Berlin: Weller. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1915-20s. Tall quarto, decorated olive green boards, featuring 8 color "movable" plates of machinery (and first plate of locomotive). Recently cloth reinforcement of spine, text and plates VG. Atlas volume only, no text volume.
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New York: The Engineering News Company, 1902. Hardcover. Folio, 14 x 11 inches, half leather, good with wear and light loss to leather, boards firmly attached, contents very good, a bit tanned. Well illustrated.
New York: The Engineering News Company, 1901. Hardcover. Folio, 14 x 11 inches, half leather, good with wear and loss to leather, boards still firmly attached, contents good to very good, some tanning. 480 pp, illustrated.
New York: McGraw Publishing, 1903. Hardcover. Folio, 14 x 11 inches, half leather, good with some wear and rubbing to leather, boards firmly attached, contents very good, some tanning.
New York: McGraw Publishing, 1906. Hardcover. Folio, 14 x 11 inches, half leather, good with some wear and rubbing to leather, boards firmly attached, contents very good, a little tanned. With material on the San Francisco earthquake. 1.5 x 1.5 inch loss to spine bottom.
Extracted from Vol. X, Part II of what we think must be an Encyclopedia Britannica volume, ca. 1790s, paginated 697-792, with 13 copperplates numbered CCLXIII - CCLXXV. Disbound, measures 10 x 8.25 inches, minor foxing and wear. Not sure which edition of what encyclopedia this is from, but the text.....
(Paris): NP, 1889. Hardcover. This volume only, small quarto, gray cloth with red leather spine labels, good, with general light wear and soil to binding, contents good but tanning. 552 pp, several illustrations.
Jena: Verlag von Gustav Fischer, 1906. First printing. Hardcover. Vol. 2 only. 8vo, dark blue cloth gilt, good with some wear and dustiness, small abrasion to lower front cover. 346 pp, 7 plates at rear, one folding. Ernst Karl Abbe was a German physicist, optical scientist, entrepreneur, and social reformer.....
Manchester UK: James Ainsworth, Ca. 1860. Hardcover. No date, ca. 1860, identified on spine as 'The Imperial Journal / Plates' leading us to think this is a plate volume for Ainsworth's Imperial Journal. Quarto (11.25 inches; 28.5 cm) half leather, 130 engraved plates, some double page, some quite large folding.....
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1920. Hardcover. Small 8vo, limp black cloth, 218 (16) 289 pp. Very good copy, some shelfwear.
New York: John Wiley and Sons, 1963. First edition. Hardcover. Presumed first edition, 1963, hardcover with blue cloth boards in dust jacket, large octavo, 324pp., not illustrated. Book VG+ with toning to top front board, mild wear to spine ends and corners, binding tight, previous owner's signature to front flyleaf.....
Easton, PA: Alpha Portland Cement Co., 1930. Wraps. 10 x 6.5 inches, wraps, very good, light wear and toning. 112 pp, well illustrated including two plates in color.
New York: American Gas Association, 1940. First printing. Hardcover. Small quarto, cloth in original plain glassine dust jacket, book very good, light soil, jacket good with some wear and tear. Bookplate "Compliments of Koppers Company" on pastedown. 198 pp.
Chicago: American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, 1919. First printing. Paperback. 9 x 5.5 inches, stiff wraps, very good, 63 pp, illustrated with photoplates, including large folding panoramic photo of steel works at Gary and another folding panoramic plate of other industrial sites, plus 2 large folding outline maps.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1891. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 1197 pp., illustrated, including many folding charts or tables. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1888. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 994 pp., illustrations, folding plates and maps. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1890. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 940 pp., illustrations, folding plates and maps. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1892. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 796 pp, plus 192 pp. general index for volumes XVI-XX, illustrations, folding plate. Dozens of articles on all aspects of.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1893. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 1036 pp. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles on ore deposits, clay deposits.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1894. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 795 pp. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles on ore deposits, clay deposits.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1894. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 685 pp., illustrations. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles on ore deposits, clay.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1895. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 1028 pp, illustrations, folding maps. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including articles on ore.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1897. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 1141 pp., illustrated, including folding charts or tables. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest, including.....
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1898. First printing. Hardcover. Large 8vo (9.25 x 6.5 inches), burgundy buckram, gilt ruled and titled on spine, near fine copy, minimal wear, 1031 pp., illustrated including some folding tables and charts. Dozens of articles on all aspects of geological and engineering interest.....
Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1941. First printing. Wraps. Large 8vo, pale green wraps, very good, light wear and corner bumping, 351 pp, illustrated. Bache was an American physicist, scientist, and surveyor who erected coastal fortifications and conducted a detailed survey to map the mideastern United States coastline. Originally an army.....