Detroit: Helm, Incorporated, for Ford Motor Co., 1979. Paperback. 136p., 5x8 inches, illustrated with diagrams and tables, worn booklet in stapled rubbed pictorial wraps. Former owner used this item frequently, to judge by the abundant external grime and oil, the slightly less abundant internal grime and oil, and the severely..... More
Cat.No: 186049
New York: American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee on Postwar Construction, [1945]. Pamphlet. 15p., stapled wraps, 6x9 inches, charts, tables, staples rusted, date penciled on rear wrap, else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 336936
Buffalo, NY: US Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, 1969. Pamphlet. Four-panel brochure, 5.5x8 inches, some foxing at upper left on front panel. Explanation of the diversion of water from the American Falls portion of Niagara Falls, due to the accumulation of broken rock at the bottom of the falls..... More
Cat.No: 291537
Paris: undated, circa late 1930s. Paperback. A large folder, 12x9.5 inch plain printed wraps, containing variously paginated fascicles that are staplebound and are themselves fastened into the wraps with a decorative cord. Presswork on thick matte leaves (quite alkaline) features sepia gravure site photography of (mostly) modernist industrial buildings, plus..... More
Cat.No: 251235
![Cat.No: 207534 Bomba 'Prat'; caudal de agua, es caudal de oro [cover title]....](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/207534.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1484029885)
[Spain]: Bomba Prat, [1950s?]. Pamphlet. 52p., alkaline coated paperstock throughout with numerous vignette engineering drawings and line-drawn specs, softbound in 7.5x5 inch stapled color wraps; cover has pulled away a little from text-block but still holding, initial and terminal leaves slightly foxed with a small light stain, sound and entirely..... More
Cat.No: 207534
Associated Oil Company, 1934. Unpaginated, ["13" page numerals are pencilled in], small stapled pamphlet in 7x5 inch photodecorated wraps; staples slightly rusted, text bears a couple of pencil underlines, good (good-only) copy. More
Cat.No: 227189
Paris: the firm, 2015. Hardcover. Unpaginated, about one hundred pages, exhibit photography in color on high-gloss paperstock throughout, cased into 10x7.5 inch dark brown boards titled in foil. Covers just slightly edgeworn, some small light streakings to front cover, absolutely sound and otherwise perfectly clean and unmarked. How to watch..... More
Cat.No: 229805
Barcelona: Sociedad Anonima Serra Manlleu, 1932. Hardcover. 303p., coated paperstock throughout with numerous b&w photographic images retouched for diagramatic clarity, a small colorphoto section (close-ups of multicolored yarns), hardbound in 7x5 inch maroon cloth boards gilt. Textblock has rounded outer corners, all edges are gilded brightly. A bright, unhandled copy..... More
Cat.No: 207245
Paris: the manufacturer, 1932/33. Pamphlet. Large singleton leaf of coated alkaline paperstock, 17x21 inches, printed in green and black on gloss white and folded four times to make a 10.5x5.5 inch advertising brochure. A nice copy with mild marginal wear, mild crimpings, and a top-border bend due to careless storage..... More
Cat.No: 254387
Los Angeles: Salisbury, Bradshaw & Taylor, 1925. 39p. + large foldout map, numerous site photos, laid in is a typed letter of transmittal from the Western Concrete Pipe Company signed by company secretary J. M. MacAdams, wraps lightly worn else very good in wraps. LA infrastructure such as abutments and..... More
Cat.No: 121707
New York: Construction Surveyors Institute, 1947. 14, [2]p. + 2 single leaf inserts, charts, self-wraps. Very Good. Outlines role of surveyors in new building construction, aimed at investors, architects, and builders in the post-war era. More
Cat.No: 332081
Bologna: Tipografia Paolo Neri, 1934. 65, [1] pages + 1 folded plate leaf with 11 illustrated figures, illustrations, paperback. Covers foxed. Spine chipped at head and foot, corners creased and corners bumped. Pencil annotations on final page and rear cover. Good. Plan of the Fascist Syndicate of Engineers to address..... More
Cat.No: 341312
Albany: C. Van Benthuysen, 1857. Hardcover. NB, this is the "Drawings" part of the commission report, not the report itself. Hardbound in 9.5x5.5 diced brown cloth boards, lettered gilt and panelled in blind, this casing very worn with the cloth lifting away in small areas. Front hinge is still sound..... More
Cat.No: 286243
Washington DC: White House, 1959. Pamphlet. v, [1], 36, [2]p., wraps. 9 x 6 in. Corners bumped. Very Good. More
Cat.No: 324099
n.p. n.p., n.d. Pamphlet. [16p] including covers, 10.75x8 inches oblong, b&w photos of exterior when running, being serviced, interior of cab, table of specifications; the stapled pictorial wraps are toned and silverfished around the margins, with some edgewear. Laid in are seven copies of a hand-out on this engine that..... More
Cat.No: 223203
Barcelona: Estblecimiento [sic] Tipografico de Narciso Ramirez, 1856. Pamphlet. 15p., softbound sewn into plain unprinted yellow wrapper (appears original, as does the fastening thread, 9x6 inches, elaborate title page employing different fonts and a decorative woodcut (1/2 x 2 1/2 inches, shows engine and cars steaming past a township), alkaline..... More
Cat.No: 206534
London: The Communist Party, 1945. 32p., stapled wraps, 4.75x7.25 inches, lightly worn, staple rusted else very good condition. More
Cat.No: 251689
London: British Science Guild, Engineers’ Study Group on Economics, 1935. Pamphlet. 44p., staplebound pamphlet. Covers age toned; edge wear. Good. Analysis of schemes for economic and social reform by engineers who gathered over a concern that advances in technology and automation were not resulting in increased wealth or leisure for..... More
Cat.No: 335322
Prague: Peace and Socialism / International Publishers, 1981. Paperback. 246p., softbound in 8x5.5 inch decorated wraps. Slightest edgewear, clean and sound, a very good copy. More
Cat.No: 238739
New York: Air Reduction Sales Company. Offices in principal cities in the USA, 1940. Pamphlet. 36p., illustrated with numerous simple diagrams and a few photos of workbench equipment. Softbound, an 11x8.5 inch pamphlet in flexible cardstock titled gilt, staple-fastened, presswork on semi-glazed paperstock, slight toning throughout but clean and unmarked..... More
Cat.No: 314615
![Cat.No: 207896 La Bomba Prat [cover]; Bomba 'Prat,' caudal de agua, es caudal de oro....](https://bolerium.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/207896.jpg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1484028460)
[Spain]: Prat, [1950s?]. Pamphlet. [24]p., alkaline coated paperstock throughout with numerous vignette engineering drawings and line-drawn specs, softbound booklet in 6x3.2 inch stapled color wraps (back cover has a nice orange water-tower); bound with a single staple that is quite rusted with a touch of migration, otherwise clean and sound..... More
Cat.No: 207896
Mexico: Instituto Politecnico Nacional, 1993. xxi+423p., 8.25x10.75 inches, presentacion, indices, illustrated throughout with facsimiles, photos and figures, text in Spanish, very good first edition in orriginal pictorial wraps. More
Cat.No: 107657
Barcelona: Consorcio de la Zona Franca, September 1929. Pamphlet. 23p., glossy cream paperstock (alkaline, completely untouched by age) with text in three languages, illustrated with two fullpage artist's renderings of the port "as it will be in the future," both aerial perspectives, one in color, plus two photographs of extant..... More
Cat.No: 227070
London: Ganes, Limited, 1911. Hardcover. Unpaginated ads, 185p., terminal ad leaf; cased into 5.5x8 inch black cloth boards gilt-titled. Cloth very worn, cover title partially erased and spine title all but illegible. Frayed extremities, front hinge cracked with an eighth-inch gap (remains reasonably well-attached). Minimal illustrations, of a diagrammatic nature..... More
Cat.No: 340525
New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., [1938 (copyright date; later imprint)]. Hardcover. [xxiii], 547p., illustrated with mathematics, charts, in-text photos, etc., thick 6x9.5 inch black cloth boards spine-titled in gilt, and in blind on the cover. Perfect condition if a bit dimmed with age: square and tight, cleanly text..... More
Cat.No: 339993
