Search Results: Instruction Manuals from Minotavros Books

New York: Harper & Row, 1984. Third Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. Third edition, revised and updated by Charles McRaven. 487 p.p. Brown cloth boards with gilt titling to spine and blind stamped publisher's device to front board. Minor bumping to spine ends, else fine Dust jacket is sunned at spine with minor bumping to spine ends. Foxing to edges of text block, but interior is clean. B&W illustrations throughout. Here is the third edition of a classic work of amateur blacksmiths, revised to include steelmaking techniques, the items the small-scale smith can produce, how to set up a shop, new information on equipment and where to get it, and a new look at the skills needed and how to acquire them.

New York: Oak Publications, 1964. Soft cover. Very Good. 4to. Third printing. Blue card wraps, staple bound. 71 p.p. Laid-in folding chart of the fingerboard and scales. B&W photos and illustrations. Wear to spine and edges, a few damp stains and creases. Ink ownership inscription to head of half title. Damp stain to fore edge. Interior is clean and free of notations.

London: His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1940. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. blue cloth. 296 pp. [51] B&W plates. Spine tilted and darkened. Rubbed and bruised at extremities. Interior age toned. Ink ownership inscription, owner stamp of Vernon Gooch.

Minneapolis, MN: Control Data Institute, 1967. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo (super). vii, Colour illustrated card wraps, sewn and glued binding. Sunning to spine and head, rubbing and wear to edges, corners, joints, and spine ends, some damp staining and scuffing to covers, pen notations to rear cover, owernship stamp to front cover of Nelson A. Boylen S.S. Mathematics Dept and crease to front. A volume with a method for self-teaching computer programming using baseball metaphors and themed problems.

New York: William Morrow & Company, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to (oblong). Orig. white cloth, unpaginated (254pp). Illustrated, with 60 new full-color paintings with step-by-step instructions. About fine in a very good d/w with a small tear to top-edge of rear jacket.

London: G. Bell and Sons, Ltd, 1954. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo. 127 p.p. Cloth. Rubbing throughout extremities of dust-jacket. Marks to rear dust-jacket covers. Discolouration to boards. Light staining to rear board. Very light bumping to spine ends. A near fine copy of book.

New York: The Lyons Press, 1992. Hardcover. Near Fine. Later printing. Illustrated boards. One small bump to head of spine, otherwise a fine copy.

J.L. Nichols & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Good. 12mo. viii, 256 p.p. Red cloth boards with black stamped title on spine and covers. Spine sunned, ends and corners bumped, chips to spine foot. Joint warned and hinges cracking. Some soiling and staining to boards. Pages tanned and markings to a few pages. B&W illustrations throughout. An interesting guide to basic business principles and functions from 1902 for the busy businessman, including advice and information on a range of topics from how to collect on debts, criminal law, copyright, trusts, counterfeit money, a list of States in the Union (U.S.A.), a table of weights and measures, and carpenters' rules.

Chicago: The American Institute of Electrical Engineers, 1904. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo [127mm x 203.2mm]. Original green cloth boards with paper label on spine. Printed for private circulation, this is book no. 343 of a series of ten similar handbooks, printed in connection with the International Electrical Congress at St. Louis, on Sept. 12-17th, 1904. [6] 7-203 p.p. Includes [5] folding maps plus illustrations throughout text. Maps show Stations and Substations of the Chicago Edison Company, the Elevated railway system of the City of Chicago, Chicago's Business District showing Railway Terminals, Sanitary and Ship Canals of the Sanitary District, and a Diagram of High-Tension Connections at Fisk Street Station. Rubbing to edges, extremities. Some white flecks spotted on front and rear board. Gentle bruising to spine ends. Interior clean. Tiny tear to fore-edge on p. 105 inside the margin. Memorandum pasted to front pastedown endpaper, and ownership signature on facing… Read More

Haddam, CT: Posey Yacht Design, 1992. Soft cover. Fine. 6" x 9" Soft cover, coil binding. 83 pp. Fine condition. Floppy disk inserted.

San Rafael, California: Saint Raphael House, 1945. 2nd Edition. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Second edition, first edition 1935. Soft cover, staple bound. 38 p.p. Purple wraps with burgundy titling. Sunning to spine. A few small stains to wraps. Text is clean. Removed sticker to FFEP. "Contact Mind Reading" sometimes also called, "Muscle Reading" or "Hellstromism," offers you the ability to locate almost any object hidden by members of the audience - even while blindfolded!

New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, 1866. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Orig. brown cloth, gilt titles. Cloth is sunned and stained, spot of wear to spine, spine ends and corners, spine tilted. Ffep lacking. Damp stain to top edge of text block. Some pencil marginalia.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott Company, 1923. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 18mo. Second Impression. Red cloth boards. [2] 3-146 p.p. Illustrated thorughout with photographs and illustrations of fabrics. Light rubbing to edges, extremities. Rubbing to spine ends and front joint. Pages browned, but interior clean. In very good condition. Definitions and classifications of fabrics, and textile tests for practical analysis. Includes bibliography of reference books on fabrics.

Glasgow: James Howden & Co. (Land) Limited. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. 52 p.p. Cloth. Rubbing to spine ends. Dampstains to rear board. Black ink markings to boards. Hinges slightly loose, missing endpapers. Light sporatic staining to pages. Folder at end of book containing 2 instruction pamphlets with illustrations. Overall, a good copy of book.

New York: Harper, 2007. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo (imperial). Pictorial hard cover. 208 pp. Colour photography throughout. Light rubbing to corners, fine overall. Looking to kick someone's teeth in? Just back from the dentist after having YOUR teeth kicked in? Either way, Fight is the book you need. Whether you're looking to stay out of trouble or to cause trouble, you'll be drawn in by the riveting and dramatic visuals, the addictive narrative voice, and the edgy blood-and-sweat attitude in Eugene S. Robinson's homage to the art of ass-kickery.

Milwaukee: Delta Manufacturing Division, 1936. Soft cover. Near Fine. 6" x 9" Book No. 4535. Orig. card wrappers. 48 pp. B&W illustrations. Some light rubbing and creasing to covers. else fine. A complete handbook covering all branches of shaper operation in the home workshop with over two hundred photographic illustrations and line drawings.

Burlington, Ontario, Canada: On-Ice Publications, 2000. Soft cover. Near Fine. 8vo. Soft cover. 163 p.p. B&W photos. Some light bumping and creasing to edges, else fine. This is the book that every goaltender, coach and parent of a goaltender must have.

New York: Permabooks, 1949. Hardcover. Good. 18mo. Pictorial paper boards. 192 p.p. Top edge red. B&W illustrations throughout. Wear to tail edge, spine ends and corners, bruise to head of rear board. Age toning to pages.

Florida: Lysmata Publishing, 2001. Soft cover. Fine. 8vo. Paperback. 121 p.p. Slight curl to front cover. Light wear to covers. Otherwise clean, a fine copy of book.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1929. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo. The University of Chicago Home Economics Series. Fourth impression. Blue cloth boards with gold lettering to spine and front board. xii, 179 p.p. Fourteen B&W plates + colour frontis. Bumping and rubbing to corners and spine ends, bump foot of front board, a few spots of soiling to boards. Sunning to spine.