CLARKE J Wright

Modern Plumbing Practice Volume 1. An Account of Practical Lead - Working and Plumber's Materials

London, Batsford 1914 xiii, 283pp, over 400 illustrations. 27x20, cloth, no dw. Cloth somewhat rubbed and marked, ffep detached but otherwise undamaged and present. Generally good for a book of its age and type. Originally published in part form in the United States in the Sanitary Engineer. Sadly Clarke died just before publication of this volume.

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CLAY Henry

The Sanitary Inspectors' Handbook: a Manual for Sanitary Inspectors and Other Executive Public Health Officers

London, HK Lewis (1933) 1936 (2nd ed) xxii, 432pp, 95 figs 22x15, maroon cloth, glt text Ex institutional copy with a couple of stamps, spine a bit pulled, good thus. Revised edition of this justly well known and long established work for professionals. Lots of useful guidance to the various Public Health Acts, as well as technical information on drainage, chimneys, heating and ventilation and so on.

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CLAYTONS

Clayton Son & Co. Ltd, Engineers, Hunslet, Leeds

Hunslet, Claytons nd. c.1946? 124pp, many bw photographs throughout, decorated end-papers. 29x22, illustrated oversize card wraps. Edges of wraps slightly creased, otherwise very good indeed. Fascinating document, outlining the company's products and achievements, in highly attractive covers. Not dated, but reference to 1939-45 suggests just after WWII. Photographs in particular are excellent; wonderful record of engineering and industrial heritage.

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Book number: 35195

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CLEW Kenneth R

The Kennet and Avon Canal

David and Charles, Newton Abbot 1968 206pp, 30 plates, 20 illustrations 23x15, grey-green cloth in illustrated dw, now protected. Very good in slightly chipped and rubbed dw. Early book in the publishers' Inland Waterways Histories series. The Kennet and Avon was one of the focuses of the early preservation movement, and was eventually re-opened in its entirety in 1990 after many years of work by volunteers.

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Book number: 34147

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COMPTON Alfred G.

First Lessons in Metal-Working

New York, John Wiley and Sons (1890) 1894 vi, 170pp, 95 figures 20x14, cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Covers grubby, front end papers slightly split, binding sound, good thus. First edition, first thousand printing of 1894 version (pocket edition?). Scarce.

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Book number: 33901

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CONCRETE PUBLICATIONS

Road Bridges in Great Britain. Illustrated descriptions, with many working drawings of complete designs and details, progress photographs, and notes on construction methods, relating to 96 reinforced concrete bridges of various types and spans

London, 1945 reprint. iv, 171pp incl 175 figs and list of publications. Boards, cloth spine, 24x17. End papers browned else good copy. Very well illustrated. This 1945 reprint was expanded to give a more extended description of Waterloo Bridge, London, which had just been completed.

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Book number: 31675

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COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Copper Flashings and Weatherings (CDA Publication no. 42)

London, CDA 1947 (12th impression 1958) 144pp, 120 figures. 25x19, boards with green cloth spine. Some marks to cloth, generally very good. Handbook on the use of copper.

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Book number: 34275

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COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

'Economy' Copper Roofing (CDA Publication no. 53)

London, CDA 1958 (second impression) 50pp, 30 figures and photographs 22x15, stapled pamphlet, card covers Very good. Interesting photographs and diagrams in this promotional piece from the CDA.

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Book number: 34282

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COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Introduction to Copper (CDA Publication no. 52)

London, CDA 1957 viii, 48pp, 39 figures and photographs 22x15, stapled pamphlet, card covers Very good. Interesting photographs and diagrams in this promotional piece from the CDA.

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Book number: 34266

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COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Pipe-Line Services in Building (CDA Publication no. 25)

London, CDA 1938 (18th impression 1957) 128pp, 28 bw plates, illustrations, tables. 25x19, boards with red cloth spine. Very good. Handbook on the use of copper.

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Book number: 34277

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COPPER DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION

Sheet Copper-Work for Building: A Practical Handbook (CDA Publication no. 5)

London, CDA (1934) 1947 (12th impression) 71pp, 58 figures 25x19, boards, cloth spine Very good, though endpapers rather browned, couple of minor marks on the boards. One of the extensive series of handbooks and guides published by the CDA.

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Book number: 36476

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COPPERTHWAITE, William Charles

Vauxhall Bridge (across the Thames, Westminster), 1906. An original article from the Institution of Civil Engineers 1907.

London, ICE 1907 Pages 268-291 inclusive, 2 large folding plates with figures from the paper (not the three called for). 23x15, off print in plain board binding, label on front. Very good, but missing the first of the three fold-out plates called for. A detailed description of the various travails that the bridge building process went through. The original design for a concrete structure was abandoned after the Act allowing its construction put such tight restrictions on the size of temporary works in the river that using concrete was considered impossible - as it turned out the nature of the river bed might not have been able to take the weight of a concrete bridge anyway. Construction was beset with problems in securing the coffer dams for the pier construction work, and the project over ran by several years. Critics also lined up to mock the lack of decoration on the bridge, which resulted in the addition of attractive statues to the piers.

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Book number: 37006

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CORPORATION OF BIRMINGHAM

Building Bye-Laws in force in the City of Birmingham, arranged and collated for the use of architects, builders, and others interested in building bye-laws.

Birmingham nd. c1910 xii, 96pp 19x13, cloth with glt lettering and crest. Ex-lib, couple of stickers and small stamps,very good thus. Guidelines for buildings, street layouts, services etc as they applied in Birmingham (there was a special exemption for Lord Calthorpe's Edgebaston Estate from having to provide pavements, for reasons which aren't clear).

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Book number: 35244

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COWAN Peter, FINE Daniel, IRELAND John et al

The Office: a facet of urban growth

London, Heinemann, 1969. Frontis of Centrepoint, viii, 280pp inc tables, maps plus 6 plates. Cloth, 22x20. Ex ministry library, very good thus in ragged dust wrapper. Study of office growth in London including a statistical survey plus case studies examining the office problems of particular firms.

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Book number: 32860

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COWPER A. D.

Sands for Plasters Mortars and Renderings.

London, HMSO (National Building Studies no 7) 1950 20pp, incl. 4 figs, brief bibliography. Pamphlet, pictorial card cover. 24x15. Very good copy. Useful pamphlet.

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