Books - "reference"
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Transport in British Fiction: Technologies of Movement, 1840-1940
Octavo, illus heavy card boards with white lettering, xii + 273pp, nr fine
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan 2015
KEYWORDS: British transport literary criticism reference
The ABC Alphabetical Railway and Air Guide with which is incorporated The A to Z Time Tables and HOtel Guide 1945
Octavo, printed paper covers, A152pp + 564pp, illus + large folding map, VG- (moderately heavy browning, wear to spine extrems, archival tape repairs to front & rear hinges, crease to some page corners)
PUBLISHER: Waterlow & Sons (printers) 1945
KEYWORDS: Britain transport railway air hotel timetables reference
The Oxford University Calendar 1866 (Current to the end of Michaelmas Term 1865)
Octavo, beige cloth boards with black lettering, 424pp, many pages unopened (uncut), Poor (spine missing, front board & first 24 pages completely detached but present, heavy browning to boards and slightly less so to page edges, some puckering to board cloth, some annotation in pencil to terminals, occasional underlining)
PUBLISHER: Messers Parker & Co 1866
KEYWORDS: Oxford Univesity reference
Encyclopedia of Meat Science Volumes One, Two and Three
VERY HEAVY SET, three-volume set, quarto, glossy red boards with gilt lettering to spines & front boards, red eps, xxxv in each volume + 1473pp across three vols, illus, fine
PUBLISHER: Elsevier Press 2004
KEYWORDS: meat industry science agriculture chemistry farming food encyclopaedia reference
Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: A Systematic Description of the Native Plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadecs, Lord Auckland, Campbell & Macquarrie Islands
Super octavo, dark grey cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt publisher's motif to front board, 15pp + lxviii + 798pp + 24pp Reeve & Co's publications in botany, conchology & entomology, VG (light bruising to spine extrems, light fraying to board corners, some tanning & foxing to page edges& eps, owner's name in ink to fep)
PUBLISHER: Reeve & Co 1867
KEYWORDS: New Zealand flora reference native plants natural history
The Art of Beauty or Secrets of a Lady's Toilet.
Octavo hardcover (VG) in slipcase (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: Macmillan 1982
KEYWORDS: health Feminine beauty reference
A L'Institut National Polyteghnique de Grenoble: Sujet - Contribution a l'etude du Papyrus (Cyperus papyrus. L) et a sa transformation en support de l'ecriture (Papyrus des Anciens)
TEXT IN FRENCH, 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: Dr Ragab Papyrus Institute (?) 1980
KEYWORDS: text in french plants reference
The Observer's Book of Furniture
small 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: Frederick Warne 1970
KEYWORDS: furniture antiques reference
Pewter Marks of the World
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: Hamlyn 1978
KEYWORDS: reference
The Essential Cigar: A Book for Connoisseurs
(Oblong) Imperial 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: Ultimate Editions 1997
KEYWORDS: cigars reference
The Teddy Bear Encyclopedia
Ex-library, quarto 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: DK Book 1993
KEYWORDS: reference encyclopedia teddy bears
The Oxford Companion To French Literature
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 cost
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1959
KEYWORDS: reference French literature
Emulation-Working Explained
Octavo, Purple card boards with gilt lettering to spine & front board, 301pp, VG (moderate soiling to spine, light bruising to spine & board edges, light scuffing & light staining to boards, light browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: Masonic Publishing 1937
KEYWORDS: Freemasons United Grand Lodge of England manual reference history
A Treatise on Levelling, Topography and Higher Surveying
First edition?, super octavo, dark green boards with black spine & gilt lettering to spine with flower motifs, xiv + 173pp, illus, VG- (sporadic foxing in pages, heavy rubbing and bruising to spine, light scuffing to boards, light soiling to boards, heavy browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co. 1876
KEYWORDS: surveying history geology topography levelling reference W M Gillespie
A Popular Account of the Ancient Egyptians in Two Volumes
New Edition, Revised and Abridged from his Larger Work
2 volume set, octavo, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, blind rule to boards, black eps, frontispiece, xvi + 419pp (vol 1) + x + 438pp (vol 2), illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, moderate bruising to spine edges & extrems, moderate scuffing to board edges, sporadic foxing through pages, heavy browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: John Murray 1890
KEYWORDS: Egypt Civilization ancient history sociology reference
Great Riding Schools of the World
Large quarto 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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Weidenfeld and Nicolson 1975
KEYWORDS: horses equestrian riding schools reference
Russian Embroidery and Lace
Quarto, black cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine & gilt motif to front board, dark beige eps, frontispiece, 272pp, illus, VG+ ( light soiling to boards, moderate foxing to page edges, moderate browning to page edges) in d/w VG+ ( light fading to spine extrems, light foxing to cover, light soiling to cover)
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson 1987
KEYWORDS: Embroidery lace Russia reference Soviet Union History
Handbook of the Steam-Engine. Containing All the Rules Required for the Right Construction and Management of Engines of Every Class, with the Easy Arithmetical Solution of Those Rules Constituting A Key to the 'Catechism of the Steam-Engine
octavo, green boards with gilt lettering to spine, yellow eps, xii + 474pp + 6pp adverts, illus, VG (moderate soiling to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, ligth puckering to bottom of front board, heavy bruising to board edges, bookseller's lebel to fep, moderate browning to page edges)
PUBLISHER: D. Appleton & Co 1870
KEYWORDS: steam engine locomotion engineering history trains transport reference vehicle manual
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Ballet
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 cost.
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press 1987 approx.
KEYWORDS: ballet dance reference terms dictionary theatre drama
Specification 90: Technical and Clauses: Two Volume Set
2 Volume Set (Technical + Clauses), Quarto, illus light card covers with lettering to spine & covers, 800pp (vol 1) + 445pp (vol 2), illus, VG (slight fading to spine, light creasing to spine, light rubbing & light soiling to cover, light soiling to page edges)
PUBLISHER: MBC Architectural Press 1989
KEYWORDS: Specifications reference technology clauses