MAY Robert

The BCN (Birmingham Canal Navigations)

Birmingham 1973 38pp, bw photographs, map. 21x30, illustrated wraps. Very good. Fascinating and very well illustrated study of the BCN, with photographs at the end of the working era, and the beginning of the conservation era. Excellent source.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 35035

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

McADAM John Loudon

Remarks on the Present System of Road Making with Observations Deduced from Practice and Experience, with a View to a Revision of the Existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Road Funds from Misapplication

London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green 1827 (9th ed) vii, 236pp 24x15, boards, quarter bound with blue cloth spine, no text. Some foxing throughout, page edges rather roughly cut, some rubbing and edge wear to boards, title label previously glued to spine is missing, new endpapers. McAdam's revolutionary road construction technique, as outlined here, was originally published in evidence to a Parliamentary Enquiry in 1810. The first printing of this work was as a pamphlet in 1816 (and is extremely rare), and by 1827 had run to nine editions and had expanded considerably.Loosely inserted is a cutting from the Swindon Advertiser of 1956, marking the 200th anniversary of McAdam's birth and advocating the ripping up of Britain's railways to be replaced by new wider roads. That the local newspaper in the town more or less built by the Great Western Railway has taking such a line was a very clear sign of the times - Brunel was probably turning in his grave!

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36913

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

McWILLIAM Robert

An Essay on the Origin and Operation of the Dry Rot with a view to it's [sic] prevention or cure. To which are annexed, suggestions on the cultivation of forest trees, and an abstract of the several forest laws from the reign of Canute to the present time.

London, J Taylor 1818 xx, 420pp, 3 plates 28x22, half bound over marbled boards, five bands with glt text on spine. Front board worn with marbling missing from a substantial part, edges rubbed and worn, pages cockled throughout, but otherwise reasonably clean. McWilliam's work explores possible treatments for dry rot, and also makes an extensive plea for the planting and cultivation of more and better supplies of timber in the light of disappearing forests as the industrial revolution took off.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36982

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

The Appearance of Bridges

London, HMSO, 1964. 42pp inc illustrations. Card covers, 24x19. Very good copy. Recommendations mainly derived from the Royal Fine Arts Commission. Nice item with many interesting photos.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 33143

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING traffic Bridges.

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Flatlets for Old People AND More Flatlets for Old People

London, 1958 & 1960. Both volumes 20pp with many photos, plans etc. Card covers, 25x18. Ex ministry library copies, very good thus.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 32908

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER and MINISTRY OF WORKS

Memorandum on District Housing As Applied to Small Housing Estates

London, HMSO 1946 15pp, two loosely inserted illustrations in stapled rear pockets. 21x17, stapled pamphlet. Creased, rear pocket loose from one staple and torn. A short note, from a subgroup from the main Egerton Committee, showing how district heating systems could be installed in small housing estates.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36531

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

New Secondary Schools (Building Bulletin 2)

London, HMSO, 1950 92pp, many plans, diagrams etc. 21x16, illustrated wraps. A little rubbed, good thus. The second of the long running series of Building Bulletins issued by the Ministry and its successors. Basic guidelines to space planning, layout and requirements for new schools.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36411

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Primary School Plans. Building Bulletin 6

London, HMSO, 1951. 77pp, pages 37-77 being a separate booklet of 20 plans. Wraps, 21x16. File holes punched, spine split top and bottom, covers detaching, staples rusting, good condition for fairly fragile item. Interesting comparison and criticism of 20 recent school plans including siting and layout. Good source.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36412

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Pulverised Fuel Ash: Technical Planning Memorandum.

London 1958 16pp. 24x19, pamphlet with card wraps, tape protection on spine. Covers slightly sunned, rubbed on rear cover, contents good. Guide for uses for fuel ash from power stations: concrete, land reclamation, filling in old quarries etc.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 34273

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

Report of the Committee on School Sites and Buildings Procedure.

London, HMSO, 1946 10pp. Pamphlet 24x15. Ex min lib, good copy.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 33855

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Report of the Inquiry into the Collapse of Flats at Ronan Point, Canning Town.

London, HMSO, 1968. iv, 71pp, 9 b/w plates & incl 6 text ills. 25x16, boards. Ex lib, couple of stamps and labels, a few pencil margin marks. Detailed official report on this historic event. The sudden collapse of the tower block in a gas explosion dealt a mortal blow to system building, as serious weaknesses in both design and construction were uncovered. In particular the failure of architects and structural engineers to give consideration to the potential for progressive collapse, and the failure of the agency in charge of building regulations and standards to do the same, was highlighted as a key cause of the disaster.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 37299

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MOLESWORTH Sir Guilford L and MOLESWORTH Robert Bridges

Molesworth's Handbook of Engineering Formulae and Data, 23rd Edition

London, E & FN Spon 1893 16pp advertisements, 784pp, 16 further pages of advertisments, blank lined pages for notes, tables and diagrams throughout 8x13, soft black leather, glt lettering and edges, top-bound with elasticated strap, police notebook style. Edges a bit worn, elastic strap perished, otherwise good. The classic handbook for engineers.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36974

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MOLESWORTH Sir Guilford L and MOLESWORTH Henry Bridges, with a supplement by MOLESWORTH Henry Bridges; HURST John Thomas

Molesworth's Handbook of Engineering Formulae and Data, 28th Edition; (bound with) A Handbook of Formulae, Tables and Memoranda for Architectural Surveyors and Others Engaged in Building, 15th Edition

London, E & FN Spon 1919 x, 942, many figures and diagrams throughout; iv, 512pp, tables and diagrams throughout. 8x13, soft red leather, glt lettering and edges, top-bound, the two books are bound so that the volume can be reversed, with the title of each on the respective 'front' cover. Edges a bit worn, a card marker showing where the two books meet obscures a few entries of the Moleworth index, good thus. Two classic Victorian handbooks, bound as a single volume in the familiar 'pocket book' style used by Molesworth for many years.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 36975

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

MORRELL D H & POTT A

Britain's New Schools.

London, Longman, Green for the British Council, 1960. 32pp incl illustrations, tables etc. Pamphlet 21x13. Very good copy. Mainly on architectural aspects. Story of school building in the 50s.

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 28716

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING

NATIONAL BUILDING AGENCY

The First Ten Years...NBA '64 - '74

London, NBA 1974 12pp, many bw photographs. 30x21, illustrated wraps. Very good. Promotional piece marking the anniversary of the agency's creation. Several projects illustrated, some (very dull) pictures of the board of directors; the highlight is the strikingly good design of the piece itself, including the NBA logo in three colours - good enough for the rather more famous organisation of the same name, perhaps!

Inch's BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 35686

Catalogue: BUILDING

Keywords: BUILDING