American Civil Engineers' Handbook (Fifth Edition) (Leather Bound)
by Merriman, Thaddeus & Thos. H. Wiggin
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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NZ$333.63NZ$266.90
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About This Item
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1930. 5th or later Edition . Full-Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Fifth Edition. Hardcover 8vo bound in full leather w/gold titles, all edges gilt. Very Good. Leather edgeworn, spine concave with text block pull at crown, several pages torn; binding firm interior unmarked. 2263pp inc Index; illustrated in tables, charts, graphs, numerous drawings. Front endpaper bears the owner name and inscription "EL Vado Dam, 1934". El Vado Dam in northern New Mexico was a large project by the Conservancy District in 1933-1935; presumably this book belonged to an engineer who worked on the mammoth project. Very serviceable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Basement Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 040298
- Title
- American Civil Engineers' Handbook (Fifth Edition) (Leather Bound)
- Author
- Merriman, Thaddeus & Thos. H. Wiggin
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1930
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- ENGINEERING CIVIL ENGINEER HANDBOOK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction;
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Basement Books
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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