San Francisco, California: Applied Technology Council. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1974. Softcover. Blue wraps, titled in black front and spine, perfect bound, many charts. A Study Report for Center for Building Technology, Institute of Applied Technology, National Bureau of Standards, Washington, D.C. About earthquake zone construction. ; 8-1/4" x 10-3/4"; 77+18+173 pp; Ex-corporate library with spine label and card inside rear cover removed, prior owner stamp on title page, lightly worn ... more information

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Toronto, New York and London: D. Van Nostrand Company. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1948. First Edition. Hardcover. Author was Professor, Head of the Department of Building Engineering and Construction at MIT and editor of A Technical Series on Building Construction and author of this title from the series. Same date on title and copyright pages. Light green cloth, brown titling, many detailed architectural drawings, some photos. Scarce title.; 6.25 x 9.25"; ix, 286 pp; Covers lightly soiled, sp... more information

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New York: John Wiley & Sons. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1955. Stated Fourth Printing. Hardcover. Blue cloth, gilt spine lettering, illustrated with charts, tables, photos, etc. ; 6" x 9"; xix, 410 pp; Numerous ownership markings, occasional underlining in red pen. . ... more information

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London: Concrete Publications Limited. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1961. First Edition. Hardcover. Part of Concrete Series; list of Series titles at rear. Blue cloth, black lettering, well illustrated with photos, drawings, figures, etc. ; 6" x 9-1/4"; vi, 141, [2] (ads) pp; Cover with only slight wear, prior owner name and date inked on FFEP. . ... more information

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[San Francisco]: Board of Fire Underwriters of the Pacific. Good with no dust jacket. 1935. Softcover. Gray stapled wraps, color frontispiece map, 49 pages of text with illustrations, remaining pages (about 50) are photographs of damage to specific structures from earthquakes. A later printing; OCLC notes editions from 1934, 1935 and 1950.; 4" x 6-1/4"; Covers splitting at spine (2" or so at top, 1/2" at bottom), prior owner name on front cover, covers and pages show wear/creasing a... more information

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New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0-442-23300-0 . A volume in the VNR Structural Engineering Series. Black cloth, gilt lettering, drawings, photos, graphs. Black dust jacket with color pictorial cover. Full number line. ; 7" x 10-1/4"; xiii, 426 pp; Ex-library (withdrawn) with call number on jacket spine, bottom edge of pages, card pocket and markings on FFEP. Jacket is protected by mylar cover but taped to bo... more information

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New York: Scientific Book Corporation. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1928. No edition noted. Hardcover. A Treatise on the Construction of Straight Flight, Platform, Cylindrical and Elliptical Stairs, Explaining the Theory and Practice so the Average Building Mechanic May Understand It, With Examples of Work Ranging from the Simplest to the Most Complex. Stiff blue pebbled cloth boards, gilt lettering front and spine, well illustrated. ; 5-3/4" x 8-1/2"; 259, [3] (ads) pp; Corners lightly wor... more information

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Scranton: International Textbook Co.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1900. Hardcover. Brown leather spine and corners, brown pebbled cloth boards, brown I.C.S. endpapers, illustrated, sections have separate page numbering (500+ pages). No volume copyright, 1900 is latest date among section copyrights listed. ; 6 x 9"; Covers very lightly worn, ownership markings on FFEP. Solid hinges, clean pages. . ... more information

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London: Cleaver-Hume Press Ltd. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. First Edition. Hardcover. Technical work by the head of the National College for Heating, Ventilation , Refrigeration and Fan Engineering, London. Brown cloth hardcover with gilt titling, illustrated dust wrapper. Laid in is the original purchasers receipt. ; 6 x 9"; 208 pp; Dust wrapper has wear at top and bottom of spine and 3 closed tears of 1" or less. Faint circular mark on front board. Not ex-library. Signature of... more information

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Stockholm: VBB. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1981. Softcover. Issued as Special Report 21:81.2 by the Water, Soil & Environment Division of VBB, Members of the Swedish Association of Consulting Engineers. Blue card covers, cover illustrated with chart, pages printed front side only, well-illustrated with photos, two fold-out tables at rear. Examples are taken from Peniche, Portugal, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.; 8-1/4" x 11-1/2"; 65 pp; Spots of waterstaining on each cover, internally fine... more information

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Stockholm: VBB. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1980. Softcover. Issued as Special Reports 21:80.2 and 21:80.3 by the Water, Soil & Environment Division of VBB, Members of the Swedish Association of Consulting Engineers. Blue card covers, cover image of flower, pages printed front side only, well-illustrated with photos. Transmittal letter laid in, with signature of author. ; 8-1/4" x 11-1/2"; 53 + [54]-122 pp; Small soiled area at bottom of front cover of part 1. . ... more information

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Stockholm: VBB. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1981. Softcover. Presented at the Symposium on Geotechnical Problems in Saudi Arabia, organized by the University of Riyadh, Department of Civil Engineering, 1981-05-13. Issued as Special Report 21:81.3 by the Water, Soil & Environment Division of VBB, Members of the Swedish Association of Consulting Engineers. Blue card covers, cover image of flower, pages printed front side only, well-illustrated with photos. This copy with presentation inscription... more information

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