Search Results: james nasmyth an autobiography by smiles samuel

Hansebooks, 2017. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. This is the 1883 Murray hardcover printing. Foxing visible to pages. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Milwaukee: Lee Engineering, 1944. Reprint. Hardcover. bio of the Scottish engineer/inventor, good in pale blue cloth boards, no dust jacket; browning to spine, soiling on rear cover else a tight square unmarked copy in sound binding

Lindsay Pubns, 1990-06-01. Rev Rep. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Lindsay Pubns, 1990-06. Hardcover. Good.

London: John Murray, 1889. New Edition . Cloth. Good. Professionally rebound in orange cloth and hand made marble paper (black background, detail in black, red, green, yellow and white), frontis portrait, 92 drawings, some full page, others in-text, 450pp. + 3pp.advertisements. Condition of binding is "new", condition of text and illustrations is good.

London: Murray (1885). Hardback in full leather prize binding with all page edges gilt. In very good condition.

John Murray, 1885. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. In original, stout burgundy cloth boards with gilt-blocked illustration of a press. Loss of brightness to gilt titling on the spine, which is rather faded and worn at head and foot. The front hinge is cracked with the front endpapers and portrait of Nasmyth with tissue protection forming a loose entity - as is the Nasmyth engraving titlted 'The antiquarian'. Otherwise the binding is sound. The text is unmarked.

John Murray, London, 1885. 450 pp including index, followed by publisher's catalogue, tinted end-papers, b&w engraved frontispiece, plates and illustrations, boards flecked, spine discoloured, inner hinges cracked, else very good copy in gold-blocked burgundy boards.. New edition.

Paperback / softback. New.

John Murray 1883. octavo hardcover, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decorative rule and motif stamped on front board, decorative rule tooling to read board, frontispiece, postcard stuck to front and rear pastedown, xviii + 456pp., VG- (heavy scuffing and brusing to board and spine extrems, moderate scuffing to boards, moderate creasing to hinges, heavy tanning to page edges, moderate splitting to gutters, moderate tanning to page interiors)

John Murray 1897. Sm octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine & front board, frontispiece, xx + 450pp, illus, VG (sl bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading & sioling to spine, light soiling to boards, moderate tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, heavy cracking to some gutters)

New York: Harper Brothers, 1883. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. xvii + 461 pages. Numerous illustrations and Illustrated frontis with tissue. 5 1/4 x 8 in. Red half morocco binding with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, 5 raised bands, top edge of text block gilt, end papers marbled. Condition of the book is GOOD+: wear to covers- esp. at spine edge, spine a bit more worn, front cover hinge cracked and cover almost detached, rear hinge starting to crack, light foxing to edges of text block, pages clean, binding tight.

London: John Murray. This is a Very Good Copy of this book in original green cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine.Complete with a portrait of Nasmyth by George Reid and etched by Paul Rajon and there are Numerous other illustrations within the book.This copy has NO previous names or inscriptions present.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning to spine.There is a little light spotting internally.Uncommon in this condition.8vo 456pp First Edition [1883] . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 1st Printing. 1883.

Hardback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Cambridge Univ Pr, 2010. Paperback. New. 1st edition. 500 pages. 8.50x5.50x1.25 inches.

Paperback / softback. New.

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1883. Hardcover. Very Good. First American edition. Gilt-stamped brown cloth. Owner's name and address lightly penned on title, scattered foxing, front fly torn, else a very good copy with modest edgewear. Nasmyth was a Scottish engineer and inventor best known for his steam hammer and the hydraulic press.

John Murray Pub, 1883-01-01. 3/4 cream COLORED Leather binding. . Very good condition.. Light foxing throughout. Book is as described - all defects and marks are noted. Top page edges gilt. A very nice copy. Embossed gilt decorations.

London: John Murray, 1883. Rubbed, head and foot of spine chipped, the odd spot, else clean and tidy. Cloth. Very Good. 8vo.