HARDBACK "NOT PAPERBACK," SHIPPED FROM THE UK* Edition: 1st.* Impression: 1st. Stated.* Date: 1975.* Pub: * Binding and cover condition: Dark blue cloth covered boards with metallic green titles to spine. No bumps or rubs. Minor age and wear to top & bottom edges and to head and tail of spine, no other visible faults. VG+* Jacket condition: Colour-illustrated jacket showing the Iron Bridge at Telford & the Parthenon. Pale blue and white titles to spine and face. Price clipped showing no shelf price. Minimal shelf wear to top and bottom edges and to head and tail of spine. Spine lightly faded, in a clear un-attached film, protective cover. VG+.* Contents condition: Clean, crisp, tight and bright with minor reading wear. A few spots to prelims. No marks to text, no tanning or other visible faults. Some very slight toning to all edges. VG+* Illustrations: Numerous b/w photos, plates & diagrams.* Pages: 183 pp. text. x pp. reading list, acknowledgements, index & blank pages at rear. Description: From the Pyramids to the Eiffel Tower, from the Roman's Alcantara Bridgeto San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, civil engineers through the ages have left a lasting reminder of their most spectacular achievements. They have built innumerable bridges, dams and tunnels, and laid down miles of roads, railways and canals, which have improved general living standards and extended the limits of man's world.* 1975-01-01.

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Title

An Illustrated History of Civil Engineering

Publisher

Heinemann

Publication Date

1975

Language

English

ISBN 10

0434968803

ISBN 13

9780434968800

Binding

Paperback

Edition

y 1st Edn. 1st Imp.

Condition

VG+/VG+/VG+

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Civil Engineering

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An Illustrated History Of Civil Engineering

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