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$35.00
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Allen Hall: 100 Years, 100+ Voices


WARRINGTON, LISA & FINIGAN, ALISON (eds.)

Imperial 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: University of Otago Dept. of Music 2014

KEYWORDS: allen hall university of otago dunedin history lisa warrington alison finigan theatre theater drama music arts

$27.50
xxqbk194380

An Unfinished History of the World


THOMAS, HUGH

FIRST EDITION; 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: Hamish Hamilton 1979

KEYWORDS: hugh thomas herodotus h.g. wells raleigh history britain british england english first edition

$22.50
xxqbk194383

Needs


THOMSON, GARRETT

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: Routledge & Kegan Paul 1987

KEYWORDS: garrett thomson need needs philosophy history science ethics

$20.00
xxqbk194385

The Poverty of Historicism


POPPER, KARL R.

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 1966

KEYWORDS: karl popper austria austrian britain british philosophy history historicism politics historiography

$17.50
xxqcc194390

Descartes' Dream: The World According to Mathematics


DAVIS, PHILIP J. & HERSH, REUBEN

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: Penguin 1988

KEYWORDS: rene descartes philip j davis reuben hersh history philosophy mathematics ideas culture rationality reason computers computing information

$38.50
xxqcc194393

James Watt: Craftsman & Engineer


DICKINSON, H.W. & [WATT, JAMES]

FIRST EDITION; 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 will reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Babckock & Wilcox Ltd. 1935

KEYWORDS: first edition james watt steam engine scotland scottish technology history biography industrial revolution

$65.00
1t17a/1

The Marvel Vault: A Museum in a Book, With Rare Collectibles from the World of Marvel


THOMAS, ROY & SANDERSON, PETER

Oblong quarto, illus spiral bound binder, grey & white lettering to spine, printed inside boards, illus prelims, 192pp, illus, replica collectables in protective pouches- all items present, VG+ (light bruising & chafing to spine & boards, light fading to board edges, minor bending/curling to some pages at spiral binding, sl tanning & chipping to some page edges, light blue staining/rubbing to title page- from verso page)

PUBLISHER: Running Press 2007

KEYWORDS: Marvel universe comics comic books superheroes history collectables collectibles Stan Lee

$75.00
1t17a/2

The Beatles: Get Back


BEATLES, THE & RUSSELL, ETHAN A (Photos) & McCARTNEY, LINDA (Photos) & JACKSON, PETER (Fore) & KUREISHI, HANIF (Intro) & HARRIS, JOHN (Ed from transcripts)

Lg quarto, illus heavy boards, silver gilt lettering to spine & front board, patterned eps, illus eps, 238pp, illus/photos, VG+ (light bruising to extrems, sl chafing & soiling to boards) in 1/2 jacket/sleeve, VG+ (light chafing & soiling)

PUBLISHER: Callaway Arts & Entertainment & Apple Corps 2021

KEYWORDS: popular culture pop music The Beatles bands music musicians history autobiography biographies memoir

$50.00
1t17a/6

The History of Napoleon Vol I


HORNE, R H (Ed) & VERNET, RAFFET and HORACE (Illus/Design)

THIS VOL ONLY, super octavo, half leather bound maroon textured buckram boards, gilt lettering to title plate with raised bands & blind stamp decoration on spine, marbled page edges, frontispiece, xii + 232pp + illus/plates to rear- not counted presumed all present, VG- (heavy rubbing & cracking to spine & extrems with some surface loss, heavy chafing & moderate fading to boards with some minor soiling also, light discolouration to page edges, moderate cracking to gutters, prev. owner's name in ink to ffep, moderate foxing & soiling to eps & prelims/terminals, occasional moderate foxing to pages throughout, occasional light chipping to page edges)

PUBLISHER: Robert Tyas 1840

KEYWORDS: Napoleon Bonaparte history biography memoir French war

$40.00
1t17a/8

Lives of the Engineers; the Steam-Engine; Boulton and Watt


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

$90.00
1t17a/9

Thomas Brassey: Railway Builder


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

$50.00
1t17a/11

Brindley at Wet Earth Colliery: An Engineering Study


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

$40.00
1t17a/14

Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool Makers


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

$100.00
1t17a/16

Memoir of the Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel


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

$85.00
1t17a/17

Innovation and the Rise of the Tunnelling Industry


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

$175.00
1t17a/22

Tunnelling History and My Own Involvement


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

$40.00
1t17a/25

James Nasmyth, Engineer: An Autobiography (Popular Edition)


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

$100.00
1t17a/26

Old London Bridge


HOME, GORDON

Super octavo, blue buckram boards, black lettering & rule to spine, deckled page edges, frontispiece, xviii + 382pp, illus, VG (light scuffing to extrems, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light cracking to some gutters, light foxing sporadically throughout) in d/w, G+ (heavy creasing & chipping to spine & edges with some loss- heavy adhesive repairs to internal sides, moderate soiling & chafing with some staining also)

PUBLISHER: John Lane / The Bodley Head 1931

KEYWORDS: London Bridge civil engineering history construction medieval

$40.00
1t17a/28

The History of Tunnelling: Underground Workings Through the Ages


SANDSTROM, GOSTA E

Octavo, brown/orange buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, illus eps, frontispiece, xii + 427pp, illus, VG+ (light scuffing & bruising to spine & extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges) in d/w, VG- (moderate creasing & chipping to edges, moderate tanning & chafing, light soiling)

PUBLISHER: Barrie and Rockliff 1963

KEYWORDS: history civil engineering tunnels tunnelling construction

$40.00
1t20a/2

Lives of the Engineers: The Steam Engine, Boulton and Watt


SMILES, SAMUEL

Octavo, maroon buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, gilt decoration & black rule/decoration to front board, frontispiece with tissue guard, viii + 416pp, illus, VG (light bruising to extrems, light to moderate fading to spine, light chafing & soiling to boards, light tanning & moderate soiling to page edges, light foxing to prelims, occasional minor cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: John Murray 1874

KEYWORDS: civil engineering engineers Matthew Boulton James Watt biographies history construction design steam engines

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