New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1908. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1908 reprint. No jacket. Gilt top edge rubbed, pencil and ink name on front endpapers, multiple tears to fold-out.
xi, 231 pp. Includes fold-out view of Homestead, Duquesne, and Edgar Thompson Steel Works in Pennsylvania. A biography of the prominent.....
England: Midland Counties Publications, 1997. 2nd Printing. Trade Paperback.
Second printing. Spine faded.
255 pp. A list of designation systems and serial numbers of American aircraft from 1909 to 1979.
Knollwood Field, N.C. Headquarters, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command, 1942. Stapled Binding.
Ink name on front wrapper, front wrapper faintly foxed.
12 pp. CONTENTS: Master Cylinder Hydraulic Brake Systems.
New York: Motorbooks International, 1991. Hard Cover.
Minor wear to jacket corners, sticker ghost on rear jacket corner.
218 pp. 8vo. Bamsey has tackled this subject with clarity and expertise to reveal fully the technical development of today's World Sports Car Championship contenders. Historical introduction to revolutionary technology design to achieve.....
New York: Robert M. McBride & Company, 1928. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Loss to spine head, front board lightly soiled, ink name on front paste-down endpaper.
85 sketches and diagrams, glossary of terms, etc. CONTENTS: Prologue; Part I. The Elementary Principles Air Their Grievances; Part II. The Principles, Having Settled.....
Washington, D.C. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1978. Soft Cover.
Ink stamp and receipt on rear wrapper recto.
xx, 636 pp. Color frontispiece, black-and-white photographs. "The development of the Apollo launch facilities and launch operations is described from the beginning of design through the final launch. Management techniques, innovation in.....
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1918. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Spine very slightly faded with minimal loss of gilt.
xiii, 348 pp. CONTENTS: What to do on purchasing a car; Some things to avoid; What an automobile is; What makes the engine go; Equipment and accessories; If well.....
New York: Arlington House, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Jacket edges rubbed with some small chips and small tears.
127 pp. Marcel Dassault (born Marcel Ferdinand Bloch;[1] 22 January 1892 – 17 April 1986) was a French engineer and industrialist who spent his career in aircraft manufacturing.--Wikipedia.
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1883. Soft Cover.
Edges lightly rubbed, front wrapper creased, ink name and date on front endpaper, light pencil marginalia throughout text, pages faintly toned.
xii, 256 pp. Elementary Treatise on Natural Philosophy. Illustrated by 180 engravings on wood, and one colored plate. CONTENTS: Introductory;.....
Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office, 1961. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. No jacket. Ink name on front free endpaper.
xi, 240 pp. CONTENTS: Foreword by Dr. Hugh L. Dryden, Deputy Administrator; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I. From the Founding of NACA to the Dawn of the Space Age, January.....
. NASA, 1977. First Edition. Soft Cover.
First edition. Spine bumped, ink stamp on rear cover recto and verso.
x, 550 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; The Lightning Environment; Aircraft Lightning Attachment Phenomena; Lightning Strike Experience; Lightning Effects on Aircraft; Direct Effects Protection; Fuel System Protection; Structures Protection; Voltages and Currents Induced.....
New York: C.G. Crawford, Printer and Stationer, 1879. First Edition. Hard Cover.
First edition. Includes two fold-out maps (one loose but laid in) and one folding panorama, third fold-out map lacking. Minor loss to spine base, mull exposed at hinges, bookplate ghost on front paste-down endpaper.
vii, 540 pp. Green.....
Tinley Park, Illinois: The Goodheart-Willcox Company, Inc., 1995. Large Softcover.
Ink stamp on front wrapper verso, a few pages loose but included.
346 pp. "Automotive Encyclopedia is a complete automotive library in one easy-to-understand volume. In addition to exploring the many sciences involved in vehicle operation, electricity and electronics, hydraulics.....
Linden, N.J. / Trenton, N.J. / Bloomfield, N.J. / Tarrytown, N.Y. / Baltimore, M.D. Eastern Aircraft Division, 1944. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. Spine toned, boards lightly toned, rear board soiled.
A photographic history of The Eastern Aircraft Division of General Motors, which produced F4F Wildcats and TBF Avengers under license.....
London and Melbourne: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1927. Hard Cover.
Rebound in library buckram without color plate on front board as originally issued. Lacks 2 of 12 plates. Former library copy - usual marks. No jacket. Frontispiece loose but included.
256 pp. With twelve colour plates and about 250.....
Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2011. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. A fine copy in a fine jacket.
160 pp. "Birds are the most consistently inventive builders, and their nests set the bar for functional design in nature. Avian Architecture describes how birds design, engineer, and build their nests, deconstructing.....
New York: Fuel Engineering Company of New York / The Marchbanks Press, 1930. Hard Cover.
Boards lightly soiled, a few pencil marks on front endpaper and margin of a few pages.
102 pp. CONTENTS: Advancing Standards in Steam Generation; RELATION OF PLANT DESIGN AND OPERATION TO THE COAL MARKET: Predicting.....
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1916. Small Softcover.
Ink stamp on front wrapper, ink name and pencil name on front flyleaf, ink crossover on front wrapper verso, front hinge starting, faint stain to top page corner of pages 23-38.
64 pp. Personal copy of Camp Lee soldier Candidate F.H. Kelly, 35th.....
New York: Theo. Audel & Co., Publishers, 1945. 5th Printing. Soft Cover.
1945 fifth printing. Ink marks on page ridge (not remainder marks) and throughout text, tear on rear endpapers.
1586 pp. With black-and-white illustrations. CONTENTS: The Automobile; Automotive Physics; The Gas Engine; How a Gas Engine Works; Gas Engine.....
Hartford: J.B. Burr and Hyde, 1872. Hard Cover.
Rebacked with original backstrips laid down, pages foxed.
1304 pp. Engraved title page, with over 500 engraved plates and illustrations. Contents include: sewing machines; printing press; watches; steam boilers; steam navigation; ship building; money; ice; lithography; stereotyping; cigars and tobacco; sugar; fire.....
Bath: Parragon, 2007. First UK Edition. Large Hardcover.
First UK edition. Jacket bumped, tear on bottom right, small stain on rear bottom right corner. Pencil marking on top right corner of first page.
256 pp. From the world's largest space rocket to the world's largest rollercoaster, a whole range of.....
Bristol, Rhode Island: The Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, 1935. Large Hardcover.
No jacket. No publisher date (circa 1930s). Boards lightly toned and lightly soiled, top page corners bumped.
53 pp. CONTENTS: Since 1863; Bristol Fashion; The New Wishboom Rig and Sail Plan; When Winter Comes (Storage Information); Reproductions of colored etchings.....
New York: Theodore Audel & Co., 1902. Hard Cover.
No jacket. Light general wear.
330 pp. 14 pages of publisher ads follow text. Comprising the elements of mechanical philosophy, mensuration, geometry, algebra, arithmetical signs, and tables. United States weights, measures and money; tables of wages with copious notes, explanations and.....
Washington D.C. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1986. Large Hardcover.
Front jacket panel rubbed, jacket toned.
309 pp. "Engines of Change chronicles the American Industrial Revolution from about 1790 to 1860, specifically looking at some of the key machine inventions that drove this revolution forward. Steven Lubar examines not only the inventions.....
Boston: Crosby and Nichols, 1862. First Edition. Trade Paperback.
First edition - a paperback original. Wrappers lightly toned.
42 pp. Printed wrappers, sewn binding. A study of characteristics of the Mississippi River related to flooding and flood protection, printed during the American Civil War.