrated with many charts and plates most folding. 332 pages. Thick 8vo black cloth worn. Lahore: Mufid-I-'Am Press 1934. First Edition. A very good- sturdy copy of this scarce book. Most of the papers deal with irrigation and bridge construction. Mufid-I-'Am Press unknown books
1973réf. 342421New York: Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering 1973. Magazine. 32p. stapled wraps 8.25x11 inches pencil notation on front wrap pages lightly and evenly toned else very good condition. Movement magazine aimed at engineers. Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering unknown books
1943réf. CNJWEM083New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1943. Comb binding. Very good /good. Quarto size 22 pp. with dust jacket. Three favourite children's stories with the imaginative paper engineering of Julian Wehr 1898–1970 who was known as the "American Master of Animated Books" n.b. quote from Wiki. ___DESCRIPTION: Illustrated paper-covered boards with a red comb binding illustrated title page in green and black the six moveable pages in full colour and the rest of the pages with green and black or red and black small illustrations; quarto size 10 3/8" by 7 1/2" unpaginated with eleven leaves. The dust jacket front panel mirrors the front board back panel and spine blank front flap a publisher's blurb about the animation back flap publisher's ad for a different animated book. ___CONDITION: Volume better than very good and could almost be deemed near fine the animations all in good working order the yellow paper boards clean other than a stray speck or two the top corners unrubbed the comb binding strong the interior is clean and bright and entirely free of prior owner markings; bottom corners somewhat rubbed the paper covering the bottom couple of inches of both boards beginning to crack at the joints. The jacket is unclipped although unpriced and is good only; all component parts present and attached there are several closed tears overall edgewear a small chip out of the bottom of the front panel and a larger chip out of the top of the back panel. ___POSTAGE: International customers please note that additional postage may apply as the standard does not always cover costs; please inquire for details. ___Swan's Fine Books is pleased to be a member of the ABAA ILAB and IOBA and we stand behind every book we sell. Please contact us with any questions you may have we are here to help. Grosset & Dunlap unknown books
1824réf. ST19673Rome: Crispino Puccinelli 1824. Second Edition with the Addition of Later Machines and Premises. 520 x 370 mm. 20 1/2 x 14 1/2". 4 p.l. XXIX 1 46; 4 48 pp. Two volumes bound in one. Edited and with notes on the life and work of Zabaglia by Filippo Maria Renazzi. SPLENDID CONTEMPORARY RED MOROCCO VERY ATTRACTIVELY GILT covers with frames formed by thick and thin gilt rules filled with alternating fleuron tools above an undulating ribbon roll central panel framed by multiple gilt rules connecting ornate floral corner- and sidepieces flat spine divided into panels by multiple plain and decorative rules these panels with rectangular centerpiece composed of volutes arabesques and floral tools marbled endpapers. Engraved portrait of Zabaglia by Girolamo Rossi after a drawing by Pietro Leone Ghezzi engraved vignettes on both title-pages and 62 FINE ENGRAVED PLATES 10 OF THEM FOLDING after designs by Francesco Rostagni. Berlin Katalog 2755; Brunet V 1515 ; Graesse VII 501; Cicognara 968 all citing the first edition. Trivial signs of use to the binding and contents with insignificant imperfections only: AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY the attractive binding lustrous and virtually unworn and THE PLATES REMARKABLY CLEAN FRESH AND BRIGHT with especially ample margins. This is a remarkably beautiful copy inside and out of the second enlarged edition of a fundamental work for the history of engineering and the construction of buildings expanding the original 1743 edition for educational use with text in academically appropriate Latin in addition to the original Italian. Niccola or Nicolò Zabaglia 1667-1750 began working as a day laborer on the construction of St. Peter's Basilica in 1686 and was employed full time on the project by 1691. According to Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani "by 1696 he was able to demonstrate his ability as a mechanic moving the large porphyry cup and the bronze statues placed in the Vatican baptistery." Although illiterate he was an ingenious practical engineer. DBI notes that "the preparation of scaffolding and exceptional castles and the transport of extraordinary weights" were his strongest skills. For the Vatican he organized the removal transportation and installation of several obelisks at St. Peter's and other churches figured out a way to move a large marble altar and prepared the scaffolding needed to construct maintain or restore areas of St. Peter's. He was involved in strengthening its famed dome after the earthquakes of 1703 and 1730 inventing the necessary machines to do the work and training the construction crew. This volume's splendid oversized engravings illustrate the machinery and instruments used for the restoration of the dome—elaborate hoisting devices construction tools pulleys scaffolding ornamental tiles etc.—as well as the craftsmen at work. The transportation of the Vatican obelisk by Domenico Fontana in 1590 is represented by a fine selection of plates from Carlo Fontana's work on St. Peter's "Templum Vaticanum" published in 1694 and derived from Domenico's original "Delle transportazione dell'obelisco Vaticano". This undertaking may be compared with the plates depicting Zabaglia's methods for transporting and erecting obelisks. The greatest honor conferred on the unofficial "Engineer of the Vatican" in his lifetime was the first edition of this work published at Rome by Niccolò & Marco Pagliarini in 1743 with a total of 55 plates. The present second edition is enlarged with a biography of Zabaglia written by jurist Filippo Maria Renazzi 1742-1808 and with eight more plates which are among the very best and largest in the book; it is less commonly encountered than the first edition. This may be due to the fact that if put to the intended use in educational settings copies of the 1824 edition would have seen far more wear and tear than the earlier printing. Crispino Puccinelli unknown books
1991réf. 106247Long Beach:: Troll Associates. Fine. 1991. Hardcover. 0816722005 . All pop-ups are intact and in fine working order. First edition. Fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Troll Associates, hardcover books
1974réf. 331292New York: Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering 1974. Magazine. 32p. wraps paper toned else very good condition 8x10.5 inches Movement magazine aimed at engineers. Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering unknown books
1975réf. 331296New York: Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering 1975. Magazine. 32p. wraps paper toned else very good condition 8x10.5 inches Movement magazine aimed at engineers. Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering unknown books
1975réf. 331299New York: Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering 1975. Magazine. 32p. wraps chipped on edges and creased paper toned else good condition 8x10.5 inches Movement magazine aimed at engineers. Committee for Social Responsibility in Engineering unknown books
1976réf. 263722Washington DC: Council on Environmental Quality USGPO 1976. 71p. 8.5x11 inches preface introduction appendix bibliography illustrated with b&w photos figures map sections graphs very good government report booklet in stapled pictorial wraps. Council on Environmental Quality, USGPO unknown books
1893réf. 42477NY: The Engineering Record 1893. Hardcover. Very Good. Hardcover. 1pp. 17 plates 1pp. 17 plates 4ads. Some spotting and darkening to the red cloth with a bit of glue residue on the front small chip to edge of front free endpaper with some light wear to the extremities else a very good example in publisher's beveled boards lettered in gilt. Rear endpaper loose but present. The Engineering Record hardcover books
1991réf. 38236NY:: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1991. Hardcover. 0442006160 . First printing. Small spot of soiling on top edge else fine in a fine dust jacket. . Van Nostrand Reinhold, hardcover books
2000réf. 27600NY: Oxford University Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. 0195135830 . First printing. Near fine in a fine dust jacket. . Oxford University Press hardcover books
1997réf. 23784NY: John Wiley & Sons. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1997. Hardcover. 0471123080 . First printing. About fine in a fine dust jacket. . John Wiley & Sons hardcover books
1989réf. 100314NY:: Orchard Books. Near Fine. 1989. Hardcover. 0531058441 . All pop-ups are intact and in good working order. Text by Alan Whitehouse. First edition. Near fine in oblong glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Orchard Books, hardcover books
réf. 0000414Sammelband bound pamphlets. Collection of separately published pamphlets folding plates & extracts from periodicals bound in a 4to half black morocco album. A manuscript note in ink on the ffep translated from the French describes the contents as "individual works collected as a souvenir of Buenos Aires for our friend Pierre Michel-Levy 10/11/1904." Signed by Duclout. Binding worn: rubbed upper cover hanging by a cord contents generally very good one plate with long closed tear. Contents include: Conferencia final del curso de Teoria de la elasticidad dictado en le Fac de Ciencias Fisico-Matemaáticas de le Universidad de la Capital Buenos Aires: G Kraft 1888 8vo original wraps; 33 pp. Republica Argentina: Deuda publica exterior y capitales Europeos empleados por sociedades anonimas Buenos Aires: Felix Lajouane 8vo original wraps; 24 pp. Estudio sobre las hipotesis mecanicas que sirven de base a la teoria electro-magnetica de la luz de Maxwell Buenos Aires: Pablo E Coni 1892 8vo reprinted from los Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 26 pp. Los fundamentos de la geometria y el conocimiento del espacio Buenos Aires: Pablo E Coni 1893 Tall 8vo original wraps; 118 pp plus 13 folding plates. Théorie du flambage des pièces élastiques comprimées: Extrait du cours d'élasticité de la faculté des sciences exactes physiques et mathématiques de Buenos-Ayres Paris: np Imprimerie Chaix 1896 8vo original wraps an extract from the 1896 Memoires de la Societe des Ingenieurs Civils de France; 45 pp. Various tipped-in extracts from Argentine periodicals including "La Biblioteca" and "La Ingeniera" from 1897 and 1898 on subjects as diverse as wireless telegraphy the filling and dredging of canals the testing of various South American woods with numerous microscopic cross-section photographs and numerous folding plates The collection concludes with a tipped in biographical article in Spanish which is translated and provided in part below: "Referred to as the "Champion of Relativity" Jorge born Georges Duclout 1854 – 1927 was the first to lecture on relativity in Argentina In 1922 the University of Buenos Aires Council approved his motion to send an invitation to fellow Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule alumnus Albert Einstein to visit Argentina and give a course of lectures on his theory of relativity The visit took place three years later in March – April 1925 Although by then Duclout was aging and in ill health a memorable visit took place between the two men The visit also produced the "Unpublished Opening Lecture for Einstein's Course on Relativity Theory in Argentina 1925" hardcover books
1981réf. 95272NY:: Random House. Near Fine. 1981. Hardcover. 0394845846 . All pop-ups and moving parts are intact and in good working order. First edition. Previous owner's name stamped on front paste-down else fine in glossy illustrated boards. No dust jacket as issued. . Random House, hardcover books
1902réf. 231435Indianapolis; New York: Municipal Engineering Company 1902. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Illustrated; No pencil or ink markings in text. One-half black leather and black cloth binding. Front and rear hinge repair. Light to moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head of spine. Small loss at head of spine. Scrape gouge at top corner of front board with some missing leather. Very Good binding. Municipal Engineering Company unknown books
réf. D1692n.p. n.d. Hardcover. Very Good. N.d. but early 1900s. Cloth-backed boards with lettering stamped in brown on upper board; contains 4 full-color illustrations with moveable flaps to demonstrate the inner workings of a electric engines. Boards rubbed and scuffed; spine tips and corners bumped. Illustrations are bright and clean. hardcover books
réf. 12712New York/Toronto/London, MaGraw-Hill 1952, 235x160mm, 736pages, editor's binding. Book in very good condition.
réf. 27992New York and London, MacGraw-Hill 1933, 235x150mm, X - 348pages, editor's cloth binding.
réf. 27993New York - London - Toronto, MacGraw-Hill 1956, 235x150mm, VIII - 367pages, editor's cloth binding. Book in good condition.
réf. 27994New York and London, MacGraw-Hill 1941, 235x150mm, XII - 506pages, editor's cloth binding.
réf. 27995New York, John Wiley & Sons 1940, 220x140mm, 300pages, editor's cloth binding. Ex libris.
