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EARLY VICTORIAN WATER ENGINEERS
Written by G.M. Binnie.
Stock no. 1827643
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The story of the grudging acceptance of the need for constant unpolluted water supplies and the many problems, human and technical, that had to be faced in meeting that need. Green cloth boards, silver title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations. ISBN: 0727701282. Boards clean and bright. Text block browned with some foxing. Contents clean. Dustwrapper is lightly scuffed to rear panel and has a few foxspots to verso (not visible to front).

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JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1827610
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Biography of the famous engineer who was involved with everything from mills, bridges and fen drainage to the Eddystone Lighthouse. B/w illustrations. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. ISBN: 07277088X. Top edge of text block browned with some foxing. Else a clean copy. Dustwrapper is lightly browned, title is faded to green on spine.

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'THE SENTINEL' VOLUME TWO: 1930-1980
Written by A.R. Thomas; J. Thomas.
Stock no. 1827480
Published by Woodpecker Publishing. 1st 1987. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A history of Alley & MacLellan and The Sentinel Waggon Works Volume Two. Black cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0863171400. Text block just a little grubby. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is strengthened on verso with a white label to top of spine (not visible to front face), slightly faded to spine, lightly browned to rear panel.

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LANDSLIDES IN SOUTH WALES VALLEYS
Written by George Knox.
Stock no. 1827465
Published by The South Wales Institute Of Engineers. 1967. Almost very good condition.

Excerpt from Proceedings, Volume XLIII, nos. 2 and 3, 1927/28 with discussion. Pages 161-281 of said Proceeedings. Greem cardwraps. A few b/w photos and charts. Name in ink to front cover. A few grubby marks to covers. Glued binding is drying out but currently pages are holding although some hinges are weak. A few minor fox spots present.

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ARCHIE FRAZER-NASH, ENGINEER
Written by Trevor Tarring; Mark Joseland.
Stock no. 1326572
Published by The Frazer Nash Archives. 1st 2011. Nearly fine condition.

The story of several heroes rolled into one. Glazed pictorial boards. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 9780957035102. Minimal bumping and rubbing to spine and corners. Contents fine.

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BRUNEL: THE MAN WHO BUILT THE WORLD
Written by Steven Brindle; Dan Cruickshank.
Stock no. 1826987
Published by Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 1st 2005. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. Blue boards, title to spine. This book draws on Brunel's own diaries, letters and sketchbooks to understand his life, times and work. ISBN: 0297844083. Lower edge of boards have light indentations. Faint, minor score mark to front board (approx 4"). Contents fine. Price-cut pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

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BRUNEL IN GLOUCESTERSHIRE
Written by John Christopher.
Stock no. 1826801
Published by Amberley Publishing. 1st 2012. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A tour of Gloucestershire examining Brunel's influence on the county and exploring the surviving works. Pictorial cardwraps. Colour & b/w photos. ISBN: 9781445607818. Appears Unread.

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FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES: SELECT PROCEEDINGS OF FLEXEV-2021
Written by Sanjeet Dwivedi; Sanjeev Singh; Manish Tiwari; Ashish Shrivastava.
Stock no. 1826725
Published by Springer. 1st 2023. Slightly better than very good condition.

Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 863. This book compiles the refereed papers presented during the 2nd Flexible Electronics for Electric Vehicles (FlexEV-2021). Red glazed boards. Colour & b/w charts and diagrams. ISBN: 9789811905872. Board corners lightly scuffed. Text block slightly grubby. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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AIRSHIP TECHNOLOGY
Written by G.A. Khoury; J.D. Gillett.
Stock no. 1826661
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st thus 2004. Very good condition.

Providing a unique and indispensable guide to modern airship design and operation. Cambridge Aerospace Series 10. Blue cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations. A physical copy of a print on demand item, printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd. ISBN: 0521607531. Covers lightly bowed, lightly rubbed at corners, a little scuffed. Text block a little grubby. Otherwise contents clean.

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SHIPS
Written by R. Barnard Way; Noel D. Green.
Stock no. 1826344
Published by Wells Gardner, Darton & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1940. Almost very good condition.

Title to boards is 'The Modern Ship'. A book about Ship building. Cloth baords, gilt title to spine, blind title to front. B/w diagrams. Boards are very grubby and stained. Spine edges are rubbed. Text block and endpapers browned. '5p' in blue ink to top corner of front pastedown. Some grubby marks to contents. Hinges are pulled but binding is tight.

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ANIMAL CONSTRUCTIONS AND TECHNOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE
Written by Ashley Shew.
Stock no. 1825094
Published by Lexington Books. 1st 2017. Slightly better than very good condition.

Postphenomenology and the Philospophy of Technology series. Investigating the conceptual limits of tool use and technology through the lens of technological knowledge. This book considers animal tool use, techniques, and construction within the context of theories about what constitutes technology and what constitutes knowledge. Glazed pictorial boards. Printed by Lightning Source UK Ltd, a print on demand company. ISBN: 9781498543118. Boards lightly scuffed. Contents clean.

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BUILDING THE "VICTORIA" A 19TH CENTURY STEAM ENGINE: CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS
Written by Andrew Smith.
Stock no. 1825055
Published by Model And Allied Publications. 1st thus 1982. Very good condition.

Revised edition. Green cardwraps. B/w photos and diagrams. ISBN: 0852427735. Covers browned, rear cover has slight surface loss. Contents browned else clean.

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