New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1953. Octavo, Volume one only; ix, 483 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is brown with gold print. Boards in brown cloth. Light wear to spine caps and corners. Text block has name in ink on endpapers, penciled note on front flyleaf, shaken binding, penciled underlining. Illustrated: b&w photographs, drawings, graphs, plates (some folded). NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Philadelphia: The Edgell Company, 1907. First Edition. Octavo, 105 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's dark green cloth bearing gilt to the front. Boards show very slight wear with light shelf wear exteriorly and slight rubbing wear to the head/tail edges. Text block has mild age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Frontispiece. Illustrated. First edition. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. More
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. First Edition, First Printing. Large Octavo, viii, 600 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine pictorial blue with gilt and white lettering. Slight crinkles to the head tail edges and two small chips to spine tail edge with slight damp staining interiorly to the head/tail edges. Boards show mild wear with slight damp staining to the head/tail edges. Text block shows light wear to the edges. Frontispiece. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to size/weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates. More
New York: Random House, 1953. Quarto, 99 pages. In Good plus condition with a Fair dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine brownish red with off-white and black lettering. Several instances of chipping to the edges and moderate age toning to the rear and flaps. Boards show slight wear including cocked spine, small whitish spot to lower front and worn corners. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Pictorial end papers. Illustrated. NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, Quarto and Folio Case. More
Chicago: Central Electric Railfans' Association, 1976. Reprinted. Quarto, 231 pages. In Good plus condition with a Good dust jacket. Spine green with yellow lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Moderate wear exteriorly including a few, small chips to the head and tail edges and small marks, scuffs and scratches. Lightly sunned spine. Closed one and one half closed tear to the spine. Some foxing interiorly to the jacket and to the flaps. Boards have slight foxing exteriorly. Text block shows slight age toning with light foxing to the edges. Previous bookshop's small sticker to the front end paper. Some foxing scattered to the end papers. Frontispiece. Profusely illustrated. Reprinted. More
Delhi, India: Facsimile Publisher, 2019. Reprint of a First Edition. Octavo, xiii, 395 pages. In Very Good condition. Spine maroon with gilt lettering. Very mild shelf wear and soiling. Shelved in science. More
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New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition, Third Printing. Octavo, xiii, 721 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red, black, and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$35.00." Minor shelf wear. Minor edge wear to dust jacket, mostly on back flap. Light bumping on head of jacket spine. Text block clean. Signed flat by Sherwin on title page. Features photographs throughout. Shelved in Case 5. More
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 721 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine red, black, and white with white lettering. Dust jacket protected in mylar covering, with price uncut: "$35.00." Minor shelf wear. Minor edge wear to dust jacket and light bumping to lower right hand corner on front jacket. Text block clean. Features photographs throughout. Shelved in Case 5. More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986. Octavo, xvii, 447 pages. In Good plus condition.Spine is green with white print. Cover has light shelf wear, with crease to rear panel.Illustrated: b&w photographs, drawings. More
Hoboken NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2010. Fourth Edition. Large Octavo, xiv, 610 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Bound in the publisher's cloth with white, red and yellow lettering to blue spine. Boards have mild shelf wear with lightly bumped corners and tiny chip to front hinge. Text block has slight soiling to the edges and cracking to the hinges. Slight crinkles to tail edge to rear end paper. Tiny crease to tail corner to page six hundred and ten. Illustrated. Fourth edition. More
London and Sydney: Murray Book Distributors Pty. Ltd., 1977. Reprinted. Quarto, 188 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine off-white with blue and black lettering. Boards show slight soiling wear with some rubbing wear to the edges. Text block has very mild age toning to the edges and light wear interiorly. Illustrated. SP Workshop Manual Series Number 57. Reprinted. More
Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 2005. First Edition, First Printing. Oblong Quarto, 184 pages. In Very Good condition. Paperback binding. Spine brown with white and yellow lettering. Covers have light wear to the edges. French flaps. Text block has light wear to the edges. Previous owner's small sticker label to front end paper. Illustrated. First Edition. First Printing. More
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2014. First Edition. Octavo, 273 pages. In Very Good condition. Light blue spine with black lettering. Full binding in azure paper. Boards show mild shelf wear and minor cracking to headband and tailband. More
London: Springer-Verlag London Limited, 2003. Octavo, ix, xxvii, xxxiv, 663 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in the publisher's cloth red pictorial cloth with yellow, white and orange lettering to the spine. Few scratches to the exterior and minor bumping to corners. Text block has sparse, small soiling wear to the edges. More
Moscow: Mir Publishers, 1979. First Thus Edition. Octavo, 647 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Spine light grayish green with maroon red lettering. Slight soiling wear to exterior with few chips to edges. Boards show light wear and minor bumping to tail fore corners. Text block has light yellowish age toning with sparse, tiny spots to the end papers. Illustrated. First Thus Edition. More
London: Dalton Watson Ltd, 1982. First Edition. Quarto, 96 pages. In Very Good condition with a Good plus dust jacket. Spine red with black lettering. Slight rubbing wear with closed chip to rear head edge and minor wear to rear joint. Boards have mild curving and minimal wear to the edges. Text block has very slight age toning to the edges. Illustrated. First Edition. More
London and New York: Elsevier Applied Science, 1990. Fourth Edition. Octavo, x, 627 pages. In Good plus condition. White spine with green lettering. Boards show moderate plus soiling with mild color offsetting, mildly cocked spine, slight bumping to tail fore corners and distributor's sticker to the front. Text block has slight finger marks to the edges. Illustrated. Fourth Edition. More
New York and London: Plenum Press, 1988. Octavo, vi, ix, xiv, 405 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Spine blue and white with white and blue lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Mild shelf wear exteriorly with light wear and two tiny chips to the head/tail edges. Boards have slight whitish spotting to the spine with three light streaks to rear. Text block has light foxing to the edges. Illustrated. More
New York, Basel, Hong Kong: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1991. First Printing. Octavo, vii, xiii, xx, xxii, 401 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine teal blue with white lettering. Light soiling to the rear with sunned spine, slight bumping to corners and two very small chips to front joint. Text block has very light foxing. Review Copy label to front end paper. Illustrated. First Printing. More
Hertfordshire UK: Prentice Hall International (UK) Ltd, 1992. First Edition, First Printing. Octavo, xviii, 541 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine blue with white lettering. Mild shelf wear with minor wear to fore corners, slight tilt to the spine and previous bookshop's sticker to the rear. Text block has mild wear to the edges with very light foxing. Illustrated. First Edition, First Printing. More
London: A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, 1973. Octavo, xxi, 428 pages. In Good condition with a Good minus dust jacket. Spine is green with white print. Dust jacket has light edge wear, plastic film beginning to pucker, peripheral toning. Boards in brown cloth. Cracked front hinge. Text block has owner name stamp on top edge, tanning to endpapers. More
Cincinnati: John Omwake for Private Distribution, 1930. Large Octavo, 128 pages. In Good plus condition. Bound in the publisher's maroon cloth with gilt titles to front. Few scuffs with slightly darkened spine and rubbing wear to the edges. Text block has slight age toning, light soiling to end papers and small finger marks interiorly with gift inscription to flyleaf. Frontispiece. Illustrated. More
London: Folio Society, 2013. Collector's Edition. Octavo, xvi, 384 pages. In Very Good condition, and housed in publisher's Very Good dark blue slip case. Fully bound in blue buckram with white lettering and metallic green decoration. Minor shelfwear. Small highlighting on pages 382 and 383. Shelved in Folio Society. More
Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1984. First Edition. Octavo, 210 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good minus dust jacket. Dust Jacket has minor shelf wear on front and back corners, head, and tail, with slight toning on front and back cover. Textblock fore edge and head edge has small age spots. RWO Consignment. More
Piscataway: IEEE Press, 1996. First Printing. Octavo, xiii, 484 pages. In Very Good minus condition. Spine teal blue with white lettering. Boards have slight cocking. Text block shows mild shelf wear to edges. Illustrated. First Printing. More
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc., 1917. First Edition. Octavo, xviii, 478 pages. In Good minus condition. Bound in dark blue cloth and spine with gilt lettering. Boards show slight age toning to spine and edges with rubbing wear to edges and few exterior scuffs. Text block exterior edges have age toned, previous owner's information to front end papers, and several instances of soiling interiorly. Profusely illustrated with black and white photographs and illustrations. First Edition. More
Berliin: Springer, 1996. Revised edition of the original Chinese edition. Octavo, xi, 395 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is yellow with black print. Boards in yellow cloth. More
Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1987. 1987 Edition. Octavo, vii, 306 pages. In Good plus condition. Spine is orange with black and white lettering. Light scratches on front board. Front pastedown to the title page has a small imprint towards the top of the pages. Text block has light foxing and a few pages have creasing. More
New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1960. Fourth printing. Octavo, xii, 783 pages. In Fair plus condition. Spine is black with gold print on blue banners. Boards in black cloth. Wear to spine caps, edges, and corners, cocked spine, light soiling. Text block has stain to front edge, erasers of penciled marginal notation throughout. More
Wien: Springer-Verlag, 1991. Octavo, 407 pages. In Good condition. Spine is orange with black print. Cover is clean and bright. Textblock is clean and tight. Illustrated (b&w) “With 141 Figures”. More
London and New York: Taylor and Francis, 2011. First PB Edition. Quarto; VG-/paperback; blue spine with red and white text; first PB edition; covers show slight exterior wear; scratch to front; otherwise intact binding; textblock exterior edges have minimal wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 438. More
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2006. Octavo; VG; brown and blue pictorial spine with white text; no jacket; cloth exterior clean; tight binding; textblock clean; illustrated; pp 760. More
London: E & FN Spon, 1995. First Edition. Octavo; G+; green spines with white text; first edition; ex-library; 2 volumes; cloths have slight smudges to exteriors; two chips to spine head edge to volume 1; ex-library stickers to lower spines; lightly bumped head fore corners; light wear to corners; previous bookshop's sticker to rear boards; otherwise intact bindings; no jackets; exterior edges to textblocks show light soiling; ex-library name stamped to exterior fore edges; few ex-library markings to few pages to both volumes; interior pages clean; illustrated; pp 1173; [Oversized book(s). Additional postage necessary for expedited/international orders. Economy International shipping unavailable due to weight restrictions. For international/expedited customers, please inquire for rates] NOTE: Shelved in Locked Annex Area, atop Column D. More
Pittsburgh: Material Research Society, 1993. First Edition. Octavo; 830 pages; VG; Hardcover; Blue spine with white and silver lettering; Full Binding in royal blue leather; Very light shelf wear and edge wear, tiny scratch to spine; Text block clean and tight. More
Washington DC: National Academy Press, 1991. First Edition. Quarto; 832 pages; G+; Hardcover; Blue spine with gilt lettering; Full binding in royal blue cloth; Light edge wear, moderate shelf wear, tiny closed tear to joint and mild sunning to spine; Corners slightly bumped, head and tail have minor wear; Text block has light foxing on top and fore-edge with name of previous owner on front free endpaper. More
Brimfield: Marker Press, 2005. Quarto; 136 pages; G+; Soft cover; Light blue spine with white lettering; Full binding in blue and green paper; Mild shelf wear and edge wear, corners slightly rounded, tiny fray to spine; Text block has publisher sticker on front free endpaper, else clean and tight. More
Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1985. Octavo; VG-; Hardcover; Spine, brown with white print; Boards in glossy illustrated paper, light wear to spine caps and corners, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xvi, 527 pages, illustrated (b&w diagrams). More
London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, 1920. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Octavo; 3rd edition, revised and enlarged; Fair; Hardcover; Spine, blue with faded print; Boards in blue cloth, tattering to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine, shelfwear; Text block has broken front hinge with exposed binding, cracked rear hinge, light age-toning to paper; 545 pages, “with 460 illustrations” (b&w). More
London: North-Holland Publishing Company, 1972. Second Printing. Octavo; VG-/G; deep yellow spine with black text; second printing; dust jacket exterior has moderate shelf wear; some rubbing wear to fore edges; few, minor chips to edges; otherwise just few scuffs to front and rear; cloth exterior has light whitish rubs, however generally clean; good, dense binding; textblock has only faint foxing to outer edges; former owner's name to front pastedown; very light shadow toning to endpapers; inner pages clean; illustrated; pp 336. More
Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2001. Octavo; G+; Hardcover; Spine, brown with gold print; Boards in brown cloth, light blemish on front, vendor label on rear, else clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xi, 170 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
Newington CT: AARL Amateur Radio, 2018. Fourth Edition, Second Printing. Quarto; VG/paperback; black spiral spine; red covers with very slight shelf wear; pictorial front with yellow and white lettering; intact binding; textblock clean; inside covers illustrated; illustrated; fourth edition, second printing. More
New York, Chicago, San Francisco: The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2004. First Thus. Octavo; VG-; dark blue spine with white text; ex-library; first thus; cloth exterior has slight handling wear; ex-library sticker to spine; small sticker to rear; light wear to corners; strong binding; no jacket; text block exterior edges have light wear; few ex-library markings to endpapers; interior good otherwise; illustrated; pp 260. More
New York: A Wiley-Interscience Publication, 1994. Octavo; G-/G+; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with green print; DJ has light toning to spine, vendor label on rear, else clean and bright; Boards in blue cloth with silver print, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has small stain to fore edge of front endpapers, penciled underlining and marginal notation; xviii, 545 pages, illustrated (b&w tables, charts). More
Stafa-Zurich: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2007. Octavo; VG-/paperback; sage green/beige spine with black text; covers have slight handling wear; ex-library sticker to spine; fully intact binding; text block exterior edges have only light tone; few ex-library markings inside; interior pages good; illustrated; pp 836. More
New York: The Hobson Book Press, 1946. Octavo; G/G-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tan with black print; DJ in mylar, edgewear with small tears at spine ends and flap corners, tear to front hinge, light smudging/shelfwear; Boards in blue cloth with silver print, wear to spine caps and corners, lightly cocked spine, else light shelfwear; Text block has light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; 173 pages, frontispiece (port.), illustrated (b&w plates). More
Santa Barbara: American Universities Science and Technology Press, 1997. Octavo; VG; Hardcover; Spine, white with blue print; Boards in glossy white paper with blue print, clean and strong; Text block clean and tight; xvi, 390 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers) Ltd., 1961. Octavo; G+/G; deep blue spine with white text; dust jacket exterior shows modest shelf wear; slight foxing to fore edges and joints; minor wear to head and tail edges with one or two chips; price clipped front flap; publisher's sticker to front flap; light foxing inside jacket; cloth exterior has few wrinkles; lightly sunned spine; sturdy boards; textblock exterior edges have slightly age toned; some offset toning to endpapers; previous bookshop's tiny stamped price to front endpaper; interior good; illustrated; pp 372. More
Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc., 1988. First Printing. Octavo; VG-; creamy beige spine with black text; first print; no jacket; cloth exterior has only mild handling wear; previous bookshop's sticker to rear; tight binding, strong boards; text block edges have fairly light wear; interior clean; illustrated; pp 556. More
Cambridge: Addison-Wesley Press, 1952. Octavo; G/Fair-; Hardcover with DJ; DJ spine, tanned with brown and white print; DJ has edgewear with tears to all edges, creasing, toning to spine, peripheral toning, shelfwear; Boards in tan cloth, light wear to spine caps, else clean and strong; Text block has tanning to endpapers, light age-toning to paper, else clean and tight; xiv, 246 pages, illustrated (b&w). More
New York, London, Sydney: John Wiley & Sons, 1974. First Printing. Octavo; G/G-; off-white spine with blue text; first printing; dust jacket exterior shows slight smudges to front; few chips to edges; dark blue cloth exterior has fairly light wear; lightly bumped corners; textblock exterior edges have light tone with one or two small smudges; broken rear hinge; previous owner's name to front pastedown; advertisements to front endpapers; interior clean; illustrated; pp 564. More
