Engineering - Stevenson, David
£450
Auction: 4 February 2009 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Life of Robert Stevenson. Edinburgh, 1878. 4to, presentation inscription from author on half title, portrait frontispiece, 12 plates, last leaf repaired, modern half calf gilt, original cloth bound in at rear, some browning to page edges; Westhofen, Wilhelm The Forth Bridge. Edinburgh, 1989. Centenary edition, 4to, number 168 of 2500 copies, quarter blue morocco gilt, slipcase, a fine copy; Stevenson, R.L. Records of a family of engineers. London, 1912. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; [Ibid.] Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin. London, 1912. 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, library stamps; Gibb, Sir Alexander The story of Telford. London, 1935. 8vo, illustrated, original cloth; Devereux, Roy John Loudon McAdam, chapters in the history of highways. London, 1936. 8vo, frontispiece, original cloth gilt, previous owner's inscription on endpaper; Williamson, C.N. & A.M. The lightning conductor, the strange adventures of a motor-car. London, 1905. Eleventh edition, 8vo, illustrated, original green cloth, cocked; Fidler, T. Claxton A practical treatise on bridge-construction. London, 1901. Third edition, 8vo, original cloth, rubbed, inner hinges splitting; Stevenson, Dr. Alan The world's lighthouses before 1820. London, 1959. First edition, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper, a fine copy; and 41 others (including 5 on aviation) (50)