Le Clerc, Sebastian.

Exercises for Free and Accepted Masons. Being A Treatise of Architecture. By that Excellent Master thereof Mon’r. Sebastian Le Clerc, of the Academy of Arts and Sciences at Paris. In Two Hundred Plates. Published Monthly, Pl. XX for March MDCCXXIII. Translated by Mr. Chambers.

London, Sold by Mr. Bateman & Mr. Taylor et al. 1723. 20 x 13 cm. vii, 40 text pages interspersed by 20 numbered Plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled paper. Hard cover. Five raised bands. Very good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Internally dust dulled. Old inscription by previous owner. Name of previous owner on Title Page, dated 1765. See images.

M’Adam, John Loudon.

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making. With Observations, deduced from Practice and Experience, with a View to a Revision of the existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Roads from Misapplication.

Third Edition. Carefully revised, with considerable Additions and an Appendix. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. 22 x 14 cm. 196 pages. Paper covered boards and spine. Spinal label. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Well worn boards with some small material losses to rear board (see images). Internally age darkened and with a few stains. Some small tears and minor paper losses . Mild foxing. Name of previous owner in ink on title page. Internally clean.

Brabazon, Wallop / Cooper, William (Illustrations).

The Deep Sea and Coast Fisheries of Ireland. With Suggestions for the Working of a Fishing Company.

First Edition. Dublin, James McGlashan et al, 1848. 21. 5 x 13.5 cm. x, 111 pages. Original dark cloth with gilt title on front board. Blind stamped boards. Yellow end papers. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers dust dulled. Remnants of a paper label (possibly from an auction catalogue?) on front paste down. Mild damp stain to front and rear end papers. One or two pencil drawings (sails ?). Internally very tight and clean.Complete with 21 Plates, of which 8 are folding.

Smiles, Samuel.

Lives of the Engineers. Early Engineering: Vermuyden – Myddelton – Perry – James Brindley / The Locomotive: George and Robert Stephenson / History of Roads: Metcalfe: Telford / Harbours, Lighthouses, Bridges: Smeaton and Rennie.

A New and Revised Edition. Four Volumes. London, John Murray, 1874. 18 x 12 cm. xxxiii, 320 pages / xl, 388 pages / ix, 331 pages / ix, 389 pages. Illustrated. All volumes bound uniform in 2019. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. New end papers. Original marbled edges. Very good condition. New bindings. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean with many illustrations in B&W. A nice set.

Stevenson, David, David Alan & Charles Alexander.

The Principles and Practice of Canal and River Engineering.

Third Edition. Edinburgh, Adam and Charles Black, 1886. 25 x 16 cm. xiv, 406 pages. With 18 plates (including several fold-outs) and text illustrations. Original dark cloth with gilt title on spine. Dark end papers. Good condition. Binding shaky, but holding. Front hinge fully cracked. Rear hinge starting to crack. Binding rubbed and bumped. Spine ends slightly frayed. Edges and end papers age darkened. Ex Library. A few stamps (ink and blind) on title page (crossed out). Several pages with neat pencil underlinings and a few annotations. Otherwise internally bright and clean with interesting fold out maps.

Glasgow, David.

Watch and Clock Making. Manuals of Technology Series. With 69 Diagrams.

London, Cassell & Company, 1893. 17 x 11 cm. xii, 341 pages plus 16 pages publishers list. Original brown cloth with gilt and black titles and decorations. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges dust dulled. Internally clean.

Krauth, Theodor / Meyer, Franz Sales.

Die Gesamte Möbelschreinerei – Mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der kunstgewerblichen Form.

Leipzig, Verlag von E.A. Seemann, 1902. 24.5cm x 18cm. 290 Seiten mit 276 Textfiguren. Zusätzliche 136 Tafeln. Original Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand / Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Title in gilt on the cover and spine.

Lady Heath [Sophie Mary Pierce-Evans] / Stella Wolfe Murray.

Woman and Flying.

First Edition. London, John Long, Limited, 1929. 21.5 x 13.5 cm. 223 pages. With 16 Photos on 12 Plates – as listed. Original red cloth. Hard cover. Gilt title. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear, rubbing and bumping. Edges and end papers age darkened. Mildly foxed throughout. Please review all the images.

McCormick, W.P.

The Railways of Northern Ireland and their Locomotives. Illustrated.

[First Edition]. Belfast, W.P. McCormick, 1946. 21 x 14 cm. 30 pages, (2). With B&W Photographs. Original paper covers. Soft cover. Very good condition. Minor shelf wear and dust dulling. Internallyu bright and clean.

Disher, M.L.

American Factory Production of Women’s Clothing.

First Edition. Limited Edition, copy no. 868. London, Devereaux Publications Ltd, 1947 24 x 19 cm, xvi, 251 pages with 24 full page plates. Original ‘velvet’ type dark blue cloth. Hard cover. Paper labels on front cover and spine. Binding seriously rubbed on corners and spine. Part of spine label missing. Internally very good condition. Minor amounts of foxing. Some age darkening.