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Architectural Acoustics. By M. David Egan. Published by McGraw-Hill Custom Publishing, 2003. ISBN: 9780072974812 / 0072974818. New 10.75 x 8.4 inches pictorial softcover. 411 Pages. SUMMARY: Based on Egan's earlier work (1972), this text is aimed at practicing architects. It covers such key topics as sound systems design and mechanical noise control and evaluation. It contains a wealth of illustrations / photos which aid in understanding the subject. Tt would take a library of a dozen titles to duplicate what is in this one book. Architectural Acoustics is for the intelligent, college-level beginner, with a desire to learn basic concepts, as well as practical computation and design methods. There is nothing else in print that covers as broad an area of acoustics, and covers it in as much depth. ------ $4.99 Shipping within USA. ---- [inv.laf.200] --- SALE ENDS MAY 15, 2024

After the Whale: Melville in the Wake of Moby Dick. By Clark Davis Published by University Alabama Press; First Edition, First (August 30, 1995) New 6.3 x 0.9 x 9.4 inches hardcover with new dust jacket. ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0817307745 / ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0817307745.. 256 pages. 11.7 ounces. ----- COMMENTS: The study focuses on Melville's vision of the purpose and function of language from Moby-Dick through Billy Budd with a special emphasis on how language—in function and form—follows and depends on the function and form of the body, how Melville's attitude toward words echoes his attitude toward fish. Davis begins by locating and describing the fundamental dialectic formulated in Moby-Dick in the characters of Ahab and Ishmael. This dialectic produces two visions of bodily reality and two corresponding visions of language: Ahab's, in which language is both weapon and substitute body, and Ishmael's, in which language is an extension of the body—a medium of explanation, conversation, and play.… Read More

Airport Systems Planning. A Critical Look at the Methods and Experience. By Richard De Neufville. With prefaces by J. Payne and John R. Wiley. First American Edition by M.I.T. Press. 1976. ISBN 0262040514. Near-Fine 9 x 5 inches cloth hardcover. Blank bookplate on front endpaper. Near-fine dust jacket. No other flaws. 201 Pages. Notes. References. Index. Graphs. Tables. Figures. --- Keywords: AVIATION, AIRPORTS. --- No International Sales. --- [inv.laf/35] --- $2.50 SHIPPING within USA. --- SALE ENDS MAY 15, 2024

America in the Gilded Age. From the Death of Lincoln to the Rise of Theodore Roosevelt. By Sean Dennis Cashman. Published by New York University Press. 1988 Edition. ISBN 081471417x. Near-fine 9 x 6 inches yellow cloth hardcover. Blank bookplate on inside cover - no other flaws. 408 Pages. Illustrated. Chronology. Sources. Bibliography. Index. No dust jacket. COMMENTS: When the first edition of America in the Gilded Age was published in 1984, it soon acquired the status of a classic, and was widely acknowledged as the first comprehensive account of the latter half of the nineteenth century to appear in many years. Sean Dennis Cashman traces the political and social saga of America as it passed through the momentous transformation of the Industrial Revolution and the settlement of the West. Revised and extended chapters focusing on immigration, labor, the great cities, and the American Renaissance are accompanied by a wealth of augmented and enhanced illustrations, many new to this addition. ---- $4.99… Read More