L. GARDNER & SONS LIMITED LEGENDARY ENGINEERING EXCELLENCE
Written by Graham Edge.
Stock no. 1816700
Published by Gingerfold Publications. 1st 2002. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Transport Archive Series. A comprehensive study of a Manchester company whose name became revered in over forty countries worldwide from the origins of the firm in 1868 until it ceased engine production almost 130 years later. Large format. Red boards, gilt titles. B/w & colour photos. 208 pages including appendices and index. ISBN: 1902356101. Minor foxing to top edge of text block and top margins. Contents a little crinkled. Pictorial dustwrapper is slightly faded to spine.

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STEAM LOCOMOTION (2 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward Cecil Poultney.
Stock no. 2127772
Published by Caxton Publishing Company Limited. 1st 1951. Very good condition.

Large format. Red leather-look covers with gilt titles to spines. The Construction, Working Principles, and Practical Operation of Steam Locomotives. Some fold-out pages. A little bumping to corners. Some light wear to edges. Foxing and browning to endpapers and outer page edge; a few margin marks. Contents are still very good indeed!

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HOW TO BUILD A CAR
Written by Adrian Newey.
Stock no. 2127131
Published by Harper Collins. Circa 2017. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

Large format. The world's foremost designer in Formula One. Adrian Newey is arguably one of Britain's greatest engineers, and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. B/w photos. Diagrams. ISBN: 9780008196806. 2nd printing. Some browning/foxing to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased.

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BRIDGESCAPE THE ART OF DESIGNING BRIDGES
Written by Frederick Gottemoeller.
Stock no. 2127064
Published by John Wiley & Sons. 2nd USA 2004. Very good condition.

Large format. Glazed pictorial boards. Second Edition. B/w and colour photos throughout. ISBN: 0471267732. 1st impression of the 2nd edition. Bumping and wear, with some scuffing and small nicks to edges and corners of covers. Foxing/browning to outer page edges. Contents are still very good indeed.

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LUCKY ALL MY LIFE
Written by Jeff Clew.
Stock no. 2126869
Published by Haynes Publishing Group. 1st 1979. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

The biography of Harry Weslake, the mechanical genius behind many of motor racing's most famous engines. B/w photos. ISBN: 0854292543. A few light marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is a little edge-creased.

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TIMBER DESIGNERS' MANUAL
Written by E.C. Ozelton; J.A. Baird.
Stock no. 2126616
Published by Collins. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Second edition. In Accordance with BS 5268. B/w diagrams. ISBN: 0632025379. Name in ink to front pastedown. A few marks to outer page edges. Wrapper is edge-creased with some browning, small tear hole to one edge.

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BRITISH STEAM LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS
Written by James W. Lowe.
Stock no. 2126572
Published by Guild Publishing. 1989. Slightly better than very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

B/w photos. Wrapper is edge-creased and faded to spine.

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BOILER HOUSE PRACTICE
Written by J.N. Williams.
Stock no. 2126563
Published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd.. 1st 1953. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

B/w illustrations. Bumping to corners. Some fading to cover edges. Inscription in ink to verso of front endpaper. Page browning. Wrapper is edge-creased and torn with chips; a little loss; some browning and scuffs.

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THE STEAM ENGINE EXPLAINED AND ILLUSTRATED
Written by Dionysius Lardner.
Stock no. 2126562
Published by Taylor and Walton. 7th 1840. Fair condition.

7th edition. With an Account of its Invention and Progressive Improvement and its Application to Navigation and Railways Including also a Memoir of Watt. Pages: xix, 535. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. Engraved frontispiece (of Watt), numerous wood engravings throughout. A reading copy. Heavy wear to covers, with splits and chips; fraying to cloth. Front joint cracked. Appears that front endpaper is MISSING. A few pages are loose. Some foxing.

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THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF DOCKS, WHARVES & PIERS
Written by F.M. Du Plat Taylor; Joseph Broodbank.
Stock no. 2126248
Published by Ernest Benn Limited. 2nd 1934. Almost very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Second Edition, revised and enlarged. Green/blue cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w drawings and diagrams; some fold-out pages. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. Uneven fading/white marks to covers. Some page corner creasing. Page edge browning; a little foxing. Wrapper is browned with tears and chips; a bit of loss; some grubby marks and scuffing.

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PROBLEMS IN MACHINE DESIGN
Written by Charles H. Innes.
Stock no. 2125958
Published by The Technical Publishing Co. Ltd.. Circa 1894. Almost very good condition.

Blue cloth with gilt titles and blind decorations. B/w diagrams. Bumping and wear to spine and corners. A few marks and scuffs to covers. Browning to endpapers and outer page edges.

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WORKSHOP RECEIPTS
Written by Ernest Spon.
Stock no. 2125924
Published by E. & F.N. Spon. 2nd 1895. Almost very good condition.

Brown cloth, gilt titles and vignette. B/w illustrations. For manufacturers, mechanics and scientific amateurs. Second edition, revised. Book has been rebacked, with remains of original spine laid down. Marks to covers; some scuffs. Original endpapers that have adverts. Joints a bit cracked. Some foxing and page browning.

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