[SIX BOOKS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME] Drainage Of Districts & Lands, WITH Drainage Of Towns & Buildings, WITH Constructing & Repairing Common Roads, WITH Foundations & Concrete Works, WITH Well-Digging, Boring & Pump-Work, WITH Blasting &a
by Dempsey, G Drysdale; Law, Henry; Dobson, E; Swindell, John Geo; Burgoyne, John
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- Condition
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London.: John Weale. VG. SIX JOHN WEALE PUBLICATIONS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME. Three-quarter leather, lettered in gilt on spine; with marbled paper covered boards. The six books are, 'RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DRAINAGE OF DISTRICTS AND LANDS' by G Drysdale Dempsey. First edition, 1849. (ii),142pp. Illustrated. With Index. 'RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE DRAINAGE OF TOWNS AND BUILDINGS: SUGGESTIVE OF SANATORY REGULATIONS THAT WOULD CONDUCE TO THE HEALTH OF AN INCREASING POPULATION' by G Drysdale Dempsey. First edition. 1849. xvi,176pp. Illustrated. With Index. 'RUDIMENTS OF THE ART OF CONSTRUCTING AND REPAIRING COMMON ROADS' by Henry Law. To which is prefixed 'A General Survey Of The Principal Metropolitan Roads' by S Hughes. First edition. 1850. (vi),136pp. Illustrated. 'A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON FOUNDATIONS AND CONCRETE WORKS' by E Dobson. First edition. 1850. (vi),130pp. Illustrated. With Index. 'RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON WELL-DIGGING, BORING AND PUMP-WORK' by John Geo Swindell. Revised second edition by G R Burnell. 1851. xi,107pp. Illustrated. With Appendix. 'RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE BLASTING AND QUARRYING OF STONE FOR BUILDING AND OTHER PURPOSES' by Maj-Gen Sir John Burgoyne. First edition. 1849. vii,106pp. Illustrated. Some occasional light spotting throughout; some rubbing to marbled boards; some surface chipping to leather; else a very good copy of six SCARCE Weale publications. . Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good.
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- [SIX BOOKS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME] Drainage Of Districts & Lands, WITH Drainage Of Towns & Buildings, WITH Constructing & Repairing Common Roads, WITH Foundations & Concrete Works, WITH Well-Digging, Boring & Pump-Work, WITH Blasting &a
- Author
- Dempsey, G Drysdale; Law, Henry; Dobson, E; Swindell, John Geo; Burgoyne, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- John Weale
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Keywords
- Victorian Books. Drainage. Land Drainage. Civil Engineering. Engineering. History. Sanitation. Public Health. Health. Sanatory Regulations. Town Drainage. Building Drainage. Architecture. Social History. Roads. Road Construction. Road Repair. Concrete. Co
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