Handbook of Stress and Strength. Design and Material Applications. Nicholas Ambraseys' Copy.
by Charles Lipson and Robert C. Juvinall
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: The Macmillan Company, 1963. First Edition, First Impression. . Cloth Bound Boards. Very Good. 1963 first edition, first impression. Size quarto, 447 pages, a heavy book. Blue and black cloth covered boards with blue and silver gilt titles to the front cover and spine. Condition very good, corners and spine ends a little rubbed, pages are toned otherwise clean throughout. From the Library of Nicholas Ambraseys. Nicholas Neocles Ambraseys FICE FREng 1929-2012 was a Greek engineering seismologist. He was emeritus professor of Engineering Seismology and Senior Research Fellow at Imperial College London. For many years Ambraseys was considered as the leading figure and absolute authority in earthquake engineering and seismology in Europe. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016874
- Title
- Handbook of Stress and Strength. Design and Material Applications. Nicholas Ambraseys' Copy.
- Author
- Charles Lipson and Robert C. Juvinall
- Format/Binding
- Cloth Bound Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Impression.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Macmillan Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1963
- Keywords
- NON FICTION HISTORY ROME GREECE ITALY LATIN FRENCH REFERENCE MATHEMATICS SCIENCE SEISMOLOGY SEISMOLOGIST EARTHQUAKES EARTH TREMORS TSUNAMIS VOLCANOES NATURAL DISASTERS
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Lazarus Books Limited
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Blackpool, Lancashire
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