Naval architecture and engineering, including Rankine, William John Macquorn
£1,125
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 January 2015 at 11:00 GMT
Description
Shipbuilding, theoretical and practical, 1866. Folio, blue half-calf; Smith, William, and others, editors The progress of civil and mechanical engineering. London/Liverpool/Glasgow: [n.d., 1877?] 4to, brown cloth gilt; Reed, E.J. A treatise on the stability of ships, 1885. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; [Idem] Our iron-clad ships..., 1869. 8vo, original cloth; [Idem] Shipbuilding in iron and steel, 1869. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Moore, Alan The development of sail-plan in northern Europe, [1922]. 8vo; Froude, R.E. Ship resistance... Greenock, 1894. 8vo; Taylor, D.W. Resistance of ships and screw propulsion, 1893. 8vo, original cloth rebacked; Lang, Oliver Improvements in naval architecture. Woolwich, 1853. 8vo, original cloth gilt; Smyth, H. Warington Boats and boat-building in the Malay Peninsula. Bombay, 1906. 4to; Montagu, Robert, Lord Naval architecture: a treatise on ship-building, 1852. 8vo, original cloth gilt, rebacked; Pollock, David Modern shipbuilding and the men engaged in it, 1884. 8vo, original cloth gilt; and 87 others, all with Cruising Association stamps and gilt stamps, Cruising Association bookplates, sold not subject to return (99)
Footnote
Provenance: From the library of the Cruising Association