Traite des fortifications souterraines suivi de quatre memoires sur les mines; par le chef de bataillon du genie Mouze, ancien commandant de mineurs by MOUZE Major - 1804

M. Taylor, 1837. Hardcover. Good. M. Taylor, 1837. 2nd edition. 2 volumes bound as one. Unabridged. 72 plates. Thick, 4to, contemporary cloth, rebacked. Light foxing/soiling. Shelf worn. See pictures.

London: John Murray, 1847. Octavo (183 x 115 mm). Contemporary prize binding of green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, title, single-line rules, elaborate crests to boards, acorn and oak leaf roll to turn-ins, and all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 5 folding plates on tissue, diagrams within the text. Prize and ownership bookplates to the front endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed with a few mild scuffs and some light wear at the extremities, a little faint spotting to the folding plates. Very good condition. Second edition with additions, first published in 1839. An attractively bound prize copy awarded by the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to Henry George White for "attention to, and progress in, military drawing". With White's later bookplate giving his rank as Major General. Author George Dominicus Burr (d. 1855), was for forty years an esteemed professor of military surveying at the Royal Military College, and it is presumably he himself who presented this prize volume. The contents cover… Read More

R.H. McCrory,1963. Paperback. Used- Good. Book is clean and tight. Book shows some shelf wear. Light scuffing on the edges and corners. Light bumping on the bottom of the spine. Name written in pen on the top edge on the inside of the front cover. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

New York: Worthington Pump and Machinery Corporation, 1927. First Edition, First Issue, Total Issue 10,000, 1927. Publisher's green cloth with gilt lettering. 8vo, 74, 63, 19, 28, 144, 26, 47, 37 (Tables), 20 (Index), (4) pp. Profusely illustrated, with tables and 2 fold-out charts. Near Fine, prior owner name and city front paste down. Together with laid-in "Trade Standards in the Pump Industry", Recommended by The Hydraulic Society, 1921, published by Worthington Machinery Company, 8vo, printed brown stapled wrappers, 18 pages. Near Fine. Henry R. Worthington, (1817-1880), was the inventor of the direct acting steam pump and one of the founding members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He started the Worthington Pump Works in 1845, which in 1899 became the Steam Pump Company. That was followed in 1916 by the Worthington Pump and Machinery Corp., which from 1952-1967 was the Worthington Corporation, and in 1967 merged into Studebaker. While the Handbook is not limited in… Read More

London: Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good++ to VG. Assume First (only?) Edition. This is NOT a modern reprint; c. 1885 w/ no note of further printings; 231 pgs. + 14 pgs. adverts. + 7 fold-out plates/ diagrams at back; 7.5 x 5.5"". Navy blue cloth binding tight & square; minor rubbing, trace of soil, convex bow to covers, 1/4"" corner bumps at top of each cover. Gold gilt vignette on front & all gold spine lettering crisp & intact. No fray or spine discolor. Text block tight to binding; narrow spine gap prior to title page (not really a split- minor). Neatly penned sm. owner name, dated Dec. 25, '88 w/ ""Univ. of Pa"" in top corner of title page- assume 1888- in fountain pen & looks old. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ v. light toning. All plates intact & complete- bit of edge wear, but no tears. NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays well.

M. Taylor, 1837. Hardcover. Good. M. Taylor, 1837. 2nd edition. 2 volumes bound as one. Unabridged. 72 plates. Thick, 4to, contemporary cloth, rebacked. Light foxing/soiling. Shelf worn. See pictures.

Troy NY: W. & L. E. Gurley, 1874. Twenty First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good with no dust jacket. This is the Twenty First Edition. 234 pages plus table of contents and ads. American Engineers & Surveyors Instruments. catalog of products available including solar compass, compasses, transits, leveling instruments, hand levels, barometers, many types of measuring tapes, etc. many illustrations. a few small spots on covers. tiny pinhole to cloth at spine. light foxing to inner front and rear cover. rear free end page lacking. ; 4 1/2 x 6 3/4

London: John Murray, 1847. Octavo (183 x 115 mm). Contemporary prize binding of green morocco, spine gilt in compartments, title, single-line rules, elaborate crests to boards, acorn and oak leaf roll to turn-ins, and all edges gilt, marbled endpapers. 5 folding plates on tissue, diagrams within the text. Prize and ownership bookplates to the front endpapers. Binding lightly rubbed with a few mild scuffs and some light wear at the extremities, a little faint spotting to the folding plates. Very good condition. Second edition with additions, first published in 1839. An attractively bound prize copy awarded by the Royal Military College at Sandhurst to Henry George White for "attention to, and progress in, military drawing". With White's later bookplate giving his rank as Major General. Author George Dominicus Burr (d. 1855), was for forty years an esteemed professor of military surveying at the Royal Military College, and it is presumably he himself who presented this prize volume. The contents cover… Read More

R.H. McCrory,1963. Paperback. Used- Good. Book is clean and tight. Book shows some shelf wear. Light scuffing on the edges and corners. Light bumping on the bottom of the spine. Name written in pen on the top edge on the inside of the front cover. No further markings on the inside of the book. Photos are of the book we have here at Barbed Wire Books.

London: Whittaker & Co. / George Bell & Sons, 1885. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Hardcover/ no DJ; Good++ to VG. Assume First (only?) Edition. This is NOT a modern reprint; c. 1885 w/ no note of further printings; 231 pgs. + 14 pgs. adverts. + 7 fold-out plates/ diagrams at back; 7.5 x 5.5"". Navy blue cloth binding tight & square; minor rubbing, trace of soil, convex bow to covers, 1/4"" corner bumps at top of each cover. Gold gilt vignette on front & all gold spine lettering crisp & intact. No fray or spine discolor. Text block tight to binding; narrow spine gap prior to title page (not really a split- minor). Neatly penned sm. owner name, dated Dec. 25, '88 w/ ""Univ. of Pa"" in top corner of title page- assume 1888- in fountain pen & looks old. Text is tight, clean, unmarked w/ v. light toning. All plates intact & complete- bit of edge wear, but no tears. NOT ex library. Handsome, well preserved copy- displays well.