Latrobe Benjamin Henry Stapleton Darwin (13 results)

First edition. xx, 256 pages. Hardcover: H 28.5cm x L 36.25cm. Blue illustrated dust jacket; mild soiling to rear panel; light crease at front flap fold heel; dj now presented in a mylar Brodart protector. Navy blue cloth with gilt stamping; bottom corner of front board bumped. Faint creases to several preliminary leaves; interior pages are otherwise clean. Lacks the publisher's errata slip. Binding is firm. Still a near fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. With a Foreword by Edward C. Carter II, Editor's Note by Darwin H. Stapleton, ten color plates, b/w plans, maps, figures, Appendix, Bibliography, and Index. Feature essays "The Engineering Practice of Benjamin Henry Latrobe" (pages 3-71) and "The Susquehanna River Survey Map" (pages 73-109) with remaining text/illustrations reviewing Latrobe's plans for the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation in England, the Washington D.C. Naval Drydock and Potomac Canal extension, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, the Washington Canal, the Dismal Swamp Canal, the James River Canal and Railroad, the National Road (a.k.a. the Cumberland Road), the Philadelphia Waterworks, the New Orleans Waterworks, Mud Island Bar on the Delaware River below Philadelphia, fascine works for New Orleans, the Washington Navy Yard Steam Engine, and Latrobe's drawings for a pulley block mill, a hoisting machine, and a crane. Please note that this large book has an approximate shipping weight of 5.5 pounds (2.49 kg) and will require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. Description copyright David Hallinan, Bookseller. ISBN 0300022271.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Torn/worn dj. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Oversized.

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Contains Errata slip. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Description: xx, 256 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 36 cm. Notes: Sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 248-252. Subjects: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. Engineering drawings. Civil engineering --United States --History --Sources. Series: The papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe : Series II, The architectural and engineering drawings ; [v. 1]Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Series II, Architectural and engineering drawings ; v. 1. Summary: This book contains the first detailed treatment of Latrobe's engineering projects as well as a pioneering attempt to make a collection of early American technical drawings accesible to scholars. It also contains an illustrated essay on Latrobe's early training and career; the history of his projects in transportation, water supply, river control, and industry; and his role in American technological development. 1 Kg. …

1st printing of 1st edition. Latrobe, who was born in England in 1764, became resident in America in 1796 & designed the Philadelphia Waterworks and Washington Navy Yards among a wide variety of public works and private projects. Slight shelfwear otherwise near fine trade hard cover book in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 256 page oversize oblong hardcover with many illustrations of the drawings. Dust jacket is bright, crisp and clean. Full blue cloth exterior with title and drawing in gold on front cover and title in gold on spine. Interior is unmarked, tight and clean. Because of size, any postal mode other than domestic standard might require extra charges.…

First Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. Contains Errata slip. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 256 pages; Description: xx, 256 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 x 36 cm. Notes: Sponsored by the Maryland Historical Society. Includes index. Bibliography: p. 248-252. Subjects: Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. Engineering drawings. Civil engineering --United States --History --Sources. Series: The papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe : Series II, The architectural and engineering drawings ; [v. 1]Latrobe, Benjamin Henry, 1764-1820. Papers of Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Series II, Architectural and engineering drawings ; v. 1. Summary: This book contains the first detailed treatment of Latrobe's engineering projects as well as a pioneering attempt to make a collection of early American technical drawings accesible to scholars. It also contains an illustrated essay on Latrobe's early training and career; the history of his projects in transportation, water supply, river control, and industry; and his role in American technological development. 1 Kg. …

Hardcover. New Haven, Published for the Maryland Historical Society by Yale University Press. 1980, 1980. Hardcover. Pages xx [2] 3-256,oblong quarto, hardcover. Includes black and white and color illustrations, bibliography, and index. Book is in Fine condition, Dust jacket has one inch closed tear at spine, else Very Good. 010608A ISBN: 0300022271.…

Blue/gilt hardback cloth cover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. VG : in very good condition with edgeworn and rubbed dust jacket. C. 1cm closed tear to upper edge of front cover. Contents clean and bright. 290mm x 370mm (11" x 15"). 256pp. Colour and b/w plates, some double page. Part of a series of volumes on Latrobes work. This volume opens a study of the man as an engineer together including the historical study of the Susquehanna River Survey Map and the study of 116 of Latrobe's technological drawings and plans. Other of Latrobe's designs included are the Washington Navy Yard Steam Engine and the Washington Canal. Heavy item - shipping supplement may apply for overseas.…

hardcover. Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. First Thus. CLEAN Fine 1980 hard cover with Fine dust jacket. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" Tall Oblong.

Cloth. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. First Edition. First Edition. Oblong folio. 264 pp. Illustrated. With errata sheet. Engineer of the innovative Philadelphia waterworks among other projects, Latrobe became a resident of the USA in 1796. Became involved in an unparalleled number of public and private projects. Had a lot to do with New Orleans waterworks, levees. New in new dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st.Edition 1980, Hardcover in the dust jacket ,256 page book. Through he is more often remembered for his architectural achievements,Benjamin Henry Latrobe was among the foremost engineers of the early 19th. century America, and designed the innovative Philadelphia Waterworks and the Washington Navy Yard steam engine. This large and beautifully illustrated monograph provides a detailed treatment of Latrobe's engineering projectsas well as a major collection of early technical drawings, revealing the range of materials, power sources, and devices employed by a founder of the engineerin profession in Ameriva. Also laid in is the errata note , this volume is still in the publishers shrink wrap. Condition : NEW. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall. Author (illustrator). Book.…