Road works (28 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. Good condition paperback pictorial cover, no DJ. 8 pages good and clean with clear print. No foxing, no previous names. No photographs.

Near Fine paperback (minimal edgewear). 123 pp Paperback. Illustrated. The picture on this listing page is of the actual book for sale.

Paperback. Etat : VG+. 1st Edition. Glossy pictorial covers. In excellent condition BUT minor cover marks.

Quarto, softbound, 84 pp. Photographs, diagrams. Good; some cover wear, light cover soiling. Automotive, Automobile History, Repair, Restoration. nslic.

Soft cover. Etat : Fine. 2nd Edition. A sharp, like new copy.

Paperback. Etat : Very Good-. No Dust Jacket. Paperback; Softcover. SIGNED and inscribed by author Bill Sinclair on title page. White color illustrated paper covers show soil and foxing. Light edge wear and rubbing. Light foredge soil. Book title is written in ink on lower foredge. Title page is foxed and tanned. Text pages are clean. Always carefully wrapped and shipped in cardboard boxes to protect your purchase.; B/w Illus.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Vintage c.1953-1955 Sealocrete Technical Handbook and Product Brochure Estimated Era: Early-to-Mid 1950s (Circa 1953-1955) Publisher: Sealocrete Products Ltd., Atlantic Works, Hythe Road, London, N.W.10 Format: Softcover 32 page trade catalogue / instruction manual with textured faux-concrete styling. (8.25 inches tall approx.) A fascinating piece of mid-century British industrial history and trade ephemera. This rare technical handbook serves as an authorized architectural guide and mixing manual for builders using Sealocrete's signature concrete care line. It features the official "National Scheme for Disabled Men" emblem on the inner index, placing its production firmly in the post-WWII reconstruction era when Sealocrete was used heavily in major municipal utility, transit, and structural builds across the British Isles. Key Content and Historic Features Inside: - WWII Military History (Back Cover): Features a striking headline showcase documenting Sealocrete's role in "The Greatest Engineering Feat in British History." Details the use of thousands of gallons of their premix to waterproof the famous concrete ships for the wartime Mulberry Harbours. - Modernist Architecture and Transport History: Includes historic on-site photographs and technical breakdowns of landmark 1950s infrastructure projects, including: - Donnybrook Bus Garage (Dublin, 1952): Designed by iconic Irish architect Michael Scott and pioneering engineer Ove Arup, showcasing their world-first concrete shell roof. - Southampton Docks and Ocean Terminal (1950): Highlights British Railways cargo transit shed floors and granolithic paving's designed by Docks Engineer J. H. Jellett. - Glasgow Subterranean Engineering: Photo documentation of high-pressure leak repairs inside the historic Finnieston Tunnel and near St Enoch. - Guildford Bus Station: Mid-century terminal paving's designed under Borough Engineer George H. Causey. - Industrial Infrastructure: Features construction details for the Fawley Esso Refinery expansion (1949-1951) built by Foster Wheeler Ltd., the Ashford Common Filter Works built by John Mowlem & Co., and the Uxbridge U.D.C. Reservoir designed by W. L. Eves. - Interwar Civic Projects: Highlights the durability of their admixtures at the Granville Road Swimming Baths (Willesden), designed by F. Wayman Brown. - Vintage Trade Pricing and Palettes: Pages 30-31 display a fascinating pre-decimal (£ s. d.) pricing directory for bulk quantities (barrels/drums) alongside the original mid-century colour palette options for Sealantone Cement Paint (including Portland Stone, Bath Stone, and Pale Green). Condition: Some surface wear to base of title page, minor marking else in good condition. this is a lighter item, overseas shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.…

Etat : Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original colour illustrated glazed boards. Landscape 9'' x 11½''. Contains 29 printed pages of text with colour paintings throughout. Fine condition book in very near Fine condition dust wrapper with light rubs, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection, this preserves and prolongs the life of the paper, it is not adhered to the book or to the dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0711207844 CHILDREN'S & JUVENILE.…

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Octavo. 8 page illustrated catalogue. c1953.

Soft cover. Etat : Good. Octavo.23 pages illustrated catalogue. No date but c1950s.

Etat : Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original navy covers, gilt title and author lettering to the spine. 8vo. 9½'' x 6¼''. Contains 174 printed pages of text with monochrome illustrations and photographs throughout. Fine condition book in near Fine condition dust wrapper, not price clipped. Dust wrapper supplied in archive acetate film protection. Member of the P.B.F.A. ISBN 0584103360 MONARCHY. …

Etat : Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, gilt oval cameo motif to the rear cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 287 printed pages of text with numerous monochrome photographs, including senior officials of the society, various branch outlets, depots and the first steam waggon. A little dulling of the gilt to the top of the spine, contents in very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. …

Etat : Near Fine. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original deep navy cloth covers, gilt title lettering to the spine and to the front cover, gilt oval cameo motif to the rear cover. 8vo. 7½'' x 5¼''. Contains [xvi] 287 printed pages of text with numerous monochrome photographs, including senior officials of the society, various branch outlets, depots and the first steam waggon. A little dulling of the gilt to the top of the spine, contents in very near Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. GLOUCESTERSHIRE. …

Etat : Very Good. First edition hard back binding in publisher's original coarsely woven cream and brown cloth covered boards with over printed colour pattern to front and back, deep purple and navy illustrated end papers. Square. 10¼'' x 10¼''. A brief history of the company is followed by chapters on Design and Manufacture. Carpets in Context provides a fitting conclusion with examples of well known buildings where Stoddard carpets have been laid. Contains 72 pp with 5 tipped-in colour plates on thick card stock, 42 colour and 56 monochrome archive photographs throughout. 'Reader's Digest Special Projects Library' stamps throughout, else in Very Good condition, no dust wrapper. Member of the P.B.F.A. CARPETS & ORIENTAL RUGS.…

1st edition thus. 8vo. 8pp excluding covers. Colour front/rear covers. Soft card cover, illustration building with cars outside + white & orange lettering within burgundy oval on front, broken " 6D. " blue seal on leading edge. 2 metal staple through spine. Covers : very clean & complete. Contents : very clean. Clean tight copy. VG+. …

1st edition thus. 4to. 16pp. Colour front cover + colour plates & adverts inside covers + numerous bw photos in text. Soft card cover, illustration building with cars outside + black lettering within large scroll on front, broken " 3D. " brown seal on leading edge. 2 metal staple through spine. Covers : staples rusted through with offsetting, 2 old pencil note on rear else clean & complete. Contents : centre pages detaching else very clean. Clean tight copy with with rusting staples. VG-. …

1st edition thus. 8vo. 8pp excluding covers. Colour front/rear covers. Soft card cover, illustration building with cars outside + white & orange lettering within burgundy oval on front, broken " 6D. " blue seal on leading edge. 2 metal staple through spine. Covers : fold once horizontally, 2 x 1cm browning/fox spot front edge else very clean & complete. Contents : very clean. Clean tight copy folded once. VG-.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. A clean tight copy. C00002209.

The full title reads: 'Mr. Mundella's Bill for Limiting the Hours of Labour in Factories. Observations of the Employers upon the Report to the Local Government Board by J. H. Bridges, M.D., and T. Holmes, on the Health of Women, Children, and Young Persons engaged in Textile Manufactures, with Special Reference to the Hours and Ages of Employment.' 45pp., 8vo. Disbound, with the signatures separated, otherwise in fair condition, lightly-aged, no wraps. Ends, p.45: 'Signed for and on behalf of the Association of Employers of Factory Labour in the four Counties of Lancaster, York, Chester and Derby. | RICHARD HAWORTH, PRESIDENT. | JOSEPH SIMPSON, TREASURER. | HENRY WHITWORTH, SECRETARY. | 69, KING STREET, MANCHESTER, | 7th June, 1873.'.…

8vo. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. 7o pp. Bound in original red cloth, gilt. Extremities worn and grimy use stains inside. Illustrated by frontispiece and engraved diagrams. Owner's manual for the Vanden Plas 3 Litre Princess manufactured 1959-60. The Belgian firm first came to the UK in 1906 and became a limited company in 1923, producing upmarket coachwork for other manufacturer's cars. It became a subsidiary of Austin, later BMC, in 1946. TRANSPORT AUTOMOBILE MANUALS TRANSPORT 20TH CENTURY TRANSPORT.…

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Illus. with b.w. plates, incl. frontis. 8vo. orig. cl. in marked and faded d/w., else v.g.

No Binding. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. this is an original circa 1920s advertising leaflet for W. Pickard & Co. Ltd, Saxon Works, Rutland Road, Sheffield, advertising their range of Motor Car Oils and Lubricants, including Ford Motor Oil, Agricultural Machine Oil, Best American Turpentine, etc the leaflet printed in red and black measures 10 inches by 8 inches approx., not dated but circa 1920s or earlier, was originally sent as advertising to The Catherine Iron Foundry in Macclesfield one fold line and noticeable creasing, will be posted folded along existing fold line.This is a lighter item, shipping costs will be reduced accordingly at checkout.…

Half-Leather. Etat : Very Good. 1st Edition. Published in Oswestry, Shropshire in 1879, this is 1878-9 volume of this work containing hundreds of fascinating articles and news stories relating to Wales, Shropshire, and Cheshire, this example retains the original printed paper covers, and has been handsomely bound into a recent half leather binding, in very nice condition.…

Scarce pamplet of 32pp with a frontispiece held only in the collection at the V & A Museum. Printed wrappers. VG.

4to (leaf dimensions 20.5 x 16.5 cm): 63 pp. In original grey-green printed wraps. Tight and generally good, but with damp-staining to a few leaves, some wear to corners and creasing and grubbiness to the last three leaves. Wraps worn and grubby. Embossed bookseller's stamp to rear wrap: 'W. H. Smith & Son. 186 Strand, London.' Scarce: COPAC only lists copies at the Bodleian, the National Library of Scotland and the British Library (the last being attributed to 'MARSHALL, Charles, Traveller'). The beginning is reminiscent of Tolkien's 'Hobbit': 'POOR Glum-glum! He was a little green goblin. He lived in one of the odd corners of Fairy-land. He lived alone in a lone hole. That is because he lived by himself. If he had been a lady-goblin, he would have lived by herself. It does not sound right, but alas! it is true.'. …

Cloth. Etat : Very Good. First edition. An impressive mid-twentieth-century run of this very scarce leading British civil engineering periodical, documenting the post-war transformation of British and international road, bridge, and civil engineering through authoritative weekly reporting. Uniformly bound in blue cloth.Illustrated throughout with photographs, technical drawings, charts, and plans. Includes contemporary commercial advertisements that provide additional insight into mid-century engineering practice and materials. With the odd illustration in colour, more so to later copies.An impressive near-continuous run of this leading British civil engineering periodical, comprising numerous weekly journals bound together into fifteen volumes, covering the period from July 1946 to December 1959. Collectively, the set brings together approximately 640-650 individual journal issues, based on the published issue numbering and weekly sequence. Published under the earlier title Highways, Bridges, & Aerodromes, and later continued as Highways and Bridges and Engineering Works.Featuring technical papers, project reports, statistical analyses, photographic plates, diagrams, and extensive advertising for contemporary engineering firms, materials, and machinery. Topics covered across the run include motorway and arterial road construction, bridge design, traffic planning, aerodromes, paving materials, concrete and asphalt technology, urban transport policy, and major national and overseas engineering schemes, and more.Compromising:Volume XIII: July 3rd, 1946, No. 626 to October 15th, 1947, No. 693Volume XIV: October 22nd, 1947, No. 694 to May 19th, 1948, No. 724, with further unnumbered issues to May 26th, 1948Volume XV: June 2nd, 1948, No. 726 to May 25th, 1949, No. 777Volume XVI: June 2nd, 1949, No. 778 to July 5th, 1950, No. 835Volume XVII: July 5th, 1950, No. 835 to June 13th, 1951, No. 884 (the first issue misprinted as Volume XVI)Volume XVIII: June 29th, 1951, No. 885 to June 4th, 1952, No. 935Volume XIX: June 11th, 1952, No. 936 to June 10th, 1953, No. 987Volume XX: June 24th, 1953, No. 989 to June 2nd, 1954, No. 1038Volume XXI: June 9th, 1954, No. 1039 to September 22nd, 1954, No. 1054Volume XXII: September 29th, 1954, No. 1055 to June 1st, 1955, No. 1090Volume XXIII: June 8th, 1955, No. 1091 to June 6th, 1956, No. 1142Volume XXIV: June 13th, 1956, No. 1143 to May 29th, 1957, No. 1192Volume XXV: June 12th, 1957, No. 1194 December 18th, 1957, No. 1221Volume XXVI: January 1st, 1958, No. 1222 to December 31st, 1958, No. 1274Volume XXVII: January 7th, 1959 to December 30th, 1959 (issues unnumbered) Uniformly rebound in cloth. Externally, generally smart. Road Research Laboratory Library stamps to the front free endpapers. Some fading to the boards, most noticeable to the spines and perimeters, particularly so to the later volumes; Volume 26 notably faded, with heavier fading to spine and board edges. A few additional minor pale damp spots to the lower edges of the front board of Volume 13. Library bookplates to the front pastedowns of Volumes 19, 21, 24, 25 , and 27, with residue from partially removed bookplates to the final leaves of some issues. The front board of Volume 25 with a few marks and small areas of residue from unidentified sources. Slight damp staining to the boards of Volume 14, with occasional further small spots of damp staining across the set. Volume 21 with damp staining to the front board and some offsetting. Internally, firmly bound. Hinges slightly strained in places from weight of volumes. Library stamps and occasional annotations to the title pages of individual issues. Slight damp staining to the upper corners of issues nos. 971987 in Volume 19, resulting in mild cockling and slight adhesion to a small number of pages. Pen inscriptions to the first leaf of Volume 25. Volume 17 misprinted as Volume 16 on the first issue, with contemporary blue pencil corrections by a previous owner. One or two small closed tears to fore edges discreetly repaired with tape. Very Good. None Stated (illustrateur). book.…