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	ANGERMAYER, KARL / REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY Structural Aluminum Design Richmond, Virginia, Reynolds Metals Company. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, neat previous owner name to upper first front freepage, light edgewear, faint soiling, lightly bumped edges and cornertips. A very detailed reference for structural design engineering and architectural considerations in macro-aluminum construction and civil engineering. With specifications, propertities, shapes, fastening, measurement formulas, assessment factors, tolerances, safety, and etc. Illustrations, tables, formula, reference, and etc. 202 pages + large rear Journal reports, charts, tables, and index. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 563634 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE, EDITED BY YUKIO FUTAGAWA. GA Global Architecture Houses 29 Japan / English - Japanese Dual Language Edition Tokyo, Japan,, Global Architecture. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 4871403203) Trade Softcover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight Copy, light edgewear to the cover cornertips, no names, unmarked text. Features novel and unique Homes, concept architecture, themes, materials, floorplans, views and more. 239 pages. Very Good+. USD 24.94 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 906951 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION Concrete Pipe Lines Chicago, IL, American Concrete Pipe Association. 1941, Revised Edition. Flexible Leatherette Bindings, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, unmarked text, light shelfwear, rubbed spine, small neat pesonal office number on upper spine, no names or labels inside, unmarked text. Very Well B&W Photo, Graph, and Drafting Sketch Illustrated featuring over 50 photos of actual Municipal, Military, and General Large Project Civil Engineering Sewer, Water, and Drainage Culvert Projects Under Various Stages of Construction. With many Named Cities and State Projects Used as Examples. An Excellent Concrete Convert Co, Colton, CA. Distributor to Engineer and Major Contractor Buried Pipe Engineering, Architectural, and Contractor Technical and use reference. With Piping Features & Material Types, Specifications, Engineering, Large City Architectural Planning & Installation Examples, Layout Design Referencea, Assembly & Joining, Supports, Trenches, Determining Stresses Due to Loads and Gradients, Hydraulic Measurements, Capascities, and Typical Flow Chart Data, Municipal & Civil Engineering Practices, Pressures, Imbedment and Backfill, Safety Factors, ASTM Standards and etc. 293 pages.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 903012 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EDITORIAL STAFF OF SUNSET BOOKS. The California Missions / A Pictorial History Menlo Park, CA, Lane Book Company. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright and clean copy, light shelf wear, unmarked text, color same as the dust jacket illustrated pictorial sturdy cloth bindings, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear with a few very small closed edgetears and rubs. An outstanding and very detailed pictorial history of the California Mission System. With their Achitecture, Construction, Their Founding, Settlement, Spanish Expeditions, Agriculture, Indian Christianization and Revolts, Religious Ordera, California Indian Cultures and Customs, Spanish and Californio Heritage and Culture, Notable Personalities, Events, Conflicts and Natural Disasters, Decor, Furnishings, Mission Bells, Restorations, Design Influences, Art and Relics, and more! With many color and b&w photos, illustations, and maps. A large wall type Callifornia Mission map is printed on the inside of the dust jacket. 321 pages... Very Good+/Very Good. USD 24.94 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 900348 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BREED, CHARLES B. AND GEORGE L. HOSMER Elementary Surveying (Principles and Practice of Surveying, Vol 1) NY, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1919, Fourth Edition. Hard Cover, 5" Wide x 7 1/2" Tall. Tight Copy, maroon cloth bindings, gold-gilt titles, shiny gold-gilt trimmed endpages, minor edgewear and rubbing, normal page age toning, neat previous owner old bookplate on the inside front cover with his neat name and address on the adjacent page, clean unmarked text, maps and illustrations. Features Surveying Principles, Instruments, Tools, and Equipment with their Care, Measurement Basics and Methodologies, Distance Measurement Procedures, Surveying and Adjustments for Angles, Elevation, Direction, Uneven Terrain, Transit Adjustments, The Level, The Solar Attachment, Leveling Rods, Level Types, Terminology, Rural Undeveloped Land and City Surveying, Plotting, Computations, Drafting, Symbols, training equations, problems, formulas with answers and solutions, and etc. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs in b&w. 591 pages. Very Good. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 908529 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BURBANK, NELSON L.; ROMNEY, ARNOLD B. House Construction Details / Seventh Edition { 7th } NY, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1979, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, lightly shelf bumped edge and cornertips, the clear Brodar covered dust jacket has light edgewear, small end nicks, and a few closed edgetears. An excellent construction examples and how-to instructional reference for building residential dwellings. With over 2,000 illustrations, time and money saving details, standards, and working reference applications and examples so that it happened to me floor to ceiling Builder or staff Brain Farts are avoided. Easy to understand and use. 460 pages. Very Good-/Very Good-. USD 16.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 576301 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLINTON, JAMES R. Solar Energy Home Use in San Diego / Third Edition San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Solar Energy Anaylsis, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, light cornertip edgewear. An Alternative Energy Guide and Reference book with regional information for Solar Energy use in San Diego homes. Features Include: Using Solar Energy, Solar Collectors, Pool Heating, Water Heating, Space Heating, Cooling, Water Distillation and Purification, Cost and Design Guidelines, reference materials, and etc. 182 pages. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 575828 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLINTON, JAMES R. Solar Energy Home Use in San Diego / Third Edition San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Solar Energy Anaylsis, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, light edgewear. An Alternative Energy Guide and Reference book with regional information for Solar Energy use in San Diego homes. Features Include: Using Solar Energy, Solar Collectors, Pool Heating, Water Heating, Space Heating, Cooling, Water Distillation and Purification, Cost and Design Guidelines, reference materials, and etc. 182 pages. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 575883 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. Caterpillar 977K Traxcavator Parts Book / Serial Numbers 46H1-UP US: Caterpillar Tractor Co.. Good+, Trade Paperback, Factory Reference, usual usage rubs and faint old staining and smudges, tight copy. Undated introduction in English,French,German,& Spanish, Exploded views and Parts references in English, major parts, minor parts,subsystems, and attachments parts reference and identifications guide. 196 pages. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 920] Book number: BQB1679 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURVEYORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE Surveying Practice Workbook CA, Documentation Engineers, Inc. 1974. Soft Cover, 8.5" Wide x 11" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, light tan paper covers, light edgewear, a few pages have tip creased cornertips, clean unmarked text, light usage soiling, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, punched by the publisher for optional 3 ring binder insertion. Features Surveying Sights & Signals, Accuracy & The Theory of Errors, Surveying Field Note Writing, Leveling, Equipment, Angular Measurement, Government Standards, Mathematics, Illustrated Examples, Techniques, and etc. Illustrated in b&w. Multichaptered, Approximatelty 185 +/- pages... Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 900587 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURVEYORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE Surveying Practice Workbook CA, Documentation Engineers, Inc. 1973. Soft Cover, 8.5" Wide x 11" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, light green paper covers, light edgewear, clean unmarked text, light usage soiling, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, punched by the publisher for optional 3 ring binder insertion. Features Basic Surveying Techniques, Introduction to Measurement of Horizontal Distances and Leveling, Introduction to Apprenticeship, Introduction to Angular Measurement, Introduction to Survey Notekeeping and Drafting, Introduction to Surveying for Maps, Introduction to Construction Services, and Safety & First Aid. Illustrated in b&w. Multichaptered, Approximatelty 185 +/- pages... Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 900588 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THE EUGENE DIETZGEN COMPANY Use and Care of Drawing Instruments With Instructive Exercises Chicago, IL, The Eugene Dietzgen Company. 1930, First Edition. Soft Cover, 5.75" Wide x 8.75" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, green paper covers, Drafter at work illustration on the front cover, light edgewear, neat previous owner name/address on the upper front cover. Features instruction, instruments, terms, applications, components, applications, self teaching exercises and problems, and etc. With an drafting geometric angles excercise to create a Swastika, quite a while before WWII. 24 pages. Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good+. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 903208 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF TIMBER CONSTRUCTION Timber Construction Manual / Second Edition NY, Wiley Interscience / New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1974, 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Tight/Bright and clean unmarked copy, very slight edgwear, a blank white sticker is affixed to the upper first front freepage, black leatherette bindings, copper gilt titles and AITC Trademark symbols. A reference engineering, design, specifications, and construction manual for architects, engineers, contractors, laminators, testing, quality control, practices, and fabricators. For timber buildings, timber sturctures, load stresses, grading, ratings, and etc. for the associated wood products industry. Illustrated in b&w. Index tapped Multi-chaptered sections. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 576288 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COOVER, SHRIVER, L. , JAY D. HELSEL Programmed Blueprint Reading / Third Edition NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1987, Later Printing. Trade Paperback, Oblong 8.5" x 11. Tight/Bright copy, clean text, light endpage soiling, light edgewear and minor wear and rubs to covers. Oblong 8.5" x 11. An excellent introductory or refresher training course for the correct interpretation of blueprints. With exercises, detailed progressive instruction, terms, and rewiew. 216 pages. Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000168 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EDITED BY EUGENE ECCLI, ILLUSTRATED BY ERICK INGRAHAM Low-Cost, Energy-Efficient Shelter for the Owner and Builder Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Rodale Press, Inc. 1976, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0878571167) Hard Cover, 7.5" Wide x 9.5" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear with a few closed edgetears, and a lightly creased inner front fold, An excellent resource for environmentally friendly and energy saving design concepts, construction, renovation and site planning, projects, materials, solar power, using natural ventilation, landscape design, and more as Architects and Engineers explain their unique design principles in building and renovating of elegant, yet efficient housing. With many black & white illustrations and diagrams. 408 pages. Very Good+/Very Good+. USD 19.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1760] Book number: 903191 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GLOMB, JOZEF / TRANSLATION BY PETER J. OBST A Man Who Spanned Two Eras / The Story of Bridge Engineer Ralph Madjeski . (ISBN: 0917004256) Trade Paperback. Published by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation, 2002, First American Edition, 8.5" wide x 11" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, small blank stales sticker on the upper front cover, light tip wear. A detailed and well illustrated Bridge Engineering and Bridge Engineer Commemorative Biography. With color and b&w Bridge Construction and Finished Bridge pictures and illustrations, biographies, histories, and more. A harder to locate reference. 114 pages. Very Good+. USD 70.37 [Appr.: EURO 47 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6211] Book number: 901581 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GOLDING, MORTON J. Bridges / A Science Explorer Book NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 6 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight/Bright and clean copy, unmarked and unstamped text, no names or labels, beautiful colorful pictorial bindings, the price clipped clear Brodart covered dust jacket is bright and beautiful, the jacket has light edgewear with a few closed edgetears, and faint light shelf soiling. An excellent young adult's guide to Bridge Enginnering, Bridge History, Construction Principles, Famous Bridge Builders, Ancient and Primitive Bridges, Technological Marvels, and more. With pictures of many famous bridges including: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Apurimac Bridge, Inca Corbeled Arch, Golden Gate Bridge, Bear Mountain Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Willliamsburg Bridge, Tappan Zee Bridge, Hell Gate Bridge, Britannia Bridge, Cincinnati Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Menai Straits Bridge, London Bridge, St. Louis Bridge, Firth of Forth Cantilever Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Eads Bridge, and many more. Illustrated in b&w. 95 pages. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 11.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1055] Book number: 902284 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRAY, W. S. / AKA { WILLIAM SAMUEL GRAY } Reinforced Concrete Reservoirs and Tanks - Second Revised Edition London, Great Britain:, Concrete Publications Limited. 1948, Later Reprinting. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, unmarked text, blue cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, shelf bumped corners, a few interior pages have neatly straightened cornertip fold creases, faint interior age darkening. A detailed Reinforced Concrete Design, Engineering, and Construction reference of Water Reservoirs, Swimming Pools, Water Storage & Treatment Tanks, and Viscious Liquid Holding Tanks. With Design Considerations, Assembly, Load & Stress Criteria, Critical Design Factors and Calculations, Examples, Walls, Floors, Drainage, Shapes, Joints, Above & Below Ground Examples, Problems with Tanks in Waterlogged Soils, Supports, Forms, Components and Materials, and etc,, Illustrated in b&w, all fold-out diagrams are intact. 167 pages + the rear ad page.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 578360 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Design of Modern Steel Structures NY, The Macmillan Company. 1949, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. blue bindings, gilt titles, rubbed edges and cornertips with minor board exposure, minor soiling, light binding cracks, faint old endpage drip spotting, same previous owner name on several first front pages, light notations in the rear, text, foldouts and illustrations are in great shape. Civil Engineering/Technical Drawing Practices, Steel/Concrete, Walls, and Foundation Engineering Instruction, Mechanical Examples, Building Material Stress & Loading Factors, Building & Equipment Worked Drafts & Drawings. Material Properties & Specification Formulas, Design Documentation, Development, Graphic Representation Practices, Formulas, Dimension and Critical Measurement Criteria, and etc. 452 pages. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. USD 14.94 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 901858 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Theory of Modern Steel Structures: Volume 1 - Statically Determinate Structures / Revised Edition - Engineering Science Series The MacMillan Company, New York, 1949. Hard Cover. Good+/No dust Jacket. First Thus After the 1936 Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, gray cloth binding, the foldout diagram is in excellent shape, cornertip and end rubbing and wear with tip/end board exposure, heavy occasional reference notations inside, the endpages are covered with notes, light soiling, a few pages have cornertip creases or small micro-edge tears. With steel structural engineering principles and theory, construction and architectural stress determination and factors, loading, terminology, applications, materials, factors, examples, measurement/testing procedures and formula, and physics principles with logic. Illustrated in b&w. 341 pages. USD 15.37 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1357] Book number: 575892 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Theory of Modern Steel Structures: Volume 2 - Statically Determinate Structures and Space Frames - Engineering Science Series , Vol. II The MacMillan Company, New York, 1947. Hard Cover. Good/No dust Jacket. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, green cloth binding, cornertip and end rubbing, fraying, and wear with tip/end board exposure, light occasional reference notations inside, minor age darkening, faint old edpage surface small area stains, cover soiling, previous owner name on the half-title page, same previous owner name/address stamped on the title page, a blank white peice of archive repair tape was used to cover a deep spinal rubbed and worn area. This volume covers bridges, viaducts, spans, supports, and space frame design principles, architecture, design type examples, and etc. With structural space framing engineering principles and theory, construction and architectural stress determination and factors, terminology, applications, materials, factors, examples, measurement/testing procedures and formula. Illustrated in b&w. 285 pages. USD 15.37 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1357] Book number: 576421 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook of the American Concrete Institute US, American Concrete Institute. 1955, Later Printing. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. gilt titles, minor edgewear, light cover soiling, previous owner name on the half-title page, lightly shelf bumped lower front cornertip, flex cloth over board covers. professionally clear archive tape reinforced spine, light interior page end age tanning, neat occasional previous owner reference notes or margin formula inside, page end corner rubs and wear. Features concrete structural design enginnering reinforcing, stress, loading, torsion and materials specification and estimation data, formlas, tables, graphs, specs. and examples. For pilings, foundations, beams, columns, walls, tanks, buildings, highways, bridges, public works, drafting, and etc. 119 pages. Very Good. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 906245 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook of the American Concrete Institute US, American Concrete Institute. 1947, Later Printing. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. gilt titles, minor edgewear, light cover soiling, lightly shelf bumped lower front cornertip, black flex cloth over board covers. professionally clear archive tape reinforced corners, light interior page end age tanning, light interior stitch wear, page end corner rubs and wear. Features concrete structural design enginnering reinforcing, stress, loading, torsion and materials specification and estimation data, formlas, tables, graphs, specs. and examples. For pilings, foundations, beams, columns, walls, tanks, buildings, highways, bridges, public works, drafting, and etc. 132 pages. Very Good. USD 9.94 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 877] Book number: 906944 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ISAACSON, PHILIP M. Round Buildings, Square Buildings, & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0394893824) Hard Cover, 9.5" Tall x 10" Wide. Tight/Bright and clean copy, red spinal cloth bindings over black boards, silver spinal titles, clean unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgeweat and a few closed short edgewear. An excellent pictorial of Historic and Contemporary Benchmark Architectural Styles. With Unique and Unusual Structures, Arches, Ancient Elegant, Environmentally Simplistic, to Modern Sophisticated Styles and Material Usages, Themes, Ornamentation, Doorways, Domes Bridges, Pathways, Vistas, Functions, Adornment, and more. 121 pages. Illustrated in color. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 25.67 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 \| £UK 15.5 \| JP¥ 2266] Book number: 902820 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	LAWRENCE, JAMES -- EDITED BY The Harrowsmith Reader / The Third Anthology Canada, Camden House Publishing, Ltd. 1984. 1984, 1st Printing. Trade Paperback, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight copy, clean & unmarked, professionally reinforced cover cornertips and spinal ends. The third anthology of the best from Canada's award-winning journal of country living: off the grid philosophies ecological responsibility, solar energy, wood heating, folk arts, organic gardening, aquaculture, wild foods, independent living, and more. Very Good. USD 12.94 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1142] Book number: 904888 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.

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	ANGERMAYER, KARL / REYNOLDS METALS COMPANY Structural Aluminum Design Richmond, Virginia, Reynolds Metals Company. 1965, First Edition. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright copy, neat previous owner name to upper first front freepage, light edgewear, faint soiling, lightly bumped edges and cornertips. A very detailed reference for structural design engineering and architectural considerations in macro-aluminum construction and civil engineering. With specifications, propertities, shapes, fastening, measurement formulas, assessment factors, tolerances, safety, and etc. Illustrations, tables, formula, reference, and etc. 202 pages + large rear Journal reports, charts, tables, and index. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 563634 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GLOBAL ARCHITECTURE, EDITED BY YUKIO FUTAGAWA. GA Global Architecture Houses 29 Japan / English - Japanese Dual Language Edition Tokyo, Japan,, Global Architecture. 1986, First Edition. (ISBN: 4871403203) Trade Softcover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight Copy, light edgewear to the cover cornertips, no names, unmarked text. Features novel and unique Homes, concept architecture, themes, materials, floorplans, views and more. 239 pages. Very Good+. USD 24.94 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 906951 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE PIPE ASSOCIATION Concrete Pipe Lines Chicago, IL, American Concrete Pipe Association. 1941, Revised Edition. Flexible Leatherette Bindings, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, unmarked text, light shelfwear, rubbed spine, small neat pesonal office number on upper spine, no names or labels inside, unmarked text. Very Well B&W Photo, Graph, and Drafting Sketch Illustrated featuring over 50 photos of actual Municipal, Military, and General Large Project Civil Engineering Sewer, Water, and Drainage Culvert Projects Under Various Stages of Construction. With many Named Cities and State Projects Used as Examples. An Excellent Concrete Convert Co, Colton, CA. Distributor to Engineer and Major Contractor Buried Pipe Engineering, Architectural, and Contractor Technical and use reference. With Piping Features & Material Types, Specifications, Engineering, Large City Architectural Planning & Installation Examples, Layout Design Referencea, Assembly & Joining, Supports, Trenches, Determining Stresses Due to Loads and Gradients, Hydraulic Measurements, Capascities, and Typical Flow Chart Data, Municipal & Civil Engineering Practices, Pressures, Imbedment and Backfill, Safety Factors, ASTM Standards and etc. 293 pages.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 49.95 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4408] Book number: 903012 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EDITORIAL STAFF OF SUNSET BOOKS. The California Missions / A Pictorial History Menlo Park, CA, Lane Book Company. 1964, First Edition. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Out OF Print, Tight/Bright and clean copy, light shelf wear, unmarked text, color same as the dust jacket illustrated pictorial sturdy cloth bindings, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear with a few very small closed edgetears and rubs. An outstanding and very detailed pictorial history of the California Mission System. With their Achitecture, Construction, Their Founding, Settlement, Spanish Expeditions, Agriculture, Indian Christianization and Revolts, Religious Ordera, California Indian Cultures and Customs, Spanish and Californio Heritage and Culture, Notable Personalities, Events, Conflicts and Natural Disasters, Decor, Furnishings, Mission Bells, Restorations, Design Influences, Art and Relics, and more! With many color and b&w photos, illustations, and maps. A large wall type Callifornia Mission map is printed on the inside of the dust jacket. 321 pages... Very Good+/Very Good. USD 24.94 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2201] Book number: 900348 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BREED, CHARLES B. AND GEORGE L. HOSMER Elementary Surveying (Principles and Practice of Surveying, Vol 1) NY, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1919, Fourth Edition. Hard Cover, 5" Wide x 7 1/2" Tall. Tight Copy, maroon cloth bindings, gold-gilt titles, shiny gold-gilt trimmed endpages, minor edgewear and rubbing, normal page age toning, neat previous owner old bookplate on the inside front cover with his neat name and address on the adjacent page, clean unmarked text, maps and illustrations. Features Surveying Principles, Instruments, Tools, and Equipment with their Care, Measurement Basics and Methodologies, Distance Measurement Procedures, Surveying and Adjustments for Angles, Elevation, Direction, Uneven Terrain, Transit Adjustments, The Level, The Solar Attachment, Leveling Rods, Level Types, Terminology, Rural Undeveloped Land and City Surveying, Plotting, Computations, Drafting, Symbols, training equations, problems, formulas with answers and solutions, and etc. Illustrated with maps, diagrams, and photographs in b&w. 591 pages. Very Good. USD 14.95 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 908529 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	BURBANK, NELSON L.; ROMNEY, ARNOLD B. House Construction Details / Seventh Edition { 7th } NY, Charles Scribner's Sons. 1979, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, lightly shelf bumped edge and cornertips, the clear Brodar covered dust jacket has light edgewear, small end nicks, and a few closed edgetears. An excellent construction examples and how-to instructional reference for building residential dwellings. With over 2,000 illustrations, time and money saving details, standards, and working reference applications and examples so that it happened to me floor to ceiling Builder or staff Brain Farts are avoided. Easy to understand and use. 460 pages. Very Good-/Very Good-. USD 16.95 [Appr.: EURO 11.5 \| £UK 10.25 \| JP¥ 1496] Book number: 576301 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLINTON, JAMES R. Solar Energy Home Use in San Diego / Third Edition San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Solar Energy Anaylsis, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, light cornertip edgewear. An Alternative Energy Guide and Reference book with regional information for Solar Energy use in San Diego homes. Features Include: Using Solar Energy, Solar Collectors, Pool Heating, Water Heating, Space Heating, Cooling, Water Distillation and Purification, Cost and Design Guidelines, reference materials, and etc. 182 pages. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 575828 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CLINTON, JAMES R. Solar Energy Home Use in San Diego / Third Edition San Diego, CA, U.S.A.: Solar Energy Anaylsis, 1978. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight/Bright clean and unmarked copy, light edgewear. An Alternative Energy Guide and Reference book with regional information for Solar Energy use in San Diego homes. Features Include: Using Solar Energy, Solar Collectors, Pool Heating, Water Heating, Space Heating, Cooling, Water Distillation and Purification, Cost and Design Guidelines, reference materials, and etc. 182 pages. USD 15.42 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.5 \| JP¥ 1361] Book number: 575883 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO. Caterpillar 977K Traxcavator Parts Book / Serial Numbers 46H1-UP US: Caterpillar Tractor Co.. Good+, Trade Paperback, Factory Reference, usual usage rubs and faint old staining and smudges, tight copy. Undated introduction in English,French,German,& Spanish, Exploded views and Parts references in English, major parts, minor parts,subsystems, and attachments parts reference and identifications guide. 196 pages. USD 10.42 [Appr.: EURO 7 \| £UK 6.5 \| JP¥ 920] Book number: BQB1679 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURVEYORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE Surveying Practice Workbook CA, Documentation Engineers, Inc. 1974. Soft Cover, 8.5" Wide x 11" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, light tan paper covers, light edgewear, a few pages have tip creased cornertips, clean unmarked text, light usage soiling, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, punched by the publisher for optional 3 ring binder insertion. Features Surveying Sights & Signals, Accuracy & The Theory of Errors, Surveying Field Note Writing, Leveling, Equipment, Angular Measurement, Government Standards, Mathematics, Illustrated Examples, Techniques, and etc. Illustrated in b&w. Multichaptered, Approximatelty 185 +/- pages... Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 900587 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SURVEYORS JOINT APPRENTICESHIP COMMITTEE Surveying Practice Workbook CA, Documentation Engineers, Inc. 1973. Soft Cover, 8.5" Wide x 11" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, light green paper covers, light edgewear, clean unmarked text, light usage soiling, professionally reinforced cover cornertips, punched by the publisher for optional 3 ring binder insertion. Features Basic Surveying Techniques, Introduction to Measurement of Horizontal Distances and Leveling, Introduction to Apprenticeship, Introduction to Angular Measurement, Introduction to Survey Notekeeping and Drafting, Introduction to Surveying for Maps, Introduction to Construction Services, and Safety & First Aid. Illustrated in b&w. Multichaptered, Approximatelty 185 +/- pages... Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 900588 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	THE EUGENE DIETZGEN COMPANY Use and Care of Drawing Instruments With Instructive Exercises Chicago, IL, The Eugene Dietzgen Company. 1930, First Edition. Soft Cover, 5.75" Wide x 8.75" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, green paper covers, Drafter at work illustration on the front cover, light edgewear, neat previous owner name/address on the upper front cover. Features instruction, instruments, terms, applications, components, applications, self teaching exercises and problems, and etc. With an drafting geometric angles excercise to create a Swastika, quite a while before WWII. 24 pages. Illustrated in b&w.. Very Good+. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 903208 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF TIMBER CONSTRUCTION Timber Construction Manual / Second Edition NY, Wiley Interscience / New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1974, 3rd Printing. Hard Cover. Tight/Bright and clean unmarked copy, very slight edgwear, a blank white sticker is affixed to the upper first front freepage, black leatherette bindings, copper gilt titles and AITC Trademark symbols. A reference engineering, design, specifications, and construction manual for architects, engineers, contractors, laminators, testing, quality control, practices, and fabricators. For timber buildings, timber sturctures, load stresses, grading, ratings, and etc. for the associated wood products industry. Illustrated in b&w. Index tapped Multi-chaptered sections. Very Good+/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 576288 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	COOVER, SHRIVER, L. , JAY D. HELSEL Programmed Blueprint Reading / Third Edition NY, McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1987, Later Printing. Trade Paperback, Oblong 8.5" x 11. Tight/Bright copy, clean text, light endpage soiling, light edgewear and minor wear and rubs to covers. Oblong 8.5" x 11. An excellent introductory or refresher training course for the correct interpretation of blueprints. With exercises, detailed progressive instruction, terms, and rewiew. 216 pages. Very Good. USD 19.95 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1761] Book number: 000168 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	EDITED BY EUGENE ECCLI, ILLUSTRATED BY ERICK INGRAHAM Low-Cost, Energy-Efficient Shelter for the Owner and Builder Emmaus, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Rodale Press, Inc. 1976, Later Printing. (ISBN: 0878571167) Hard Cover, 7.5" Wide x 9.5" Tall. Tight/Bright copy, unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgewear with a few closed edgetears, and a lightly creased inner front fold, An excellent resource for environmentally friendly and energy saving design concepts, construction, renovation and site planning, projects, materials, solar power, using natural ventilation, landscape design, and more as Architects and Engineers explain their unique design principles in building and renovating of elegant, yet efficient housing. With many black & white illustrations and diagrams. 408 pages. Very Good+/Very Good+. USD 19.94 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 \| £UK 12 \| JP¥ 1760] Book number: 903191 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GLOMB, JOZEF / TRANSLATION BY PETER J. OBST A Man Who Spanned Two Eras / The Story of Bridge Engineer Ralph Madjeski . (ISBN: 0917004256) Trade Paperback. Published by the Philadelphia Chapter of the Kosciuszko Foundation, 2002, First American Edition, 8.5" wide x 11" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, small blank stales sticker on the upper front cover, light tip wear. A detailed and well illustrated Bridge Engineering and Bridge Engineer Commemorative Biography. With color and b&w Bridge Construction and Finished Bridge pictures and illustrations, biographies, histories, and more. A harder to locate reference. 114 pages. Very Good+. USD 70.37 [Appr.: EURO 47 \| £UK 42.5 \| JP¥ 6211] Book number: 901581 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GOLDING, MORTON J. Bridges / A Science Explorer Book NY, G. P. Putnam's Sons. 1967, First Edition. Hard Cover, 6 1/4" x 8 3/4". Tight/Bright and clean copy, unmarked and unstamped text, no names or labels, beautiful colorful pictorial bindings, the price clipped clear Brodart covered dust jacket is bright and beautiful, the jacket has light edgewear with a few closed edgetears, and faint light shelf soiling. An excellent young adult's guide to Bridge Enginnering, Bridge History, Construction Principles, Famous Bridge Builders, Ancient and Primitive Bridges, Technological Marvels, and more. With pictures of many famous bridges including: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Apurimac Bridge, Inca Corbeled Arch, Golden Gate Bridge, Bear Mountain Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, Willliamsburg Bridge, Tappan Zee Bridge, Hell Gate Bridge, Britannia Bridge, Cincinnati Bridge, Manhattan Bridge, Menai Straits Bridge, London Bridge, St. Louis Bridge, Firth of Forth Cantilever Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Eads Bridge, and many more. Illustrated in b&w. 95 pages. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 11.95 [Appr.: EURO 8 \| £UK 7.25 \| JP¥ 1055] Book number: 902284 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRAY, W. S. / AKA { WILLIAM SAMUEL GRAY } Reinforced Concrete Reservoirs and Tanks - Second Revised Edition London, Great Britain:, Concrete Publications Limited. 1948, Later Reprinting. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight/Bright and clean copy, unmarked text, blue cloth bindings, gilt spinal titles, shelf bumped corners, a few interior pages have neatly straightened cornertip fold creases, faint interior age darkening. A detailed Reinforced Concrete Design, Engineering, and Construction reference of Water Reservoirs, Swimming Pools, Water Storage & Treatment Tanks, and Viscious Liquid Holding Tanks. With Design Considerations, Assembly, Load & Stress Criteria, Critical Design Factors and Calculations, Examples, Walls, Floors, Drainage, Shapes, Joints, Above & Below Ground Examples, Problems with Tanks in Waterlogged Soils, Supports, Forms, Components and Materials, and etc,, Illustrated in b&w, all fold-out diagrams are intact. 167 pages + the rear ad page.. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. USD 24.95 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15 \| JP¥ 2202] Book number: 578360 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Design of Modern Steel Structures NY, The Macmillan Company. 1949, Later Printing. Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. blue bindings, gilt titles, rubbed edges and cornertips with minor board exposure, minor soiling, light binding cracks, faint old endpage drip spotting, same previous owner name on several first front pages, light notations in the rear, text, foldouts and illustrations are in great shape. Civil Engineering/Technical Drawing Practices, Steel/Concrete, Walls, and Foundation Engineering Instruction, Mechanical Examples, Building Material Stress & Loading Factors, Building & Equipment Worked Drafts & Drawings. Material Properties & Specification Formulas, Design Documentation, Development, Graphic Representation Practices, Formulas, Dimension and Critical Measurement Criteria, and etc. 452 pages. Very Good-/No Dust Jacket. USD 14.94 [Appr.: EURO 10 \| £UK 9 \| JP¥ 1319] Book number: 901858 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Theory of Modern Steel Structures: Volume 1 - Statically Determinate Structures / Revised Edition - Engineering Science Series The MacMillan Company, New York, 1949. Hard Cover. Good+/No dust Jacket. First Thus After the 1936 Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, gray cloth binding, the foldout diagram is in excellent shape, cornertip and end rubbing and wear with tip/end board exposure, heavy occasional reference notations inside, the endpages are covered with notes, light soiling, a few pages have cornertip creases or small micro-edge tears. With steel structural engineering principles and theory, construction and architectural stress determination and factors, loading, terminology, applications, materials, factors, examples, measurement/testing procedures and formula, and physics principles with logic. Illustrated in b&w. 341 pages. USD 15.37 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1357] Book number: 575892 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	GRINTER, LINTON E. Theory of Modern Steel Structures: Volume 2 - Statically Determinate Structures and Space Frames - Engineering Science Series , Vol. II The MacMillan Company, New York, 1947. Hard Cover. Good/No dust Jacket. 4th Printing. 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Tight copy, green cloth binding, cornertip and end rubbing, fraying, and wear with tip/end board exposure, light occasional reference notations inside, minor age darkening, faint old edpage surface small area stains, cover soiling, previous owner name on the half-title page, same previous owner name/address stamped on the title page, a blank white peice of archive repair tape was used to cover a deep spinal rubbed and worn area. This volume covers bridges, viaducts, spans, supports, and space frame design principles, architecture, design type examples, and etc. With structural space framing engineering principles and theory, construction and architectural stress determination and factors, terminology, applications, materials, factors, examples, measurement/testing procedures and formula. Illustrated in b&w. 285 pages. USD 15.37 [Appr.: EURO 10.5 \| £UK 9.25 \| JP¥ 1357] Book number: 576421 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook of the American Concrete Institute US, American Concrete Institute. 1955, Later Printing. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. gilt titles, minor edgewear, light cover soiling, previous owner name on the half-title page, lightly shelf bumped lower front cornertip, flex cloth over board covers. professionally clear archive tape reinforced spine, light interior page end age tanning, neat occasional previous owner reference notes or margin formula inside, page end corner rubs and wear. Features concrete structural design enginnering reinforcing, stress, loading, torsion and materials specification and estimation data, formlas, tables, graphs, specs. and examples. For pilings, foundations, beams, columns, walls, tanks, buildings, highways, bridges, public works, drafting, and etc. 119 pages. Very Good. USD 9.95 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 878] Book number: 906245 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTITUTE Reinforced Concrete Design Handbook of the American Concrete Institute US, American Concrete Institute. 1947, Later Printing. Soft Cover, 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. gilt titles, minor edgewear, light cover soiling, lightly shelf bumped lower front cornertip, black flex cloth over board covers. professionally clear archive tape reinforced corners, light interior page end age tanning, light interior stitch wear, page end corner rubs and wear. Features concrete structural design enginnering reinforcing, stress, loading, torsion and materials specification and estimation data, formlas, tables, graphs, specs. and examples. For pilings, foundations, beams, columns, walls, tanks, buildings, highways, bridges, public works, drafting, and etc. 132 pages. Very Good. USD 9.94 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 \| £UK 6 \| JP¥ 877] Book number: 906944 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	ISAACSON, PHILIP M. Round Buildings, Square Buildings, & Buildings That Wiggle Like a Fish NY, Alfred A. Knopf. 1988, First Edition. (ISBN: 0394893824) Hard Cover, 9.5" Tall x 10" Wide. Tight/Bright and clean copy, red spinal cloth bindings over black boards, silver spinal titles, clean unmarked text, the clear Brodart covered dust jacket has light edgeweat and a few closed short edgewear. An excellent pictorial of Historic and Contemporary Benchmark Architectural Styles. With Unique and Unusual Structures, Arches, Ancient Elegant, Environmentally Simplistic, to Modern Sophisticated Styles and Material Usages, Themes, Ornamentation, Doorways, Domes Bridges, Pathways, Vistas, Functions, Adornment, and more. 121 pages. Illustrated in color. Near Fine/Very Good. USD 25.67 [Appr.: EURO 17.25 \| £UK 15.5 \| JP¥ 2266] Book number: 902820 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.
	LAWRENCE, JAMES -- EDITED BY The Harrowsmith Reader / The Third Anthology Canada, Camden House Publishing, Ltd. 1984. 1984, 1st Printing. Trade Paperback, 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 1st Printing. 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall. Tight copy, clean & unmarked, professionally reinforced cover cornertips and spinal ends. The third anthology of the best from Canada's award-winning journal of country living: off the grid philosophies ecological responsibility, solar energy, wood heating, folk arts, organic gardening, aquaculture, wild foods, independent living, and more. Very Good. USD 12.94 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 \| £UK 8 \| JP¥ 1142] Book number: 904888 Click here to order or inquire at Desert Sage Books.