Who Invented the Telephone?
London: Blackie and Son, 1939. x + 196 pages, 12mo, green cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper worn. London: Blackie and Son Limited, (1939). A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. More
TECHNOLOGY
Wrought Iron: Its Manufacture Characteristics and Applications.
Pittsburgh: Byers, 1956. Illustrated with b/w photos. 101 pages. Thin 8vo, cloth, d.w. Pittsburgh: Byers, (1956). Later printing. Very good. More
Auerbach on Computer Output Microfilm
Princeton: Auerbach Publishers, 1972. Illustrated. 172pp., tall 8vo, cloth, d.w. Princeton: Auerbach Publishers, (1972). First Printing. A near fine copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
N. V. Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek : NKF Delft
Delft: Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek, 1954. Illustrated throughout by Bernard Van Vlijmen with charming full-page drawings and watercolors of the factory floor (some in color), printed in Rotogravure. Oblong 4to. Spiral bound within a full dark green padded leather binding; board slipcase with matching leather spine. Delft: Nederlandsche Kabelfabriek, 1954. First Edition. Leather covers are crackled but sound, otherwise a fine copy of this unusual book. A beautifully produced history of the famous Dutch electrical cable factory. More
The Bridge, a Chapter in the History of Building.
London: John Lane The Bodley Head, 1926. 24 color plates, 22 text illustrations and 2 mounted color plates by Frank Brangwyn. Large 8vo, 1/2 white cloth (darkened and a bit worn at ends); uncut edges, t.e.g. London: John Lane, 1926. A very good copy internally fine. One of 125 copies with 2 extra illustrations in color. More
The History of Music Machines
New York: Drake Publishers, 1975. Illustrated in black and white. 139 pages. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. (edgeworn). New York: Drake Publishers, (1975). First Edition. Cloth sunned at spine. Very good(+) in a very good dust wrapper. More
Hydraulic Elevators
Chicago: Engineer, 1905. Illustrated. 145 pages plus index, thin 8vo, green cloth; lightly edgeworn, ownership signature title page. Chicago: Engineering Publishing Co., 1905. A very good copy. More
Woollen and Worsted: The Theory and the Technology of the Manufacture of Woollen, Worsted, and Union Yarns and Fabrics.
London: Bell and Sons, 1915. Numerous folding diagrams, black and white illustrations throughout, 640pp., very thick 8vo, brown cloth, leather spine label; (inner hinge a bit weak). London: G. Bell and Sons, 1915. Very good. More
Dreams and Realities of the Conquest of the Skies
New York: Atheneum, 1967. Illustrated. viii + 276 pages, 8vo, blue cloth, d.w.; dust wrapper chipped. New York: Atheneum, 1967. A very good(+) copy in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author. More
Direct and Alternating Current Manual.; With Directions for Testing and a Discussion of the Theory of Electrical Apparatus
New York: Van Nostrand, 1912. Assisted by Clarence A. Pierce. Many text illustrations, diagrams, and formula. xiii + 360 pages, 8vo, green cloth; rubbed; ownership names inside front cover and facing endpaper. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1912. Second edition. A very good copy. More
Light! The Industrial Age 1750-1900: Art & Science, Technology & Society.
Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. Profusely illustrated in color & in black & white. 271pp., 4to, stiff pictorial wrappers. Amsterdam: Van Gogh Museum, 2000. Fine Exhibition catalogue. More
Old Trades and New Knowledge: Six Lectures Delivered Before a "juvenile auditory" at the Royal Institution Christmas 1925.
London: Bell and Sons, 1926. Color frontispiece. 41 plates and many illustrations throughout the text. 266pp. Short 8vo, gilt stamped red cloth. London: Bell and Sons, 1926. Very good (+). More
Telephone: The First Hundred Years
New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Illustrated. 369 pages. 8vo., brown cloth boards, missing wrapper. First edition. New York: Harper & Row, (1976). A very good copy. More
Bell: Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude
Boston: Little Brown, 1973. Illustrated. xi + 564 pages, thick 8vo, red cloth; ownership signature front free endpaper, spine faded, covers lightly rubbed. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, (1973). First edition. A very good copy. More
Engines of Democracy: Inventions and Society in Mature America.
New York: Scribner, 1940. Illustrated. Thick 8vo, blue cloth. New York: Scribner, 1940. First Edition. Very good (+). More
Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier
Hodos Historia, 2010. Illustrated. 726 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. Presentation copy signed by the author on title page. More
The Collected Papers of George Ashley Campbell: Research Engineer of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company
New York: American Telephone and Telegraph, 1937. Frontis., filled with graphs, diagrams, equations, and table, many folding. xii + 548 pages, tall, thick 8vo, red cloth. New York: American Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1937. A very good(+) copy. More
Breve Idea de las Maquinas de Vapor y de sus Aplicaciones a la Navegacion ...
San Fernando: Libreria Espanola, 1850. 23 fold out illustrations. 8vo, embossed full brown morocco, a.e.g. San Fernando: Libreria Espanola, 1859. Very good. More
Guillotin et La Guillotine
Paris: Bureaux de l'Union Medicale, 1870. 52 pages. Tall slim 8vo, cloth-backed marbled boards; spine well-worn. Paris: Aux Bureaux de l'Union Medicale, 1870. First Edition. Although Joseph-Ignace Guillotin did not invent the guillotine, he advocated its use as a painless method of execution as opposed to burning alive, quartering, etc. More
The Promise of Space: Man's Achievements over two decades are related to the enormous Promise of the 1970's and beyond.
New York: Harper, 1968. Illustrated. 325pp. 8vo, cloth, d.w. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, (1968). Very good. More
Modern Times, Modern Places
New York: Knopf, 1999. Illustrated in black & white. 752 pages, Thick 8vo, cloth-backed boards, dust wrapper. New York: Knopf, (1999). First American edition. A fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper. More
Historique et Description des Procedes du Daguerreotype et du Diorama.
1982. Frontispiece portrait, illustrated. 76pp., slim 8vo, printed wrappers.s, printed wrappers. n.d. ca. 1982. Facsimile reprint of the 1839 edition, 114 of 1000 numbered copies. More
A History of Technology and Invention: Progress Through the Ages.; I: The Origins of Technological Civilization. II: The First Stages of Mechanization.
New York: Crown Publishers, 1969. Illustrated with hundreds of b/w photographs, drawings, and diagrams. 2 volumes. 596 & 694 pages. Short thick 4to, brown cloth, d.w. with light edgewear and tears. New York: Crown Publishers, (1969). Small stamped name on front free endpapers, still a very good(+) copy in a very good dust wrapper. 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
Sputnik: the Shock of the Century
Walker, 2001. In text black and white illustrations. 310 pages, 8vo, white boards (one bumped corner), dust wrapper. Walker Publishing, (2001). A very good(+) copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper. More