Search Results: report to the aqueduct commissioners by by spencer james

[New York:: Aqueduct Commissioners],, 1887.. First edition.. publisher's cloth.. Spine sunned and with some wear to the head and heel; quite sound. With the bookplate and ownership stamp of a private hydraulics library on pastedown.. Folio,. Frontispiece, 23 photogravure plates, 18 folding tables, 4 maps (2 folding) and 53 plates of blueprints (20 double-page). With a printed presentation slip tipped in at front free endpaper.

New York: City of New York Aqueduct Commission, 1887. Cloth. Very Good. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the "City of New York Aqueduct Commission Reports on the New Croton Aqueduct 1883-1887". Tight and VG in its russet cloth, with decorative blindstamping and elaborate gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine. Former owner name and date, light foxing at the front free endpaper. Very light wear as well to the spine ends and along the tips. Still though, solid and very presentable. Folio, dozens of impressive fold-out maps, a number of them in color or steel-engraving.