Technology And Manufacturing from

New York: J. WIley, 1872. Hardcover. Good (Boards are edgeworn/scuffed/smudged; top and bottoms of spine strip is heavily worn; inner hinges are cracked; signatures and markings from former owners in pencil on endpapers; textblock edges are toned with foxing/scuffing/smudging; interior is clean; textblock appears solid.). Light red boards with gilt lettering on the spine; viii, 217 pp., illustration.… Read more about this item

Bangor, Maine: Eastern Corporation / International Brotherhood Of Paper Makers, 1942. Softcover. Good+ (sunning to upper edges of front wrap & spine; printing remains dark & detailed. white discolored rubs to edges; spot to back.. spine ends & corners rubbed; light crease to lower pg corners). 24. pink stapled wraps w/ black printing. 24 pgs text. Front wrap… Read more about this item

New York: National Knitted Outwear Association, 1966. Hardcover. Good+ (previous owners name to lower edge of endpapers. scratches, smudges to boards; edge-wear. corners bumped & curled, variously rubbed. spine ends crinkled w/ rubbing. upper pg corners have crimp/crease. multipel slight, shallow splits to textblock. front board slightly rattled.). olive cloth boards w/ verticle grey & black illustration, black… Read more about this item

Milano: Ulrico Hoepli, 1946. Paperback. Good- (Wraps are heavily toned/foxed/chipped/smudged; textblock is toned/scuffed/smudged/foxed; first few pages have large chips in the bottom corner; other pages have light chipping to the edges; interior is toned around the edges and lightly foxed; textblock is solid.). Light green wraps with red and blue lettering and illustration; XII, 241 pp. Text in… Read more about this item

Ludlow, England: The Dog Rose Press, 1999. Hardcover. VG (bump, rubbing & creasing to spine top.). bw illustrated boards w/ black spine. 307 pgs w/ 28 pgs & 89 bw plates. A nice, bright copy; appears to be a lighty read.

Mendrisio, Switzerland: Archivio del Moderno / Accademia Di Architettura Mendrisio, 2003. Softcover. VG- (scuffs, scratches & rubs to wraps; crease to back. sunning to front & back edge; sunning affects approx half of the back wrap edge. spine ends & corners rubbed. tightly bound). square pictorial & red wraps w/ black, red printing; french flaps. 240 pgs w/… Read more about this item

Alexandria, Virginia: Office Of History / U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, 2005. Softcover. VG (corners rubbed. spine ends rubbed w/ rub to lower edge). oversized, multi-color & illustrated wraps w/ black printing; illustrated french flaps. 306 pgs w/ primarily bw illustrations. A nice, bright copy. "The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is best known for its water resources… Read more about this item

Paris: Chez L'auteur, 1931. Paperback. Fair (Wraps are edgeworn/chipped/foxed; spine strip is almost completely missing; textblock edges are worn/foxed/smudged; pages are lightly toned and foxed, but book is complete.). Off-white wraps with black and red lettering; 256 pp.; 1 leaf including illustrations, plates; XXVIII color plates. Text in French. Scarce copy of this book.

Philadelphia: Henry Carey Baird, 1889. Hardcover. AS IS, superb reading copy (Front cover is detached; back cover hinge is cracked; ffep, frontispiece, tissue guard are detached from the textblock; textblock is edgeworn and smudged and toned; pages are toned, but clean.). Brown boards with debossed illustration and gilt design and lettering on the spine; xxxi, 501,32 pp.; frontispiece.… Read more about this item

Berlin / New York: Springer, 2007. Hardcover. VG (light wear to boards. lower corners bumped & creased. spine ends crinkled.). white boards w/ grey, red & blue illustrations. 524 pgs w/ color, bw illustrations. Cryptology, for millennia a "secret science", is rapidly gaining in practical importance for the protection of communication channels, databases, and software. Beside its role… Read more about this item

Paris, France: L'Illustration, 1932. Hardcover. Good- (boards have innumerable scuffs, scratches & rubbed areas; worn areas; patches of adhered paper from an aged dampstaining accident. corners rubbed to boards. paper split at hinges, but binding remains intact; front endpaper & opening pgs detached; back endpaper nearly detached). dark blue cloth boards w/ gilt printing & emblem. marbled pastedowns… Read more about this item

Providence, Rhode Island: Sidney S. Rider & Brother, 1872. Hardcover. Good- (ex-laboratory library w/ stamps to title pg, occasional embossed stamp to pgs, etc. scuffs & rubbing to boards & edges; corners rubbed to boards. upper section of spine chipped w/ spine visible, spine binding torn & flapped. spine darkened. back hinge paper split, binding remains intact but stretched;… Read more about this item

London, England: Longmans, Green & Co, 1926. Hardcover. Good (split to front hinge, binding material still intact; board rattled. slight split to textblock; pgs intact. boards scuffed & scratched; spine sunned. corners bumped & curled. foxing to textblock edges.). navy cloth w/ gilt spine printing. book xxvii, 388 pgs w/ bw plates & tissue-guard frontispiece. Speckled and spotted… Read more about this item

Oxford / New York: Basil Blackwell, 1988. Hardcover. Good+ (speckled & spotted foxing to textblock edges w/ remnants to pg edges. top edge of pgs 84/85 have rubbing & patches of foxing. front pastedown peeling. dustjacket rubbed & scuffed; light sunning to spine). black cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 202 pgs w/ bw illustrations. blue, pale yellow… Read more about this item

Boston: Stratford, 1924. Hardcover. VG, covers show normal wear for age. Ex-library markings on spine. Pages clean and tight. Navy blue covers, gilt lettering. 269 pages illustrations, fold-outs. Introduction by Edward F. McSweeney. The means of international intercourse -- The cable policy of the United States -- Cable-landing licenses and monopolies of traffic -- Cable relations between the… Read more about this item

New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1948. Hardcover. VG/G+, dj has tears on edges and at spine. Covers good. Pages cleann and tight.. Mylar covered dj; red cloth covers, gilt lettering. xiv, 743 pages illustrations, diagrams. Contents: Anonymous history -- Springs of mechanization -- Means of mechanization -- Mechanization encounters the organic -- Mechanization encounters human surroundings -- Mechanization… Read more about this item

Washington [DC]: Government Printing Office, 1885. Hardcover. Good (major wear to boards and spine, age toning to pages and block edges but all pages are clear and readable). Leather boards with red and black title blocks on spine with gilt lettering, Volume 13, vi, v, 12pp, x, Part I Machine-Tools, Part II Wood-Working Machinery 293 pp, Report on… Read more about this item

London: Holtzapffel & Co, 1881. Hardcover. Good (top half of spine is missing, overall shelfwear to boards and staining to block edges) Includes inscription to previous owner on first flyleaf dated 1881.. Blue-gray boards with stamped design on front and back, gilt lettering on front and spine, 144 pp, black and white illustrations. Includes 74 illustrations. Written by… Read more about this item

New York: Basic Books, 1958. Hardcover. VG (book sleeve bumps and smallt tears, book itself clean and tight). Marbled tan boards with green cloth spine, gilt lettering on spine, burgundy illustrated sleeve, 247 pp + 67 pp of notes, bw illustrations. A volume in The Collector's Series in Science, includes engr. t.p. of Gilbert's 2d Latin ed., 1628.… Read more about this item

New York: The Simes Company, 1939. Hardcover. VG, exlibrary with minimal markings a superb copy overall. Brown paper-covered, gilt printed covers with coarse woven cloth spine. 98 pp., including 92 pages of bw illustrations. Cover title (from top to bottom): "MCMI The Simes Company Inc Lighting Fixtures MCMXXXIX" 98 pages of lighting for Public Building Illumination (pp. 1-43);… Read more about this item