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Published by Patterson and White Co, 1999
Paperback. Condition: Used - Very Good. Patterson and White Co., Philadelphia, originally published 1938, reprinted May 1999. Edition 51 of 500. Pages 101-116. Illustrated. 11 x 8.5", paperback. Clean, tight, VG.
Published by Patterson & White Company, 1938
Seller: Biblioasis, Windsor, ON, Canada
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good hardcover. Red and grey cloth with gilt titling. Ex-library copy with sticker on front pastedown, stamp on title page, and original book borrowing card on rear pastedown. Aged and edgeworn boards with minor spotting along back cover.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1946 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 66 Language: English Pages: 66.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1958 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 90 Language: English Pages: 90.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1948 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 102 Language: English Pages: 102.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1962 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 114 Language: English Pages: 114.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1938 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 156 Language: English Pages: 156.
Published by Patterson & White Company, Philadelphia, 1938
Seller: Willis Monie-Books, ABAA, Cooperstown, NY, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Limited to 500 Copies. No Dust Jacket. Very Good; Copy #407 of 500. Writing in pencil on the fly leaf. Light wear to upper outer corner of back cover.
Publication Date: 2022
Seller: S N Books World, Delhi, India
Book Print on Demand
Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1943 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 330 Language: English Pages: 330.
Published by Greville Bathe/Press of Allen, Lane & Scott, St. Augustine, FL/Philadelphia,PA, 1962
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: VG. First Edition. 88 pgs., 9 1/4" x 11 1/4", Green cloth with gilt title etc. on cover & spine, rear of cover has a very small area of a few tiny spots, top of front fly clipped one and one half inches all the way across, endpapers lightly foxed, couple of pages at rear have very small corners chipped, content clean, bright & tight with b/w photos, sketches, & illus.
Published by Allen, Lane and Scott, 1960
Seller: THIS OLD BOOK, Brookfield, IL, U.S.A.
Book
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. This is a scarce old book - I could find no other copies for sale. This is an oversized hardcover book with articles on: John Fitch and the American Railway 1796-1798, Nathan Read and the American Steam Car from 1790, and A Salute to John Fitch - each article has many drawings and plates. This old book is clean, solid and in great shape! This is a hardcover book with 57 pages including many photos and illustrations. The binding is strong with all pages firmly attached. The pages are clean with no soiling, writing, or tears. The copyright and title page show 1960 as the only date. The covers are clean and in great shape. This old book looks and feels great! We always ship in a sturdy cardboard box!.
Published by (Press of Allen, Lane & Scott), Philadelphia, (PA), 1946
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
First Edition
First edition, "limited". 4to. 55 pp. Illustrated, plates. Biographical sketch of Edmund Charles Genet (1763-1834), French ambassador to the United States, 1793-1794, who was given political asylum despite participating in damaging intrigues against his host country, living out his years in New York, marrying George Clinton's daughter, and working as an inventor. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper in 1951. Very good. Original two-tone cloth (stain on upper board), gilt spine title. (#5708).
Published by St Augustine [FL]: published by the author, 1962., 1962
First Edition Signed
First edition (hardback). 4to (28cm by 23cm), x, 88pp. Frontispiece, text illustrations. Original green cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, no dustwrapper. Minor bumping to the corners of the boards, light foxing of the endpapers; overall, this book is in good to very good condition. Signed by the author and inscribed by him to industrial historian Rex Wailes.
Published by Self Published, Press of Patterson & White Company, Philadelphia, 1938
Seller: The Country Bookshop [Member VABA], Plainfield, VT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. This is Number 95 of a limited edition of 500. Signed by the author, and with a typed letter also signed by the author. ".I am glad you found the old Blast Furnace at Cornwall interesting, I only wish more engineers would go to see it, as I consider it a real milestone of our engineering beginnings in this country." Also included is the 1942 New York State engineering license for the recipient of the letter. The book is in very good condition, tight and clean, but has the former owner's very nice bookplate and a short gift inscription on the front free endpaper. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Author Signed.
Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Allen, Lane and Scott, Philadelphia, 1955. x, 164 pages. Illustrated. 11.25 x 9.25", hardcover, no dj. No dj, clean, tight, VG/none.
Published by The Historical Society of Philadelphia, 1935
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Signed
Condition: Fair. 1935. Limited Edition. 362 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Signed by the author. Yellow cloth boards with brown cloth to spine and gilt lettering. Ex-Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Inscribed by the author to the Falmouth Public Library to front free endpaper. Limited edition to 500 copies of which this is copy no. 36. Contains black and white illustrations and plates. Noticeable cracking to front hinge causing board to be loose. Binding throughout remains firm with all pages attached. Pages are lightly tanned and foxed with mild markings. More pronounced to text block edges, endpapers, and pastedowns. Visible brown staining to rear pastedown and endpaper. Book has a slight odour. Boards have noticeable edge wear with corner bumping. Visible tanning to spine and edges with some crushing to spine ends. Noticeable black markings with mid water staining to all surfaces. Tape marks to bottom edge of spine. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Book ha.
BATHE, Greville. An Engineer's Miscellany. Philadelphia: Patterson & White Company, 1938. 4to. xii, 136pp. Illus. Near fine in orig. cloth. Limited to 500 copies. From 16th-c. mining to the Pumping Plant of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. A handsome copy of this 1955 study of early feats of engineering history. Tight and Near Fine in its duotone cloth, with very light offsetting at the pastedowns and endsheets. Quarto, crisp black-and-white plates thruout (including several fold-out plates).
Published by Allen, Lane & Scott, Philadelphia, 1948
First Edition
Cloth. Condition: Collectible; Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st. 1948 limited edition. Solid and VG in its duotone cloth. And in a VG example of the sheer onion-skin dustjacket. Quarto, 81 pgs., including dozens of wonderful plates of windmill and draftmill design, etc.
Published by The Historical Society of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 1935
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. One of 500 copies printed. 9.25" x 11", xviii, 362 pp, with index and illustrations. Front hinge cracked after title page, corners bumped, light soiling to lower corner of front board. Binding otherwise sound, text clean. "A pioneer in the fields of automation, materials handling and steam power, Evans was one of the most prolific and influential inventors in the early years of the United States. He left behind a long series of accomplishments, most notably designing and building the first fully automated industrial process, the first high-pressure steam engine, and the first (albeit crude) amphibious vehicle and American automobile" (wiki).
Published by Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1935
First Edition
Hard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. Account of this important American inventor, a proponernt of high-pressure steam engines, foreseer of mass-production systems & automated manufacture, inventor of the first (unsuccessful) automobile & amphibious vehicle. Often his ideas outpaced the manufacturing capabilities of his day, and, as he was difficult to work with, his name has receded in history. One of 500 published, this example unnumbered. Large stout hardcover, tan cloth spine over ochre cloth boards, gilt titling. Shows some wear, corners rubbed & bumped; endsheets tanned. Text clean; xviii, [2], 362 pages; index, bibliography, appendixes, figures, b/w plates. Size: Quarto.
Published by Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1935
Seller: O'Gara and Wilson, Ltd. LLC, Chesterton, IN, U.S.A.
Book First Edition
Half-Linen. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition/Limited. Limited to 500 copies; this copy is not numbered. A clean, tight unmarked copy which has some slight separation of the front board from the ffep, and a rather more obvious one in the back. This has, however, not compromised the tightness of the book. The corners of the boards are nicked, and the brown linen of the spine is somewhat worn. There is a tape mark at the bottom of the spine. This copy belonged to Leighton Wilkie, the prominent Chicago inventor and founder of the DoAll company, whose book plate is on the inside of the front cover. Oversize; may require extra shipping charges.
Published by Philadelphia, Allen, Lane and Scott, 1951
Seller: BookSearch, St. Paul, MN, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "A Record of the U. S. Steam Frigate Merrimac 1855-1862 With an Appendix on the Development of the U. S. Naval Cannon from 1812-1865 ". Limited edition, number not given. Original cloth, title in gilt to spine, showing some slight wear to the ends and corners. No names or writing on the discolored endpapers or in the text. 82 numbered pages including index and bibliography, clean and tight in the binding. Illustrated with frontispiece (U. S. S. Merrimac under sail and steam) 9 plates (3 of which are fold-out, 1 neatly repaired with tape), followed by 9 more plates in the Appendix.
Published by Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1935
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: very good. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Illustrated with many b/w plates. 362pp., short thick 4to, two-toned beige cloth (small private library stamps on front/rear endpapers and at base of spine; few pages dinged at bottom edge; rear inner hinge repaired, else very good). Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1935. Very good. A comprehensive study of the life and career of Oliver Evans, the inventor of high-pressure steam engines. Scarce. Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy un-numbered.
(EVANS, OLIVER). BATHE, Greville and BATHE, Dorothy. Oliver Evans. A Chronicle of Early American Engineering. Phila.: The Historical Society of Penna., 1935. 1st ed. 4to. Profusely illus. maps. 362pp. A fine copy in orig. cloth. Limited to 500 copies.
Published by Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1935
Seller: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
hardcover. Condition: very good(+). Limited. Frontispiece portrait with tissue guard. Illustrated with many b/w plates. 362pp., short thick 4to, two-toned beige cloth. Philadelphia: Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1935. Very good (+). Signed by both authors. A comprehensive study of the life and career of Oliver Evans, the inventor of high-pressure steam engines. Scarce. Limited edition of 500 copies, this copy un-numbered.
Published by Philadelphia: Historical Society, 1943
Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Ex-library copy with usual markings. Cover shows minor wear and tear, fading and wrinkling. Pages are clean.