Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock Drills.

Drinker, Henry S.

Published by Wiley & Sons, New York, 1893

About this Item

Wiley & Sons, New York, 1893, Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged, Second Thousand, half calf with cloth sides, 30 x 23 cm., weight 4.7 kg., top edges gilt, marbled endpapers, x + 1143 + xlvii pages, 21 folding plates (one unnumbered opposite page 964, 20 at the rear numbered 1-19 and one numbered "19 Contd."), front cover gilt-stamped with an emblem titled "Miller Prize. Institution of Civil Engineers", rear cover gilt-stamped with the letters "I.C.E." intertwined, gilt-stamped leather book-plate stating "Miller Prize Awarded to Thomas Harkness Watt, Stud. Inst. C.E. by the Institution of Civil Engineers", laid in is a T.L.S. on Institution of Civil Engineers headed paper, 33 x 20 cm., dated 1st June 1894 to Thomas Harkness Watt, 160 Hope Street, Glasgow, informing him that he has won a Miller Prize for his paper on "The Lanarkshire and Dumbartonshire Railway" (letter creased where folded), folding plates a little foxed along the edges and at some of the folds, plate 18 a little-darkened and frayed along the fore-edge and with one short tear along a fold, otherwise internally in extremely clean, tight and sound condition. Recently respined in black calf which does not match the dark brown of the corners of the original binding, corners worn, some wear to the edges. Collated and complete. IMPORTANT NOTE: Due to the weight of this book there may be additional postage charges depending on country and speed of shipment required. Seller Inventory # 3606

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tunneling, Explosive Compounds, and Rock ...

Publisher: Wiley & Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1893

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged.