THORLEY, NIGEL

Super octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Haynes Publishing 2003

KEYWORDS: cars Jaguar design engineering automotive

KENNEDY, RANKIN

3 VOL SET, imperial octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering & black decoration to spines, black lettering & decoration to front boards, illus/diagrams to front pastedowns, mixed pagination, illus, scruffy (moderate to heavy scuffing & fraying to spines & board edges/extrems, moderate rubbing & fading to spines, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, v heavy cracking to gutters- boards shaky, prelims of vol 1 almost completely detached, light to moderate tanning & soiling to eps)

PUBLISHER: Caxton Publishing c.1913

KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars design engineering

RUTTER, H THORNTON

4 VOL SET, imperial octavo, blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spines & front boards, frontispieces, 840pp total + index to rear, illus, VG- (moderate scuffing/fraying & bruising to board edges & extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, minor cracking to spine extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, moderate cracking to gutters- boards shaky, occasional page detached but present)

PUBLISHER: Virtue & Co N/D (c.1920s)

KEYWORDS: automotive classic vintage cars design engineering parts veteran

SMILES, SAMUEL & ROLT, L T C (New Intro)

3 VOL SET, octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spines, vol 1- xvi + 484pp, vol 2- xiv + 502pp, vol 3- xx + 512pp, illus, VG+ (sl bruising to extrems, sl tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (price clipped, light creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & soiling to spines)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles Reprints 1968

KEYWORDS: history civil engineering Samuel Smiles Great Britain British industrialisation

HARDING, Sir HAROLD & DAVEY, AMANDA (ed)

SIGNED BY EDITOR; Super octavo, illus. light card covers, viii + 266pp, photo illus, VG+ (light rubbing & creasing to cover extrems, editor's autograph in blue ink to title page)

PUBLISHER: Tilia Publishing UK 2015

KEYWORDS: signed autobiography autobiographies memoirs sir harold harding britain england english british tunnelling society civil engineering channel tunnel history

STAUFFER, DAVID MCNEELY

Super octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering & rule to spine, blind rule to board edges, viii + 314pp, illus/diagrams, VG- (moderate to heavy bruising & scuffing to extrems, moderate chafing & surface loss to spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning/soiling to page edges, light tanning & soiling to eps, moderate cracking to gutters, moderate creasing & chipping to some page edges, sm ex-libris label to top edge of title page, occasional pencil annotation & tanning to pages)

PUBLISHER: The Engineering News Publishing Company 1911

KEYWORDS: geology tunnels construction design tunnelling engineering

GIBB, Sir ALEXANDER

LACKS D/W, super octavo hardcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Alexander Maclehose & Co 1935

KEYWORDS: Thomas Telford history biographies memoir civil engineering

N/A

Super octavo hardcover (VG-) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: B.F. Sturtevant Co. 1927

KEYWORDS: new york new jersey holland tunnel transport technology history engineering tunnels tunneling civil transportation public works infrastructure america american

ZAVARETTO, JANETTE

Super octavo hardcover (VG) in d/w (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Everest House 1978

KEYWORDS: sylmar tunnel los angeles california californian america american explosion disaster engineering tunnel tunnels janette zavaretto wally lockheed

MACAMHLAIGH, DONALL & IREMONGER, VALENTIN

Super octavo softcover (VG) ; all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1966

KEYWORDS: donall macamhlaigh irish navvy valentin iremonger digging tunneling civil engineering technology memoir ireland

SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt rule & black rule to front board, frontispiece, viii + 416pp, illus, VG (light bruising & moderate scuffing/chipping to extrems, moderate discolouration to spine, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, sm ex-libris plate to front pastedown, moderate foxing & water staining to prelims)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: history engineering Matthew Boulton James Watt steam engine biographies

WALKER, CHARLES

Octavo, brown heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, viii + 183pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, light minor foxing to pages throughout) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping/scuffing to edges, light fading & chafing/surface loss to spine, light chafing & soiling/tanning)

PUBLISHER: Frederick Muller 1969

KEYWORDS: transport history rail railways trains Thomas Brassey civil engineering

BANKS, A G & SCHOFIELD, R B

Octavo, blue heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, 156pp, illus/photos, VG+ (v sl soiling to boards, light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps) in d/w, VG (light creasing & chipping to edges, light fading to spine, moderate chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: David & Charles 1968

KEYWORDS: engineering James Brindley history water Manchester mine pumping operation Clifton Wet Earth Colliery 18th eighteenth century industrialisation industrialization

SMILES, SAMUEL

Sm octavo, brown buckram boards, gilt lettering & decoration to spine, blind stamp decoration to boards, xiv + 342pp, VG (moderate bruising & scuffing to extrems, light staining to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals, prev. owner's name in ink to full title page- historical)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1863

KEYWORDS: Samuel Smiles history iron tools industrial industrialisation industrialization engineering

HEWETT, B H M & JOHANNESSON, S

Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, x + 465pp, illus/photos, folding diagrams- not counted presumed all present, VG (light scuffing to extrems, minor chipping to spine extrems, light chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, numerous ownership ink stamps to eps & prelims, moderate cracking to rear gutter, minor creasing to some page edges)

PUBLISHER: McGraw-Hill Book Company 1922

KEYWORDS: civil engineering industrial tunnels tunneling shield compressed air construction

BEAMISH, RICHARD

Super octavo, green buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, black rule & decoration to boards, frontispiece, xvi + 359pp, illus, VG- (moderate to heavy scuffing & chipping/fraying to extrems, moderate to heavy soiling spine & boards, moderate to heavy tanning & soiling to page edges, heavy cracking to gutters- boards sl shaky, light to moderate staining to eps, sm ink numerals in ink to front pastedown, prev. bookseller's sm label to rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing & soiling to prelims & terminals)

PUBLISHER: Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts 1862

KEYWORDS: civil engineering biographies memoir Sir Marc Isambard Brunel history engineers

WEST, GRAHAM

FIRST EDITION, super octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xv + 355pp, illus/photos, Near FINE (sl bruising to extrems) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing to edges, light creasing & chafing, light tanning to flaps)

PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press 1988

KEYWORDS: first editions history tunnelling civil engineering industry

RICHARDSON, HAROLD W & MAYO, ROBERT S

Super octavo, dark blue buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, printed rear eps, frontispiece, xviii + 436pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light chafing/scuffing to spine, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, light crayon markings to half title page & verso of, light foxing to full title page & frontispiece)

PUBLISHER: MacGraw-Hill Book Company 1941

KEYWORDS: civil engineering tunnels tunnelling construction design surveying

HARDING, Sir HAROLD

SIGNED & INSCRIBED, WITH HOLOGRAPH LETTER FROM AUTHOR LOOSELY ENCLOSED, octavo, black buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine & front board, frontispice, xiv + 258pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl foxing & soiling to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Golder Associates 1981

KEYWORDS: signed tunnelling history tunnels tunnel building digging civil engineering geology Sir Harold Harding

NEWMAN, JOHN

Octavo, black heavy boards, gilt lettering to spine, blind stamp lettering & rule to front board, viii + 136pp, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, light chafing to boards, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to front pastedown, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep)

PUBLISHER: E & F N Spon 1893

KEYWORDS: civil engineering cylinder bridge piers well systems foundations construction concrete