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CIVIL ENGINEERING TODAY.
Edition: First edition.
London: Oxford University Press, (1938). Hardcover first edition - A look at bridge building, tunnels, hydroelectric projects, dams and more. Illustrated with a frontispiece, 22 glossy plates and numerous drawings and maps. A title in the Pageant of Progress series, 158 pp.
Condition: Very good (previous owner's name, a few penciled marginal notations at end of book), no dust jacket.
Book ID: 73051More details Price: $15.00 -
BETWEEN NATURE AND CULTURE. Photographs of the Getty Center by Joe Deal.
Edition: First edition.
Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, (1999) dj. Hardcover first edition - Preface by the architect Richard Meier. A visual record of the site of the museum before it was built, and of the excavation and construction of the Getty Museum between 1984 and 1997. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. A striking book in a slightly oversized square format. 126 pp. ISBN: 0-892365498.
Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)
Book ID: 63521More details Price: $25.00 -
BILLY ON THE BUILDING SITE.
Edition: First printing.
London: A. C. Black, (1986). Hardcover first edition - Charming almost wordless book - large illustrations with brief captions at the bottom - about what happens when Billy misunderstands two construction workers (working on a high-rise) They say "stay there, we'll be down for a cuppa" and he thinks they said "come on up." Small oblong format. Unpaginated. ISBN: 0-713626585.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated boards, no dust jacket.
Book ID: 75945More details Price: $15.00 -
THE GATE: The True Story of the Design and Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Simon & Schuster, (1986.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Published in connection with the 50th anniversary of the opening of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge in 1937 - at its time the longest single span suspension bridge in the world. Photographs, notes, sources, index. Slightly oversized format. 380 pp. ISBN: 0-671-602055.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket (price-clipped.)
Book ID: 92230More details Price: $25.00 -
MORRISON, MERRILL AND COMPANY STOCK CATALOG,
Edition: First edition.
Condition: Fair condition only in stiff blue wrappers ( the outer wrappers are very chipped and worn, but the contents are clean and in very good condition).
Book ID: 72956More details Price: $35.00