Steam Boilers: First Edition (183 results)

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. No. 204 in the series. Stapled booklet, 96pp. Light pencil marks on rear cover. There is no other writing in the book. Full refund if not satisfied.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. spine ends and corners worn, front hinge cracked, former owner's names, otherwise clean and sound, octavo, 230 pages, great ads, brown cloth with gilt titles and black and gilt decorations on front board.

hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. hardback, pictorial glazed boards, dust wrapper not called for in this edition, a very good tightly bound copy with a clean and unmarked text, b&w illustrations, 233pp.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. pp viii 32, illustrated with photographs and scale drawings. Card covers with some light creasing and rubbing to spine. " pinholes in front cover which have penetrated to first few pages. Otherwise a good clean copy.

1st edition. Kl.-8°. 145 Seiten. 63 figures in the text. Cloth. The Power Handbooks. Unfortunately, deliveries to the USA are not possible at this time.

Hardcover. Condition: New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Raising Steam on the LMS: The Evolution of LMS Locomotive Boilers.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 233pp Ilsl. laminated hardback, fine.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Near-Fine hardback copy, 1st edition 1999. Slight wear to top of spine.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Octavo. 576 pages. Hardcover bound in orange cloth with titles in black. The binding is soiled from handling but is sound. Dark stains and smudges on the front cover and spine especially. Inner hinges secure. The text itself is a little toned but is fairly clean. Illustrated with photos and drawings. There is no copyright date in the book, but it looks to be from the 1920s. The frontis has a photo of early automobiles in front of the business, and we found a reference to the business in a directory from 1922.…

Glazed Boards. Condition: Fine. 1st. A further part of the new RCTS history of LMS engines - usual incredible detail. This volume is a highly detailed account of LMS boiler design. 233pp, many photos and drawings. Fine copy in glazed boards.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. HARDBACK BOOK IN GOOD CONDITION.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Book size about 3 1/2 by 6 inches with 11 pages. Bound in pale gray/green wraps with black lettering. Illustrated with images of six boilers. Price list for over 80 different boiler sizes. Laid-in is a single sheet printed on one side with specifications and prices for another boiler. Slightest of wear. FINE Language: eng Language: eng 0.0 Language: eng Language: eng Language: eng.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. First Edition. Book condition: Good, rebound in grey card which shows very minor wear; a few light nudges to pages; a few faint spots; light foxing to final page. No date (c1870s). 28 pages. A tight copy.

Hardback (No Dust Wrapper.). Condition: Very Good. First edition (first printing). Hardback. Pictorial boards; Measures 9½" x 7¼" (1 kg); pp 233; In the Locomotives of the LMSR series; Includes: Cross-sections; Black & white photographs, within the text; Diagrams; Tables; 2-column text; || The book is on the shelf, ready to be appropriately packed, and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the book shop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #203389 ||.…

Stiff Black Wraps. Condition: Good. Sixth Edition. The insides of both covers have multiple stamps of the prior owner's name and address. The inside of the rear cover has a surface tear fron top to bottom. There is a taped newspager article to the last end page. Pages are clean and tight. Very legible gilt lettering on the spine. Generously illustrated throughout! 1071 pages. Illustrated (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 4 1/4 X 6 1/2 inches. 74 pages. Some of the topics discussed are, boilers, brickwork settings for boilers, boiler houses and working of boilers, fittings of boilers and method of working, engines and rules for working and foundations of engines and engine houses. Foxing on the first and last several pages. Light foxing throughout. Covers slightly worn. Head, tail and corners are slightly bumped and worn. Front cover on spine has a small chip, approx 1/4 inch. Pages are clean and complete. Binding is tight. …

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 25 + 19pp. At the end of the Second World War The British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee (BIOS), Field Information Agency; Technical, and other Combined Agencies personnel inspected German factories, laboratories, industries, etc, to scrutinise documents and interrogate or interview the directors, scientists, engineers, etc to obtain technical information that might be of value. The resulting reports were published in very limited quantities for those that might find them useful. Interior very good and clean. Any folding diagrams or charts will still be in their original folds. Rubber stamp of original owner to front. REDUCED COMBINED POSTAGE available on multiple orders.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 20 pages; illustrated with boiler and heater equipment, noting parts and cut-away sectionals, along with text descriptions, dimensions & capacities for the various series offered; title page with illustration of the NJ plant. On the back inner endpaper is a tipped-on illustrated plate showing the '25 series' of the sectional end feed type, also with the dimensions & ratings for water and steam. Printed at the Post & Davis Co. New York. Approx. 9" x 9 1/2" size; light gray stapled paper covers; titles decoratively printed in red & black. A little tips wear; in very good condition.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1912. First Edition, Tenth Impression (stated). Octavo. green cloth boards with gilt spine imprinting, xiv + 356 pp. Near Fine. Original owner's name neatly inked on front pastedown, otherwise as sharp a copy as you're ever likely to find. See scans. L-36n.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Clean hardback bound in blue boards with faded gilt titles, boards pulled, spine tanned, cloth rubbed at spine ends, neat name, address and date on front endpaper. 592 pages, illustrations in the text, index. Heavy book so additional postage may be requested.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. First Edition. Dark green cloth with gilt and black cover illustration and decoration depicting railroad steam engine and pressure gauge; gilt spine. Illustrated with numerous engravings and diagrams, some with added color. Appendix pp. 167-220 includes "Weights and Measures" and "Tables." Three pages in rear dedicated to information and sales regarding The American Steam Boiler Insurance Company. This is followed by numerous illustrated advertisments for steam-related apparatus and supplies. Light-to-moderate rubbing to cover extremities. Some small, moderate irregular stains to cover cloth, most obvious a 1/2" x 1" darkened patch at lower front cover corner. A 3" break in rear paper hinge has been carefully glue-repaired for stability. Light smudges to margins of a few pages at front portion of text, but interior otherwise mostly clean. Binding tight.…

Soft cover. Condition: Good. First Edition. 95pp plus numeroous fold out charts and diagrams. Interior good and clean. At the end of the Second World War The British Intelligence Objectives Subcommittee (BIOS) and other Agency personnel inspected German factories, laboratories, industries, etc, to scrutinise documents and interrogate or interview the directors, scientists, engineers, etc to obtain technical information that might be of value. The resulting reports were published in very limited quantities for those that might find them useful. Rrubber stamp of University or Institution & BAMAG Ltd, but contents good and clean. REDUCED COMBINED POSTAGE available on multiple orders, see my other listings for many other BIOS and similar CIOS (Combined Intelligence) and FIAT (Field Information Agency - Technical.) reports.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. Two volumes. 290 pages ; [291]-525 pages. Small 8v. Publisher's red cloth gilt. With previous owner names on endpapers and page edges. Pencilled notation with Dickinson's name and address in rear of volume 1 [hence publication location inference]. Spines faded, overall minor wear to Vol. 1. Vol 2 appears to have a white substance on the boards previously (paint?) not mostly removed. Clean internally. Cloth. Complete in two volumes. Vol 1 contains Part I, covering boilers, pumps, and heating and ventilating machinery. Vol 2 contains Part II covering engines, turbines and condensors. Highly pragmatic, these books use a question and answer format to get to proper operational procedures for the machinery covered. Part II has a note as well indicating that "this book is intended to fit a person for any examination for a license to have charge and operate the different plants operated by steam." Had I been an engineer in the period, I suspect these would have been on my shelf.…

Full Leather. Condition: New. 1st Edition. This new, facsimile, unmarked copy is bound in blue illustrated card covers as issued. It has subsequently been professionally bound in full black leather with bright gilt titling to the spine and the upper board. The text block is tight white, bright and square. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. Where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased charges will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. The Charles P. Willard & Co. was founded before 1883 and employed 100 employees by 1895 when they incorporated. This illustrated catalogue with comprehensive descriptions will be of immense interest to marine restorers and modellers alike. Ref PPP 4.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1889-1890 first editions, four half-volumes in good condition. A little foxing to end papers. No other marks, clean and bright, tight binding, the pages of all volumes are in excellent condition, all fold-out diagrams retained, clean and bright. Bound in brown cloth with gilt spine titles. All four volumes have some marks to faces, volumes 2 and 3 show some water damage to the spines and rear, but no damage to contents. Items are dispatched the same or the following working day. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Spon & Chamberlain, 1895. 1st Ed. hardcover. Good. 8vo, brown cloth binding with gilt lettering, corners rubbed, cover faded, inner hinges loose, an engineering textbook ilustrated with drawings of American engines and boilers, 236 pages" .

Decorative Cloth. Condition: VG-. No Jacket. First Edition. Boo has cover wear, slightly bumped corners. Gilt lettering and design are nearly complete and clean. Book.

1st edition. Bookplate & owner's inscription on front end paper; free end papers yellowed; hinges repaired; minor foxing; part ring-mark on front board, with tiny gouge in edge; board corners worn; spine a little faded, with wear at head & foot Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in slate-grey cloth Used - Acceptable. Fair hardback in slate-grey cloth.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 4 volumes split into half volumes. Volume 1 Half Volume 400pp dwgs. Volume 2 Half Volume 388pp dwgs. Volume 3 Half Volume 362pp dwgs. incl. fold out and Volume 406pp dwgs. Hardback, original brown binding with black titling, edges of covers rubbed/worn but internally vg+ (in fact amazing for 135 years old) Previous owners inscription " GEO Winteringham September 1890 " inside volumes 1 & 2 and John Hamilton Larmouth I think) inside Volumes 3 & 4 A rare chance to buy a full set of this classic study at a sensible price. Additional shipping will be required (about £6 extra for UK orders) Horrendous for overseas tbh.…