[SIX BOOKS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME] The Steam Engine, WITH Tubular And Other Iron Girder Bridges, WITH Construction Of Cranes And Machinery, WITH History, Construction, And Illumination Of Lighthouses PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE
by Lardner, Dr; Dempsey, G Drysdale; Glynn, Joseph; Stevenson, Alan
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Margate, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London.: John Weale. VG. SIX JOHN WEALE PUBLICATIONS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME. Three-quarter leather, lettered gilt on spine; with marbled paper covered boards. The six books are, 'A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE STEAM ENGINE' by Dr Lardner. First edition. 1848. iv,130pp. Illustrated. 'TUBULAR AND OTHER IRON GIRDER BRIDGES' by G Drysdale Dempsey. First edition. 1850. viii,132pp. Illustrated. 'RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF CRANES, AND MACHINERY FOR RAISING HEAVY BODIES, FOR THE ERECTION OF BUILDINGS, AND FOR HOISTING GOODS' by Joseph Glynn. First edition. 1849. viii,112pp. Illustrated. 'A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, AND ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES' by Alan Stevenson. First edition. 1850. viii,131pp. Illustrated. 'A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, AND ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES. PART TWO' by Alan Stevenson. First edition. 1850. vi,148pp. Illustrated. 'A RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE HISTORY, CONSTRUCTION, AND ILLUMINATION OF LIGHTHOUSES. PART THREE' by Alan Stevenson. First edition. 1850. (ii),42, with Appendix 12pp. 'Instructions For The Lightkeepers Of The Northern Lighthouses'. Illustrated. Some occasional light spotting throughout; some rubbing to marbled boards; some spotting to spine; some surface chipping to leather; lacking part of rear endpaper; else a very good copy of six Weale publications, some of which are RARE.. Three-Quarter Leather. Very Good.
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- Greystone Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 08259
- Title
- [SIX BOOKS BOUND INTO ONE VOLUME] The Steam Engine, WITH Tubular And Other Iron Girder Bridges, WITH Construction Of Cranes And Machinery, WITH History, Construction, And Illumination Of Lighthouses PARTS ONE, TWO AND THREE
- Author
- Lardner, Dr; Dempsey, G Drysdale; Glynn, Joseph; Stevenson, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- John Weale
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Keywords
- Stema Engines. Engineering. Victorian Engineering. Nineteenth Century. Nineteenth Century History. History. Social History. John Weale. Civil Engineering. Bridges. Iron Bridges. Bridge Building. Cranes. Lifting Cranes. Machinery. Machine Cranes. Lifting.
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
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- Chipping
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- G
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- VG
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- First Edition
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