A E Beach (135 results)

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. ORIGINAL 1940 PUBLICATION; ex- library; softcovers; small foxing spots and small light stains on covers; light foxing of endpages; small creases at corners of covers and leaves; o/w contents in good condition. Journal.

Hardcover. Condition: NF/VG+. First Edition. With black and white illustrations and cover art by Beach. Very light wear and rubbing to the striking unpriceclipped jacket. 192 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Used; Good. ***Simply Brit*** Welcome to our online used book store, where affordability meets great quality. Dive into a world of captivating reads without breaking the bank. We take pride in offering a wide selection of used books, from classics to hidden gems, ensuring there is something for every literary palate. All orders are shipped within 24 hours and our lightning fast-delivery within 48 hours coupled with our prompt customer service ensures a smooth journey from ordering to delivery. Discover the joy of reading with us, your trusted source for affordable books that do not compromise on quality.

Condition: New.

Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 62pp +6pp answer sheets laid-in. FIRST EDITION. Maroon boards, gilt lettering to cover and spine. Edges and spine lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded , interior is clean and unmarked, former owner's name on front free endpaper and title page. A concise account of the metric system and how to understand it. Signed by Author(s).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 80 pages. T E Apter "Kalamata Beach" / David Holbrook "Making a Monkey of Us" / Godfrey Vesey "Is Talk a Mode of Transport?" / Daniel Barratt "The Poems of D H Lawrence".

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. LXIX, No. 24. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of December 9, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'Railroad Construction - Great Exhibit of Rails and Rail Joints at the Columbian Exposition'. Plus - Draper's Recording Thermometer, New York Rubber Stamp Vulcanizer and Matrix Press, Bentinck & Renner's Digging Machine, Manufacture of Chocolate & much more. pp369-384 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still mostly connected. No folds or creases. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: VG+. Vol. LXVIII, No. 8. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of February 25, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'New Method of Gas Supply for New York City showing Tunnel under the East River'. Stout's Traction Engine, Lovell Diamond Bicycle, Fleming's Elevator Shifting Device, - & much more. pp113-128 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still connected. No folds, creases or tears. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Vol. LXIII, No. 6. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of August 9, 1890. This paper has a front page feature: 'Great Railway Tunnel under the St. Clair River between the U. S. and Canada''. Plus - Dainty's Improved Railway Tie, Fedeler's Rotary Engine, Scholding's Fire Extinguishing Apparatus, Zalud's Horse Arrester, the Linotype Machine & much more. pp79-94 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still connected. No folds or creases. Small tear to foot of spine. Weight, 72g.

Printed Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. Supplment No 86. Single issue of Scientific American for the week of December 9, 1893. This paper has a front page feature: 'Proposed New Bridge over the Thames, London [with map]'. Plus - Regan's Soft Coal Smokeless Furnace Grate, Machinery for Making Slag Blocks for Paving, & much more. pp1359-1374 [16pp], illustrated, advertising. Bright, clean, still crisp and unmarked copy - from a disbound folio, but pages still mostly connected. No folds or creases. Weight, 72g.

Magazine. Condition: Good+. Original Issue. Soft covers with a few flecks of foxing. Text tight and clean Engraved illustrations. 16pp - 30pp. Feature: New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway. Hydraulic lift bridge at Syracuse, N. Y. Magazine with a few small edge tears not affecting text. Rear cover slightly age toned. Magazine; Engraved Illustartions; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 14 pages.

Octavo softcover (VG-); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

First edition. [239-254] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: Bessemer's Heavy Ordnance with seven engravings. Contents: Bain's Portable Buildings; Combined Safety Valve, Governor, etc.; Improved Carpenter's Bench; Improved Pressure Recorder; Variation of a Plumb Line from the Perpendicular; Warner and Payne's Door Lock; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good-copy, mail fold, dampstain on top edge, small chip to top corner, soiled spot on front page, long tear along inner margin to last leaf. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [287-298] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: Organ Blowing Apparatus with large engravings (engine produced by Cold Water Engine Company of Watertwon N.Y.; Devices for Raising Sunken Vessels. Contents: Improved Sleigh Shaft, Improved Threshing Machine, Ireland's Vaults for Storing Valuables, The Champion Bed Spring, more. A good copy, mail fold, dampstain to top corner, small chip and tear to same, lacking the last leaf. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Book shows light wear to covers only. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Previous owner's name or sticker in front section of the book. 386 pages. Contents include: Normative studies, Ecologiacal approaches, The psychoanalytic tradition, Cogintive approaches, etc. Essays on street games of New York, a syntax for play and games, the research uses of doll play, social play in childhood, the role of play in cognitive development, the message "this is play", etc. by a collection of authors. Keywords: Essays, Street Games, New York, Syntax, Play, Games, Research, Uses, Doll play, Social play, Childhood, Role, Cognitive development, Message, Play, Uses of, Anthropology, Childhood, Development, Socializing.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. "TRITON FOLLOWS MAGELLAN'S WAKE"- Capt. Edward L. Beach and J. Baylor Roberts / "PRINCE HENRY, THE EXPLORER WHO STAYED AT HOME" Alan Villiers and Thomas Nebbia / WORLD MAP REFLECTS CENTURIES OF EXPLORATION / "THE HUMMINGBIRDS" Crawford H. Greenewalt / "OLD BIG STRONG: THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI" Willard Price and W.D. Vaughn / "MARDI GRAS IN NEW ORLEANS" "Carolyn Bennett Patterson".

First edition. [383-398] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: Machine for Turning the Ends of Axletrees; Schopp's Push Chair or Ice Velocipede; International Exhibition in London; Foreign Tribute to American Mechanics; Young's Improved Hot Air Register. Content: Electromagnetic Motor; Improved Friction Clutch Pulley; The Harvey Torpedo; The Illinois and St. Louis Bridge; Wood Boring Beetles; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good bright copy with light crease from middle fold, faint dampstain to one corner. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [143-158] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead articles: Collier & Mastermn's Improved Balanced Slide Valve; with two engravings; Curious Case of Asymmetry; Speaking and Singing without a Tongue; Measuring Faucet; Kitchen Boilers. Contents: Perpetual Motion; Improvements in Casting Pulleys and Grooved Rolls; Infantile Washing Machine; Improved Grate Bar; Improved Horse-power Hayfork; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good copy, clean and bright, with small light dampstain to inner margin, center crease from fold. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [95-110] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead articles with engraving of Cochrane's Mariner's Sound Indicator; Purifying Gas and Soap Limes; Something about Skates. Contents: Device for Closing Ruptures in Fire Hose; Perpetual Motion; Improved Cistern Filter; Pruning Shears; Boring Out Curved Cylinders; A New Piston; Improved Dovetailing Machine; Improved Coal Ash Sifter; all with engravings; plus other articles. Clean and bright with faint dampstain to one corner, a very good copy. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [63-78] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: The Frere Fountain, Bombay, India with large engraving; Writers on Science. Contents: Baer's Door fastener; Belt Holes; Crocker's Whiffletree Coupling; New Mechanical Movement; The Selden Steam Pump; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good bright copy, light crease from middle fold, thin marginal soiling to lower edge of first leaf. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [31-46] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: Improved Cotton Press with with large engraving of the Booton's Cotton Press by R. Ten Eyck (a New York engraver working between 1860 and 1900). Contents: Stow's Non-corroding Water and Gas Pipe; Washing Machine; Perpetual Motion; Anti-Snoring Device; Improved Hitching Post; Paint-Pot Holder; Boring Segment of Hollow Cylindrical Ring; Life-Preserver for Hotels and other Lofty Buildings; Can a Perpendicular be obtained by means of the Plumb Line?; How to Estimate the Power of a Stream; Improved Steam Gage; Merriman's Improved Water-proof Dress and Life Preserver; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good copy, clean and bright with thin dampstain on lower margin. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [47-62] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: The Estes Steam Engine with five engravings, the largest by R. Ten Eyck (a New York engraver working between 1860 and 1900). Content: Fowler's Improved Method of Adjusting Eccentrics; Improved Hot Air Register; King's "Valveless" Engine; Nelson's Reversible Window Sash; Oiling Sheaves; Pappelendam's Metallic Tiles; Self-Acting Brick Machine; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good copy, leaves browned, light crease from middle fold, thin dampstain to lower margin. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [175-190] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article: The Joslyn Tomes Breech Loading Rifle with seven engravings. Contents: A Piano without Strings; Construction of Boiler Furnaces; Improved Water Filter; The Fog Bow, as Seen from the Matterhorn; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good bright copy, middle fold, small chip to top corner. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [79-94] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead article including two engravings of Ellis' method of Utilizing Waste Heat from Steam Engines and Boilers, one by R. Ten Eyck (a New York engraver working between 1860 and 1900). Contents: Improved Externally Adjustable Packing for Pistons; Scrubbing Machine; Perpetual Motion; Improved Sewing Machine; all with engravings; plus other articles. Clean and bright with faint dampstain to one corner, ink smudge on first page, a very good copy. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [207-222] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead articles: Improved Horizontal Steam Engine; with large engraving of Cooper & Co's Stationary Stream Engine by R. Ten Eyck (a New York engraver working between 1860 and 1900). Potato Diggers. Contents: The "Luna" Moth; Improved Screw Wrench; Egg Tongs; Device for Cleaning Traps in Soil Pipes; Combined Pruning Hook and Saw; Wooden Railroads; Krupp's Dovetailing Machine; Improved Door Step; Johnson's Adjusting Plumb Level; Improved Method of Attaching Knobs to Screws;; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good copy, faint dampstain to upper corner, light crease from middle fold. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.

First edition. [159-174] pp. Illus. with b/w engravings and drawings. 15 3/4" x 11". Folio. Lead articles: Improved Corn-husking Machine with large engraving of Phillip's spiral corn husker by F.L. Seitz; Railroad Jack; Improved Steam Road Roller. Contents: Planking Screw; Bevel-cutting Band-Saw Machine; Improved Washing Machine; Aveling & Porter's Combined Locomotive, etc; all with engravings; plus other articles. A very good copy, clean and bright, with small light dampstain to inner margin, center crease from fold, light foxing on last page. Paper wrappers, removed from a larger volume.