TECHNICAL
CETRON, MARVIN J. & GOLDHAR, JOEL D. [Editors]: The Science
of Managing Organized Technology.
New York, London, & Paris: Gordon and Breach. 1970.
Four volumes. 8vo, pp.1697, original cloth, very good in the
original printed white d.w's. The d.w's very good apart from
one corner chip.
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COCKERELL,
DOUGLAS: Bookbinding, and the Care of Books. A Text-book for
Bookbinders and Librarians. With Drawings by Noel Rooke.
London: Sir Isaac Pitman, 1948.
Fourth edition. 8vo, pp.333, strongly and attractively bound full
tan morocco, spine lettered vertically in gilt and ruled in black
and gilt; a very nice copy in excellent condition.
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HOLLOWAY, THOMAS: Levelling, and its General Application.
London: Spon, 1887.
First edition. Illustrations in the text. 8vo,
pp.xi:148, original green cloth; short split to one joint, headband
and corners rubbed but generally very sound. Later signature
on front free endpaper.
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JOHNSTONE,
JOHN: An Account of the Mode of Draining Land, according to
the System practised by Mr. Joseph Elkington. Drawn up for the
consideration of the Board of Agriculture. The Second Edition,
Corrected and Enlarged.
London: by B. McMillan, Printer to His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, Sold by G. and W. Nicol, Booksellers to His
Majesty, 1801.
19 folding engraved plates. 8vo, pp.xvi:164, contemporary full
tan calf, narrow gilt rule to sides. Binding very rubbed,
spine darkened, crazing to surface of boards, short crack to upper
hinge, joints very firm however. Some foxing and browning to
text & plates.
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MACKENZIE, WILLIAM: A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the
Eye.
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, & Green, 1830.
First edition. 8vo, pp.xvi:861, contemporary half tan calf,
spine blocked in blind and with lettering piece, all edges marbled.
Rebacked retaining the original backstrip, marbled paper from upper
cover stripped in part, corners and edges rubbed, string mark to
upper edge of lower cover, inner hinges reinforced when rebacked.
Some foxing, largely to prelims., some soiling to first few leaves
of text.
Bookplate of Thomas Watson, M.D.
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MASON, JOHN: A Practical Course in Bookcrafts and
Bookbinding.
Leicester: Edgar Backus, 1947.
Illustrations. 8vo, pp.215, strongly bound half tan morocco; some
marking to cloth sides but generally good.
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PARRY, ERNEST J: Parry's Cyclopaedia of
Perfumery. A Handbook on the Raw Materials used by the
Perfumer; their Origin, Properties, Characters and Analysis; and on
other subjects of .... Interest to the User of Perfume Materials.
Two volumes.
London: J. & A. Churchill, 1925.
First edition. Two volumes. Tall 8vo, pp.432 and pp.433-840,
original green cloth; binding marked and dusty, gilt lettering to
spines dulled.
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London: Heinemann Medical Books, 1939.
8vo, pp.xiv:214, original grained red cloth; a good copy.
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TECHNICAL and INDUSTRIAL: The Industrial Self-Instructor
and Technical Journal. Containing Instructions in the Leading
Branches of Technical Science and Industrial Arts and Processes.
Comprising Building and Mechanical Design and Construction,
Materials used in the Arts ....
London: Ward, Lock, n.d. [ca. 1880].
Two coloured plates and numerous other plates and illustrations in
the text. Five volumes. 4to, pp.398, 332, 279, 323, and
296:x:124 ["A Dictionary of the Leading Technical and Trade Terms of
Architectural Design and Building Construction"], attractive
original cloth, the upper covers pictorially blocked in black, the
spines pictorially blocked in gilt.
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Price: £90.00