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1) El agua en Sevilla
Ayuntamiento de Sevilla; Areval, Manuel del Valle (foreword); Antonio Dominguez Ortiz (preface)

El agua en Sevilla
Ediciones Guadalquivir, Sevilla, 1990. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Fine /V.g. Jacket sl. sunned, otherwise scarcely used. 285 pp. more information

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2) A catechism of the steam engine
Bourne, John

Longmans, Green & Co, 1876. New edition. Publisher's navy-blue cloth, gilt title on spine, no jacket. Good /No Jacket. Edge wear, corner bumped, former owner's signature on title page. xxiv, 558 pp., 32 pp. of publisher's advertisements at rear. more information

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3) Kariba: the struggle with the River God
Clements, Frank

Methuen, 1959. 1st edition. Hard covers, no dust jacket. Fair /No Jacket. Front hinge starting, remains of library sticker at rear. The story of the building of the Kariba Dam. more information

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4) Text-book on the steam engine
Goodeve, T.M

Text-book on the steam engine
Crosby Lockwood, 1879. 1st edition. Publisher's green cloth, gilt title on spine. Good /No Jacket. Edge wear, corner bumped, former owner's signature on ffep (and another, erased). vii, 296 pp, 32 + 16 pp. of advertisements at rear. more information

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5) How things work: Monster machines
Lafferty, Peter

Parragon, 2000. 1st edition. Coloured boards. Fine /No Jacket. A well-illustrated guide to some of the world's largest and most complex machines, including some oddities such as roller-coasters as well as the more obvious tunnel-borers and wind turbines. Highly educational. 64 pp. more information

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6) Cesko-Slovenska Letadla (1) 1918-1945
Nemecek, Vaclav

Cesko-Slovenska Letadla (1) 1918-1945
Nase josko, Praha, 1983. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. Good /Fair. Describes aircraft built in Czechoslovakia up until the end of the second World War. more information

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7) Cesko-Slovenska Letadla I. 1918-1945; II. 1945-1984
Nemecek, Vaclav

Cesko-Slovenska Letadla I. 1918-1945; II. 1945-1984
Nase vojsko, Praha, 1983-84. 1st edition. Hard covers, dust jacket. V.g. /Good. 2 vols. The first describes aircraft built in Czechoslovakia up until the end of the second World War; the second covers the post-war period and includes helicopters. Well illustrated with monochrome photographs (wrapper of vol. 1 more worn; of vol. 2 near fine). more information

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8) Steam-engine theory and practice
Ripper, William

Longmans, Green & Co, 1914. 7th edition. Maroon cloth, no jacket. Good /No Jacket. Hinge starting at rear, owner's signature, internally a good copy. xii, 514, (2) pp. more information

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9) Kariba: the first ten years
Ward, J. (foreword)

Kariba: the first ten years
Central African Power Corporation, 1971. 1st edition. Paper covers. V.g. /No Jacket. A promotional booklet describing the first ten years of operation of one of the world's largest hydroelectric schemes. 40 pp. more information

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