THE THEORY AND DESIGN OF STRUCTURES: A TEXT-BOOK
Written by Ewart S. Andrews.
Stock no. 1831606
Published by Chapman & Hall Ltd. 5th 1932. Very good condition.

For the use of Students, Draughtsmen, and Engineers engaged in Constructional Work. Fifth Edition, revised. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine and blind publishers stamp to front board. Numerous illustrations and worked examples. xii and 646 pages including index plus 2 page publisher advert to rear. Board eges lightly rubbed, corners worn, top & tail of spine shelf-worn. Tiny minor patch of discolouration to rear board. Few minor marks to front board. Endpapers and text block browned. Name in ink to front pastedown. Contents clean.

PRINCIPLES OF COMBUSTION IN THE STEAM BOILER FURNACE
Written by Arthur D. Pratt.
Stock no. 1831599
Published by Babcock and Wilcox. 1936. Very good condition.

This guide translates complex combustion theory into practical methods you can apply in real-world boiler work, helping you predict flames, heat transfer, and exhaust behavior with confidence. Revised edition. Brown cloth, black titles. 112 pages including index. Top & tail of spine lightly worn, boards a little grubby. Foxing to contents and some grubby fingering marks. Binding is tight.

THE CANNING PRACTICAL HANDBOOK ON ELECTRO-PLATING, POLISHING, BRONZING, LACQUERING AND ENAMELLING
No author listed.
Stock no. 1831598
Published by W. Canning & Co. Ltd.. 14th 1940. Almost very good condition.

The purpose of this book is twofold - to serve as a practical guide to electro-plating practice, and to provide a reference book to those already engaged in this trade. Fourteenth Edition. Dark green cloth boards, gilt titles. B/w illustrations. x and 383 pages. Vertical edges of spine worn with a 2" split to lower front edge, top & tail worn. Edges of boards lightly rubbed and worn at corners. Name in ink to front pastedown. Some browning and grubby marks to contents. Front hinge cracked but binding is tight. Musty odour present.

JAMES WATT: CRAFTSMAN & ENGINEER
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1831597
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1935. Almost very good condition.

This book examines the career of James Watt as a craftsman and engineer, rather than offering a purely narrative biography. Watt began his life as a maker of mathematical instruments, and throughout his working life enjoyed the challenge of such skilled work. Red cloth, gilt titles. 12 b/w plates and numerous b/w illustrations. xvi and 207 pages including index. Spine sunned/browned iwth some foxing. Boards are faded, grubby and foxed. Text block browned with foxing, foxing bleeding on to page margins. Endpapers a little browned and grubby. A few foxspots to contents.

A SHORT HISTORY OF THE STEAM ENGINE
Written by H.W. Dickinson.
Stock no. 1831596
Published by Cambridge University Press. 1st 1938. Almost very good condition.

This volume details the steam engine as the most dynamic factor in the Industrial Revolution, freeing humanity from their age-long dependence upon the power of water, wind, and animals, or of their own muscles. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. 11 b/w plates plus b/w illustrations. xvi and 255 pages including index. Spne is heavily sunned/faded with a few marks and light shelf wear to top & tail of spine. Fading to edges of rear boad and a few marks. Text block browned with some foxing. Endpapers browned, some foxing present to contents.

THE PRACTICAL DICTIONARY OF MECHANICS (4 VOLUMES)
Written by Edward H. Knight.
Stock no. 1831593
Published by Cassell & Co. Ltd.. Circa 1880. Almost very good condition.

A description of tools, instruments, machines, processes, and engineering; history of inventions; general technological vocabulary; and digest of mechanical appliances in science and the arts. Three-quarter maroon leather binding (spine & corners). Brown cloth boards. 5 raised bands to spines. Gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations and plates, some folding. Title page to volume I (A to D) only. D to M, M to S and S to Z follow on in page numbering. 2831 pages spread over the four volumes. Undated but approximately 1880s. Leather is rubbed and worn with some surface loss. Boards marked/stained. Some foxing present as to be expected for a book of its age. Else contents clean. 2 pages detached from volume II (D to M) else binding is tight.

THE CORNISH BEAM ENGINE
Written by D.B. Barton.
Stock no. 1830880
Published by D. Bradford Barton. 1st 1965. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A survey of its history and development in the mines of Cornwall and Devon from before 1800 to the present day, with something of its use elsewhere in Britain and abroad. Blue mottled boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and plans. 285 pages including index. Light bumping to board corners. Boadrs clean. Text block a little browned with a couple of minor foxspots. Small name in coloured pencil to front endpaper. Contents otherwise clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is a little grubby.

JOHN SMEATON
Written by A.W. Skempton.
Stock no. 1830766
Published by Thomas Telford. 1st 1981. Slightly better than 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. Brown cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 291 pages including index. ISBN: 007277088X. Boards clean. Personal gift inscription in ink to front endpaper. Else contents clean. White pictorial dustwrapper is lightly browned, faded to spine and a little scuffed.

ROBERT MYLNE: ARCHITECT AND ENGINEER 1733 TO 1811
Written by A.E. Richardson.
Stock no. 1830728
Published by B.T. Batsford Ltd.. 1st 1955. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Robert Mylne was a famous eighteenth century architect. The diaries show by their day to day entries the way in which a busy eighteenth century architect worked, and, in the case of Mylne, the many long journeys he contstantly undertook and his meticulous care in carrying out his commissions, large or small. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. 220 pages. Board corners lightly rubbed/worn. Foxing mainly to text block and prelims, some foxing to contents. Dustwrapper is grubby, edge-rubbed, worn at corners with slight loss, browned to spine, some foxing.

SUPPORT OF UNDERGROUND EXCAVATIONS IN HARD ROCK
Written by E. Hoek; P.K. Kaiser; W.F. Bawden.
Stock no. 1830440
Published by Taylor & Francis. 2006. Very good condition.

The safe and economical construction of tunnels, underground mining excavations and underground power caverns depends upon a large number of factors, one of which is the correct choice of support systems to ensure that the excavations remain stable. This book deals with the investigations required to establish support requirements, with the methods which are used to design support systems and with many of the practical details of correct support installation. Large format. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w illustrations and diagrams. XII and 215 pages including index. Digitally printed. ISBN: 9054101873. A few minor marks and scuffs to covers. Corners lightly rubbed. Top of spine knocked. Contents clean.

ALL ABOUT ENGINES
Written by Edward Cressey.
Stock no. 1830430
Published by Cassell & Company Ltd. Good condition.

For boys. Beginning with an account of a simple engine, and an explanation of how it works by steam, the reader is next introduced to the pioneers and their difficulties in order to bring out more clearly the principles involved in the production of mechanical power. After a survey of the various types of steam engines and boilers, gas, petrol, and oil engines are described. Blue pictorial cloth boards. Coloured frontis. 182 b/w illustrations and diagrams. Top edge blue. xv and 352 pages including index. Spine faded, boards marked and grubby. Text block browned. Frontis is detached but present. Foxing throughout. One plate partially detached.

THE DOWTY STORY PART II 1961-1971
Written by L.T.C. Rolt.
Stock no. 1830393
Published by Leo Cooper. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The Dowty Group was a leading British manufacturer of aircraft equipment. Sections include: The growth of the Group; Ten years of Technical Achievement. Red cloth boadrs, silver titles. B/w photos. 64 pages. Light rubbing to top and tail of spine. Contents clean. Red dustwrapper is scuffed and lightly worn at lower edge.