Lot 8
Bridges - Buck, George Watson
Auction: 10 June 2009 at 12:00 BST
Description
A practical and theoretical essay on oblique bridges. London: John Weale, 1839. 4to, 12 plates [some folding], original cloth gilt, some rubbing to edges, contemporary ink inscription to title; Waddell, J.A.L. Bridge engineering. New York, 1916. 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed, ex-library stamps; Thomson, W. Chase Bridge and structural design. New York, 1910. 8vo, folding plates, original green cloth gilt, ink inscription on front pastedown; Whitney, Charles Bridges, a study in their art, science and evolution. New York, 1929. 4to, frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, rubbed, damp staining along upper edge; Peters, Tom F. Transitions in engineering. Basel, 1987. Square 8vo, original red cloth, dustwrapper; Inverurie The old and new bridges over the River Don at Inverurie 1791 and 1924. Aberdeen, 1925. 8vo, frontispiece, plates, original blue cloth gilt; Lauder, Sir Thomas Dick The great floods of August 1829. Elgin, 1873. Third edition, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rubbed at edges, bookplate removed; Home, Gordon Old London Bridge. London, 1931. First edition, 8vo, frontispiece, original blue cloth gilt; and 23 others (33)