Fairbairn, William

The Life of Sir William Fairbairn, Bart.

Sir William Fairbairn; William Pole · 1877 · Rooke Books

£55.00 (€65.85 | $72.75 | ¥11,631)

London, Longmans, Green, and Co. 1877. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this biography of Sir William Fairbairn, partially written by himself, and completed and edited by William Pole. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth bindi...

Lancashire and Cheshire Past and Present

Thomas Baines; William Fairbairn · 1867 · Rooke Books

£235.00 (€281.34 | $310.85 | ¥49,694)

London, William Mackenzie, c1867. First edition. Cloth. A smart and bright four volume set of this noted local history by Thomas Baines. The first edition, in the original four divisions. A history and a description of the palatine counties of Lancaster and Chester, forming th...

Treatise on Mills and Millwork. Part II. On Machinery of Transmission and the Construction and Arrangement of Mills

William Fairbairn · 1863 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.37 | $297.62 | ¥47,580)

London, Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, & Green, 1863. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce treatise on mills by pioneering engineer William Fairbairn, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.An engineering treatise on machinery ...

SOME GAME BIRDS OF WEST AFRICA

FAIRBAIRN,WILLIAM ALEXANDER · 1952 · Moby Dick

€10.00 ($11.05 | £8.35 | ¥1,766)

London 1952, 92 pp.,plates (code V-54)

An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges with A Complete History of their Progress, from the conception of the original idea, to the conclusion of the elaborate experiments which determined the exact form and mode of construction ultimately adopted.

FAIRBAIRN William · 1849 · Inch's Books

£125.00 (€149.65 | $165.34 | ¥26,433)

London, John Weale and Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1849. Fold-out frontis transverse section of Conway Bridge, xii, 291pp inc figs plus 19 fold-out plates. Plate number 9 is not present (as published) and not called for in text. 24x17, cloth, quarter bound in leather,...

Iron It's History, Properties and Processes of Manufacture

William Fairbairn · 1861 · Salsus Books

£35.00 (€41.90 | $46.30 | ¥7,401)

Book Good 1st Edition Adam & Charles Black Edinburgh 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall xi 235pp hardback, library cloth gilt, well illustrated.ex-university library with usual stamps and labels, a good clean copy

An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges (RARE SIGNED COPY)

Fairbairn,William · 1849 · Richard Thornton Books

£700.00 (€838.04 | $925.93 | ¥148,026)

John Weale and Longman,Brown,Green and Longmans This is a Very Good Copy of this book in quarter black calf (leather) over patterned silk style boards with gilt title lettering along backstrip.The book has been inscribed by the Author and reads if I decipher correctly '' To Hi...