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

WALLER, C. W.

Sm. octavo, red cloth boards, black lettering to spine and front board, viii + 237pp + 5pp adverts at rear, illus. diagrams, VG- (heavy soiling to boards, moderate scuffing to boards with slight surface loss to spine, slight cracking to gutters, heavy creasing to half title page, light foxing to prelims, light soiling to pages/page edges, full-page annotation in pencil by prev. owner to fep)

PUBLISHER: C. Arthur Pearson Ltd. 1961

KEYWORDS: ariel motor cycles motorbikes engine maintenance guides automotive mechanical engineering transport

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

SMILES, SAMUEL (Ed)

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)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1897

KEYWORDS: engineering engineers James Nasmyth autobiography memoir history