The Golden Gate Bridge. Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors.
Strauss, Joseph B.
Published by Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco, 1970
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Second enlarged and best edition, to which has been added a 48-page supplement by Clifford E. Paine and three more folding plans. 4to. 246, 48pp. Folding color frontispiece, many illustrations from photographs, text maps and diagrams, 12 large tipped-in folding plans in the back, 3 further folding plans in the Supplement, pictorial endpapers. Orange cloth stamped in white. A very fine and bright copy in printed and pictorial dust jacket (lightly chipped). The final report of Joseph B. Strauss, the Chief Engineer on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge. It includes information on all aspects of the bridge, from building materials to different stages of construction. The folding plans show the main bridge plan and elevation, cross-sections and diagrams of the towers, the road and piers, plans of the cable anchorage, details of the tower bases, etc., etc. Extensively illustrated throughout. The Supplement expands the information to include major structural modifications made since opening day. The supplemental illustrations include many extra photographs and plates and 3 new large folding plans showing cross-sections and diagrams of the towers, the road and piers. Seller Inventory # 3160
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Title: The Golden Gate Bridge. Report of the Chief ...
Publisher: Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco
Publication Date: 1970
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Book Type: Book
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The Golden Gate Bridge: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors
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Golden Gate Bridge Highway and T, 1937
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Seller: Books From California, Simi Valley, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Seller Inventory # mon0003833649
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THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District-California, Sept. 1937, Copy #600.
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Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District., San Francisco, 1937
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Seller: Reader's Corner, Inc., Raleigh, NC, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No DJ. First Edition. With some chipping of the white spine lettering, otherwise a fine hardcover first edition copy number 600, dated September 1937 in bridge colored buckram, no DJ. A lovely copy, color frontispiece and lots of photographs. Photos on request. Seller Inventory # 094993
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THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District-California, 50th Anniversary Edition
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Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District., San Francisco, 1987
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 50th Anniversary Editon. This is a fine hardcover of the 50th Anniversary edition in a mylar protected DJ that has some shelf rubbing, brown spine., MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping. Photos on request. Seller Inventory # 105682
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The Golden Gate Bridge : Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District September 1937
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Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco, 1938
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Seller: The Book House, Inc. - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Cover. Limited Edition. Very Good Hardcover. 1938, foldout color frontiespiece photographs - technical plans - maps, 12 folding technical plans at rear, limited edition #3354 inscription on half title. Seller Inventory # 130617-K01
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE : Report Of The Chief Engineer To The Board Of Directors Of The Golden Gate Bridge And Highway District California
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Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, San Francisco , Cal., 1938
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Seller: Gibbs Books, Buffalo, NY, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Various Artist (illustrator). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition only Printing 1938 , Red cloth hardcover with white letters and design to the spline and front board in the rare dust jacket , 246 page of text . Illustrated with a color fold out plate of the bridge end pages are illustrated with the bridge . With 12 black & white fol out plate of the blue prints of the bridge Plus 48 page of the supplement to the final report of the chief engineer September 1937 by Cliffford E. Paine with black & white illustrations . Condition : Near Fine , DJ is Very Good with sun fading to the spine . Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 091521-F
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The Golden Gate Bridge: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors
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Seller: thebookforest.com, San Rafael, CA, U.S.A.
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hardcover. Condition: Collectible-Good. Signed by the director and general manager to Marley Goldberg on title page, #4074. Text block firm and clean, binding unblemished, boards straight, without highlights or underlining. Without DJ, mild rounding to corners, mild tanning. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. Seller Inventory # 1LAUHV002BFH
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THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California
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Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, (San Francisco), 1938
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Seller: Chanticleer Books, ABAA, Fort Bragg, CA, U.S.A.
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First edition. Original brick-red cloth with cover titles and decoration stamped in white; quarto; 246 pp. Profusely illustrated with folding color frontispiece from an original painting of the Bridge, b/w photos, drawings, 12 large folding plates (engineering plans) at rear. This is the original 1938 publication, not the 1987 facsimile reprint. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket. Seller Inventory # 23533
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Golden Gate Bridge: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California
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Seller: Transmutation Publishing, Corning, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good +. First Edition. 1938 First Edition Hardcover Fine/Good + Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, Pub, San Francisco, CA, 1938; 1st edition; very fine condition with a good+ dust jacket: minor wear to jacket at corners; 246 pages, plus Plates; San Francisco. Seller Inventory # 3427
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The Golden Gate Bridge: report of the chief engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California, September, 1937.
Published by
Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, Schwabacher-Frey, Co., 1939]., [San Francisco:, 1939
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Seller: Zephyr Used & Rare Books, Vancouver, WA, U.S.A.
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4to. 246, [20] pp. With large folding colour lithograph frontisp., illust. title, photo plates, text illustrations, maps, & diagrams throughout, 12 large folding blueprint plates at rear. Brick-red publisher's cloth, white lettering, illust. of Golden Gate Bridge pier (minor rubbing, edgewear, some scuffing to lower fore-edge, ring on recto of frontisp.), still VG copy. First edition of this lavishly illustrated engineering report detailing the Herculean efforts to build the Golden Gate Bridge, including a detailed history of the project, the planning stages, construction, materials, and finished construction. Although Strauss and his original team incorporated Ellis (d. 1949), Strauss managed to shunt Ellis aside in November, 1931 after several delays, and forced him into retirement and long stretches of unemployment, even though he continued work unpaid on the calculations and structure of the Golden Gate Bridge. Seller Inventory # 60013
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GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE: Report of the Chief Engineer to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District-California
Published by
Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, California, 1938
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First Edition
Seller: Shoemaker Booksellers, Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 246 pp. Original dark orange covers w/ title on binding. Very bright and clean. #805 of unspecified limitation. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ pieces missing from spine ends, corners, and along edges. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Includes a section of 12 fold-out plates. Contents nice. Seller Inventory # 11659ARCH
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