Search Results: Technology from Cornish Books

London: Pitman Publishing, 1971. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Second Edition. 194 Pages, Illustrated with B&W Drawings and Diagrams. Maroon Cloth with Silver Lettering on Spine. Some scuffing to cover. Previous owners name at top of endpaper. Pages in Very nice, clean condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

London: Crosby, Lockwood & Son, 1893. Quarter Leather. Good+. Thirteenth Edition, Re-Written, Considerably Enlarged, and brought up to the present requirements of agricultural practice by William Fream. With upwards of four hundred and fifty illustrations." Comprehensive work, covers Cattle, Horses, Sheep, Swine, Poultry, Dairy, Land management and more. Well illustrated, many pictures of Farm Aninmals and Agricultural Equipment. Frontis illustrated with a Monochrome picture of a Shorthorn Bull. Red Quarter-Leather cover with Green Cloth-covered Boards. Gilt Lettering and Decorative Designs of plants on spine. 1086 Pages + 64 Page Catalogue. 9 3/4" Tall, 2.8 Kilos. Some edge wear and wear to leather at sides of spine. Cloth at Tips of corners worn. Sligght fading & soiling to cloth. Old, faint, Gift inscription on back of frontis. No other inscriptions except old penciled prices. Hinges sound. Crack to binding between half-title and frontis, otherwise firm. Book weighs 2.8 Kilos so… Read More

London: Chapman and Hall for Oil & Colour Chemists' Association, 1962. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Includes Conventional Coatings based on Drying Oils, Alkyd, Amino, Epoxide, Polyester & Polyamide Resins and Silicon. 318 Pages, 570g, .9" Tall. Traces of old library labels on ffep. Corner crease to half title page. Previous owner's name on endpaper, no other inscriptions. Slight edge wear to jacket. Not clipped. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Tempus, 2003. Compelling story of how the first Transatlantic Cable was laid in the mid 19th century. Colour illustrations. 160 Pages, 340g, 8" Tall. No inscriptions. Jacket not clipped. Very nicew, clean copy, looks unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall. Cloth. Fine/Fine. Book.

London: Vinton & Co, 1919. Cloth. Near Good/No Jacket. Includes detailed information on Manures, Crop Rotation, Animal Nutrition, and much more. Light Brown cloth cover with Black lettering to front & spine. 247 Pages + Index & Adverts. 7 1/2" Tall, 320g. Some fading & soiling to cover. Binding a little Fragile. Pages age darkened. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

8-11 Southampton St, Strand, London: The Electrical Engineer, 1936. Very detaited Weekly Magazines for the Electrical Engineer, packed with infromative articles and contemporary adverts. This is Volume 1 which contains the Issues from November 22nd 1935 to May 15th 1936. Faded Purple cloth cover with Gilt title to spine. 1,088 Pages. 11 3/4" Tall. Some wear to cover bu the magazine issues are in very good, clean condition, only slight age darkening around margins. Front Hinge reinforced with white tape. Prvious owner's name very lightly penciled on endpaper. Large, heavy volume weighs 4.2 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more, pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Cloth. Book.

London: The Caxton Publishing Company Ltd, 1948. Decorative Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 3rd Edition, New & Revised. Vol 1, 346 Pages. Chapters include Hand, Tools, Measuring, Drilling, Materials, Lathework, Honing, polishing. Vol 2 344 Pages. Grinding, Milling, Plate & Bar, Jigs, Gearing, Drawing. Vol 3 352 Pages, Tempering, Joining, Welding, Forging, Sheet Metal, Press, Pattern Making, Foundry, Calculations. All Volumes very well illustrated with B&W Drawings and Photographs. Black Cloth covers with blind stamped border and caxton's device and gilt lettering to spines. 9 1/2" Tall. Top of spine on vol. 1 bumped. No inscriptions except penciled price. Heavy set (nearly 3 Kilos) so postage will be extra. Please ask if you would like a shipping quote. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

LONDON: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1955. Hardcover. Good/Fair. Covering the first year National Certifiacate Course in Mechanical Engineering. Fourth Edition. 182 Pages Illustrated with many technical drawings. Includes Fold out Plates. D/J has some tears. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1927. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. Interesting book on Agriculture. Contents include: British Grass Land, Natural and Semi-Natural Types; Use of Lime on Grassland; Manuring; Renovating Grassland without Ploughing; Chief Herbage Plants; Sowing and much more. Black cloth cover with Gilt lettering to spine. 159 Pages, 360g, 7 1/2" Tall. No inscriptions. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

John Wiley & Sons, 2002. First Edition. Soft cover. Near Very Good. A Complete Reference for Unix, Windows, and Linux with Custom Security Toolkit". 914 Pages, 1.7 Kilos, 9 1/4" Tall. No C D is included with this book. No inscriptions. Spine not creased. Weight, 1.7 Kilos, so Shipping Outside UK will be extra Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

John Wiley & Sons, 2001. Soft cover. Very Good. 945 Pages, 1.7 Kilos, 9 1/4" Tall. No C D is included with this book. No inscriptions. Spine not creased. Weight, 1.7 Kilos, so Shipping Outside UK will be extra Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

LONDON: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1959. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Fifth Edition. 247 Pages, Illustrated with many technical drawings. Includes Fold-Out Plates. Spine and edges of cover darkened. Spine is a little torn at top & bottom. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1975. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 3rd Edition. Contents: Plants, Soils, Fertilizers & Manures, Cropping, Grassland, Weeds, Pests & Diseases of Farm Crops. 316 Pages, 550g, 8 1/2" Tall. Library "Withdrawn" stamps on ffep, half-title & title pages. Nocks at spine ends. Small library No. taped near bottom of spine. No inscriptions or underlining on text. Clean working copy. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Barrow on Humber, Lincolnshire: Joseph Bentley Ltd, 1939. Original Wraps. Good. Interesting Vintage Agricultural Supplies Catalogue. Many B&W illustrations. Original Green wraps with darker green ground to title. 2 Royal warrants above. 280 pages, 925g, 11" Tall. Most of the green cover paper missing from spine and a strip 7 1/2" long x 1" wide missimg frpom fore edge of front cover. Some wear, soiling & scuffing to cover. Text block firm. Lightly penciled number on front cover and another on preliminary page. No other inscriptions. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Morgan-Grampian, 1972. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. 77th Edition. Vols 1 and 2, Volume 2 has the Index. Volume 1 has 1358 Pages and Volume 2 has 1398. Both Volumes are packed with Technical Information and Illustrated with B&W Technical Drawings and a few B&W Photographs. Page Edges are Green. Red Cloth Covers with slightly faded gilt lettering to front and spine (see photo). Some wear to cover, mostly at spine edges. Pages are in very good, clean condition. 2 pages detached and 1 page creased at binding but the books are complete. Heavy set (over 1 Kilo) so Postage will be a little extra. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

66 Chandos St., London: The Gresham Publishing Company. Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 5 Volumes (of 6 published). Undated Edition, probably circa early 20th C. Highly practical Technical Work by 16 Expert Contributors. Very well illustrated, The whole work (in 6 Volumes) would be illustrated with 1100 In-Text Drawings and about 50 Plates in Colour and B&W. Each Vol. has a Frontis Plate protected by tissue guard. Green cloth covers illustrated on fronts with a grecian Lady holding chains. Gilt lettering to spines. 10" Tall. Some wear to cloth with some tears and some pieces missing from spines (see photos). Pages in good, clean condition. No inscriptions. 1 hinge cracked and reinforced with white hinge tape, the other hinges are sound. 4 plates loose, otherwise text blocks firm. Set weighs 5.7 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like more Pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

London: Radio Press Limited, 1923. Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. Includes Details of many Circuits, with Full-Page Diagram Opposite, numbered from 68 to 151. Light Blue cloth cover with Black Lettering & Radio Press Design on front. Black Lettering to spine. Landscape Format Book, 5 1/4" Tall, x 8 3/4" Wide. Slight edge wear and a few small patches of loss of colour to cover (see photo). Hinges sound & Binding firm. No inscriptions, pages in nice. clean condition. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall

St Martin's St, London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1921. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Marine Engineering, a text book, by Engineer-Captain A.E. Tompkins C.B.E. Fifth Edition. 888 pages illustrated with many drawings and diagrams. Damp has faded some of the colour of the covers but the Gilt Lettering to the Spine is still pretty bright. Large, Heavy book so postage will be a little extra. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Manchester: Emmott & Company, 1917. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. A Collection of Electrical Engineering Notes, Rules, Tables and Data". Illustrated with In-Text Diagrams & Drawings. Also interesting Pictorial Adverts. Green cloth cover with Black Lettering & linear border on front. Black title on spine. 240 Pages + Diary and memoranda. 6 1/4" Tall, 200g. Previous owner's name penciled on endpaper, no other inscriptions. Pages a bit age darkened but in very good, clean condition. Diary and memoranda Pages have no inscriptions. Front hige has a fine crack. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall

London: The Caxton Publishing Company Limited 0. Imitation Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. A Practical and Comprehensive Treatise dealing with every phase of Radio Engineering, including Design, Construction & Maintenance, with special chapters on Television etc. Complete Set in 3 Volumes. Dark Blue Leather effect cloth with blind stamped publisher's design on fronts and gilt lettering on spines. Illustrated with B&W Diagrams and Fold-Out Plates. 10" Tall. Slight edgewear. No inscriptions. Weighs nearly 3 Kilos so postage will be extra. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall