F C Allsop (35 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 131 pages. Binding dull & spotted, hinges cracked.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. 4th Edition. xv 275pp hardback blue cloth gilt, well illustrated in text with diagrams, light fittings, switches etc, folding house plan loose, adverts and publisher's list to end-papers, extremities rubbed, frontispiece tissue-guard, tissue-guard spotted, ownership signature to half-title.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Burgundy cloth with gilt titles. Crisp copy with slight rubbing at the corners. No markings. Fold-out frontispiece. xv, 170, blank, 32 (publications), pages. All 7 fold-out plates are present and in excelent condition.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Fair, hardcover. Reasonably clean, bright and tight. Some marks and age tanning but otherwise in fair condition. Wear to top of spine and corners. No dustjacket, Blue cloth boards with title embossed on front cover and gilt lettering to spine. 289 pages.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hardbackbook (184 pages) with frontispiece photo with other b/w illustrations including fold-outs. Boards show scuffing/rubbing with fraying bottom edge of spine - moderate foxing on endpapers - name stamped on half title page. Bookseller since 1995 (LL-Base2-BS-1-TS-L) rareviewbooks. …

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. Fourth Thousand., Second Edition Revised. 275pp + list. A well used example with a worn cover but all complete and still well bound together. . Interior in used but clean condition - no deliberate markings. Owner's name in pencil (could be erased) on 1st blank.

Hardback. Condition: Good. Green boards, gilt titles on front and spine, Corners and spine head and base are bumped. Lightly rubbed edges, Very good internally, clean and secure binding. xii, 131 pp, 177 illus.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair / Good. No Dustjacket. 142 pages + publisher's catalogue and adverts. NO DUSTJACKET. Intricate B&W illustrations - several fold-out diagrams, one is detached. Maroon hardback binding with wear/frays to spine-ends and boards' corners and rubs to boards' edges. Rubbing to spine-junctions. Two preliminary pages detached. Ink stamp to title page. Page-edges browned, early and late pages are lightly browned o/w pages clean.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. 288 pages printed on silk finish paper with a 27 page publishers catalogue and advert endpapers, with photo illustrations, woodcuts and folding diagrams, cloth a little dusty, embossed titles all bright, very good copy. Small octavo. 10th edition. …

first edition 142pp ills.[b/w] G+ (burgundy cloth,mod.rubbed and stained,mod.wear and chipping to extrems.,ads.to eps,prelims.detached but present,prelims.and content edges sl.foxed,spine cracked and shaky).

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a comprehensive guide to the installation, maintenance, and repair of electric bells and associated systems, written for a practical audience. The author draws upon extensive experience in the field, combining technical detail with clear explanations of working principles. The book explores various types of bells, pushes, pulls, and switches, highlighting their function and relative merits. It delves into the intricacies of wiring, discussing different types of wire and proper installation techniques, and emphasizing the importance of using high-quality materials to ensure reliable operation. The author stresses the significance of well-soldered joints and proper insulation, particularly when dealing with outdoor wiring or underground installations. The book's insights on electric bell technology, written in a period of rapid technological development, offer a fascinating glimpse into the evolving world of early 20th century communication. This book remains a valuable resource for those seeking to understand the historical context of this essential technology and its application in the homes and buildings of the time. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Original 1899 copy of Allsop's "Practical Electric Bell Fitting: A Treatise on the Fitting-up and Maintenance of Electric Bells and all the Necessary Apparatus." The book is overall in very good condition with just some minor signs of wear and age. The covers have some light soiling and wear. The binding is good and sound. There is some minor dye staining to the bottom edge of the back free endpapers. The interior is toned from age but is mostly nice and clean with just some occasional light foxing and grubbiness. Along with that there may be the occasional page with some kind of other minor imperfection such as a tiny tear or chip, minor interior crack, creased page corner, minor stain or marking, etc. Generally though, it's a nice copy. The book is illustrated with 8 folding plates including the frontispiece and some other in-text illustrations.…

Condition: Good. Hard back binding in publisher's original navy cloth covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine and the upper panel. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [x] 289 [6 pages of Whittaker's catalogue] printed pages of text with 224 monochrome illustrations throughout, folding plans. Rubs to the spine ends and corners, slight age darkening to the page edges, Good condition. Member of the P.B.F.A. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. …

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Navy Blue cover with outline around the edges, title and author in gold lettering, spine similar with title, author and publisher, back cover blank, very slight shelf wear, pages tight and clean, fold out illustration across from title page, 118 illustrations9 chapters plus index.…

Condition: Poor. No jacket. Small tear in spine board at top. Paint splashes and storage marks on boards. Scuffs and splits at spine ends and board edges. Binding cracked in a few places. Light tanning and foxing to endpapers and edge of text block.

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. Seventh Edition. 8vo. 184 pp. inc. index plus 32 pp. publishers list dated Jan 1902. c.p including 15 folding plates. lightly browned foredges. small ownership name to front free endpaper, half title page browned, very slight browning inside, otherwise very good in original green cloth gilt with some mottling to upper board, some rubbing of gilt on spine otherwise near very good Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.…

Hard Cover. Condition: Good. 8vo. 191 pp + 28 pp catalogue books, with numerous ink stamps for ' FT Graham, Mechanician Halstead', wanting rear free endpapers, page 47 detached, pages 183-7 torn and repaired, shaken with some sections sprung, pages browned, some sporadic foxing and some thumbing, good only in original green cloth giilt, extremities rubbed, boards rubbed, good. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. …

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 18cm. xvi, 256pp, frontis, 210 text illustrations, fine 32pp Spon catalogue at rear Original green grained cloth gilt. Fine bright copy.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Eighth Edition. With illustrations and diagrams, some fold out, a very good copy.; 190 x 130mm; viii, 222 pages.

Hard Cover. "The Second Edition, Revised". Royal blue cloth lettered in gilt; three pages of illustrated ads at front, 275 pps. with index, 3-page publisher's catalog at rear. Illustrated with 224 small engravings of light fixtures, switches, various engines and dynamos, etc, wiring diagrams. Three folding plates. " A treatise on the wiring and fitting up of buildings deriving current from central station mains, and the laying down of private installations including the latest edition of the Phoenix fire office rules." A tight, clean bright example, trace of rubbing at tips and gutter edge. Quite nice indeed.…

Cloth. Condition: Good. First Edition. First Edition. xi, [1 blank], 162 pages plus 32 pages catalog of Spon published books dated 1894 in rear. 4 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches. Original blue cloth with gilt lettering and slick yellow endpapers. This copy was clearly a working copy, with checkmarks in pencil throughout, and occasional browning and smudges. Cloth. An interesting reference book that shows many quackery devices and talks about how many of them work. Still, a scarce book in the marketplace and a must for anyone interested in medical electricity. The first of at least 2 editions of this work published.…

FIRST EDITION, 8vo, pp. xi, [i], 191, [1] + frontispiece. Numerous illustrations included within pagination. Original textured green cloth, boards bordered with a blind rule, spine and front board lettered in gilt. Somewhat shaken, stitching strained, boards a little marked. The first appearance of this successful manual for wiring private telephone lines, produced by the electrician Frederick Charles Allsop in response to the liberalisation of telephone exchange licenses in the 1880s. Much of the contents had been serialised as articles in English Mechanic but demand evidently remained high: a second edition was needed the following year and a fifth by the end of the century.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Limited. 526 pages (complete). Hand numbered 227 of a limited edition of 500 copies. Folio sized. A heavy, most handsome copy. Fully bound in leather. Gilt titling, bordering and edging. The gilt is benign and very lightly worn. The spine has five ridges. Titling and decoration are worn. The leather is also much worn. The spine is fit and healthy. The boards have storage / shelving wear about. Nonetheless, they are dignified and pleasing. Within, the tissue separators are in immaculate condition. Marbled end papers with gilt edge decoration that are in elegant, most pleasing condition. The gilt edging is a little worn but is otherwise gratifyingly smart. The contents have some amiable evidence of usage with occasional handling marks and wear, but in general and by far, the pages are wonderfully neat and tidy and amenable. The pages are clean, clear, confident, generous to a fault, clubbable, enjoyable. fk. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. …

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 324. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1905 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 324.…

In-8°, pp. XI, 162, 2 tavole f.t. rip. numerose illustrazioni nel etesto, tela editoriale con titolo in oro al piatto speriore e al dorso. Edizione originale. False (illustrator).

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