holton wilfred (10 risultati)

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

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Softcover. Condizione: Good. First Edition. 1st edition. Heavy, extra postage may be required if posted outside South Africa. Minor edge wear and marks on wraps as well as on page edges. It is in good condition, tightly bound and intact. MK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Hardcover. Condizione: Good. No Jacket. This is,'The Treasure Book of Comics' collected by Contributions by Arthur Catherall, I.O Evans, Robert Harding, Walter Holton, Captain W.E Johns, Wilfred Robertson, Charles Rushton etc and published by Odhams Press Ltd with no publication date - although the style would suggest 1940's. This is a hardcover book with no dust jacket. It has titling and to spine. The reddish hardcover shows bumping to corners and edges including spine where the spine. There is scuffing and general handling wear. The spine is just beginning to pull away but the the book is firmly intact. The interior displays yellowing and age spotting to pages. Pages 125, Diameter 25.5cm x 18.5cm x 2.5cm.

Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Condizione: New. Satisfaction Guaranteed or your money back.

Newman, William A. / Holton, Wilfred E. Boston's Back Bay: the story of America's greatest nineteenth-century landfill project. Northeastern University Press / University Press of New England, 2006, xiv, 228pp., very good dust-jacket, very good hardcover. SIGNED by both authors with full names, most briefly INSCRIBED to a recipient with first name only. "This book focuses on the filling of the Back Bay's largest section, the Receiving Basin. By the 1850s, pollution of the former tidal marsh and severe overcrowding in Boston inspired plans to fill the Back Bay. Work on the landfill began in earnest in 1858 and was completed around 1890 - and remains the largest residential and commercial landfill project ever carried out in the United States.", "Opening with a look at the geological history of the Black Bay and its life as a tidal marsh, this narrative examines the roles of planners, politicians, engineers, and contractors who made it possible to dump millions of tons of sand and gravel into the marsh. Innovative new technologies were needed to excavate, move, and grade the heavy loads, and to construct substantial buildings on very soft ground., Newman and Holton tap into a wide variety of primary sources including rare maps and plans, photography collections, corporate and railroad archives, political documents, deeds, mortgages, and bankruptcy records, all of which underscore the significance of the Back Bay landfill as a central component of Boston's development from a small town to a major metropolis in the nineteenth century." - CONTENTS: Prehistory of the Back Bay -- Why fill the Back Bay? -- Planning and financing the Back Bay Landfill -- Locomotives and steam shovels -- Gravel trains and bold entrepreneurs -- A shocking development fails to derail the project -- Environmental problems and zoning. 9781555536510 ISBN 1555536514.

Hardcover. Condizione: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!