golden gate bridge report chief (33 résultats)

Paperback. Etat : Good. 2nd Edition. 288 pp. Tightly bound. Spine not compromised. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Structurally the book is very good. The text / pages are very good. The reasons for lower "good" rating are primarily the wear to the covers and the extremities. The corners of the covers show light wear. The covers themselves show rubbing and dulling, no longer showing glossy. Please consider as a good reading copy.

Pictorial Soft Cover. Etat : Good-. Second Edition. Volume is a bit curved/bent; the first three leaves are mottled, having been exposed to moisture; a few leaves have large corner crease; tight, text clean. [4], viii, 288 p., well illustrated. Large, heavy volume [otob: 9] Size: Oversize.

Hardcover. Etat : New.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Text clean and unmarked. Binding tight. Boards have very light wear. Maps in back of book in pristine condition. Edges of pages have very light wear. Dust jacket has very light wear.

Card Covers. Etat : Good. No Jacket. Reprint. I assume that this is a modern facsimile, as it does not look or feel like 1937. Spiral bound, landscape format, 17" by 11" now folded in half. Contains 12 technical drawings (17X11 inches) with plate 1 ( the whole bridge) folding out to 11 by 32 inches. Contents clean save for a light stain on plate 1, and a few marks on the red card covers. No insc. Size: Elephant Folio - over 15" - 23" tall.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good. 50th Anniversary Editon. This is a fine hardcover of the 50th Anniversary edition in a mylar protected DJ that has some shelf rubbing, brown spine., MEDIA SHIPPING ONLY, extra for airmail or international shipping. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : No DJ. First Edition. With some chipping of the white spine lettering, otherwise a fine hardcover first edition copy number 600, dated September 1937 in bridge colored buckram, no DJ. A lovely copy, color frontispiece and lots of photographs. Photos on request.

Hardcover. Etat : Poor. Numbered 3218. Gift inscription signed by General Manager of bridge, dated July 6, 1954. Brick red cloth boards and spine with wear, soil, discoloration. Ripple to fore edge of rear board. Scraping to spine. Rub and some loss of white lettering and decoration on boards and spine. Edgewear and soft creasing to spine extremities. Corners bumped and bowed. Top corners with heavier bumping. Relaxed spine. Wear to gutter. Large dogear crease and a few scratches to frontispiece. Ink rub from gift inscription to fly page, verso. Tanning throughout, yellowing to some page margins. Toning to pictorial endpapers. Soil, wear, foxing to text block edges. Shelf 5d.

hardcover. Etat : Like New. 50th Anniversary. Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, 1987. Hard cover, 50th Anniversary Edition. Fine condition in near-Fine dust jacket; a lovely copy.

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. 2nd Edition. Oversized softcover. Title page dated November 2007. Second Edition. 288 pages. Colorful covers with black and white lettering. In very good condition. Binding is tight. Very light shelf wear to corners. Covers are clean. One small, faintly stained spot on fore edges. Pages are clean, no stray markings throughout. Overall, a very good and clean copy. Please e-mail us with questions or to request photos. This is an oversized (and overweight) book. Extra shipping charges may be required for international or priority delivery.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Jacket. First Edition. Inscribed and SIGNED by the Chief Engineer, James Rickets. Apparently a limited edition. Very well illustrated. No jacket. Signed by Author(s).

LeatherBound. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 24 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Volume 3.

Cloth. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. A fascinating account. Limited ed. No. 212. pp.vii.212. Illus. Plans. Inscription on title page. DW has shelfwear, now in archival sleeve.

Hardcover. Etat : Good. 1st Edition. Published in a limited edition, this copy #893. "To Professor Albert Einstein Compliments of Arthur and Hugo D. Newhouse 6/3/38." Hugo D. Newhouse was on the Board of Directors (and was later President) of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway Department. 246+(11) pages, the final 11 pages consisting of foldout engineering plans. Double-page photo of the bridge, in color, as the frontis, plus numerous photos, maps and diagrams throughout. Pictorial end papers. Good condition, with moderate cover soil and a couple of rubbed spots on a pictorial end paper; title on spine faded.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 148. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1 Language: English Pages: 148 Volume 1.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 254. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1930 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Volume 1-2 Language: English Pages: 254 Volume 1-2.

Leatherbound. Etat : NEW. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 270. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1938 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 270.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Special Edition. 50th Anniversary Edition. 5000 copies published. Profusely illustrated, including two color painting reproductions. Multiple fold-out plates. Very good copy in very good, edgeworn dust jacket.

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. Author (illustrateur). Limited Edition. Limited Edition ( of 5000 copy's ). Anniversary Edition 1987, 0f the 1937 edition. Hardcover with the dust jacket, 246 page book with fold out plates.This 50th anniversary copy has illustrated end pages a color fold out of the bridge numerous black & white images of the building of the bridge with schismatics of the building and engineering. A scarce complete copy of the building of this bridge. Condition : Book is FINE , dust jacket is near fine with very light rubs and sunning at the top edge. Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. Various Artist (illustrateur). 1st Edition. 1st. Edition only Printing 1938 , Red cloth hardcover with white letters and design to the spline and front board in the rare dust jacket , 246 page of text . Illustrated with a color fold out plate of the bridge end pages are illustrated with the bridge . With 12 black & white fol out plate of the blue prints of the bridge Plus 48 page of the supplement to the final report of the chief engineer September 1937 by Cliffford E. Paine with black & white illustrations . Condition : Near Fine , DJ is Very Good with sun fading to the spine . Size: Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Book.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : No Dust Cover. Limited Edition. Very Good Hardcover. 1938, foldout color frontiespiece photographs - technical plans - maps, 12 folding technical plans at rear, limited edition #3354 inscription on half title.

First edition. Original brick-red cloth with cover titles and decoration stamped in white; quarto; 246 pp. Profusely illustrated with folding color frontispiece from an original painting of the Bridge, b/w photos, drawings, 12 large folding plates (engineering plans) at rear. This is the original 1938 publication, not the 1987 facsimile reprint. A fine copy, entirely clean and unworn in moderately edgeworn jacket.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Folding plates, color frontis. Architectural details. Photographs. Very rare in this condition. Limited edition, number 711. Fine copy (very light rubbing to spine lettering, small names on half-title page). 246 pps.

Decorated hard cover. First edition. Folding plates, color frontis. Architectural details. Photographs. Very rare in this condition. Fine copy in bright, near fine (very small chip at spine tip, and on rear, bottom edge) dust jacket (in mylar). 246 pps.

First edition. Folding plates. Architectural details. Photographs. Inscribed: March 29, 1951 Compliments of Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District by James I. Rickets General Manager to Commander W.H. Bainbridge Supervisor, Western Division U.S. Coast * Geodetic Survey 114 Custom House San Francisco. Limited edition of number 4002. Rare. Very scarce in this condition. Fine copy. Decorated hard cover. Bridge colored cloth.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Good+. First Edition. 246 pp. Original dark orange covers w/ title on binding. Very bright and clean. #805 of unspecified limitation. DJ has wear and tear to edges w/ pieces missing from spine ends, corners, and along edges. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Includes a section of 12 fold-out plates. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Good. First Edition. :: The original 1938 Edition (of the September 1937 report), paired with the 50th Anniversary Edition. :: Numbered 3888 :: Personalized inscription on frontispiece introductory page from James Adam, General Manager of the Golden Gate Bridge. :: Fold-out color frontispiece reproduction of a painting of the Golden Gate Bridge. :: Full of a multitude of stunning black & white photographs. :: :: The Golden Gate Bridge, one of the most significant landmarks of our time, opened on May 28th, 1937. On September 30th of that year Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer of the Bridge, submitted his final report to the Board of Directors of the Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District - a complete document, describing the entire process of the Bridge project from initial planning and design phases to the final construction. :: Bound in publisher's russet (International Orange) colored cloth, front board bears in white the title and a line illustration of a view of the Golden Gate Bridge. Title lettered in white down the spine above a petite figure of the bridge. Quarto (11 1/16 x 8 11/16 inches; 281 x 220 millimeters). 246 numbered pages, with a multitude of fold-out architectural schematic plates afterward. Condition: Very Good+, in a Good dust jacket. Book is beautiful, a touch of rubbing at the bottom of the boards. Of note: The fold-out color frontispiece has a dog-ear crease at the upper corner. Dust jacket has large pieces missing from both front and rear panels and the top and bottom of the spine. There are small stains, prominent tears, creases, and interior amateur tape mends. We will send in a protective archival sleeve. The accompanying 50th Anniversary Edition (1987) is Near Fine, in a Very Good- dust jacket. Dust jacket is generally worn with chips, scuffs, abrasions, and a tear at the bottom left of the front panel with an amateur tape mend upon the exterior.

Hardcover. Etat : Near Fine. 1st Edition. Limited. This is # 743, stamped in red ink on the half title. Full orange cloth binding with title and an illustration of the bridge embossed in white on front board. Title is also embossed on spine though some of the embossing has been rubbed off.Prior owner's name and address stamped on half title. Numerous black and white, half-tone photo illustrations and 12 black and white fold-out prints of blueprints for the bridge. Frontispiece is a fold-out color plate of the bridge.Construction on the bridge began January, 1933, and the bridge opened to traffic in May, 1937. This publication includes a reproduction of a letter dated September 20, 1937 , describing this as "the full report of the Chief Engineer on the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, covering the history of the project from its inception to its completion and including a description of the technical and other phases of the work.".

Hardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Good +. First Edition. 1938 First Edition Hardcover Fine/Good + Golden Gate Bridge and Highway District, Pub, San Francisco, CA, 1938; 1st edition; very fine condition with a good+ dust jacket: minor wear to jacket at corners; 246 pages, plus Plates; San Francisco.

Pictorial cloth. Etat : Near Fine. WARMLY INSCRIBED BY JAMES E. RICKETS, THE GENERAL MANAGER OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE AND HIGHWAY DISTRICT, on the half-title. A tight, unusually clean copy to boot of the January 1938 1st edition. Crisp and Near Fine in its brick-red cloth, with bright, completely unrubbed titling and design to the front panel and spine. Quarto, lovely fold-out frontispiece (reproduction of a striking painting of the Bridge), dozens and dozens of black-and-white photos chronicling the construction of the Bridge and 12 fold-out plates at the rear. Truly a collector's copy.