Scranton: International Textbook Company, [1928]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full black blind-embossed limp leatherette with gilt spine lettering. iv, 56pp, 74pp. Numerous line drawings, tables, marbled endpapers. Near fine. Superb, tight later printing of this in-depth and well-illustrated study (#185). Outstanding condition -- spine gilt bright and sharp. More about Gear Calculations and Cutting
Scranton: International Textbook Company, [1907]. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Full black blind-embossed limp leatherette with gilt spine lettering. v, 57pp, 60pp. Numerous line drawings, tables, marbled endpapers. Near fine. Superb, tight first edition of the first volume (#224) of this technical trilogy devoted to machine design. Stunning condition, with spine gilt... More about Machine Design: Book I -- Machine Design, Parts 1-2
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, [1980]. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set in cloth-over-boards slipcase. Russet cloth with gilt lettering and brown pictorial stamping. x, 465pp; vii, 449pp; vi, 452pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Just the faintest bit of slipcase wear. Tight, handsome first of this edition, being a greatly expanded version... More about Modern Scientists and Authors
New York: American Institute of Mining Engineers, 1916. Hardcover. Small 4to. Half calf with gilt spine lettering and brown pebble-grained cloth. vi, 466pp. Figures, illustrations. Very good. Nonauthorial gift inscription on front pastedown. Probable sole edition of Volume LIII; ownership signature and address of contributor Charles Colcock Jones (see p.306)... More about Transactions of the American Institute of Mining Engineers: Containing the Papers and Discussions...
Chicago: Bodine Electric Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/near fine. Second printing of this electronics company history -- undated, but appears to be 1990s. More about Precision Power: The First Half Century of the Bodine Electric Company
Chicago: Bodine Electric Company, n.y. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear and archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Unspecified "Limited Edition" second printing of this Chicago electronics company history -- not dated, but seemingly 1990s. More about Precision Power: The First Half Century of the Bodine Electric Company
Washington, DC: National Geograpic Society, 1971. Hardcover. Small 4to. Silver paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 231pp. Extensive illustrations (most color), pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Minor jacket edgewear. First edition, tight and nice. More about Those Inventive Americans
New York: Dover Publications, [1970]. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed blue pictorial wrappers. 125pp, (15pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Near fine. Tight, attractive first paperback edition of this facsimile, a bizarre collection first published in 1932 as "Beware of Imitations!" More about Absolutely Mad Inventions Compiled from the Records of the United States Patent Office
New York: Philosophical Library, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 193pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear and bit of rubbing. A first edition of this fascinating reference work, tight and most handsome. More about Dictionary of Inventions and Discoveries
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 813pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of the fourth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under... More about Mineral Resources of the United States: Calendar Year 1886
Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 832pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight, quite nice first edition of the fifth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under director... More about Mineral Resources of the United States: Calendar Year 1887
N.p. N.p., 1928. 8vo. Stiff grey wrappers. iii, 16pp. Illustrations. Very good. Light age toning to spine (only), else tight, clean and internally fine. Quite sharp first and only edition of this bibliographically cryptic title about Lincoln's one and only patent. A MONAGHAN 3013. More about Abraham Lincoln Inventor
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1966. Hardcover. 8vo. Yellow cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xii, 241pp. Illustrations, tables. Very good/very good. Second printing. Profiles of thirteen marvels of the modern engineering world, such as the Aswan Dam in Egypt and Japan's Bullet Train. More about Wonders of the Modern World
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1931. Hardcover. Small 4to. Brown blind-embossed cloth with gilt spine lettering. v, 147pp. Extensive figures and line drawings. Near fine. Faintest of binding edgewear; blind-embossed ownership name on front flyleaf and title page. A superb and tight second, revised edition of this 1913 text... More about Working Drawings of Machinery
Chicago: John W. Johnson, Publisher, [1935]. Hardcover. 16mo. Blue printed cloth with rounded corners. 344pp, (2pp). Frontispiece, numerous illustrations and line drawings (some foldouts). Very good. Mild age toning to pastedowns, as usual. Tight (no plumber's crack here!), clean, handsome fifteenth edition of this 1905 classic. Laid in is colorful... More about Johnson's New Handy Manual on Plumbing, Domestic and Sanitary Engineering, Drainage, Sewerage and...
Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, [1998]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 125pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition. More about Building the Victory: The Order Book of the Volunteer Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac,...
Minneapolis: Intel-Lex Inc., [1965]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 152pp. Numerous illustrations and tables. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing. A tight and nice first edition of this unusual "Story Behind the Issuance of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights." Boldly signed and inscribed... More about The Granting of Inventive Rights
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Faint abrasion on front flyleaf; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. Tight, attractive first edition. More about Engineering in the Ancient World
New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, [1982]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Janice Stapleton. 8vo. Yellow and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 46pp, (2pp). Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. First edition of this children's how-to from the Dark Ages of Computers. Tight and pristine. More about It's Basic: The ABCs of Computer Programming
Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co., 1961. Paperback. 4to. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this popular guide on "How to Install and Operate R/C in Planes, Boats and Other Models" (to quote the front wrapper). More about R/C Primer: Radio Control for All
Springfield, MA: The Pond-Ekberg Company, [1951]. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert W.G. Vail. Small 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xv, 254pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Tight, decent first edition -- ex-library, with relatively few and mostly-removed markings. More about Fire on the Hearth: The Evolution and Romance of the Heating-Stove
New York: Random House, [1958]. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jack Coggins. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 140pp. Numerous line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Third printing, second edition, of #13 in the nifty "allabout books" series, with a fireword by Willy Ley. A tight, quite... More about All About Rockets and Jets
New York: John Wiley & Sons, [1991]. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 698pp. Extensive figures and tables. Fine/fine. Later printing, tight and pristine, of the greatly expanded second edition of this 1978 classic, a pioneering book in its field -- and this copy bears a fine... More about Digital Image Processing
New York: The Scientific Publishing Company, 1893. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green decorated library buckram. xxiii, 628pp, (6pp ads). Numerous charts. Very good. First edition, tigt ande nice, of this uncommon overview -- an ex-library copy with very few markings. More about The Mining Industry, Its Statistics, Technology and Trade, in the United States and Other...
Wiesbaden: Brandstetter Verlag, n.y. Hardcover. 16mo. Beige paper over boards with gilt lettering. x, 111pp. Very good. A tight and attractive copy of the first volume (only) of the revised edition of this trilogy, undated but with 1960 noted in the preface. Discreet ex-Republic Aviation Corporation engineering library, with relatively... More about Worterbuch fur Optik und Feinmechanik: Dictionary of Optics and Precision Mechanics: Dictionnaire...