Manser Percy (16 results)

Condition: Good. 1929. No Edition Remarks. 255 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth. Contains black & white, illustrations and plates. Pages are mildly tanned throughout. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Book has a slight forward lean. Visible tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends.…

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. 1515 pages. No dust jacket. Dark green cloth with photographic black and white plates and black and white illustrations throughout. Volume VI. Minor tanning to pages with heavier tanning to pastedowns and endpapers. Heavier tanning to text block edges and front hinge is cracked with exposed netting. Boards have visible rubbing and noticeable corner bending. Soft crushing to spine ends.…

Condition: Good. 1930. No Edition Stated. 1036 pages. No dust jacket. Blue cloth with gilt lettering. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with creased corners and foxing. Considerable cracking to guttering with a loose binding, and pages. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Slight forward lean to text block. Boards are slightly bowed.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. . 1931 2 volumes, bright clean copies, no markings, Professional booksellers since 1981.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 454gms, 255 pages, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 1 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 510gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 7 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 402gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 6 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 444gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 5 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 456gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 4 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 478gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 3 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Not Applicable. Edition Not Stated. Hardcover with dark green boards, edition not stated, 458gms, decorated endpapers. This book is Volume 2 in a set of 7 (originally published as a six volume set with a 7th book added later). Book is in good condition for its age with general age-related wear and tear and mild page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards are in good condition with only mild shelf wear, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. no date, viii, pagination starts at 1519-1804, many b/w figures, some fold out. Green covers soiled, back corners rubbed, front e/p hinge split, piece missing from rear e/p, internally good.; 185 x 120mm.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. A group of 28 original weekly parts of Plumbing & Gasfitting, edited by Percy Manser, ARSI RP and published by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, London, during 1929-1930. Issued as a practical and authoritative guide for apprentices and skilled tradesmen, the serial publication was intended to build into a larger multi-volume technical reference work. The present lot comprises 28 separate original paper-covered weekly parts, several retaining the distinctive illustrated red, cream and black wrappers depicting plumbing fixtures, fireplaces, radiators and the projected six-volume work. An attractive surviving group of inter-war British technical and trade ephemera, with particular interest for collectors of plumbing, building trades, industrial history, occupational literature and period printed ephemera. Condition: Approximately 95 years old and showing substantial signs of age, handling and storage. Wrappers generally worn with rubbing, creasing, edge chipping, tears and losses. Paper browned and aged with possible staining, foxing and occasional loose or fragile leaves. Some covers and spines more worn than others. The contents have not been collated page-by-page and the 28 parts are not offered as a verified complete or consecutive run. Please refer to photographs for representative condition. An unusual group with strong visual appeal, suitable both for specialist collecting and period display / set dressing. Storage reference: B7 Keywords / subject terms for Abe: Plumbing, Gasfitting, Gas Fitting, Heating, Building Trades, Technical Manuals, Apprenticeship, Industrial History, British Trade Ephemera, 1920s, 1930s, Pitman, Percy Manser, Construction, Periodicals, Weekly Parts.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 7 volumes complete.

Book Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. The New Era Publishing Co. Ltd., 1930. 1st Edition . Very Good/No Jacket. Complete 7 volume set. Gilt on green rexine boards, gilt to spine worn on several volumes, occasional marks to boards, with some wear and rubbing, overall good to very good. New Era bookplate to each front pastedown. Internally clean, profusely illustrated, printed on coated paper. 1,804 pages in total. Will incur extra overseas postage; please enquire for rates.…