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Absolutely Mad Inventions Compiled from the Records of the United States Patent Office
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Absolutely Mad Inventions Compiled from the Records of the United States Patent Office

by BROWN, Alford E., and JEFFCOAT, Harry A., Jr.

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New York: Dover Publications, 1970. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed blue pictorial wrappers. 125pp, (15pp ads). Numerous line drawings. Near fine. Tight, attractive first paperback edition of this facsimile, a bizarre collection first published in 1932 as "Beware of Imitations!"
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Airport Engineering

by SHARP, H. Oakley, SHAW, G. Reed, and DUNLOP, John A.

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1944. Hardcover. 4to. Blue cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. viii, 150pp. Numerous tables, figures, floor plans, maps, illustrations. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear, with several small edge chips. Quite tight and handsome and rather scarce first edition of this "airport how-to," intended (to cite front jacket panel) "For Students of Engineering -- an up-to-date book, with diagrams, on airport construction methods -- design of buildings -- pavements -- and all pertinent details." A lovely copy.
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All About Rockets and Jets

by PRATT, Fletcher

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New York: Random House, 1958. Hardcover. Illustrations by Jack Coggins. Small 4to. Green cloth, pictorial dust jacket. 140pp. Numerous line drawings, pictorial endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Third printing, second edition, of #13 in the nifty "allabout books" series, with a fireword by Willy Ley. A tight, quite attractive copy.
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Building the Victory: The Order Book of the Volunteer Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac,...
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Building the Victory: The Order Book of the Volunteer Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac, October 1863-May 1865

by KATCHER, Philip (editor)

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Shippensburg, PA: White Mane Books, 1998. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue leatherette with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. vi, 125pp. Illustrations, maps. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first edition.
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Composition and Properties of Concrete.; With chapters on proportioning of concrete mixtures and strength of concrete by J.W. Kelly

by TROXELL, George Earl, and DAVIS, Harmer E.

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1956. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 434pp. Fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and attractive first edition of this classic page-turner, a volume in the "McGraw-Hill Civil Engineering Series." Hold on to your hardhats!
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The Computer Artist's Handbook: Concepts, Techniques and Applications

by SCHWARTZ, Lillian F., and SCHWARTZ, Laurens R.

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New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. Hardcover. Foreword by Arno Penzias. Small 4to. Blue cloth and purple paper over boards, price-clipped dust jacket. xxiii, 318pp. Numerous color illustrations. Near fine/near fine. Tight, superb first edition of this important text -- and a unique presentation copy as well, for Nobel Prize-winning American physicist Penzias, who provides the book's foreword, boldly inscribes and signs this copy in blue fineline on the half-title page: "To Joe Olive / With continuing appreciation / Arno Penzias / Oct 1995." Olive was another high-level Bell Labs physicist, along with Penzias himself. It was while working for Bell Labs in 1964 that Penzias first discovered the radio noise that resulted in findings supporting the Big Bang theory -- and the 1978 Nobel Prize. Also laid into this copy is a 1p 8½" X 11" e-mail printout to Penzias which Penzias enclosed in this copy; the congratulatory text from a researcher thanking Penzias for his… Read More
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Dictionary of Inventions and Discoveries

by CARTER, E.F. (editor)

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New York: Philosophical Library, 1967. Hardcover. 8vo. Tan cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 193pp. Near fine/very good. Quite mild jacket wear and bit of rubbing. A first edition of this fascinating reference work, tight and most handsome.
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Digital Image Processing

by PRATT, William K.

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New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Hardcover. Small 4to. Blue cloth, pictorial dust jacket. xiv, 698pp. Extensive figures and tables. Fine/fine. Later printing, tight and pristine, of the greatly expanded second edition of this 1978 classic, a pioneering book in its field -- and this copy bears a fine red-bordered bookplate on the title page boldly signed and inscribed in blue fineline by the author (born 1937), an influential innovator in the field: "Howard / Best Regards / William K. Pratt." Most unusual.
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Engineering in the Ancient World
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Engineering in the Ancient World

by LANDELS, J.G.

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Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 224pp. Line drawings. Near fine/near fine. Faint abrasion on front flyleaf; circular blind-embossed ownership imprint on title page. Tight, attractive first edition.
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Fire on the Hearth: The Evolution and Romance of the Heating-Stove

by PEIRCE, Josephine H.

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Springfield, MA: The Pond-Ekberg Company, 1951. Hardcover. Introduction by Robert W.G. Vail. Small 4to. Orange cloth with gilt lettering and decoration. xv, 254pp. Frontispiece, numerous illustrations, pictorial endpapers. Very good. Tight, decent first edition -- ex-library, with relatively few and mostly-removed markings.
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The Granting of Inventive Rights
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The Granting of Inventive Rights

by KLOOSTER, John W.

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Minneapolis: Intel-Lex Inc, 1965. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 152pp. Numerous illustrations and tables. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear and rubbing. A tight and nice first edition of this unusual "Story Behind the Issuance of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights." Boldly signed and inscribed by the author in black ballpoint on the front flyleaf: "Feb. 8, 1966 / To / John Sloika / with warm regards / John W. Klooster." Uncommon, especially signed.
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Lead and Leadmining
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Lead and Leadmining

by WILLIES, Lynn

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Aylesbury, U.K.: Shire Publications, n.y.. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glossy pictorial wrappers. 32pp. Numerous illustrations and line drawings. Very good. A tight and nice undated (ca. 1985) #85 in this publisher's "Shire Album" series, a handy slim survey of lead mining throughout history.
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A Measure for Greatness: A Short Biography of Edward Weston

by WOODBURY, David O.

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1949. Hardcover. Small 4to. Burgundy cloth, dust jacket. ix, 230pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Near fine/good plus. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with a couple edge chips. Tight, attractive first edition.
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Mineral Resources of the United States: Calendar Year 1887

by DAY, David T.

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1888. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. vii, 832pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. Tight, quite nice first edition of the fifth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under director John Wesley Powell. Difficult to find in such tight, handleable condition.
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Mineral Resources of the United States: Calendar Year 1886

by DAY, David T.

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Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1887. Hardcover. Small 4to. Original black cloth with gilt spine lettering. viii, 813pp. Numerous tables. Very good. Faint edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of the fourth volume of this United States Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) series begun in 1882, accomplished under the direction of John Wesley Powell. A challenging volume to find in tight and attractive condition.
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The Mining Industry, Its Statistics, Technology and Trade, in the United States and Other Countries from the Earliest Times to the end of 1892

by ROTHWELL, Richard P. (editor)

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New York: The Scientific Publishing Company, 1893. Hardcover. Small 4to. Green decorated library buckram. xxiii, 628pp, (6pp ads). Numerous charts. Very good. First edition, tigt ande nice, of this uncommon overview -- an ex-library copy with very few markings.
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Modern Scientists and Authors
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Modern Scientists and Authors

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New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1980. Hardcover. Complete 3-volume set in cloth-over-boards slipcase. Russet cloth with gilt lettering and brown pictorial stamping. x, 465pp; vii, 449pp; vi, 452pp. Numerous illustrations. Fine/very good. Just the faintest bit of slipcase wear. Tight, handsome first of this edition, being a greatly expanded version of this publisher's 1968 "McGraw-Hill Modern Men of Science" 2-volume set. Hundreds of mostly one-page thumbnail biographies organized alphabetically, Volume 1 covering A-G, Volume 2 H-Q and Volume 3 R-Z. A superb trilogy, and NOT ex-library as are most sets.
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No-Nonsense Guide to Windows 95

by SHERMAN, Richard A., and ROOT, Linda

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N.p.: National Court Reporters Association, 1997. Paperback. 8vo. Stiff glazed pictorial wrappers. xiv, 257pp. Very good. Tight and handsome, but the occasional blue ink underlining and few margin notes. First edition, signed boldly in black marker by both authors on a preliminary page: "Pat, / Technology HAPPENS! / Richard" writes Sherman, followed by ""Pat -- / Doing Windows / is fun. / Enjoy! / Lindy" by Root. A fun period piece: "An anxiety-free, warm and friendly approach to learning and using Windows 95 for people who hate software manuals (and those who love them)," notes the front wrapper.
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Precision Power: The First Half Century of the Bodine Electric Company

by BENNETT, Howard F.

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Chicago: Bodine Electric Company, n.y.. Hardcover. 8vo. Blue cloth, dust jacket. xiv, 334pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Fine/very good. Some jacket edgewear and archivally-closed (on verso) edge tears. Unspecified "Limited Edition" second printing of this Chicago electronics company history -- not dated, but seemingly 1990s.
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R/C Primer: Radio Control for All

by McENTEE, Howard G.

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Milwaukee: Kalmbach Publishing Co, 1961. Paperback. 4to. Stiff black pictorial wrappers. 64pp. Illustrations, line drawings, charts. Very good. Minor edgewear. Tight, attractive first edition of this popular guide on "How to Install and Operate R/C in Planes, Boats and Other Models" (to quote the front wrapper).
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