Trades from Zephyr Books

New York.: John Wiley and Sons., 1907. Brown cloth, gilt spine title.. Very good, tight and unmarked. . 19x12.5 cm.. Comprising the Erection of Cupolas, Reverberatory Furnaces, Blowers, Dams, Ladles, Etc.; Mixing Cast Iron; Founding of Chilled Car-Wheels; Malleable Iron Castings; Foundry Equipments and Appliances; Gear Moulding Machines; Moulding Machines; Burning, Chilling, Softening; Annealing; Pouring and Feeding; Foundry… Saber más sobre este artículo

Scranton.: International Textbook Company., 1906. Half black leather over brown cloth boards, gilt spine title, edges stained red.. Very good.. 23x15 cm.. weight: 2.5 lb. Numerous illustrations.

London.: Cassell., Circa 1907. 1st Edition.. Brown cloth gilt spine title and decorations, black cover title and decorations.. Very good, front inner hinge beginning to split.. 23.5x16.5 cm.. Uncommon early edition with the 1750 drawings and 12 color plates. Later editions have 2021 drawings and 12 color plates. weight: 2.7 lb. Numerous illustrations.

Paris.: Briasson., 1762. No covers,bound with a paper spine.. Very good.. 39x25 cm.. drawn by Jacques-Raymond Lucotte.. Extracts from Diderot’s Encyclopedia. weight: 0.9 lb. 31 engraved plates illustrating various designs for woodworking, cabinetry, and furniture making.

Paris.: Briasson., Circa 1760. Very good.. 39x25 cm.. Extracts from Diderot’s Encyclopedia. weight: 0.3 lb. Seven engraved plates illustrating the culture and manufacturing of sugar. Artist unknown.

Reno.: Douglas A. Busey., 1941. Full red textured leather, raised bands, blind ruled borders, red and black spine labels, gilt spine title. . Very good, boards slightly bowed. . 24x16 cm.. Volume 2 only. weight: 1.6 lb.

Bellevue.: Office national des recherches scientifiques et industrielles et des inventions, , Circa 1930. Publisher’s printed wraps. . Very good, light soiling to covers. . 27x21.5 cm. . French text. Scarce. weight: 0.4 lb. Scattered illustrations in text.

Paris.: Chez Lottin l'âiné., 1776. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s plain wraps.. Good, lacks the spine, rear cover detached, contents near fine, unmarked unread and uncut with wide margins.. 8vo., 21.5x14 cm.. French text. A treatise on the poor quality of plaster with methods to increase that quality. weight: 0.3 lb. Engraved frontis.

New York.: Schocken Books., 1977. 1st Edition.. Brown leatherette, black spine title.. Fine, tight and unmarked, in a very good dust jacket with the spine faded.. 24x17 cm.. weight: 1.1 lb. Numerous illustrations.

Garden City.: Doubleday., No date. Reprint.. Quarter tan cloth over brick cloth, silver spine title on black background.. Fine in a near fine dust jacket.. 26.5x18.5 cm.. Heavy book, may require extra shipping. weight: 3.1 lb. Numerous illustrations.

Philadelphia.: Henry Carey Baird & Co., 1913. 7th edition.. Brown cloth, gilt titles, blind ruled borders, floral pattern endpapers.. Good plus, a little soiling to covers, hinges weak and glue-repaired.. 23.5x15 cm.. 24 page prospectus laid in. weight: 2.9 lb. Numerous illustrations.

Newtown Ct.: The Taunton Press., 1989. First American edition.. Brown cloth, dark brown titles.. Fine in a fine dust jacket.. 36x25 cm.. Inscribed and signed by the author on the verso of the title page. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. weight: 3.7 lb. Translated by Jacqueline Derenne, Claire Emili and Brian Considine. Illustrated throughout with color and… Saber más sobre este artículo

Los Angeles.: Pacific Coast Building Officials Conference., 1949. Blue cloth, gilt titles.. Very good, numerous owners’ stamps to endpapers and preliminaries, light wear to spine ends.. 20.5x14 cm.. Scarce mid-century edition of this attempt to create a standardized building code. weight: 1.1 lb.

Mobile.: Elevator World., 1981. Fourth edition.. Brown plastic comb binding, brown coated card stock covers, gilt cover title.. Very good, owner’s name to cover with black marker.. 28x22 cm.. Weight: 2.0 lb. Numerous illustrations and diagrams.

Cleveland.: General Motors, Cleveland Diesel engine Division., Circa 1940. Embossed leatherette post binder.. Very good.. 29x24 cm.. Service bulletins for these prewar diesel engines used in marine and industrial applications. Scarce. weight: 0.7 lb.

Venezia.: Giseppe Antonelli., 1841. 1st Edition.. Publisher’s printed wraps. . Very good, lacks the plates.. 4to., 30x22 cm. . Italian text. Early treatise on the electrotyping process. weight: 0.4 lb. Electrotyped frontis of the Madonna, printer’s device on title page.

Paris.: Hamelin Bergeron., 1816. Contemporary mottled boards, paper spine label. . Good, hinges split, lower half of spine missing, some dampstaining affecting mostly the title page and last 3 plates.. 28.5x25.5 cm. . French text, This is the third volume of a set with two volumes of text. weight: 2.8 lb. 96 plates including 8 hand-colored plates… Saber más sobre este artículo

Wien & Leipzig.: Hartleben., 1912. Original stippled cloth, gilt titles, blind ruled border. . Very good, lightly worn at spine ends, lower corner bumped and rubbed.. 8vo.. German text. Scarce treatise on dyeing. weight: 1.9 lb. Numerous illustrations, XIV plates each with 12 dyed fabric samples in brilliant colors.

Weimar. : B.F. Voigt. , 1853. Publisher's printed wraps. . Cover lightly soiled and shelfworn, scattered light foxing, otherwise a very good tight copy in the wraps, complete with all plates.. 8vo., 19x11.5 cm. . German text. A treatise on fabrication of leather goods. Plates include patterns for tooling. weight: 0.7 lb. 13 Folding plates

Paris.: Hachette., 1891. Contemporary full red stippled cloth with gilt decoration, all edges gilt. . Near fine with only very light wear to extremities, bright contents.. 4to., 30.5x20.5 cm. . French text. A well-illustrated book on many manufacturing processes. Heavy book, will require extra shipping. Weight: 5.4 lb. 414 gravures.