Highway Engineering, Signed (3 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. De Pauw, George Alois PIONEERING IN HIGHWAY BRIDGES FOR THE PROVINCE OF MANITOBA AND THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION: "WORKS, TECHNOLOGY AND ETHICS" Good/Good SIGNED BY AUTHOR 265 pp. 4to. Pictorial dust jacket shows shelf wear, scuffing, scratching, and age toning. Fading to spine, few spots of flecking and soiling to spine, flaps, and faces. Extremities show bumping and rubbing, interior shows discoloration and some flecking, spots of faint liquid staining along some edges. Black boards show large spots of faint white staining. Spine is cocked, extremities are lightly bumped. Flecking, soiling, and foxing to textblock edges, small red stain to top edge, age toning to endpapers, liquid staining to upper side edges of free endpapers. Signed and stamped by author on half title page, spots of soiling and ink from stamp on back of FFEP, binding has loosened slightly but remains firm. This book remains in Good condition and would make a great addition to any collection. ***Book is oversized and may require extra shipping***. Signed by Author(s).

[no date]. (4to) Near fine in near fine dust jacket. 265pp. Inscribed and signed by the author over his professional seal. Photograph endpapers, diagrams, illustrations, color photographs, tables, appendices, index. Locale: Manitoba; Prairie Provinces; Western Canada. (Manitoba, Bridges, Civil Engineering, Public Works--Manitoba).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. Signed and inscribed by author upon half-title page by author, who has also stamped it with his Engineer's stamp. "At the beginning of the twentieth century civil engineers migrated to Manitoba to apply their knowledge and design skills to build the highways and bridges needed to open up the keystone Province, the gateway to the West. This is a story about some of these men who were prepared to devote their energies for the benefit of the people working to make a living in this new world." - dust jacket. 265 pages. Index. Profusely illustrated with black and white reproductions of photos and engineering diagrams. Illustrated endpapers. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now in glossy new archival protection. Includes author's business card, original purchase receipt, and a relevant letter to the prior owner. A pristine signed example. Gift quality.; 4to; Signed by Author.