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Airships: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
New York: Two Continents Publishing Group, 1976. Color and black & white illustrations throughout. 222 pages. Large 4to, lilac cloth with gilt cover design and lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (spine sunned). New York: Two Continents Publishing Group, (1976). First American edition. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. Translated and adapted by Michael and Angela Kelly. More
Thomas Jefferson and His Copying Machines
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984. Illus. xvi, 239pp. 8vo, 1/2 black cloth, d.w. has small dampstain on back portion, otherwise very good. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, (1984). First Edition Presentation copy from the author to Wendell Garrett. More
Motor's Truck Repair Manual
New York: Motor, 1945. Numerous illustrations throughout the text. 914 pages, triple column, 4to, green cloth, lightly rubbed & soiled. New York: Motor, 1945. Third Printing of the First Edition. Very Good. More
Man and Machine.
New York: Viking, 1971. Illustrated with 96 photographs. 116 pages. Thin oblong 4to, black cloth, d.w. (some chips, tears and sunning). New York: Viking Press, (1971). First edition. A fine copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
Illustrated and Descriptive Pamphlet and Price Lists of the Balanced Gate Turbine Water Wheel
Christiana: Christiana Machine Companay, 1895. Illustrated. 51 pages, thin 12mo, printed wrappers; a few pages with some penciling. Christiana: Christiana Machine Company, 1895. A very good copy. More
The Realm of the Submarine
London: Macmillan, 1969. Pictorial endpapers. xiii, 274 pages. 8vo, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, d.w. (dampstained at the interior). London: The Macmillan Company, (1969). First edition. Cloth sunned at the edges, outer page edges sunned. A very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Catalogue D. Mill, Steam, Contractor's, Gas and Water Works Supplies.
Baltimore: Cuyler & Mohler, 1923. Hundreds of photographic illustrations. 403 pages, 8vo, decorative green & red cloth. Baltimore: Cuyler & Mohler, (1923). Very good (+). More
The New Davenport Multiple Spindle Automatic Screw Machine
Rochester: Davenport Machine Tool Co. Illustrated (b/w). 24 pages. Slim 4to, blue flexible boards with decorative cover. Rochester: Davenport Machine Tool Co., (no date, c. 1910). A near fine copy. More
The Deming Company Catalogue No. 21.; Illustrated Catalogue of Pumps and Hydraulic Machinery, Well and Pump Fixtures, Including Cistern, Well and Wind Mill Pumps...
Salem: Deming, 1902. Illustrated with fine drawings of pumps, tools, and machines. 204 pages, flexible printed burgundy cloth; ownership signature in pencil front free endpaper. Salem: The Deming Company, (1902). Second edition. A near fine copy. More
All Stations: A Journey Through 150 Years of Railway History
New York: Thames & Hudson, 1981. Translated from the French by Richard Foxcroft. With 381 illustrations, 152 in color. 135 pages. Square 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering and cover design, pictorial d.w. (toned at interior). New York: Thames & Hudson, (1981). First American edition. A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Based on the exhibition "Le Temps des Gares" at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, 1978. More
Facts and Figures for Textile Manufacturers, Concerning the Propoer Methods of Equipping and Running Mills
Hopewell, Mass. Geo. Draper, 1896. Illustrations, charts & tables. Small 8vo, gray cloth. Hopewell, Mass.: Geo. Draper, 1896. Including special treatises on Carding, Spinning, Spooling, Warping, Dyeing, Reeling, Twisting & Weaving. More
The Creativity Code: Art and Innovation in the Age of AI
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2019. 312 pages. 8vo, beige cloth with gilt lettering at the spine, pictorial d.w. Cambridge: Harvard University Press/The Belknap Press, 2019. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust wrapper. More
Jacquard's Web: How a Hand Loom Led to the Birth of the Information Age
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. With a handful of b/w images. 302 pages. 8vo, brown boards, d.w. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (2004). First edition. A near fine copy with brief gift inscription to previous owner on endpaper; in a near fine dust wrapper, price-clipped. More
Stable Fixtures
New York: Fiske, 1924. 113pp., folio, cloth backed pictorial wrappers. New York: J.W. Fiske Iron Works, 1924. Illustrated catalogue of iron, brass and bronze stable fixtures, with price list inserted. Fine copy. More
Windmills and Millwriting
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. Illustrated in black and white and with one large folding diagram. 8vo, green boards, dust wrapper (tiny dampstain on foot of spine). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1957. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. More
Audels New Automobile Guide for Mechanics, Operators, and Servicemen, with Questions & Answers and Illustrations on the Theory, Construction and Servicing of Motor Vehicles Including Diesels
New York: Theo. Audel, 1954. Hundreds of illustrations. 1664 pages. Very thick 12mo, black cloth, spine a bit concave. New York: Theo. Audel & Co., (1954). A very good copy. More
Audels New Automobile Guide for Mechanics, Operators, and Servicemen, with Questions & Answers and Illustrations on the Theory, Construction and Servicing of Motor Vehicles Including Diesels
New York: Theo. Audel, 1940. Hundreds of illustrations. 1536 pages plus ads, very thick 12mo, flexible black cloth, all edges red. New York: The. Audel & Co., (1940). A very good(+) copy. More
Governors and Governing Mechanism
Manchester: Technical Publishers, 1903. 77 black & white illustrations, many folding. 12mo, blind stamped blue cloth. Manchester: Technical Publishers, 1903. A very good(+) copy. Previous owner's name on inside front cover. More
Hawkins' Indicator Catechism. A Practical Treatise of the use of erecting and operating engineers...
New York: Theo. Audel, 1903. 120 text Illus. Small 8vo, green cloth. New York: Theo. Audel, (1903). Very good. More
Machinery Blue Book of Modern Machine Tools: Describing Them Both Inside and Outside
Chicago: Hill, Clarke & Co. Illustrated. 4to, blue cloth with embossed crest front cover; some spotting to endpapers. Chicago: Hill, Clarke & Co., n.d. A very good(+) copy. More
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Military Vehicles
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1980. Pictorial endpapers, color and black & white illustrations throughout. 319 pages. 4to, blue cloth with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (toned). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, (1980). First American edition. Cloth sunned at the edges. A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More
U.S. Fighters
Fallbrook: Aero Publishers, 1975. Black & white photographic illustrations, drawings. 352 pages. 4to, blue leatherette with gilt lettering at spine, pictorial d.w. (edgeworn, toned). Fallbrook: Aero Publishers, (1975). Book Club Edition. Spine slightly skewed, otherwise a very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. U.S. Army Air-Force, 1925 to 1980s. More
Inventing the Cotton Gin; Machine and Myth in Antebellum America
Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. Illus. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2003). Fine. More
Caterpillar: Farm Tractors, Bulldozers & Heavy Machinery
Osceola: Motorbooks International, 1994. Illustrated primarily with color photos throughout. 192 pages. Square 4to, black cloth, d.w. (Osceola): Motorbooks International, (1994). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper with slight scuffing to rear panel. More