The Internal Combustion Engine

Harry R. Ricardo

Published by Blackie and Son Limited 1922-1927, London, 1922

About this Item

A scarce two-volume Ricardo work on internal combustion engines, richly illustrated and complete with a signed pamphlet by the pioneering engineer behind modern engine design. In the publisher's original blue cloth bindings.Complete with the original unclipped dust wrappers.Complete in two volumes, with a separately issued pamphlet, Some Notes on Petrol-Engine Development, loosely inserted, signed by the author.The first volume was published in 1922, and the second volume is a 1927 reprint, first issued in 1923.A two-volume technical work on the design, function, and development of internal combustion engines, covering both slow-speed and high-speed types.The work is illustrated throughout with diagrams, technical drawings, and photographic plates of engines and their components, with three folding plates to volume I, and four folding plates to volume II. Collated, complete.Harry Ralph Ricardo (1885-1974) was one of the most influential engineers of the twentieth century. His work was instrumental in the development of modern petrol and diesel engines, as well as wartime tank and aircraft engines. In the publisher's original cloth bindings.Externally, very smart. Very minor shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrappers, smart. edge wear to extremities, resulting in the odd small chip, closed tear, and crease to extremities, with minor loss to heads and tails of spines. The odd light spot and handling mark to wraps. One or two damp stains to wrap of volume I. Slight discolouration to spines and perimeters. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Near Fine.

Seller Inventory # 1009H1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Internal Combustion Engine
• Publisher: Blackie and Son Limited 1922-1927, London
• Publication Date: 1922
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: None Stated
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Signed: signed by author
• Book Type: book