Standfield John (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Krupa, Mark; Standfield, Donald (illustrator). 1st Edition. * Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine; marks on the front endpaper. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. * Photography by Mark Krupa and Donald Standfield.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Krupa, Mark; Standfield, Donald (Photography) (illustrator). Gift inscription else we would rate this condition as very good. Clean tight copy, dust jacket has slight edge wear.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Unstated. Nothing in My Hands by Stanfield, John Self Pub, 1954, unstated edition Staple Bound in good condition. Text is clean and unmarked, binding tight all staples in place no loose pages, some slight tanning of pages due to age. Cover shows little if any signs of wear. This book deals with hand magic and the patter required to keep things going. Lots of tricks, B&W photos, ads at rear of book.

hardcover. Condition: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

8vo. pp. 8; large folding plate. Separately printed offprint from the Minutes of The Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. lxxiv. part iv. Launched in 1881, the "Austral" sank at her moorings in Sydney Harbour in 1882 caused by inadequate water ballast whilst taking on coal with the loss of 5 crew members. Due to its size it was thought that the ship would be a total loss, but the owners were determined otherwise and sought the advice of John Standfield, an experienced marine engineer. Standfield devised a system whereby the vessel could be made watertight by building up sides above the decks using timber, sealed with canvas and then pumping out the water. This paper describes the technical details of the operation which employed 85 men and 16 divers.