Sir Alexander Gibb Partners (7 results)

4to (28x22 cms), 26+284 pages + folding coloured maps, bibliography, tables, coloured frontispiece (House of Assembly, Kaduna) : detailed sector by sector analysis in 5 parts - the Economy, Industries based on Raw Materials, those based on imports, administrative factors, public services; hardback, green boards, gilt lettering, crest to front board vg SCARCE, a heavy book that may attract extra postage west africva northern nigeria nigerian industry kaduna kano nigerian development.

foolscap, 11+161pp, tables, figures, photographic plates, 6 large maps to rear pocket (as called for), f-o map frontispiece : Part 1 describes the flows and total water available as well as the genral environment, Part 2 examines specific development schemes (a volume of hydrological data was published separately); hardback, quarter cloth boards, edges sl rubbed, almost vg SCARCE, heavy and will attract extra postage if sent outside the U.K. east africa kenya irrigation kenyan water resources tana river kenya east africa water rivers tana irrigation.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. RARE hardback feasibility study, produced by Bookers for the Department of Trade, Industry & Agriculture, Sierra Leone & the UK Ministry of Overseas Development, 1967. 78pp, with numerous fold-out design plans. Minor wear to covers. Interesting Overseas Development document. book.

LeatheBound. 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. Pages: 232. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1964 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. Language: English Pages: 232.

folio (34x23 cms), 11+134 pages, drawings, tables, photographs, 7 folding maps to rear pocket : detailed report on irrigation development & swamp reclamation within the Kenya Nile Basin including specific recommendations; hardback, original blue buckram boards vg+ SIGNED by the bosses of the firm in Africa & U.K., loosely inserted is the 5 page typed text of a speech to the Rotary Club of Nairobi (13-7-61) by the Chief Hydraulic Engineer (on Irrigation) UNIQUE - a heavy report that may attract extra postage. Please contact us. east africa kenya nile basin irrigation swamps kenyan water nyanza yala kano plain luo lake victoria kenya.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Westminster: Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, 1923, possibly a unique publication. Half leather binding with gilt titles to a red leather label to the spine. Buckram cloth boards with leather quarters, with a pocket to the rear paste down which houses 12 folding maps and plans. The report covers the Mines, Railway, Railway Operations, and Harbour. The Plans / Maps cover Report Drawing 1 Plan Showing Existing Railway System. Report Drawing 2 General Plan if Itabira (sic) Mines. Report Drawing 3 General Plan if Itabira (sic) Mines Showing Alternative Proposal with Inclined Haulages. Report Drawing 4 Plan of Caue showing Shovel Roads. Report Drawing 5 Plan of Santa-Cruz to Itabira Railway. Report Drawing 6 Santa-Cruz to Itabira Railway, Longitudinal Section. Report Drawing 7 Santa-Cruz to Itabira Railway, Width of Road Bed. Report Drawing 8 Viaducts, Tunnels and Culverts. Report Drawing 9 Proposed Harbour Works at Santa Cruz. Report Drawing 10 Proposed Ore Dock. Report Drawing 11 Proposed Ore Dock. Report Drawing 12 Plan Showing Fluctuations in Sterling Value of Milreis. Report Drawing 1 Plan Showing Existing Railway System Provenance: stamp for Rustat Blake with Queen Anne's Lodge, Westminster to the front end paper. RUSTAT BLAKE [1871-1940] was a British Engineer. He was engaged in railway and constructional work in the United Kingdom and in India. He was joint consulting engineer for the Southern Punjab Railway until its liquidation. During the great war he was a member of the Headquarters staff of the Department of Explosives Supply, Ministry of Munitions. In 1918 he became a partner in the firm of Sir John Wolfe Barry, Lyster, and Partners, and in 1920 was appointed civil engineering member of the Royal Commission on Uniform Railway Gauge for the Commonwealth of Australia, which prepared a report to the Governor-General. In 1922 he joined, as a partner, the firm of Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners, and was actively engaged, until his death, in all branches of constructional engineering, and particularly in connexion with hydro-electric power, tunnelling, waterworks, structural steelwork, docks and harbours, and foundation work. He was a member of the Home Office panel of civil engineers under the Reservoirs (Safety Provisions) Act, 1930. Brigadier-General Sir Alexander Gibb GBE CB FRS FRSE (18721958) was a Scottish civil engineer. After serving as Civil Engineer-in-Chief to the Admiralty and Director-General of Civil Engineering at the Ministry of Transport, he established the engineering consultancy firm Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners. Gibb founded his own firm, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, in 1922 after becoming a consulting engineer the year before. He was involved in a variety of projects worldwide. Approximately 13 inches tall . Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition gilt titles to a red label, recent spine. Joints very good condition. Corners good condition bumped and worn. Boards good condition buckram cloth boards. Page edges good condition tanned, final third of book is the map pocket. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound, repaired. Paste downs good condition tanned, marked, rear paste down is the map pocket. End papers good condition tanned and marked. Title good condition typed on thin foolscap paper. Pages good condition tanned, typed on thin foolscap paper, bound into a volume. Binding good condition attractive, repaired. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1923 Binding: Hardback.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. None (illustrator). An interesting collection of facsimile documents regarding the building of Munitions Factories during the Second World War. In two volumes. Bound is quarter cloth, on marbled paper boards. Printed privately. A vanishingly scarce collection of facsimile documents relating to engineering works for the National Munitions Programme during the Second World War. Comprising of correspondence between the engineering firm, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners, and the British Ministry of Supply. Documents featured include telegraphs, letters, financial records, contracts and much more. Some of the work carried out by Sir Alexander Gibb included the munitions Factories at Ruddington, Walsall and Featherstone. The engineering work carried out was incredibly important for the help of the war effort, and was under strict national security rules. To quote one of the documents featured, '"Strict secrecy is necessary regarding the nature of the work performed under this agreement". Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners was a British civil engineering firm based in London. It was founded in 1922 by the Scottish civil engineer, Sir Alexander Gibb, who was alive at the time these documents were originally composed. Some of the firms most notable projects include the design of the Galloway Hydro Electric development, the Drakelow Tunnels underground military complex, Owen Falls dam in Uganda and the Cleddau Bridge in Wales. A fascinating insight into the engineering work of the Second World War. In a quarter cloth binding. Externally, smart with shelf wear to the extremities. Light fading to the spines. Bumping and some closed tears to the spines. Light marks to the boards. Very light offsetting to the free endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. The occasional small ink number throughout. Closed tear of about two inches to one of the folding plates. Very Good. book.