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THE INTERTYPE, A Book of Instruction for its Operation and General Maintenance

By: N/A

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation: 1943

Seller ID: 016803

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Contains chapters on the assembling, casting, distributing and magazine frame mechanisms. 473 pages (including index), illustrated. Tanned/lightly soiled edges, previous owner's name on front end paper, light general wear.
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THE INTERTYPE, Its Function, Care, Operation and Adjustment, Section I: Assembling Mechanism, and Section II: Casting Mechanism

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Brooklyn, Intertype Corporation:

Seller ID: 017068

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Good

The first two of four volumes dealing with basic mechanisms of the Intertype casting and composing machine. 40, 226 pages, respectively, including indices, illustrated. Edgewear, smudging, soil.
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Yarn Sizing and Moist Air Drying Machine

By: N/A

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Darwen, Joseph Hibbert & Co., Limited:

Seller ID: 018359

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Good

No date. A promotional brochure for the "Ideal" Moist Air Drying Sizing Machine. 12 pages, illustrated. Soil/staining/handling wear to covers, turned corners, light edgewear, top left corner of back cover torn off, full-length vertical fold.
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Yarn Sizing and Moist Air Drying Machine

By: N/A

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Darwen, Joseph Hibbert & Co., Limited:

Seller ID: 018366

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Very Good

No date. A promotional brochure for the "Ideal" Moist Air Drying Sizing Machine. 12 pages, illustrated. Mild edgewear, moderate handling wear, soiling to back cover.
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The Clay Worker, Vol. XXXVI, No. 6, December 1901

By: N/A

Price: $35.00

Publisher: Indianapolis, T.A. Randall & Co.: 1901

Seller ID: 018573

Binding: Magazine

Condition: Good

"The Official Organ of the National Brick Manufacturers' Association of the United States of America," which was "a journal devoted to all clay working interests." Contains articles, news and announcements pertaining to the clay manufacturing industry, as well as numerous advertisements for various state-of-the-art machines invented to keep the process modernized and profitable. Pages 502 (inside front cover) through 599 (inside back cover), + four-page index (at front), illustrated. Edge/corner wear, bottom 2" of spine pulled back, crosscracks, some cover soil, short edge tears, 3/4" x 1/2...
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Lost Lullaby (signed)

By: Alecson, Deborah Golden

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Berkeley & Los Angeles, University of California Press: 1995

Seller ID: 016841

ISBN: 0-520-08870-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The story of Alecson's perfectly formed baby girl, born "with massive irreversible brain damage" from oxygen deprivation while in the womb, and the subsequent moral and legal battle by the parents to let their baby die rather than be kept alive through technological means. Uncommon signed. Pink boards w/cream cloth backstrip, silver spine lettering, 207 pages (including selected bibliography and list of resources for parents). Moderate general wear, light soil, in like dust jacket.
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 4, Suspension Bridges, their history and development with some related works

By: Elton, Julia

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1989

Seller ID: 014352

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

Offers one hundred and fifty-four items, many important in the field. An excellent bibliographical and technical reference. 80 pages (including Chronological Index of Bridges, Index of Engineering Firms, Index of Authors), illustrated. Light general wear.
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CATALOGUE NUMBER 5, Civil Engineering, A Miscellany of Books with a section on Fire-proofing & Iron Architecture

By: Elton, Julia

Price: $10.00

Publisher: London, Elton Engineering Books: 1990

Seller ID: 014353

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good

A superior bibliographical and technical reference offering ninety-eight items, many of them rare and much sought-after. 55 pages, illustrated. Moderate general wear.
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RADIO CRAFT, Lot of 3: February/Feb. 1944/'44, September/Sept. 1944/'44, May 1945/'45

By: Gernsback, Hugo (editor)

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Springfield, Radcraft Publications:

Seller ID: 018361

Binding: Wraps

Condition: Fair Reading Copies

A three-issue lot of the popular radio electronics magazine that began in 1929, and existed under a variety of titles until 2003. Gernsback, considered by many to be the father of science fiction (along with a couple of guys named H.G. Wells and Jules Verne), had what have to be the greatest pseudonyms is history. He was Gus N. Habergock, Grace G. Hucksnob, Beno Ruckshagg, Erno Shuckbagg, Grego Banshuck, Greno Gashbuck, and Kars Gugenchob. Now c'mon -- was Richard Bachman the best you could do, Steve? Although I guess I should cut you some slack, since Gernsback had a lot more to work with...
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STATISTICS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCE, Estimation, Hypothesis Testing, and Least Squares

By: Hamilton, Walter Clark

Price: $25.00

Publisher: New York, The Ronald Press Company: 1964

Seller ID: 017842

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

Grey cloth w/silver lettering to front cover/spine, 230 pages (including bibliography, index). Some slant, moderate wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's stamp/notation to front pastedown, name to top edge of first and second end papers, a few minor underlinings.
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LOCOMOTIVE OPERATION, Valves, Valve Gears, Valve Settings

By: Harding, J.W. (prepared under the supervision of)

Price: $45.00

Publisher: Scranton, International Textbook Company, International Correspondence Schools/I.C.S.: 1924

Seller ID: 016728

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

#267B in the International Library of Technology. Contains chapters on locomotive valves, the Stephenson valve gear, locomotive management, breakdowns, oil-burning locomotives, the Type D duplex stoker, and locomotive value setting. Green cloth w/red cloth backstrip w/gilt spine lettering, marbled end papers, illustrated, three fold-outs. Circular stains to cloth of front cover (probably the ubiquitous coffee cup), moderate edgewear, one frayed corner, other corners lightly worn, moderate wear to spine ends, 2.5" tear to left spine edge, 1" scrape to join of green/red cloth on back cover, s...
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Thaddeus Lowe, America's One-Man Air Corps (inscribed/signed)

By: Hoehling, Mary

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, Julian Messner, Inc.: 1958

Seller ID: 018175

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The story of "flamboyant showman, starry-eyed dreamer, dedicated scientist, Thaddeus Lowe," considered by the author as "the Founding Father of the United States Air Force, because of the balloon equipment and aerial reconnaissance techniques he developed during the Civil War." Abraham Lincoln's generals were skeptical about military balloons, but the President was so excited about the balloon and its possibilities "that he had its base installed on the White House lawn." Inscription reads, "Best Wishes To/Jessie H. Moffitt/Mary Hoehling." Blue cloth w/black pattern decoration/lettering to ...
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LAYING DOWN THE LINES, A History of Land Surveying in Alberta (signed)

By: Larmour, Judy

Price: $85.00

Publisher: Victoria, Brindle & Glass Publishing: 2005

Seller ID: 018395

ISBN: 1-897142-02-1

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

The author "recounts the incredible challenges and hardships faced by land surveyors as they struggled with fast-flowing rivers and dry prairie lands, freezing temperatures and hungry mosquitoes, stifling bureaucracy and new technology, to help create the Alberta we know today." Black cloth w/silver foil spine lettering, 326 pages (including endnotes, appendix, a note on sources, index, acknowledgements, brief author biography), illustrated. A bumped corner, bumped spine ends, lightly scuffed cloth, small indentation to front cover, in lightly scuffed dust jacket w/a couple of small indentat...
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Practical Information for Telephonists

By: Lockwood, T.D.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, The W.J. Johnston Company: 1895

Seller ID: 017543

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Fair to Good

From a "Historical Sketch of Electricity from 600 B.C. to 1882 A.D." to "Anticipations of Great Discoveries and Inventions," Lockwood presents a collection of articles for those interested in the history, science and applications of telephony. Maroon cloth w/black rule/decoration to front cover, gilt spine lettering, rule deoration in blind to back cover, 192 pages. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, light cover soil, front end papers excised (book begins at title page), previous owner's notation to top of title page, first couple of signatures hanging on by a thread, light internal soil.
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FUTURE CONSCIOUSNESS, The Path to Purposeful Evolution (inscribed & signed)

By: Lombardo, Thomas

Price: $40.00

Publisher: Winchester & Washington, Changemakers Books / Change Makers: 2017

Seller ID: 018306

ISBN: 1780999852

Binding: Stiff Card Wraps

Condition: Very Good to Fine

"...a masterpiece, a must-read book, not only for futurists, psychologists, social scientists, scholars, and academics of every type showing them how to improve their thinking about future consciousness, but also for ordinary people to improve the quality of their future daily lives." Inscription reads: "To Paul,/Hope you enjoy/the book./Tom Lombardo/8/20/2018". 805 pages, including references, + four pages adveretising other Changemakers Books. Light corner wear, tiny soil mark to rear end paper. Interenally tight and clean.
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Geology

By: Miller, T.G.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: London, W. & G. Foyle: 1958

Seller ID: 013287

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

A title from the Foyle's Handbooks series. "This volume is an elementary guide for readers who have little or no knowledge of the science of geology, and its intention is to provide a grounding for more detailed exploration." Paper over boards, 112 pages (including bibliography). Moderate general wear.
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Forging of Iron and Steel

By: Richards, William Allyn

Price: $35.00

Publisher: New York, D. Van Nostrand Company: 1915

Seller ID: 017737

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good

"A text book for the use of students in Colleges, Secondary Schools and the Shop." Olive cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 219 pages (including appendix, index) + 1-page listing of other titles published by Van Nostrand, illustrated. Moderate wear to corners/spine ends, dusty/lightly soiled edges, faint cover soil, moderate surface wear to covers, moderate general wear. Uncommon.
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FALLING, How Our Greatest Fear Became Our Greatest Thrill

By: Soden, Garret

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, W.W. Norton & Co.: 2003

Seller ID: 014887

ISBN: 0-393-05413-6

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: As New

1st printing w/complete number sequence. "Beginning with the tree-climbing lessons of our earliest ancestors," through to explaining "today's extreme sports and thrill-seeking technology," the author "tells the astonishing story of how taking a fall has evolved from an experience that the ancients used as a metaphor for damnation to one so prized that today millions crave its intense rush." Signed by Soden, on title page. Red and yellow boards w/red foil spine lettering, 342 pages (including Acknowlegements, Notes, Selected Bibliography, Index), illustrated. An internally tight and clean u...
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THE FOLLOW, A True Story (signed)

By: Spalding, Linda

Price: $10.00

Publisher: Toronto, Key Porter Books: 1988

Seller ID: 016619

ISBN: 1-55013-929-0

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Very Good to Fine

First printing w/complete number sequence. The story of a Canadian novelist who went to Borneo with her two daughters, left, then returned alone "in search of famed orangutan scientist Birute Galdikas. What she finds instead is an unholy mix of foreign scientists, government workers, tourists, loggers, descendants of Dayak headhunters, Javanese gold miners, and ex-captive and wild orangutans. Grey cloth w/gilt spine lettering, 318 pages (including acknowledgements), illustrated.
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THE MECHANICS OF HOISTING MACHINERY, including Accumulators, Excavators, and Pile-Drivers, A Text-Book for Technical Schools and a Guide for Practical Engineers

By: Weisbach, Dr. Julius, and Professor Gustav Herrmann

Price: $150.00

Publisher: London & New York, Macmillan and Co.: 1893

Seller ID: 014591

Binding: Hard Cover

Condition: Good to Very Good

From the Translator's Preface: "The translation herewith presented to the engineering public has been made from Professor Herrmann's revised edition of Weisbach's great work on Engineering Mechanics. Of this work several volumes are already familiar to English readers through the translations completed successively by Messrs. Coxe, Du Bois, and Klein, and treating respectively of Theoretical Mechanics, Steam-engines and Hydraulics, and Machinery of Transmission. The present section, however, has never heretofore appeared in English print, although its great value has been recognised by all the...
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Category: Science & Technology