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: 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.....
Pontiac, Michigan: GP Publishing, 1984. Lamm, John. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Minor edge wear to jacket.
viii, 256 pp. There was only one collection of its kind. This book captures it. It is about the man William Fisk Harrah, his love for automobiles and how that love motivated.....
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.....
Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International, 1993. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Minor edgewear.
x, 134 pp. Here is the story of Harry Miller, from his early days in Los Angeles when he developed the Miller carburetor that soon became an essential speed component on any car that wanted to win.....
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.....
Ephrata, Pennsylvania: The Hippodrome Publishing Company, 1994. Second Edition. Large Hardcover.
Second edition, revised and expanded. Club newsletter and membership card laid in.
564 pp. A history of Harry Miller and the race cars and engines he built.
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.....
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.....
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.....
Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2006. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. Bottom corner of jacket lightly bumped.
xv, 256 pp. The period of 1890-1950 marked the romantic era of steam power as the rails reached deep into the old growth of the Adirondack woods to harvest the timber crop.....
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.....
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.....
England: Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust, 1983. Fourth Edition. Trade Paperback.
Fourth edition. Minor general wear.
204 pp. CONTENTS: Introduction; Early Background; Expansion; Developments; Experience in Service; Operational Flying; The Drive for Improvements; Main Service Problems: Backfires; Bearings; Service Lives; Supercharger and Carburation; Supercharger Drive; Wheelcase; Cylinder Blocks; Induction Pipes and Flame.....
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.
WI: Motorbooks International, 2003. 6th Printing. Hard Cover.
Sixth printing. Top edge of jacket lightly bumped. A near fine copy in a near fine jacket.
241 pp. "Broaden your knowledge of jet engine technology and its associated subjects. This is a technically comprehensive study of the components that constitute a......
WI: Motorbooks International, 2003. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
Fourth printing. Minor general wear.
241 pp. "Broaden your knowledge of jet engine technology and its associated subjects. This is a technically comprehensive study of the components that constitute a gas turbine aero-engine and examines each part's design and function in practice.....
Minneapolis, Minnesota: Haynes / Zenith Press, 2011. First Edition. Large Hardcover.
First edition. No jacket. Small tear to spine head.
160 pp. The world famous ocean liner Titanic, which sank on her maiden voyage in 1912, is the latest subject to receive the Haynes Manual treatment. With an authoritative text.....
PA: International Textbook Company. Hard Cover.
18 volumes inside wooden box. Wooden box in very good condition - no major stains. Publisher dates range from 1925 - 1950. Top page ridges of some volumes lightly faded, light stain along bottom page ridge of one volume. Slightly musty.
18 volume set.....
Wigan, Lancashire: Picks Publishing, 1990. Third Edition. Stapled Binding.
1990 printing of the 1968 third edition.
iv, 48 pp. 1990 reissue of the work originally published in 1708. Illustrated with reproductions of engravings throughout.