Wonders of World Engineering by Clarence Winchester (25 results)

Condition: Good. Boards have some minor wear, spine toned, ends damaged. Content has light toning, no inscriptions, pages 769-1524 with colour plates and B&W illustrations. No DJ.

Condition: Good. Boards have some minor wear, spine toned, ends damaged. Content has light toning, no inscriptions, 768pp with colour plates and B&W illustrations. No DJ.

Condition: Good. No Edition Remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Green blind stamped cloth. Pages remain clear with minimal tanning and foxing, mild to end-papers and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Cloth has minor damp and dust stains. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Sunning to spine.

Condition: Fair. No Edition Remarks. 768 pages. No dust jacket. Green cloth with gilt lettering. Black and white photographic plates. Volume I. Light foxing and tanning to pages and plates. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Pen inscription to front free endpaper. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has heavier tanning with soft splitting and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: None. Believe published in 1930's. Spine, binding and cover all fine; contents very clean and no inscriptions. Spine very slightly faded and top edges also very slightly worn. Endpapers foxing but contents otherwise clean. Vol I: 768 pages; Vol II: 756 pages pages. Heavy - may attract additional postage charge.

Condition: Good. No Edition Stated. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Vol. Two. Green cloth with gilt lettering. B&W illustrations and photographs throughout. Clean pages with firm binding. Minimal tanning to endpapers and page edges. Mild wear to spine, board edges and corners, with scuffing and marking to boards. Moderate sunning to spine.

Paper bound, part 34 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp965-992. Quarto, illustrated with one map, one colour plate, diagrams, and photos in black and white. Large corner of front cover missing at outer top else very good. 100 grams. Includes: Testing Boiler Installations by Edwin H. Judd; Flights in the Stratosphere by L.H. Thomas; Dredgers at Work by T.C. Bridges; and Sweden's Hydro-Electric Schemes by C. Hamilton Ellis. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 12 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp349-376. Quarto, illustrated with maps, photos and diagrams in black and white. Tears and wear and light chipping along spine else very good. 100 grams. Includes: Conquest of the Dead Sea by Harold J. Shepstone; The Shannon Power Scheme by Peter Duff; How Air is Conditioned by Sidney Howard; and The Modern Coal Mine by David Masters. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 15 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp433-460. Quarto, illustrated with maps and photos in black and white. Scattered underlining on the African copper story, else very good. 100 grams. Includes: The Craft of the Welder by F.E. dean; Romance of African Copper by Sidney Howard; building Dover Harbour by Harold J. Shepstone, and The Trans-Siberian Route by C. Hamilton Ellis. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 38 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp1077-1104. Quarto, illustrated with one colour plate and numerous photos in black and white. Very good.100 grams. Includes: Cement and Concrete by F.E.Dean; Gears and Gear Cutting by S.T. Martin-Bulmer; Mammoths of American Railways; Story of the Tay Bridges by C. Hamilton Ellis. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 44 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp1245-1272. Quarto, illustrated with diagrams, one colour plate (gold dredge) and numerous photos in black and white. Very good. 100 grams. Includes: Engines Under Test by Edwin H. Judd; The Electric Totalisator by Howard Barry; Gold-Dredging Machinery by T.C. Bridges; Monumental Engineering by Lieut.-Com. R.T. Gould and Bridging the St. Lawrence by Sidney Howard. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 26 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp741-768. Quarto, illustrated with one map, diagrams, and photos in black and white. Very good. 100 grams. Includes: Principle of the Gyroscope by F.E. Dean; Making Radio Receivers by L.H. Thomas; London's Dockland Highway by A.P. Luscombe Whyte; and Machine Tool Development by T.J. Fielding. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A rather wonderful compendium. Vol 1: pp.768. Vol 2: pp.756. Lots of illustrations, some colour. Wear to top of spines. Heavy.

Paper bound, part 18 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp517-544. Quarto, illustrated with one map, diagrams, and photos in black and white. Very good. 100 grams. Includes: The Road to Hudson Bay by Harold J. Shepstone; Subterranean London by C. Hamilton Ellis; World's Largest Graving dock by F.E. Dean; and The Mines of Malaya by Sidney Howard. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 17 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp489-516. Quarto, illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photos in black and white. Abrasion to bottom front cover near spine else very good. 100 grams. Includes: Modern Telephone Exchanges by Howard Barry; The World's Highest Buildings by Lieut.-Com. R.T.Gould; Evolution of the Photo-Cell by T.J. Fielding; and Taming The Euphrates by Harold J. Shepstone. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Paper bound, part 41 of Wonders of World Engineering, Pp1161-1188. Quarto, illustrated with diagrams and numerous photos in black and white. Small abrasion to front cover bottom near spine else very good. 100 grams. Includes: Oil Engine Construction by Edwin H. Judd; The Eiffel Tower by Lieut.-Com. R.T. Gould; Origin of the Locomotive by C. Hamilton Ellis; and Windmills and their Story by Rex Wailes. All books in stock and available for immediate shipment from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Undated [c1930s]. Presumed first edition. Blue cloth, gilt titles to spine, black titles to front, decorations in Art Deco style. Complete in 2 volumes, with full Index to rear of volume 2. Profusely illustrated: colour plates, some folding; b/w plates; b/w in-text illustrations, maps. Condition: Very Good. Light wear to edges and corners. Spines and edges sunned. Faded patches to cloth. Foxing to endpapers. Pages generally clean and bright. Size: 11x9in / 28x23cm. 1524pp. Combined weight: 4.7kg. Heavy set, may require additional shipping cost for overseas.

Hardcover. Condition: Poor. "In few lines of achievement has the engineer won greater fame than in bridge-building." Green boards with gilt lettering in the spine. Spine bears damage, wear and tear, and discolouration along edges. Covers are well rubbed and worn at the edges and corners. Head and tail of spine bumped. Corners rounded. Pastedowns, free endpapers, contents pages and the occasional page is foxed. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, dated 1937. Binding is sturdy and neat, despite spine damage, because of this damage we must describe this book as being in poor condition. *We always describe the faults of our books meticulously; they usually present better than they sound. This book weighs over 1kg and will attract extra postage to destinations outside of Australia. Please contact bookseller for postage quote.

HardBack. Condition: Good. No jacket. Special Edition in four volumes. No publication date but c.1938. Red cloth bound, embossed boards, no djs. Colour and bw plates throughout. Ink stamp to front pastedowns in all vols. Vol 1 some dark staining to front board, first few pages have loosened slightly but remain intact. Vol 2 rear board heavily water damaged and last several pages wrinkled but remain clean and text uneffected. General wear as youd expect but overall in good condition. please note this item will likely require additional postage.

Covers. Condition: Very Good. This is a collection of approx 50 colour covers which have been removed from the issues when they were bound. Consists of complete front and back cover for each. The contain additional advertisement on the back cover, and editor's introduction on the inside front. Striking designs all, very decorative, uncommon item Language: English.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. two large hardback volumes in green cloth blind-stamped, fresh set, binding firm, tight set, clean and without flaws, heavy item, will require special postage depending on destination, five kilos of wonderful wonders as only the engineer can deliver them Language: English.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Very heavy 2 volume set. Boards are shelf rubbed with knocked corners. but they are tidy overall. Binding of both volumes are sound. The pages are clean with no inscriptions or annotations. Heavy, extra postage required unless posted within South Africa. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

hardbacks in original cloth Very Good large octavo 768, 769-1524pp., col. & b/w pls., text ills., index, Some wear to cloth & spine dulled o/w internally bright, clean & tight set.

First Edition. Very good set in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (1524 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Engineering History Addresses, essays, lectures. Engineering Popular works. Technical Progress. Technical Innovation. Technology and Engineering. 1 Kg.

First Edition. Very good set in the original title-blocked cloth. Slight suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 2 volumes (1524 pages) : illustrations ; 28 cm. Notes; Date is suggested. Subjects; Engineering History Addresses, essays, lectures. Engineering Popular works. Technical Progress. Technical Innovation. Technology and Engineering. 1 Kg.