Published by Longmans, Green & Co., 1956
Seller: World of Rare Books, Goring-by-Sea, SXW, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. 1956. 6th Impression. 269 pages. Grey dust jacket over blue cloth. Pages and binding are presentable with no major defects. Minor issues present such as mild cracking, inscriptions, inserts, light foxing, tanning and thumb marking. Boards have mild shelf wear with light rubbing and corner bumping. Some light marking and sunning. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor tears and chipping. Mild rubbing and marking.
Published by Longmans, London, 1960
Seller: Alexander's Books, Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Very Good. 2nd Edition. Second edition fourth printing (eighth overall) octavo hardback xii + 270 pp. Very Good condition in Near Very Good unclipped dust jacket (slightly rubber spine area on jacket). No inscriptions.
Published by Longman, 1961
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:
Published by Longman, 1966
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:
Published by Longmans, 1968
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Good. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:
Published by Longmans, 1957
Seller: Crappy Old Books, Barry, United Kingdom
Hardback. Condition: Good. Structural Analysis: The Solution of Statically Indeterminate Structures By W. Fisher Cassie (Longmans, 1957) ISBN: none (because equations don?t need barcodes) Condition: Good ? still capable of carrying its own intellectual load. Sold proudly by Crappy Old Books , where even the dust jackets obey the laws of equilibrium. Here it is ? the War and Peace of beams, the Moby-Dick of bending moments, the Ulysses of uniformly distributed loads. In Structural Analysis: The Solution of Statically Indeterminate Structures , W. Fisher Cassie tackles the kind of mathematical nightmares that send lesser engineers running for the drawing board. This is not light reading. This is the kind of book that could dent a desk, both literally and psychologically. It?s a 1957 relic from that beautiful mid-century era when a ?computer? was a woman with a slide rule and every engineer smoked a pipe while muttering about redundant reactions . Cassie doesn?t just explain how to solve statically indeterminate structures ? he wages war on them. Fixed-end moments, slope-deflection equations, distribution factors ? all are brought to heel under the weight of his steady, professorial prose. His tone is firm, measured, and deeply reassuring, as if to say: Don?t panic, the beam will hold if you just believe in your boundary conditions. Highlights include: Chapter 3: ?Moment Distribution: A Gentle Introduction to Madness.? Chapter 7: ?The Three-Hinged Arch: Why Symmetry Won?t Save You.? Appendix C: ?Notes on Elastic Stability? ? because everyone enjoys a little buckling before bedtime. And the unforgettable ?Theorem of Least Work? , which, despite its name, does not apply to your weekend. Reading Cassie is like eavesdropping on a conversation between Newton and Brunel after three cups of tea and a nervous breakdown. He writes with the calm confidence of a man who has seen too many bridges fall on paper to let one collapse in real life. His equations march across the pages like soldiers on parade, immaculate and faintly terrifying. Condition: Good. The spine remains true under torsion, the pages only slightly deflected by age, and the cover bears a dignified patina of chalk dust and optimism. This copy?s seen some load cycles but still meets all serviceability limits. A few faint pencil marks may reveal previous readers? emotional yield points. To the uninitiated, Structural Analysis may look like a collection of indecipherable squiggles and algebraic threats. But to the enlightened ? the brave few who understand the poetry of the bending moment diagram ? it is scripture. Cassie doesn?t just teach; he preaches equilibrium. Hold it, read it, and remember a time when men solved problems with intellect instead of AI, and when the words ?statically indeterminate? didn?t describe your career prospects. Crappy Old Books ? Supporting civilisation?s intellectual superstructure, one battered textbook at a time. Buy it before it reaches its ultimate limit state.
Published by Longmans Green and Co, 1947
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:
Published by London: Longman, 1947
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 260p red cloth with gilt lettering, library rebound, label on spine bookplate and barcode to endpaper, stamps, pages unmarked with handdrawn figures, binding firm, very good Language: English.
Published by Longmans, 1961
Seller: Simply Read Books, Boat Of Garten, United Kingdom
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1961 Longmans reprint hardback; very good copy, just owner's name and stamp on fep; with very good unclipped dj; UK dealer, immediate dispatch.
Published by Longmans, Green and Co, London.
Seller: Page After Page, Box Hill, VIC, Australia
1957-h/c, original blue boards, illustrated by charts, scales line drawings, maths, 269pp, 22.4x14.2, previous owners name to front end paper, top two corners bumped, slight edge wear, stain to side ledge, few light cover scuffs and scratches. 10 chapters, fixed arches, strain energy, column analogy, slope defection, definitions and methods. Solid reference book.
Published by Longmans Green and Co, 1960
Seller: Anybook.com, Lincoln, United Kingdom
Condition: Fair. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:
Published by Longmans Green & Co London, 1947
Seller: Deightons, Bournemouth, United Kingdom
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. 1st edition. Large 8vo. xi + (1) + 260pp. + (1)pp. Publisher's blue/green cloth covers , blue lettering on spine, blue vignettebridge front bottom corner. White pictorial dw, black lettering, largeblue/black stone bridge on front, nor price clipped 16/- net. Original white eps. Covers : very slight shelf knock bottom of spine else bright. Dw : 5cm closed tear front top corner, 2cm loss top of spine, rubs to corners, slight browning to spine. Contents : very clean, tight & unfoxed. ***. VG+/VG-.