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London: Dorland House, Regent Street, 1946, First and Only Edition. In the publisher s red cloth binding with gilt titles to the front board and spine, gently rubbed and worn but in remarkably good condition, for a book published nearly 80 years ago. Chapters include: Bridges, Piers, Wharves and Jetties, Screwcrete Foundations, Pipe Lines, Power Stations, Steel Framed Structures, Steel Towers and Pylons, Welded Structures, Railway Wagons, Pressed Steel Tanks, World War II, 1939-1945. Pagination: unpaginated, [vii text] with 215 black and white photographic images of engineering feats. Provenance: no inscriptions or bookplates. Approximately 13 ¼ inches tall (34cm). Condition Report Externally Spine very good condition bright gilt titles, rubbed and worn. Joints good condition sound, rubbed and worn. Corners good condition rubbed and worn. Boards good condition original buckram cloth boards, rubbed and worn, gilt to the front board. Page edges good condition tanned. See above and photos. Internally Hinges good condition sound. Paste downs good condition pictorial. End papers good condition pictorial. Title good condition tanned. Pages good condition tanned, a black line mark to the title page for Power Stations. Binding good condition structurally sound. Seller Inventory # ABE-1728469795467
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