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1952 AISC Steel Construction Manual 5th Ed 13th Ptg Blue Hardcover Textbook

This is a vintage 1952 edition of the AISC Steel Construction Manual, Fifth Edition, Thirteenth Printing. It serves as a comprehensive guide for architects, engineers, and fabricators involved in steel structures. The manual includes the ‘Code of Standard Practice for Steel Buildings and Bridges’ as revised June 26, 1952. This is a crucial reference for historical steel construction practices and engineering standards. The book features a durable blue hardcover and some internal tabbed pages, indicating its use as a practical reference tool. While showing signs of age appropriate for a book from 1952, it remains a valuable resource.

Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive …

TITLE: Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology AUTHOR: Matt Roberts, Don Etherington DRAWINGS BY: Margaret R. Brown DESCRIPTION: Library of Congress, Washington, 1982. CUSTOM CLAM SHELL BOX. LIKE NEW CONDITION. Author presentation copy. Bound in maroon cloth. Gilt lettering on the front cover and spine. Inscribed by author on the 3rd end paper “To Sally, A close friend and colleague, Don”. Signed by the author on the title page. Clean and tight. No other names, writings or markings. Book has slightly bumped bottom right corner. Book sits in custom grey cloth bound clam shell box Box is in Like New condition. Has previous owners name in gilt on the front bottom corner. Very minor shelf wear and fading. 13 colour plates between pages 134 and 135. Illustrative black and white drawings by Margaret R. Brown throughout. No dust jacket issued. See photographs. Includes: Forward by Frederick R. Goff; Preface; A Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology; Plates; Sources and Bibliography. A NATIONAL PRESERVATION PROGRAM PUBLICATION