Books - "engineering"
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Theories of Abstract Automata
Super octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front board, xiii + 412pp, nr fine (very slight bruising to lower board corners)
PUBLISHER: Prentice Hall 1969
KEYWORDS: Michael A Arbib automata computing engineering mechanics physics mathematics Turing algebraic decomposition theory
Great Western in Colour
Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+). All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Blandford Press 1978
KEYWORDS: specials railways trains transport history OS Nock Clifford Wendy Meadway Great Western engineering Brunel Cornwall Wales
Labyrinths of Iron: A History of the World's Subways
Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) . All our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Newsweek Books 1981
KEYWORDS: specials Benson Bobrick subways metros the tube metropolitan line trains underground railways transport engineering history
The Exeter Canal
Imperial octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.
PUBLISHER: Phillimore & Co 1984
KEYWORDS: Kenneth Clew specials Exeter canal River Exe history Countess Wear Lighter Canal Ship Canal engineering trade Devonshire England
Report on The Mining Industry in New Zealand
being papers laid before Parliament during the session of 1886
original binding, octavo, rust buckram boards with gilt lettering and blind-stamped device to spine, blind rule to both boards and spine, ii + 334pp, illus including VG folding tables (creasing and small closed tears to extremities), VG (wear and soiling to boards, rear lower corner missing, pencil owner's name to fep, light foxing to eps and page edges)
PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Government Printer 1887
KEYWORDS: w.j.m. larnach new zealand history mining industry engineering
Planning and Installing Bioenergy Systems; A Guide for Installers, Architects and Engineers
quarto, illus light card covers, spiral bound, xi + 268pp, illus, VG+ (v light wear)
PUBLISHER: James & James 2005
KEYWORDS: environment science planning bioenergy systems architects engineering
The Principles of Navigation
hardback octavo with d/w + plastic wrap (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Hollis & Carter 1966
KEYWORDS: specials navigation anderson science engineering travel exploration
The Worcester and Birmingham Canal: Chronicles of the Cut
Imperial octavo, blue boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, xvi + 392pp, fine, in d/w, fine
PUBLISHER: Brewin Books 2005
KEYWORDS: Reverend Alan White Worcester Birmingham canal transport history engineering locks Edgbaston Selly Oak Kings Norton West Hill tunnel Hopwood Alvechurch
North British Steam Locomotives built 1857-1956 for Railways Oversease
Squre imperial octavo, blue/black mottled cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, illus title page, 112pp, illus, VG+ (owner's name in ink to front pastedown) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped)
PUBLISHER: D Bradford Barton (date?)
KEYWORDS: John H Court railways trains steam engines North British Locomotive Company Britain locomotives engineering railway history
The Fastest Men on Earth
The men and cars that smashed the world land speed record
Ex-library hardcover super octavo (VG-) in d/w (G) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost.
PUBLISHER: Herbert Jenkins Ltd 1964
KEYWORDS: ex-library specials Paul Clifton transport cars speed records history technical engineering chronicle competition world records
Rails to Roxburgh: The Story of a Provincial Railway
Quarto, illus light card covers with French flaps, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 256pp, illus, nr. fine
PUBLISHER: Molyneux Press Ltd 2010
KEYWORDS: WJ Cowan New Zealand Central Otago transport railways trains steam engines history Roxburgh engineering
Straphangers and Grippers: The Ups and Downs of the Mornington Cable-car System 1883 to 1957
Signed by both authors, imperial octavo, illus yellow light card covers, 120pp, illus, VG+
PUBLISHER: Otago Heritage Books 1994
KEYWORDS: Bill Campbell Ray Hargreaves New Zealand Dunedin Mornington passenger transport cable cars cablecars engineering construction history
The Aspinall Era
Super octavo, dark brown cloth boards with silver lettering to spine, iii + 270pp, illus, VG- (staining to boards, sellotape residue to boards, bookseller's label to front pastedown, two owners' inscriptions in ink to fep, tanning to fep) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, heavy foxing & tanning internally, sellotape residue stains internally)
PUBLISHER: Ian Allan 1967
KEYWORDS: HAV Bulleid Sir John Aspinall Lancashire & Yorkshire Great Southern & Western transport railways trains engineering history
The Springburn Story: The History of the Scottish Railway Metropolis
Octavo, orange cloth boards with black lettering to spine, frontispiece, 260pp + 2pp adverts, illus, VG (foxing) in d/w, VG (price clipped, fading)
PUBLISHER: David & Charles / Dawlish Macdonald 1964
KEYWORDS: John Thomas Springburn Scotland Scottish railways trains locomotives engineering history Caledonian and North British steam locomotive builders
A History of Russian Railways
Octavo, green boards with gilt lettering in red decorative panel to spine and blind train motifs to front board, top edges green, 326pp, illus, VG+ (slight fading to spine, bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, staining to eps) in d/w, VG- (price clipped, staining to edges, tanning internally)
PUBLISHER: George Allen & Unwin 1964
KEYWORDS: JN Westwood Russia Russian railways trains rail transport history economic technical history engineering terrain climate locomotives steam engines equipment
C. Y. O'Connor: His Life and Legacy
softcover super octavo (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: University of Western Australia Press 2002
KEYWORDS: specials A G EVANS c y o'connor biography colonial civil engineering new zealand australia
Southland's Pioneer Railways 1864-1878
Super octavo, illus heavy card boards with black lettering to orange cloth spine, frontispiece, 72pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning to front board upper edge)
PUBLISHER: New Zealand Railway and Locomotive Society 1965
KEYWORDS: JOP Watt New Zealand history Southland transport railways trains steam engines locomotives engineering Makarewa Bluff Vogel Scheme
Elementary Structural Analysis and Design
Steel, Timber, and Reinforced Concrete
Hardcover imperial octavo (VG-) lacks d/w ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs
PUBLISHER: The MacMillan Company 1953
KEYWORDS: specials Linton E Grinter architectural engineering construction design building
Tidal Lands: A Study of Shore Problems
Hardcover super octavo (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples.Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage cost
PUBLISHER: Blackie & Son Ltd 1918
KEYWORDS: Alfred E Carey FW Oliver botany geography tidal waters land reclamation coastal riparian engineering conservation science erosion UK specials
Theaters
CD Rom at rear, ex library, quarto,maroon boards with gilt lettering to spine, illus half-title & title pages, 398pp, illus, CD Rom at rear, VG+ (usu library markings but unobtrusive) in d/w, VG (brusing to edges)
PUBLISHER: WW Norton & Co 2006
KEYWORDS: Craig Morrison theaters theatres architecture design engineering illustrated pictorial history playhouses cinemas music hall