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Engineering
We stock books on engineering both Civil Engineering and Mechanical Engineering through a wide timeframe. Of course we always have a great variety of works from the Victorian heyday of engineering, a time when anything seemed achievable.
Please do have a look at our Engineering works. If something catches your eye, feel free to ask a question. If we don't have what you are looking for please contact us and we will keep an eye out for it for you.
We post out every day from our Georgian property in Bath Uk and post all over the world.
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c1871 American Locomotive Engineering and Railway Mechanism[New York]: c1871A fantastic plate volume featuring a collection of detailed engineering illustrations from Gustavo Weissenborn, including several hand coloured plates. The very rare to see expanded variant, with over forty extra illustrations. -
1880 The Carpenter and Joiner's AssistantLondon: 1880A fascinating and illustrated guide to carpentry and joinery, with a glossary of architecture terms, by the engineer James Newlands. -
1929 Standard Practice in Sheet Metal WorkPittsburg: 1929The vanishingly scarce first edition of this impressive publication from the National Association of Sheet Metal Contractors, offering instructions for the use of sheet metal. -
1857 A Practical Treatise on Cast and Wrought Iron Bridges and Girders, As Applied to Railway StructuresLondon: 1857The First edition of William Humber's fantastic heavily illustrated study on iron bridges and girders, a celebration of engineering bound in half calf. -
1869 A Practical Treatise on Modern Screw-PropulsionLondon: 1869Illustrated with a wealth of technical diagrams, this is the very scarce first edition of Burgh's collection of articles on marine propulsion technology. -
1838 An Elementary Course of Civil EngineeringGlasgow; Edinburgh; London: 1838The scarce first U.K. edition of this insightful textbook on civil engineering, complete with plates, written by the American engineer Dennis Hart Mahan. -
1846 Memoir of Pont-Y-Tu-PryddNot Stated: 1846A scarce monograph on the Old Bridge of Pontypridd, an illustrated work on the eighteenth century bridge. -
1863 Treatise on Mills and MillworkLondon: 1863A very scarce treatise on mills by pioneering engineer William Fairbairn, the first edition of this illustrated work. -
1838 A Practical Treatise on Rail-RoadsLondon: 1838The third edition of Nicholas Wood's nineteenth century treatise on railroads, illustrated throughout with detailed folding plates. -
1861-62 Lives of the Engineers with an Account of their Principal WorksLondon: 1861-1862The first edition of this illustrated biographical series on notable engineers and their works, by Samuel Smiles. -
1863 Industrial Biography: Iron Workers and Tool MakersLondon: 1863A fifteenth thousand copy of this detailed biography of important industry men from social reformer Samuel Smiles. -
1873 Long-Span Railway BridgesLondon: 1873A revised edition of this detailed study into the engineering of long-span railway bridges, with a folding plate. -
1868 The Viaduct Works' Handbook; Being a Collection of Examples from Actual PracticeLondon: 1868A first edition of this detailed handbook for the building and maintenance of viaducts. -
1870 English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art (Vol X, No. 250-253 & 260)Middlesex: 1870A pleasing set of scarce issues from this illustrated popular-science magazine, 'The English Mechanic and Mirror of Science'. -
c1900 Andrew & Taylor Merchants and Manufacturers of Steel, Files, Saws, Edge-Tools, and Every Description of Engineering ToolsLondon: c1900A very scarce brochure from steel merchants and manufacturers Andrew & Taylor of London. -
1889 Sixth Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 1888Albany : 1889An annual report from the board of railroad commissioners of New York, providing insight into the state of the railway industry in the late nineteenth century. -
1844-6 Quarterly Papers on Engineering Volumes 1-3 and Volume 5London: 1844-6Four volumes of scarce papers on engineering, bound in half morocco with many detailed wood and copper engravings. -
1909 PioneeringLondon: 1909The very scarce first edition of this collection of four essays by Frederic Shelford, offering an account of life as a civil engineer in the British Empire. -
1831 Arcana of Science and Art: Or an Annual Register of Useful Inventions and ImprovementsLondon: 1831The fourth year of this uncommon but fascinating annual report of inventions and discoveries in engineering, art and science, illustrated with engravings throughout. -
1881 Cours D'Exploitation Des MinesParis: 1881Amedee Burat's comprehensive visual course in mineral extraction, a very scarce and heavily illustrated guide to mining. -
1850 Britannia and Conway Tubular BridgesLondon: 1850The scarce atlas plate volume of this work exploring the Britannia and Conway bridges. -
1840 Second Report From Select Committee on Metropolis Improvement; With the Minutes of EvidenceLondon: 1840A very scarce work, detailing a meeting between the committee responsible for the development of London in the nineteenth century, illustrated with a folding plan for the construction of a new street in central London. -
1851 The Art Journal Illustrated Catalogue: The Industry of All Nations 1851London: 1851The first edition of this impressively illustrated special edition of 'The Art Journal', detailing the beautifully designed objects exhibited at the Great Exhibition. -
c1890 Severn Tunnel Railway: From 4 Miles 60 Chains to 7 Miles 50 ChainsLondon: c1890An annotated and hand coloured lithograph map of the Severn Tunnel Railway, belonging to the office of the Great Western Railway's Chief Engineer's Office. -
1872 Severn Tunnel Railway. Book of Reference, November, 1871Bristol: 1872A very scarce work detailing property transactions facilitated by a Bristol firm of solicitors to make way for the construction of the Severn Railway Tunnel. -
1870 Severn Tunnel Railway ContractsNot Stated: 1870The vanishingly scarce publication of English civil engineering contractor Thomas A. Walker's contract for the construction of the Severn Tunnel. -
1886 English and American Railroads ComparedNew York: 1886The very scarce first edition of Edward Bates Dorsey's comparative study of railway systems in the United Kingdom and the United States. With a typed compliments slip from the author. -
1849 The Student's Guide to the Locomotive EngineLondon: 1849The very scarce first English language edition of this detailed guide to the locomotive engine and its construction, illustrated with seventy-two plates. -
1930-1947 Television for All; Television ExplainedLondon: 1930-1947Vanishingly scarce first editions of two fascinating twentieth century guides to the use of the home television, illustrated throughout. -
1968 Grand Prix BugattiLondon: 1968A pleasing first edition of this authoritative record of Ettore Bugatti's creations and their racing achievements. -
1892 The Triumphs of SteamLondon: 1892A smartly bound new edition of this illustrated study on the development of steam engines. -
1830 The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette Volume TwelfthLondon: 1830A scarce volume of the 'The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette', with illustrations throughout. -
1937 Locomotives: Their Construction, Maintenance and OperationLondon: 1937The charmingly illustrated two volume fourth edition of A. Morton Bell's fascinating history of the construction, maintenance and operation of locomotives. -
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2007 Paris-Bordeaux-Paris 1895Paris: 2007A signed presentation copy of the very scarce first edition of this account of the Paris–Bordeaux–Paris Trail race of June 1895, sometimes called the 'first motor race' in the world. -
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1926 The World on WheelsParis: [1926]The first edition of Herbert Osbaldeston Duncan's profusely illustrated two volume autobiographical work, providing an account of the history of automobiles, inscribed by the author. -
1847 Railway Practice: A Collection of Working Plans and Practical Details of Construction in the Public WorksLondon: 1847A complete four volume set of S. C. Brees's impressive study of railway engineering and construction in the nineteenth century, illustrated with over 250 folding and double paged plates.