DESIGNING AND BUILDING SPECIAL CARS
Written by Andre Jute.
Stock no. 1824888
Published by B.T. Batsford. 1st 1985. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Lucidly written and full of proven short cuts and rules of thumb that will help the new car designer avoid abstruse mathematics, this is a book structures in the order that the non-professional designer (and most professionals) will tackle the job. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos & diagrams. 192 pages including index. ISBN: 0713407786. Minor foxing to half-title page and last page. Text block is a little browned and grubby. Otherwise contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper has a few foxspots to verso, is lightly creased and scuffed, faded to spine.

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FLIGHT AND AIRCRAFT ENGINEER VOL. XLIX
No author listed.
Stock no. 1824290
Published by Flight Publishing Co. Ltd. 1946. Almost very good condition.

First Aeronautical Weekly in the World, founded January 1909. Volume XLIX covers January to June, 1946. Nos 1932 to 1956 bound in one volume. Large format. Blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations and a few colour, some folding illustrations. Ex-library in library binding. Boards grubby and marked, spine faded and stained. Text block browned. Library markings to front endpaper and some magazine title pages. Binding is tight. Old post-it note stuck to page 57 pulling surface paper from page. A few foxspots and some page browning but contents generally clean.

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IN SEARCH OF FAME AND FORTUNE: THE LEAHY FAMILY OF ENGINEERS 1780-1888
Written by Brendan O'Donoghue.
Stock no. 2140543
Published by Geography Publications. Circa 2006. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Black cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0906602920. A few marks to covers and outer page edges. Wrapper has some edge-creasing.

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FOWLER'S MECHANICS' & MACHINISTS' POCKET BOOK 1922
Written by William H. Fowler.
Stock no. 2140307
Published by The Scientific Publishing Co.. 1922. Good condition.

Stiff card covers. 14th annual edition. B/w diagrams. A synopsis of practical rules for fitters, turners, millwrights, erectors, pattern makers, foundrymen, draughtsmen, apprentices, students, etc. etc Scuffing and marks to covers. Splitting to spine; chipping. Binding is starting to become weak. Page edge browning.

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BRITISH BUILT AIRCRAFT VOLUME 5 NORTHEN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND
Written by Ron Smith.
Stock no. 2139193
Published by Tempus. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition.

Card wraps. B/w photos. 255 pages. ISBN: 075243487x. A few small marks.

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IGOR SIKORSKY: THE RUSSIAN YEARS
Written by K.N. Finne; Carl J. Bobrow; Von Hardesty.
Stock no. 2139177
Published by Airlife. 1st thus 1988. Slightly better than very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Edited by Bobrow and Hardesty, translated and adapted by Hardesty. Brown cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 1853100129. Wrapper is edge-creased with 1" tear to top of spine; other smaller nicks.

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THE INSTITUTION OF HEATING AND VENTILATING ENGINEERS: A GUIDE TO CURRENT PRACTICE 1959
Written by J.R. Kell; et al.
Stock no. 2139064
1959. Almost very good condition.

Larger format. Red cloth with gilt titles. 2nd edition, revised. B/w diagrams and tables; pocket to rear contains charts and nomograms. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Some scuffing to covers. Inscription in ink to front endpaper. Grubby marks to endpapers and outer page edges.

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STRUCTURES: OR WHY THINGS DON'T FALL DOWN
Written by J.E. Gordon; Jonathan Glancey.
Stock no. 1823624
Published by Folio Society. Circa 2013. Nearly fine condition.

For everyone who having accepted his basic premise that 'everything is structure', finds the Parthenon beautiful and wishes to know why a bat can fly into a rose bush without tearing its wings. Blue cloth, white title to spine and green design to front cover. 384 pages (including index). Colour and b/w photos. Introduced by Jonathan Glancey. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap which is lightly scuffed. This copy would make a wonderful gift.

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A HISTORY OF ENGINEERING METROLOGY
Written by Kenneth J. Hume.
Stock no. 2137373
Published by Mechanical Engineering Publications Limited. 1st 1980. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A complete history of engineering metrology. The book opens with an account of the early attempts at accurate measurement made by various eminent engineers... Yellow cloth boards with purple title to spine. B/w photos. x and 220 pages including index. ISBN: 0852984480. Minor knock to top edge of front board. Light browning to endpapers and outer page edges. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is edge-creased and unevenly faded; especially faded to spine and edges. Slight musty odour present.

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BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS
Written by James W. Lowe.
Stock no. 2137297
Published by Pen & Sword Transport. 2014. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Reprint edition (originally published in 1975). B/w photos. ISBN: 9781473822894. Wrapper is lightly edge-creased with a couple of tiny nicks.

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INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY: BATH AND THE RISE OF SCIENCE
Written by Peter Wallis; et al.
Stock no. 1823336
Published by The Bath Royal Literary And Scientific Institution; The William Herschel Society. 2011. Slightly better than very good condition.

Edited by Peter Wallis with contributions by numerous authors. Georgian Bath. Cardwraps. B/w illustrations throughout, a few colour illustrations. ISBN: 9780948975967. Reprint with minor corrections. Light rubbing to corners of covers. Contents clean.

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TRANSACTIONS OF THE INSTITUTION OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS VOLUME LXII
Written by R.W. Dana.
Stock no. 2136444
Published by Institution Of Naval Architects. 1920. Almost very good condition.

Large format. Blue cloth, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. Spine is faded with a few chips and nicks at edges. Marks and some scuffing to covers. Foxing to outer page edges and some page margins. Both joints have been professionally reinforced.

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