Technology from Cornish Books

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Virtue and Company Limited, 1951. Decorative Cloth. Very Good +/No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Complete 2 Volume Set. Practical & Technical Guide. Well illustrated with many B&W Drawings, Diagrams etc thoughout. Includes: Boring; Shaft; Sinking; Explosives; Blasting; Ventilation; Lighting; Winding Engines, Pumping & much more. Brown Cloth covers with Imitation Leather Texture and Gilt Pithead design in centre… Saber más sobre este artículo

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

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1902. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. Green cloth cover with blins stamped border to front and gilt lettering to spine. Page edges uncut. 456 Pages. Chapters include Air Engines and Gas & Oil engines. No inscriptions. Very slight wear to cover. Weighs over 1 Kilo so postage will be a little extra Size: 8vo… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: George Newnes Ltd. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. 3 Volumes. Undated, look 1940s-50s. Black cloth covers with blind stamped borders and Bright Gilt Lettering to Spines. Vol 1 632 Pages. "Workshop Practices", inc Grinding, Casting, Welding, Blueprints. Back hinge cracked. Vol. 2, "Production." 628 Pages. inc. Jigs, Tooling Fixtures. Vol 3 624 Pages. "A Reliable Guide to… Saber más sobre este artículo

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

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.… Saber más sobre este artículo

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:… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Ltd, 1957. Cloth. Near Very Good/No Jacket. A Practical Handbook of Servicing Principles and Receiver Maintenance." Eighth Edition including New Chapters on the more modern equipment. Illustrated with B&W Photos & Diagrams. Red cloth cover with black lettering to spine and central publisher's monogram to front. 234 Pages, 7 1/2" Tall, 320g.… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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.

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… Saber más sobre este artículo

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

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.… Saber más sobre este artículo