Search Results: Technology & Engineering from Chris Hartmann, Bookseller

London, England: Leopard. Hardcover. 1997. Reprint. 8vo 160pp . Fine with no Dust Jacket. B&W and Color Photographs .

New York: W. W. Norton. Hardcover. 2011. 1st Edition. 8vo 335pp . Fine in Very Good+ Dust Jacket. DJ has a small brown coffee drop spot at head of spine rear edge .

Fort Worth, TX: Landmark Publishing. Hardcover. 2000. 1st Edition. 4to 330pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Color Photographs. Introduction by The Society for the Preservation of Old Mills .

New York: Barnes & Noble. Hardcover. 1997. Reprint. 8vo 263pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. Reprint of a book originally published in 1984. Important technological achievements, 600 B.C. To A.D. 1450 .

New York: Knitted Outerwear Assoc.. Hardcover. 1968. 1st Edition. 8vo 151pp . Very Good+ with no DJ. B&W Illustrations. Sticker stain at bottom of title page. A sticker had been placed over the 'published by' statement but became dry and fell off, leaving behind the stain . There is a section of advertising in the back of the book showing the ads of 'participating advertisers' .

London, England: Review. Hardcover. 2003. 1st Edition. 8vo 314pp . Very Good in Fine DJ. Color Illustrations. Binding lightly shaken and top corner tips slightly bumped. Examines Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598) and his Theatrum orbis terrarum published in Antwerp in 1570 .

New York: Dutton. Hardcover. 2007. 1st Edition. Large 8vo 299pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations .

Riverside, CA: Univ. Of California. Hardcover. 1982. 1st Edition. Thin 8vo . Fine with no DJ. Color Photographs. Signed and dated by author on title page. Binding is brown cloth . 35 pages + tables and color photos. Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis) is a shrub native to the Sonoran and Mojave deserts of Arizona, California, and Mexico. It is the sole species of the family Simmondsiaceae, placed in the order Caryophyllales. It is also known as goat nut, deer nut, pignut, wild hazel, quinine nut, coffeeberry, and gray box bush. Jojoba is grown commercially for its oil, a liquid wax ester, extracted from the seed. The plant has also been used to combat and prevent desertification in the Thar Desert in India .

Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press. Hardcover. 2010. 1st Edition. 8vo 291pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations .

Medina, OH: A. I. Root Company. Paperback. 1997. 21st Edition. Thin 8vo 136pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Photographs .

New York: D. Van Nostrand Company. Hardcover. 1925. 1st Edition. Large 8vos 1209pp . Good+ with no DJ. Fold-out Maps, B&W Illustrations. Nice old bookplate of Robert Wallace Pack on front pastedowns . Light silverfish damage to both spines and a bit on the covers. Volume 1 top corners lightly bumped. Top front corner of Vol. 2 is bumped . Also contains a discussion of the origin and distribution of petroleum and notes on oil field legislation and customs .

New York: Crown Publishers. Hardcover. 1970. 1st Edition. 4to 342pp . Fine in Fine DJ. B&W Illustrations. The adventure and drama of finding and extracting nature’s wealth from the earth, from pre- Columbian times to the present .

Bound Brook, NJ: American Cyanamid. Hardcover. 1953. 1st Edition?. Thin 8vo 111pp . Near Fine with no DJ. B&W and Color Charts. Marron cloth with faded gold lettering .

Danville, IL: Interstate. Hardcover. 1987. 6th Edition. 8vo 472pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Photographs. Binding is salmon color boards with white/black lettering and a picture of a rabbit on front cover .

Albuquerque, NM: Univ. Of New Mexico Press. Hardcover. 1988. 1st Edition. 8vo 89pp . Fine with no DJ. Charts. Dark green cloth binding with black lettering, issued without DJ. Contributions of the Committee on Desert and Arid Zones Research of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science .

Schweinfurt, Germany: FAG Kugelfischer. Hardcover. 1986. 1st Edition?. 8vo 304pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W and Color Illustrations. Scarce book .

Philadelphia, PA: Am. Soc. For Testing Materia. Hardcover. 1957. 2nd Printing. Thin 8vo 115pp . Very Good with no DJ. Maroon boards. Neatly penned ink note on front endpaper. Browning to inside hinges. Light cover wear .

London, England: HarperCollins. Hardcover. 2003. 1st Edition. 8vo 312pp . Very Good in Fine DJ. B&W Photographs. Signed by the author on title page. There is some ink underlining in the 'Acknowledgements' and ' Introduction' sections and on the first page of chapter 1. Else unmarked .

Raleigh, NC: Graham Scholarship Endowment. Paperback. 1998. 8vo 174pp . Fine with no DJ. B&W Photographs. Three decades as Commissioner of Agriculture. The incredible story of farm economy growth in North Carolina .

New York: Regan Books. Hardcover. 2002. 2nd Printing. 8vo 288pp . Fine in Fine DJ. Color Photographs .