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London, Longmans Green and Co, 1966, hardcover, 114 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine end touches. Dustjacket price clipped, light edge nicks, some laminate lifting adjacent to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This history of the development of radio to the satellite age focuses mainly on the inventors; Marconi, Baird, Watson-Watts, and Lord Reith. Illustrated throughout with drawn figures and black-&-white plates.
The Encyclopedia of American Lafrance by Robert B. Marvin, D.P.A - 1996: Supplement One
by Robert B. Marvin, D.P.A
The Encyclopedia of American Lafrance: Supplement One
by Robert B. Marvin, D.P.A
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- Place of Publication Jasper, Florida
- Date Published 1996
- Keywords Fire apparatus, pumping cars, aerial trucks, fire department supplies
From Marconi to Telstar: The Story of Radio
by Wymer, Norman
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Technology of Synthetic Polymers: in its Chemical and Physical Aspects
by R. Houwink
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This is a hardbound copy of one of the seminal books in polymer science and technology. It is the 1947 publication, presumed first edition, and is ex-library, with stamp and written cataloging on the front flyleaves and a pocket/card on the back flyleaf. 219 pages with tables and index. Cover is sunned and has a stain at upper center; spine has sunning and wear, particularly at the top as shown; pages may be slightly browned; and slight separation from front spine, also shown. Good clean interior with no markings.
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Dampf. Dessen Erzeugung und Verwendung nebst katalog der Fabrikate der Babcock & Wilcox Co. 30 Cortlandt Street, New York und von Babcock & Wilcox, Limited 114 Newgare Street, London.
by Babcock & Wilcox Co.
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New York & London: Babcock & Wilcox, March, 1893. Tall quarto. Original brown cloth blocked in gilt and blind, all edges red, floral patterned endpapers. Lithographic half title. Engravings and illustrations from photos throughout. Ownership ink stamp of Edmund Prechtel to front pastedown and title, ownership signature of the same to the front blank. Cloth a little rubbed and spotted with some scattered loss of size, small tear at the base of the spine panel, contents faintly toned. Excellent condition. "Steam, Its Production and Use, together with a Catalogue of Manufactures". A very attractive 1893 German language catalogue of the pioneering power firm Babcock & Wilcox, the first edition of which was published in 1875. This 180-page catalogue is heavily illustrated with both photos and engravings. In addition to specifications for the firm's boiler models, it includes a detailed overview of steam power and the operations of different types of boilers, as well as information about the company and…
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Henley's ABC of Gliding and Sailflying.
by Pagé, Victor W. (ed.)
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London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1931. Duodecimo. Original blue cloth, title to spine gilt, publisher's logo to upper bard in blind. With the dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, illustrations throughout the text. Ownership inscription dated 1943 to the front free endpaper. Cloth very lightly rubbed at the extremities but otherwise bright and fresh, faint partial toning to the endpapers, faint spotting to the endpapers and edges of text block. An excellent copy in the rubbed and tanned jacket with some spots and marks and an over-price ticket to the spine panel. First UK edition, originally published in the US in the previous year. An attractive copy and uncommon in the jacket. The earliest successful glider was created by the British aeronautical designer Sir George Cayley and flown in 1853, initiating a wave of research into both unpowered and powered flight, and gliders had become relatively sophisticated by the time the Wright Brothers flew the first powered aircraft in 1903. It wasn't until the…
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Hodgson camp houses.
by [ARCHITECTURE]. HODGSON, E.[rnest] F.
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Boston & New York: E.F. Hodgson Co., Display & Salesrooms, 1932. 8vo. 16 pp. Photo-illust. title, photo illustrations, floorplans, and text illustrations throughout. Printed softcovers (minor shelfwear, light rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated catalogue detailing Ernest Hodgson’s “Tiny Homes” business in the early 1930’s, who had originally founded his business producing “Auto Stables” for automobiles in the Brass Era. His pre-fabricated small homes, bungalows, vacation homes, and Camps (cabins) were very popular with sportsman and vacationers across New England and the East Coast. This catalogue details the available heating systems, sizes, floor plans, and even garden furniture, equipment and birdhouses for prospective buyers which could be seen as outdoor exhibits in Dover and South Sudbury, MA. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Columbia, Bancroft, Hagley, U of MI, U of MN, Cleveland Pub.).
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From Marconi to Telstar: The Story of Radio
by Wymer, Norman
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London, Longmans Green and Co, 1966, hardcover, 114 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Near Fine in Good dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no wear or markings, slight spine end touches. Dustjacket price clipped, light edge nicks, some laminate lifting adjacent to spine, in new Brodart sleeve. This history of the development of radio to the satellite age focuses mainly on the inventors; Marconi, Baird, Watson-Watts, and Lord Reith. Illustrated throughout with drawn figures and black-&-white plates.
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Technology of Synthetic Polymers: in its Chemical and Physical Aspects
by R. Houwink
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This is a hardbound copy of one of the seminal books in polymer science and technology. It is the 1947 publication, presumed first edition, and is ex-library, with stamp and written cataloging on the front flyleaves and a pocket/card on the back flyleaf. 219 pages with tables and index. Cover is sunned and has a stain at upper center; spine has sunning and wear, particularly at the top as shown; pages may be slightly browned; and slight separation from front spine, also shown. Good clean interior with no markings.
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Dampf. Dessen Erzeugung und Verwendung nebst katalog der Fabrikate der Babcock & Wilcox Co. 30 Cortlandt Street, New York und von Babcock & Wilcox, Limited 114 Newgare Street, London.
by Babcock & Wilcox Co.
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New York & London: Babcock & Wilcox, March, 1893. Tall quarto. Original brown cloth blocked in gilt and blind, all edges red, floral patterned endpapers. Lithographic half title. Engravings and illustrations from photos throughout. Ownership ink stamp of Edmund Prechtel to front pastedown and title, ownership signature of the same to the front blank. Cloth a little rubbed and spotted with some scattered loss of size, small tear at the base of the spine panel, contents faintly toned. Excellent condition. "Steam, Its Production and Use, together with a Catalogue of Manufactures". A very attractive 1893 German language catalogue of the pioneering power firm Babcock & Wilcox, the first edition of which was published in 1875. This 180-page catalogue is heavily illustrated with both photos and engravings. In addition to specifications for the firm's boiler models, it includes a detailed overview of steam power and the operations of different types of boilers, as well as information about the company and…
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Henley's ABC of Gliding and Sailflying.
by Pagé, Victor W. (ed.)
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London: Chapman & Hall, Ltd., 1931. Duodecimo. Original blue cloth, title to spine gilt, publisher's logo to upper bard in blind. With the dust jacket. Photographic frontispiece, illustrations throughout the text. Ownership inscription dated 1943 to the front free endpaper. Cloth very lightly rubbed at the extremities but otherwise bright and fresh, faint partial toning to the endpapers, faint spotting to the endpapers and edges of text block. An excellent copy in the rubbed and tanned jacket with some spots and marks and an over-price ticket to the spine panel. First UK edition, originally published in the US in the previous year. An attractive copy and uncommon in the jacket. The earliest successful glider was created by the British aeronautical designer Sir George Cayley and flown in 1853, initiating a wave of research into both unpowered and powered flight, and gliders had become relatively sophisticated by the time the Wright Brothers flew the first powered aircraft in 1903. It wasn't until the…
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Hodgson camp houses.
by [ARCHITECTURE]. HODGSON, E.[rnest] F.
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Boston & New York: E.F. Hodgson Co., Display & Salesrooms, 1932. 8vo. 16 pp. Photo-illust. title, photo illustrations, floorplans, and text illustrations throughout. Printed softcovers (minor shelfwear, light rubbing), NF copy. First edition of this well-illustrated catalogue detailing Ernest Hodgson’s “Tiny Homes” business in the early 1930’s, who had originally founded his business producing “Auto Stables” for automobiles in the Brass Era. His pre-fabricated small homes, bungalows, vacation homes, and Camps (cabins) were very popular with sportsman and vacationers across New England and the East Coast. This catalogue details the available heating systems, sizes, floor plans, and even garden furniture, equipment and birdhouses for prospective buyers which could be seen as outdoor exhibits in Dover and South Sudbury, MA. Worldcat locates 6 copies (Columbia, Bancroft, Hagley, U of MI, U of MN, Cleveland Pub.).
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Maxim 1994 New Releases Data Book Volume III
by Maxim Integrated Products
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Maxim Integrated Products, 1994. Very Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1994, 1st edition. Light wear of wraps, one corner lightly creased. Interior unmarked and solid. Used, not abused.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Maxim 1992 New Releases Data Book : 1992 Analog Design Guide Series Book 1
by Maxim Integrated Products
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Sunnyvale, CA, USA: Maxim Integrated Products, 1992. Very Good condition Softcover Octavo, 1992, 1st edition. Light wear of wraps. Interior unmarked and tight. Used, not abused.. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7" - 9" tall. Book.
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Practical Shop Mathematics: Volume one, elementary
by John H. Wolfe & Everett R. Phelps, Ph.D
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Burgundy cloth cover with gilt title on spine, no dust jacket, Previous owner's name stamped on paste down and front free endpaper. This revised edition has simplified illustrated presentations, replaced difficult trigonometric problems with simpler ones, etc. John Wolfe taught machine shop and shop mathematics for many years, giving him the background to present the illustrated practical problems.Printed by the Maple Press Company, York, Pa.
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Noise Control in Building Services
by Sound Research Laboratories Ltd
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New Graphics Workbook
by Stevenson, Dennis R
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N P E Technical Publishing, Racine, WI, 1991. Softcover. Fine. 157pp; Engineering Technical Graphics workbook, with hundreds of illustrations; Minor wrinkling; No markings or other significant flaws; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 - 2 pounds. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 103201. .
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Great Speckled Bird vol 8 #19 May 8, 1975
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n. 1975. Soft cover. Good. 1975 Soft cover Good hippie counter culture newspaper
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Street-Railway Roadbed
by Pratt, Mason D.; Alden, C.A
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STREET RAILWAY ROADBED. Street Railway Publishing Company, New York. First Edition, 1898. 135 pages indexed. Authors: Mason D. Pratt and C.A. Alden. ILLUSTRATED with drawings, diagrams, tables. Former owner name and date of 1903 on front floral end-paper. RARE. USED. VERY GOOD CONDITION/ NO DUST JACKET IF ISSUED. A nice copy. Please see our photos.
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Freddy And The Men From Mars
by Brooks, Walter R
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Freddy And The Men From Mars. Brooks, Walter: Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Hardcover. Alfred A. Knopf , 1956 First Edition 2nd Printing Thus. Used. Very Good Condition/ No dust jacket included. A nice copy.
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The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction
by Margulies, Leo
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LEO MARGULIES, EDITOR. The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (1954, Merlin Press 1st Ed. w/dj)Please see our stock cover photo. Edited by Leo Margulies and Oscar J. Friend. Used. VG/G- original unclipped $3.95 DJ. 1954, Merlin Press, Inc. 580 pages. ANTHOLOGY.. 10 stories included in this volume are: Enchantress of Venus by Leigh Brackett; Gateway to darkness by Fredric Brown; The girl in the golden atom by Ray Cummings; Forgotten world by Edmond Hamilton; By his bootstraps by Robert A. Heinlein; Sword of tomorrow by Henry Kuttner; Things pass by, by Murray Leinster; Rogue Ship by A. E. Van Vogt; Island in the sky by Manly Wade Wellman; The Sun Maker by Jack Williamson.
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The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
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Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The Lightning Conductor: The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car. RARE. First title in a very popular series of books about touring in early automobiles. London, 1903 Methuen Stated Second Edition. USED. Good Condition/ No DJ Included. Green boards. 345 pages plus adverts. 5 1/8 X 7 ¾. Includes Photographs. Our front cover features a party of three persons in a touring car. Illustrated with Photographs.
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