Engineering from Pages Past Used and Rare Books

Houston, Texas: The Oil Weekly, a Gulf Publishing Company Publication, 1957. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 1758 pages. Indexed at the front. Hardcover bound in embossed blue and gold cloth. The binding is worn, bumped and heavily rubbed. Heavy fraying at the spine ends. Front flyleaf chipped and torn,… Read more about this item

Philadelphia: American Society for Testing Materials, 1961. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 134 pages. Brown hardcover with lettering in dark brown. Ex-library copy with shelf numbers on the spine, pocket at the rear, and ink stamps on the endpapers. Binding shows moderate rubbing and wear. Contents are clean. Illustrated with black &… Read more about this item

Ottawa, ON: Canadian Wood Council, 2010. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 296 pages. Hardcover bound in brown glossy-paper covered boards. Minimal wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. This is for the 2009-2010 North American Wood Design Award Winners. … Read more about this item

Chicago, ILL: The Radford Architectural Company, 1923. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. Variously paginated. Complete 12 Volume Set. Hardcovers bound in burgundy 3/4 cloth with marbled paper-covered boards. The set is rubbed and bumped and shows average wear overall. Top edges of… Read more about this item

Detriot: Berry Brothers, Limited, 1911. Soft cover. Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. [81] pages. Soft cover bound in brown wrappers. The binding shows wear but is quite sound. Text is toned but clean. This is not an illustrated work.

New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1900. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. xiii, 556 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in brown cloth. The binding is rubbed and worn. The spine ends show insect damage. The inner hinges are cracking. The text block is generally sound and clean.… Read more about this item

New York City: Theo Audel, 1947. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 294 pages. Hardcover in black cloth. Binding has moderate wear. Some paint spots on rear cover. The tissue paper in front of the paint chip page has come loose from the text block. Text is toned.

Copper Cliff, Ontarior (Canada): The International Nickel Company of Canada, Limited, 1932. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 44 pages, plus two pages with tipped in folding tables. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. Binding is toned. Text is clean.

New York: Munn & Co., 1859. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folios. Variously paginated. The bindings measure 13 3/4 inches tall by 10 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early black half leather with burgundy marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate wear to the bindings. Volume… Read more about this item

Leipzig: Veb Fachbuchverlag, 1973. 3rd Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 512 pages, indexed. Hardcover with a white dust jacket. The jacket shows heavy wear with edge tears and chipping. Jacket is soiled from handling. Book is sound with secure inner hinges. Early owner's 1975 inscription… Read more about this item

Forest Hills, New York: Bovin Publishing, 1971. Soft cover. Fair/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 160 pages, indexed. Paperback bound in silver wrappers. Considerable wear to front cover where part of the title is rubbed out. Binding has otherwise moderate rubbing. Light foxing to several interior pages. Pages 155-160 are separated from seam. Missing… Read more about this item

Attleboro, MA: MJSA Press, 2015. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 149 pages, indexed. Softcover in black and gold wrappers. Moderate wear and rubbing to binding. Illustrated with tables, charts, and color photographs. Text is clean and sound.

Indanapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1932. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 8vo. 358 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in burnt sienna cloth with titles in gilt. The binding shows moderate wear and is a bit bumped. Early owner's inscription on the front flyleaf. Text is… Read more about this item

Chicago: Portland Cement Association, 1952. Soft cover. Good. 4to. 31 pages. Soft cover bound in grey stapled wrappers. The binding is rubbed and soiled from handling. Early notations written on the front cover. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated.

Reston, Virginia: Amer Society of Civil Engineers, 2004. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 348 pages. Hardcover bound in blue glossy paper-covered boards. Light to moderate wear to the binding. There is a little ding on the right side of the spine on… Read more about this item

West Conshohocken, PA: American Society for Testing & Materials, 1999. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. 245 pages, indexed. White hardcover bound in glossy boards. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy and clean within. Contains a few photos.

New York: David Williams, 1879. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folio. vii, 240 pages, indexed at the front. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth with cover designs embossed in black and titles in gilt. The binding is worn and bumped but sound. The front… Read more about this item

New York: The William T. Comstock Co., 1913. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. 208 pages. Hardcover bound in original green cloth with front cover designs in red and white. Housed in a modern clear mylar or plastic jacket. Moderate rubbing and wear to… Read more about this item

N.p.: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 1984. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 4to. 172 pages, indexed. Hardcover bound in tan pictorial cloth. Light wear to the binding. A sound copy with clean text. Illustrated with black and white photos.

Washington, D.C.: US Government Printing Office, 1949. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. 304 pages, indexed. Hardcover in blue cloth. Binding has smudges, scuffing. There is a small dent to the upper edges of front and rear boards, as if the book had been dropped at some point. All edges of text block are foxed.… Read more about this item