Search Results: Engineering from Aardvark Rare Books

New Haven, Connecticut: A.C. Gilbert Company, 1920. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo, 7 in. x 5 on., pp. 93, [3] (blank memorandum + advertising). Illustrated with many black and white photographs and pen drawings. Brown cloth-covered boards with blue and black pictorial and blue outlined title to front. Black title to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Corners are nudged. Age-toning to pages. Unmarked interior.

CHICAGO, ILL: Laird & Lee, 1904. Hardcover. VERY GOOD. FIRST EDITION. "A Text-book for Students Apprentices Artisans Engineers", sections on static and current electricity, batteries, measuring instruments, direct and alternating current machinery, transformers, converters, power stations, electric railways, telegraph, electric light, telephone, wireless telegraphy, electroplating, X-rays, radium, etc. Includes 150 black and white illustrations and two special wiring diagrams. 355 pp. with 1 pp. ads to rear of text. Dark blue cloth boards with gilt silver lettering, gilt engraved design to front board. Light bumps to all four corners with some light fraying. Light rubbing to extremities with some light fraying to spinecaps. Remainder spray to all edges. Light rubbing to rear board with 5 inch crease and two 1.5 inch creases, lines from creases show on rear pastedown. Light age-tanning to edges. Light soiling to endpapers, ad page, many pages of text. 0.5 inch closed tear to RFEP. Small corner folds… Read More

London, England: John Williams and Co, 1846. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 9.2 in. x 6 in., pp. 162, [2], 1-8 (advertising), 1-4 (advertising). Illustrated with nine fold-out plates, two of which have tissue guards. Dark green cloth-covered boards with embossed frame and elaborate floral decoration in blind to front and back. Gilt title and blind-stamped band lines to spine. Rubbing to extremities; scuffing to boards. Corners bumped. Previous owner's signatures to front pastedown, dated 1942. Front hinge weak, but holding. Previous owner's signatures to front pastedown, dated 1871. Edgewear and small tears to right margin of plates 6 and 7. The leaves and plates are bright and in very good condition.

London, England: E. & F. N. Spon, 1895. Second Edition. Hardcover. Good Plus. Octavo, 7.9 in. x 5.2 in., pp. xii, 243. Illustrated with many ink drawings. Dark green beveled pebblecloth boards with and elaborate frame embossed in black to front and in blind to back; gilt titling ("Stanley's Surveying Instruments") and bars to front. Gilt title and design embossed in black to spine. Publisher's red to edges. Light rubbing to extremities. One inch moisture stain to front. Corners lightly nudged. Spine lean. Unmarked interior. Spine and hinges are tight. William F. Stanley (1829-1909) worked his way from rather humble beginnings to become a wealthy entrepreneur, engineer, inventor, philanthropist, and one of the leading men of Croydon, Surrey. Among his many inventions was the wire-spoke bicycle wheel that we still use to this day. He began manufacturing and retailing mathematical and drafting tools in 1854, in Holborn, London. Within 10 years, he had expanded his product line to include microscopes,… Read More

Scranton, PA: International Textbook Company, 1898. Leather-bound. Very Good. Wide quarto, 11.25 in. x 14.75 in., pp. 47, [2] (index). Half calf morocco over pebblegrain cloth, double ruled in blind. Gilt title to front. Light rubbing to extremities. Chips to top/bottom of spine. Decorative endpapers. Discrete ink stamp "677" to title page. Spine and hinges tight. This volume is entitled on the cover "A Textbook on Mechanical Drawing : Plates and Text : International Corrrespondence Schools". Copyright of the plates and drawings are from The Colliery Engineer Company.

Philadelphia, PA: Kimber and Sharpless, 1837. Eighth edition. Hardcover. Good. Octavo, 8.8 in. x 5.5 in., pp. 216, 1-152 (Tables). Illustrated with eight fold-out plates with diagrams and drawings. Tree calf with gilt title on dark brown panel and gilt band lines to spine. Rubbing to extremities. Scuffing to board edges. Corners bumped and showing. Previous owners' signatures to top-edge and front pastedown; ink stamp to top of title page. Math equations and notes in pencil to front flyleaf and back of plates 4 and 5. Age-toning and very light foxing throughout. A few small closed tears to fold-out plates.