Technology from Sandhill Books

Madison: State of Wisconsin, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Green cloth, 137 pages, 10-in tall. Many maps, tables, and photographs. General discussion and description of road materials by county. A clean copy with light wear at tips. Published as Bulletin 16 in the Economic Series of the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey.

Chicago: Alhambra Book Co., 1900. Hardcover. Fair/no jacket. Blue cloth over boards and blue leather spine with gilt spine title and decoration, 202 pages, 8-in tall. All edges with publisher's red dye, decorative endpapers. Frontispiece portrait of author, many illustrations. Wagon making, horse shoeing, how to make plowshares and hammers, and much more. Blue surface color worn through… Saber más sobre este artículo

Mid-West Tool Collectors Association, 2004. Reprint. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. Facsimile reprint of an 1897 catalogue. Biege wraps, 150 pages, 9 in tall. A catalogue profusely illustrated with fine line drawings of astronomical instruments, engineers' transits, and engineers' levels. Title page shows inked price, else is fine.

International Harvester, 1931. Softcover in near fine condition. Beige illustrated covers, 56 pages, 23 cm tall, octavo. Photos throughout, including birds-eye views of 16 International Harvester plants around the world. Published on the occasion of the centennial of the first successful reaper. Five sections: development of harvesting machines; a visit to McCormick Works; history of tractor development; a trip through… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: McGraw-Hill, 1957. first edition, hardcover in good condition, no dust jacket. Maroon cloth and gilt title on spine, 1523 pages, many diagrams and charts, 23cm tall, octavo. Two fold-out schematic diagrams for a typical monochrome receivor and for a developmental shadow-mask color television receivor. Published in the McGraw-Hill Television Series. Light wear at corners and hinges. Ownership ink… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: Theo. Audel and Company, 1904. Third edition. Hardcover. Very Good/no jacket. Black cloth and top edge gilt, xxiv and 349 pages, many illustrations, 18cm tall, 12mo, index. "A practical and useful treatise for students and workers in telephony, giving a review of the development of the industry to the present date, and full descriptions of… Saber más sobre este artículo

Chicago: Curtis & Co. Manufacturing Co., 1910. Hardcover. Good/no jacket. Red cloth, 302 pages, illustrations throughout, 23cm tall, octavo, index. Publisher tipped in a discount sheet for this catalog at front end paper. Covers show light rubbing and light soil, binding is cracked at title page but all leaves are fixed and secure. Clean interior.

Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, 1885. Hardcover. Fair/no jacket. Paper covered boards with leather at spine and corners, gilt title on spine. 112 pages, 23cm tall, octavo. Cornstalks compared with mixed hay and clover for producing milk and butter; comparative values of several new varieties of sorghum; reports on machinery; etc. Ex-lib, no exterior markings. Covers show exposed… Saber más sobre este artículo

Louisville, Ky: Modern Mechanix Publishing Co., 1935. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. 146 pp, 24cm tall, octavo. An article by George Halas about the merits of professional football rules compared to college rules. Rear cover has light soil.

Chicago: International Harvester Company, no date, 1931?. Softcover. Very Good. 16 pages, 9-in tall, many illustrations. Includes list and illustrations of repair parts. A clean copy with a few light creases.

Santa Monica, California: Published by the author, 1976. Second edition. Hardcover. Fine/no jacket. 214p, 22cm tall, octavo. Black leatherette over boards, gilt title on front and spine. "Methods of recoveries and refining from primary and secondary sources of precious metals such as major industrial uses in jewelry, electronics, and dentistry.

Chicago: Popular Mechanics Co., 1936. Softcover. Very Good/no jacket. military. The next war in the air, the next war on the land, the next war on the sea. Covers show slight soil, February issue has 1.5in paper loss at corner of front cover.

Chicago: Popular Mechanics Co., 1935. Softcover. Fine/no jacket. Vol 64 No 4. Steam still rules the rails, night owls of the air lines, television on trial, and more.

Washington DC: Smithsonian Institute, 1965. Hardcover in very good condition, no dust jacket. Gray cloth with black title on spine, xix and 203 pages, 28cm tall, quarto, index. Many illustrations and frontispiece portrait. The 27 articles in this book describe the development of machines and mechanical skills in the United States during the first half of the 19th century.… Saber más sobre este artículo

New York: National Carbon Company, 1925. 3rd Edition. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Bound in green textured cloth boards, embossed lettering on front, index, 115 pp, 18 cm tall, 12mo. Use of carbon electrodes in electric furnaces. Rubbing to corners and edges, ownership signatures on pastedown and title page. Clean, good binding.