Search Results: Engineering & Architecture from Hedgehog's Whimsey Books

Alexandria, Va: Time-Life Books, 1979. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. some foxing on pages. 0 136 p. : 27 cm. Color Illustrations. Index. Installing bay Window; Building above garage; Extending a Room; Complete New Wing; Dormers. Step-by-step.

Osceola WI.: Motorbooks International., 1997. Presumed 1st; no print line.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Slight spine end rubs. Price-clipped jacket. Light jacket surface wear; great edges, save at jacket top outside folds: slight wear.. 1 Textured Paper over boards. 192 p. Color photos. Audience: General/trade. American Studies / Rural Architecture. A beautifully photo illustrated and historically informative volume.

Savoy IL.: International Society of Arboriculture., 1995. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. New in fine dust jacket.. Shetterly, Robert (Illustrated by), and Rascher, Amy (Cover and Interior Designs by).. 1 291 p. Dark blue cloth over boards. Silver cover, spine titles; Illustrated glossy paper jacket. 22x29cm. B&W photos, charts, diagrams, Pen&Ink art. Contents: Work Order; When the Oak Man met the Euc Men (verse); Mindset; Euc Man, Tycoon; Self-preservation; ABCs of Climbing; Troy Pane; Sam Noonan; Arborist Rope; Up and Down; The Euc Man and the Sea; Bailey Hudson; Brushing Up; Getting It Wired; Slinging It; Playing with Blocks; Lowering Devices; Edwin Lancaster Hobbs; Get the Connection? ; Tree Work's a Real Drag; Les Wayne; Remembering Frank Myers; Afterword; Appendix A (Standards); Appendix B (Green Log Weight Table, Rope Selection); Glossary; Bibliographic Essay; Manners (Acknowledgments).

Bowie, Md: Heritage Books, 1978. Hard cover. Very good in fair dust jacket.. Randall, Peter (DJ Cover Photo). 0 xxiii, 229 p. : ill.; 32 cm. Includes grayscale photo illustrations, and pen&ink landscape diagrams. Reprint of the 1941 ed. published by Architectural Book Pub. Co., New York. Includes index by traditional name of house or building. At frontispiece map and 1st photo plate, Merrimack is not spelled correctly. The River has a "k' at the end. The Town along the River is without the "k". Both references are to the River, and are w/o.

Indianapolis: Theodore Audel & Co., 1964. First edition. 2nd printing.. Hard cover. Good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Ex-library. Solid, well-construction reference. Library markings. Jacket had been protected.. 1 Black cloth over boards, large blind-stamped 'A', cover. Red and gold spine, red page block edges. 278 p. plus publisher's list. 17 cm. Pen&Ink drawings. Audel's classic technical series. Contents: Interior painting and decorating; paperhanging; Glazing; Painting; Concrete Work; Plumbing; Floor covering; Dampness protection; Valances and Curtains; Lamp-shade Making. All 1960s style.

Boston MA.: Boston Edison Company/ U.S. Govt. Printing Office., 1979. Reprint. Reprint at Company's cost w/ permission.. Trade paperback. Very good. Minor aging to staples. Appears unread.. 1 25 p. Trade paperback. Stapled binding. Illustrated tan card stock covers. Interior off-white pages w/ brown test and artwork. African-American professionals (48), each w/ portrait drawing and brief biography, 2 per page, birthdates from 1806 to 1942 and later.

American Society of Civil Engineers / National Geographic Society., 1992. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Top page block slightly wavy, no staining. Otherwise near fine. Minor jacket edge wear.. 1 Silver textured sealed cloth-like paper over boards, echoing the lower World Trade center on jacket cover. 288 p. Glossary. Photo credits. Index. Audience: General/trade. Celebrating and explaining international structural and civil engineering landmarks from Egypt's pyramids and Notre Dame de Paris to the Brooklyn Bridge, a North Sea oil rig, and many skyscrapers, including the NYC Empire State Building and World Trade Center Twin Towers. Over 400 illustrations, often dramatic: color and B&W photos, diagrams. Sections: Overcoming Distance; Height and Growth; Public Spaces; Need for Protection; Responding to the Spirit; Harnessing Nature's Power.

Boston MA.: Houghton Mifflin., 1999. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 1 Glossy illustrated paper over boards. 112 p. 36 cm. Illustrations. Audience: Children/juvenile. David Macaulay's large format architectural volumes are always instructive in their detail. This volume amps up that opportunity. On the 25th anniversary of the his publication, "Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction", Macaulay published this volume literally illustrated with the step-by-step development of that book. So, here are the quick drawings, smudges, early drawing drafts, hand-written and typed copy, reproduction proofs, revision notes, and more. Intriguing.

New York.: Four Winds Press., 1976. Later printing.. Hard cover. Good in good dust jacket. Ex-library. Sturdy. Library markings and pocket. Discard from school library.. Dennis, Lisl (B&W photographs by). 1 Horizontal format. Blue illustrated cloth over boards. Photo illustrated jacket. 10x7.25in. Archival artwork plus photos. 114 p. Bibliography. Index. Audience: General/trade. Energy generation history. Since ancient times, windmills have been in use.

Cambridge MA.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press., 1969. Hard cover. Good. No dust jacket. Reading copy flawed by historic dampness that left moderate top quarter page rippling beginning about one-third into book, increasing toward end. No staining except lightly across top block, also near spine at bottom.. 1 Gray Cloth over boards. 516 p. Line art mostly Count Rumford technically accurate drawings, diagrams. Audience: General/trade. Volume III only focusing on Rumford's 18th century aim to increase various industrial processes requiring heat, advocating steam. Also includes "On the construction of Kitchen Fire-places and Kitchen Utensils", soap-making, warm rooms, warm bathing, Cohesion of Silk, "...Employing wheels with broad felloes for travelling and pleasure carriages, " Frigate Construction, more.

Bell Telephone Labritories Inc., 1964. "For Educational Use".. Trade paperback. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Spine sun-fade.. 1 134 p. B&W illustrations, diagrams, portraits, index. Science history, physics, electrical current, inventors, scientific principles, biographical notes.

Newport NH / Waterloo NH.: Self-published by author / R C Brayshaw & Co., Printer, 1994. First edition. 1st printing.. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket. Signed by author. SIGNED by author and by illustrator, dated 10-16-94. Minor surface soil.. Harootian, Carol A (Illustrated by).. 1 26 p. White faux leather over boards. Oval artwork, arched titles in gold, front. Stitched binding. Bold B&W artwork. Horizontal format, 10.25x9.75in. RARE: New Hampshire History / Covered Bridges / Historic Preservation / Children and Youth. A true story of a community in which money was raised to rebuild a covered bridge, destroyed by fire. It had stood and been woven into family memories for 158 years. Bridgewright Arnold Graton was hired with his team of experts, and many volunteered to help. The celebration for the Corbin Covered Bridge replacement, built with old-fashioned, time-tested engineering and materials, attracted thousands.

New York: The Engineering Magazine Co, 1918. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Signed by previous owner. Age-toning to paper. Prior owner bold script signature angled across title page; looks like 'E.M. Oliver'.. 0 360 p. Includes index. Maroon cloth covered boards; gold cover and spine titles. 7x9.75in. Reference listing all periodical publications within range of engineering categories, "Compiled from the Engineering Index Published Monthly in Industrial Management during 1917. " The Index includes 250 publications, representing 17 nations and colonies, totalling 6 languages, most in English. A short descriptive paragraph is with each entry.

Mount Morris IL.: A Gernsback Publication / Publishing Company of America., 1932. Volume 3, Number 6.. Wraps. Very good. Narrow darkening, left front, less than half-inch top to bottom; also top edge, 1/8th inch across. Lower front corner 2 in. short crease.. 1 503-598 p. Monthly magazine; color illustrated paper covers. 29 cm. B&W advertising; photos; Pen&Ink artwork, diagrams; spot color, some pages. Cover Subtitle: "Latest Inventions; Aero-Mechanics; Shop Kinks; Television; Experiments; Formulas; Chemistry; Wood and Metal Crafts; Radio Kinks." Contains first results of the magazine's $500 CigarBoxcraft Contest. Cover story: "New Ship Salvaging System" by William de Meo. Other stories: "Science to Foil Kidnappers" by Joseph H. Kraus; "Our Airships Cannot be Moored to Skyscrapers" by editor; "Grappling for Ocean's Hidden Treasures"; Steel Vacuum Tubes of 4000 Horsepower; Theremin's Electric 'Cello"; Fingerprints; Power… Read More

Youth-oriented 1935 discard from "Young Men's Library Association, Ware, Massachusetts" bookplate. Tidy heavy cloth tape repair to binding. Later long edge, and upper corner chewing (1.5-inches; suspect: teething dog or smallish bear). Text not compromised. Illustrations show historic progression and technical information including development of Morse code. telegraph services, equipment, models to build, electric bell illustration, advances to 1935. Also, history: electric plant, distribution, electrical system for automobile, metals chart, sending messages through space. Inventors / Pathfinders: Edison, Fleming, DeForest, Armstrong, Volta. Electrochemistry, electroengineering, vacuum tubing, electromagnetism; health advances produced chlorine; industry developed electroplating (deveopment of plates for printing). X-rays, electronic clocks, batteries, electric signs and more, all derivatives of electricity.

New York.: The Universal Library / Grosset & Dunlap., 1941. 1941 first copyright, Duell, Sloan & Pearce.. Trade paperback. Good. Light damp stain, lower outside edge. Soiling moderate: covers, edges. Clean text pages.. 1 Trade paperback. xviii, 275 p. 14 x 21 cm. Declaration of Faith, 1894-1908; In the Cause of Architecture, 1908-1918; The Nature of Materials, 1918-1928; The International Style, 1928-1935; Taliesin, 1935-1938; Education and the Issues, 1938-1940. Published Writings of Frank Lloyd Wright, p. 267-269. Index.

New York.: Farrar Straus Giroux., 1981. 4th printing.. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Light edge wear, random light soiling. Near fine.. Kanai, Kiyoshi (Jacket design by).. 1 Text in English, Spanish. Goldenrod and turquoise cloth over boards. Colorful jacket. Titles in white and black. Clean protective clear cover over jacket. 143 p. Audience: General/trade. Themes: Modern architecture; 20th century America; Bauhaus influence. Most of the text originally appeared in the June and July 1981 issues of "Harper's".

London / New York.: E. & F.N. Spon Ltd. / John Wiley & Sons., 1977. First published 1955, revised, reprinted 1977, twice.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Light shelf, reading wear.. 1 Silver-toned B&W photo-illustrated paper over boards. B&W photos; line art, diagrams, charts. Electric power-plants, Wind Power. Contents begins with the History of Windmills. International approach. Inserted: magazine article, Popular Mechanics May 1978 by Victor D Chase, "Coming: Super windmills for super power".

Union City CA.: Mill Creek Press / Self-published., 1978. First edition. Presumed first; no print line.. Trade paperback. Very good. Cover age-toning. Clean interior.. 1 67 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams. Textured paper card stock covers, ornate font black front titles. Glued binding. 6.75x8.5in. Gold end papers and section dividers. B&W photos; some floor plans. Regional architectural history, mid-19th century examples. Sections: An Overview; The Vocabulary; The Styles (Pioneer, Carpenter Gothic, Italianate, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Craftsman Influence, Mission Revival, California Bungalow, Prairie Style, Classic Revival, Derivative Houses).

Springfield VT.: Jones & Lamson Machine Company., 1921. First edition. No print line. Presumed first.. Hard cover. Very good. No dust jacket. Foxing. Age-toning. Slight corner wear. Tight. High quality materials.. 1 64 p. Includes: illustrations, diagrams, maps. Olive green textured cloth over boards. Gold spine and front titles. 6x9 in. B&W photos. Manufacturer's promotional book for Machine Tooling equipment from Vermont's "Precision Valley" along the Connecticut River. Notes on Specialization for Worker, Executive, Industry; Illustrations and Description; Examples of Quantity Production; Operation and Tooling; Other Products; Historical: 1855-1920.