Search Results: Applied Science from Black Sheep Books

Victoria, BC, 1931. Library Binding. Good/-. Ex-Library Book. Library Binding in dark red cloth, gilt titling to spine, several fold-out maps, several black and white photographs, 408 pages. Library marking stamped on textblock, library pocket and slip to rear fep, one foldpout map of the Coalmont Colliers No. 4 Mine is torn, chipped, crease and reinforced with failing clear tape - it is still present and legible. This book weighs more than 1 kg and will require additional shipping charges. Depending on your location, further charges might be needed to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent.

Lethbridge, AB: Lethbridge Historical Society, 1993. Card Cover. Occasional Paper No. 12. The new railway line between Lethbridge Junction and Fort Macleod was built in 1897-98. It was 37 miles long and included the construction of 20 wooden bridges. By 1904 they were in a bad state of repair. During the summers of 1904/1905 survey parties were exploring an alternate route to Macleod. In 1906 the news broke that the CPR would be building a steel bridge, "which will be one of the wonders of the world." The new bridge would be about one mile long and 300 feet high. This book documents in word and picture the construction of this bridge. Illustrated card cover with staple binding, many black and white photographs, 40 pages. Light shelf wear with a few light creases and pressure marks, a few light spots of discoloration, inside clean and tight. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no… Read More

Pittsburgh, PA: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Inc., 1965. Soft cover. Very Good. Color stripping is the workhorse of the lithographic process." This book extends the procedures of color stripping beyond the black and white stripping. Purple and white soft cover with purple titling in white label on front and white titling on the spine, black and white frontispiece, 54 black and white illustrations. Very minor edge wear, tiny chip missing at the front right top corner. 180 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Weinheim an der Bergstrasse: Verlag Von Julius Beltz. Card Cover. A German textbook for metal forming addressing workers and apprentices. Green card cover with black titling, textblock staple bound with cover glued to it, black and white pictures throughout, paginated 101-807, the book is complete, no pages missing. Cover shows some wear and a few scribblings, cover separated from textblock, title page is loose with some open tears, last page has some damage from being glued to cover. Rare. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1852. Leather. Good. Subtitled: "First Course. Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Sound, Optics." Three topics in one volume: Handbook of Mechanics, Handbook of Hydrostatics, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, and Sound, Handbook of Optics. Tan leather with black leather spine label, approximately four hundred wood engravings throughout text, 749 pages plus many pages of publisher's ads front and back. Spine label and book edges are rubbed, bottom of lower front edge has a two-inch length of worn-through leather, several areas of leather darkened, some shelf wear, owner's ink inscription on front endpaper, bookseller's notes in pencil on first free end paper, front endpaper is partially split at hinge, edges of first and last few pages are darkened, occasional foxing spots in text, interior is clean and tight This is a handsome book. . Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier… Read More

London: F. Pitman, 1868. Cloth Covered Boards. Subtitled: "With Instructions in the Use of Sikes's Hydrometer. Also A Chapter on Distillation Describing the Process for Ascertaining the Strengths of Wines." Black cloth covered boards, gilt titling on front, blind stamped border on front and back, coloured end papers, black and white illustrations and diagrams, on last end paper is a book plate of " W.R. Loftus, Manufacturer of Hydrometers, Saccharometers, Gauging Rules, Bottling and Corking Machines, and Every Utensil for the Wine, Spirit, and Brewing Trades, London." 88 pages plus 5 pages of plates. Cover shows shelf and edge wear including rubbing and scratching, pale areas of discoloration to bottom part of front, ffep shows split to top quarter of gutter, some age darkening and rippling to textblock. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers,… Read More

Gardenvale, Que.: National Business Publications Limited, 1953. A Hard Cover. Good+ to Very Good-. Blue cloth with gilt titling to both covers and spine, black-and-white ads for mills and related companies throughout, contains maps of mill locations. Spine is severely sunned and has a water mark at foot, sticker and stamp from Canadian Ingersoll-Rand Co on first page. Binding is very sound, no edge or corner damage. 478 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7.75"-9.75" Tall

Montreal: Noranda Copper & Brass Ltd, 1953. Coil Binding. Good+ to Very Good-. Green paper covers with brown titling on front, black and white photographs throughout, 170 pages. Corners and edges are slightly worn, some shelf wear, a few darker markings on back cover. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Pittsburgh, PA: Graphic Arts Technical Foundation, Inc., 1966. Soft cover. Very Good-. This book deals with the procedures of stripping as a production process. A plastic proportional circular slide rule is included. Purple and white soft cover with purple titling in white label on front and white titling on the spine, black and white frontispiece, black and white illustrations throughout. Very minor wear to edges. 360 pages. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson. A Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Information on the dredging industry, including functions and construction of various types of dredging craft, reclamation of land, manning and maintenance of dredging craft, etc. 434 pages, fold-out deck planl of dredger, black and white photos throughout. Corners of cover bumped, slight loosening of text block. Dust jacket, which is not price-clipped, has light edgewear with chipping, a four-inch crease on front cover. This is a handsome book. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

Ottawa, Ontario: Canada Department of Mines and Technical Surveys, 1956. Third Edition. . Soft cover. Geological Survey of Canada, Economic Geology Series No. 7, Third Edition. Brown card cover, black titling, frontispiece, many black and white photographs, some full colour plates, some line drawings, Errata slip laid in, 401 pages. Some wear with creasing to cover, corrections as per Errata slip are pencilled in, stain on page 25. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1906. Card Cover. The Red Gum: with a Discussion of The Mechanical Properties of Red Gum Wood" Introduction: "Only in the last few years has enough southern red gum been marketed to warrant the National Hardwood Manufacturers' Association in giving it a class and a special grading. Previously to this time the manufacture of gum was in an experimental stage, owing chiefly to its tendency to warp and twist, and also to the fact that the supply of other hardwoods was so large that there was no incentive to work so low-priced and supposedly unstaisfactory a wood as gum." Card cover, black titling, fold-out map at front, some black and white photographs and drawings, 56 pages. Previous owner's stamp to front and some handwritten numbers, punched in holes for filing. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian… Read More

Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1960. A Hard Cover. Very Good-/-. Report for Esso Standard (Libya), Inc. by the National Tank Company, Technical Advisory Division. Black textured leatherette with gilt titling on front and spine, black and white illustrations and fold-out diagrams and charts through out text. Corners and spine ends slightly worn, several small wear marks on cover edges. This is a handsome book. Unpaginated, over one inch thick. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall

Ottawa: J.O Patenaude, 1935. Card Cover. Good. Dominion of Canada, Department of the Interior: Geodetic Survey Publication No. 60 - Triangulation in Ontario and Quebec. Grey card cover with black titling to front, Errata and Revisions pages stapled to back of title page, 194 pages. Some light stains to cover, top of spine has a little repair with clear tape, light edge wear, ink notes in text, binding is tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall