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M. Taylor, 1837. Hardcover. Good. M. Taylor, 1837. 2nd edition. 2 volumes bound as one. Unabridged. 72 plates. Thick, 4to, contemporary cloth, rebacked. Light foxing/soiling. Shelf worn. See pictures.
Traite des fortifications souterraines suivi de quatre memoires sur les mines; par le chef de bataillon du genie Mouze, ancien commandant de mineurs by MOUZE Major - 1804
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Traite des fortifications souterraines suivi de quatre memoires sur les mines; par le chef de bataillon du genie Mouze, ancien commandant de mineurs
by MOUZE Major
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Paris: Levrault, 1804. Text and Atlas in one volume. viii and 436 pages. 20 folding plates (two with short tears neatly repaired on the verso with tape). Contemporary quarter calf gilt; the spine is a little faded and soiled; there are neat ink stamps of a Swedish military library on the titlepage and on the back of the plates. Standard Napoleonic manual on this subject. (For more books about the Napoleonic Wars please search my stock using the keyword napoleonic.)
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- Keywords napoleonic wars; military history; subterranean mining; siegecraft; fortification; engineering
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Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F. R. S. : Made on Various Occasions in the Course of His Employment As a Civil Engineer (Two Volumes Bound As One)
by John Smeaton
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THE LIFE OF GEORGE STEPHENSON, RAILWAY ENGINEER
by SMILES. SAMUEL
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John Murray. London. 1857. Third Edition, Revised, With Additions. The same year as the First edition. 8vo. (8.8 x 5.8 inches). Portrait frontis. Finely bound, by Frost & Co, of Bath, in half tan calf. Spine with five raised bands, each with gilt floral wavy role. Compartments decorated with double ruled borders. Within the borders are floral corner decorations and decorative centre pieces. Red and blue labels, ruled and lettered in gilt. Tan cloth on boards. Marbled endpapers. Top edge gilt. A fine copy in a highly attractive fine binding.
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Manual of the Principal Instruments Used in American Engineering and Surveying Manufactured By W. L. E. Gurley, Troy, N. Y.
by Gurley, W. & L. E.
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Troy NY: W. & L. E. Gurley, 1874. Twenty First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. This is the Twenty First Edition. 234 pages plus table of contents and ads. American Engineers & Surveyors Instruments. catalog of products available including solar compass, compasses, transits, leveling instruments, hand levels, barometers, many types of measuring tapes, etc. many illustrations. a few small spots on covers. tiny pinhole to cloth at spine. light foxing to inner front and rear cover. rear free end page lacking. ; 4 1/2 x 6 3/4
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Instructions in Practical Surveying, Topographical Plan Drawing, and Sketching Ground Without Instruments. With Plates and Woodcuts. Second Edition.
by Burr, G. D. [George Dominicus]
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London: John Murray, 1847. Octavo (183 x 115 mm). Contemporary prize binding of green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, title, single-line rules, elaborate crests to boards, acorn and oak leaf roll to turn-ins, and all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 5 folding plates on tissue, diagrams within the text. Prize and ownership bookplates to the front endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed with a few mild scuffs and some light wear at the extremities, a little faint spotting to the folding plates. Very good condition. Second edition with additions, first published in 1839. An attractively bound prize copy awarded by the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to Henry George White for "attention to, and progress in, military drawing". With White's later bookplate giving his rank as Major General. Author George Dominicus Burr (d. 1855), was for forty years an esteemed professor of military surveying at the Royal Military College, and it is presumably he himself who presented this prize volume. The contents cover…
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Gas Engines - ( The Specialists' Series, Volume II / 2 / Two ) - ORIGINAL EDITION, Not a Reprint
by MacGregor, William
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London: Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good++ to VG. Assume First (only?) Edition. This is NOT a modern reprint; c. 1885 w/ no note of further printings; 231 pgs. + 14 pgs. adverts. + 7 fold-out plates/ diagrams at back; 7.5 x 5.5"". Navy blue cloth binding tight & square; minor rubbing, trace of soil, convex bow to covers, 1/4"" corner bumps at top of each cover. Gold gilt vignette on front & all gold spine lettering crisp & intact. No fray or spine discolor. Text block tight to binding; narrow spine gap prior to title page (not really a split- minor). Neatly penned sm. owner name, dated Dec. 25, '88 w/ ""Univ. of Pa"" in top corner of title page- assume 1888- in fountain pen & looks old. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ v. light toning. All plates intact & complete- bit of edge wear, but no tears. NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays well.
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Reports of the Late John Smeaton, F. R. S. : Made on Various Occasions in the Course of His Employment As a Civil Engineer (Two Volumes Bound As One)
by John Smeaton
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M. Taylor, 1837. Hardcover. Good. M. Taylor, 1837. 2nd edition. 2 volumes bound as one. Unabridged. 72 plates. Thick, 4to, contemporary cloth, rebacked. Light foxing/soiling. Shelf worn. See pictures.
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Instructions in Practical Surveying, Topographical Plan Drawing, and Sketching Ground Without Instruments. With Plates and Woodcuts. Second Edition.
by Burr, G. D. [George Dominicus]
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London: John Murray, 1847. Octavo (183 x 115 mm). Contemporary prize binding of green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, title, single-line rules, elaborate crests to boards, acorn and oak leaf roll to turn-ins, and all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 5 folding plates on tissue, diagrams within the text. Prize and ownership bookplates to the front endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed with a few mild scuffs and some light wear at the extremities, a little faint spotting to the folding plates. Very good condition. Second edition with additions, first published in 1839. An attractively bound prize copy awarded by the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to Henry George White for "attention to, and progress in, military drawing". With White's later bookplate giving his rank as Major General. Author George Dominicus Burr (d. 1855), was for forty years an esteemed professor of military surveying at the Royal Military College, and it is presumably he himself who presented this prize volume. The contents cover…
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A Muzzle Loading Pistol You Can Build For Under $10
by McCrory, R.H.
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R.H. McCrory,1963. Paperback. Used- Good. Book is clean and tight. Book shows some shelf wear. Light scuffing on the edges and corners. Light bumping on the bottom of the spine. Name written in pen on the top edge on the inside of the front cover. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.
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Worthington Pump Handbook. Design, Construction, and Application of All Commercial Pumps, with laid in Trade Standards in the Pump Industry
by Worthington Engineers
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New York: Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, 1927. First Edition, First Issue, Total Issue 10,000, 1927. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 8vo, 74, 63, 19, 28, 144, 26, 47, 37 (Tables), 20 (Index), (4) pp. Profusely illustrated, with tables and 2 fold-out charts. Near Fine, prior owner name and city front paste down. Together with laid-in "Trade Standards in the Pump Industry", Recommended by The Hydraulic Society, 1921, published by Worthington Machinery Company, 8vo, printed brown stapled wrappers, 18 pages. Near Fine. Henry R. Worthington, (1817-1880), was the inventor of the direct acting steam pump and one of the founding members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He started the Worthington Pump Works in 1845, which in 1899 became the Steam Pump Company. That was followed in 1916 by the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp., which from 1952-1967 was the Worthington Corporation, and in 1967 merged into Studebaker. While the Handbook is not limited in…
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Gas Engines - ( The Specialists' Series, Volume II / 2 / Two ) - ORIGINAL EDITION, Not a Reprint
by MacGregor, William
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London: Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good++ to VG. Assume First (only?) Edition. This is NOT a modern reprint; c. 1885 w/ no note of further printings; 231 pgs. + 14 pgs. adverts. + 7 fold-out plates/ diagrams at back; 7.5 x 5.5"". Navy blue cloth binding tight & square; minor rubbing, trace of soil, convex bow to covers, 1/4"" corner bumps at top of each cover. Gold gilt vignette on front & all gold spine lettering crisp & intact. No fray or spine discolor. Text block tight to binding; narrow spine gap prior to title page (not really a split- minor). Neatly penned sm. owner name, dated Dec. 25, '88 w/ ""Univ. of Pa"" in top corner of title page- assume 1888- in fountain pen & looks old. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ v. light toning. All plates intact & complete- bit of edge wear, but no tears. NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays well.
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Maxim 1994 New Releases Data Book Volume III
by Maxim Integrated Products
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Maxim Integrated Products, 1994. Very Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1994, 1st edition. Light wear of wraps, one corner lightly creased. Interior unmarked and solid. Used, not abused.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Maxim 1992 New Releases Data Book : 1992 Analog Design Guide Series Book 1
by Maxim Integrated Products
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Maxim Integrated Products, 1992. Very Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1992, 1st edition. Light wear of wraps. Interior unmarked and tight. Used, not abused.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Practical Shop Mathematics: Volume one, elementary
by John H. Wolfe & Everett R. Phelps, Ph.D
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Burgundy cloth cover with gilt title on spine, no dust jacket, Previous owner's name stamped on paste down and front free endpaper. This revised edition has simplified illustrated presentations, replaced difficult trigonometric problems with simpler ones, etc. John Wolfe taught machine shop and shop mathematics for many years, giving him the background to present the illustrated practical problems.Printed by the Maple Press Company, York, Pa.
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Noise Control in Building Services
by Sound Research Laboratories Ltd
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Good condition. Minor signs of use. No highlights. No writing inside. Book jacket is intact, but has tape, tape residue, blemishes on the spine area.
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New Graphics Workbook
by Stevenson, Dennis R
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N P E Technical Publishing, Racine, WI, 1991. Softcover. Fine. 157pp; Engineering Technical Graphics workbook, with hundreds of illustrations; Minor wrinkling; No markings or other significant flaws; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103201. .
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Great Speckled Bird vol 8 #19 May 8, 1975
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n. 1975. Soft cover. Good. 1975 Soft cover Good hippie counter culture newspaper
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Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
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STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
by Brooks, Walter R
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction
by Margulies, Leo
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LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
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Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.
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