Pursey, H. J.:

Merchant Ship Construction: Especially Written for the Merchant Navy.

Glasgow, Brown, Son & Ferguson Ltd, 1959 Oversized Hard cover, blue cloth bds, Fair, some wear at spine with two small pieces missing, white number on base of spine, ex-lib so usual markings, lib. stamp to leading pge edge block, contents clean and tight with many diagrams and drawings, pp225. A sound ref. copy.

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Book number: 11717

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Keywords: merchant ship construction engineering Merchant Navy oil tankers shipyard practice surveys materials tonnage freeboard definitions pillars girders structure launching ships decks framing keel beams 000000000

Whiffen, R. B. (Compiled by):

The Chattel Auctioneer's Handbook on Furniture and Terms used in Valuations, Catalogues and Inventories.

London, The Estates Gazette Ltd, 1937 Hard cover, mottled and faded, Fair, string marker, front and rear hinges cracked but holding, some pencil notes to front pastedown, ink name to ffep, heavy foxing to endpapers, contents sound, a bit dusty in places with minor age marking and occas. annotation to margin, pp349, a sound ref. copy. A book of reference for Auctioneers, Valuers, Students, Collectors, etc. containing Dictionary of Terms, etc. Table of Periods; Points in the Detail of Furniture; Alphabetically arranged list of Artists with dates; Classical Dictionary; Woods used in Cabinet Work; Abbreviations used in Inventory Work etc.; also Sections on Architectural Terms; Coins; Armour and Weapons; China and Glass (including Pottery Marks); Precious Stones; Heraldry; Musical Instruments; Materials etc.

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Book number: 15281

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Keywords: Chattel auctioneer's handbook furniture terms valuations catalogues inventories reference valuers collectors table of periods artists dates dictionary woods cabinet work abbreviations coins china mark