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[New York:: Aqueduct Commissioners],, 1887.. First edition.. publisher's cloth.. Spine sunned and with some wear to the head and heel; quite sound. With the bookplate and ownership stamp of a private hydraulics library on pastedown.. Folio,. Frontispiece, 23 photogravure plates, 18 folding tables, 4 maps (2 folding) and 53 plates of blueprints (20 double-page). With a printed presentation slip tipped in at front free endpaper.
Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners, by the President, James C. Spencer, containing reports of the secretary, John C. Sheehan, and of the chief engineer, Benjamin S. Church, giving a review of the work of the Aqueduct Commission to January first, A.D. 1887, including the plans and work of construction of the New Croton Aqueduct to that date, and the proposed dams and reservoirs and other appurtenances of the same, made in accordance with the resolutions of the Aqueduct Commissioners. January 1, 1887, New York City by Spencer, James C., commission president; John C. Sheehan, secretary; and Benjamin S. Church, chief engineer - 1887
by Spencer, James C., commission president; John C. Sheehan, secretary; and Benjamin S. Church, chief engineer
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Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners, by the President, James C. Spencer, containing reports of the secretary, John C. Sheehan, and of the chief engineer, Benjamin S. Church, giving a review of the work of the Aqueduct Commission to January first, A.D. 1887, including the plans and work of construction of the New Croton Aqueduct to that date, and the proposed dams and reservoirs and other appurtenances of the same, made in accordance with the resolutions of the Aqueduct Commissioners. January 1, 1887, New York City
by Spencer, James C., commission president; John C. Sheehan, secretary; and Benjamin S. Church, chief engineer
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New York: the commission, 1887. Hardcover. Pagination to p.63, following which profuse half- and full-page photographs reproduced in steely-blue gravure; numerous folded stats; profuse folded maps (many with multiple spot-color guidelines); many many diagrams (showing details such as "the Timbering of Shaft 13," and "Blow-Off and Waste Weir at South Yonkers"). A massive folio hardbound in 14x11 inch bevelled boards covered with pebbled cloth decorated in blind and titled gilt, lettering enclosed in ingenious tunnel cross-section, also bright gilt. A generally handleable copy with startlingly few mis-folds of the plethora of accordion plates (just a corner or two), and we saw no tears. FYI, on same note, no sign of breaker pilfering. As to condition of casebinding, front hinge is weak, rear hinge touchy, all extremities frayed.
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Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners, by the President, James C. Spencer...Giving a Review of the Work of the Aqueduct Commission to January First, A.D. 1887....
by SPENCER, James C
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New York City. Report to the Aqueduct Commissioners , by the President, James C. Spencer, Containing Reports of the Secretary, John C. Sheenan, and of the Chief Engineer, Benjamin S. Church
by James C. Spencer
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New York: City of New York Aqueduct Commission, 1887. Cloth. Very Good. A handsome, well-preserved copy of the "City of New York Aqueduct Commission Reports on the New Croton Aqueduct 1883-1887". Tight and VG in its russet cloth, with decorative blindstamping and elaborate gilt-design and lettering along the front panel and spine. Former owner name and date, light foxing at the front free endpaper. Very light wear as well to the spine ends and along the tips. Still though, solid and very presentable. Folio, dozens of impressive fold-out maps, a number of them in color or steel-engraving.
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