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Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 4th Edition. Two volumes. Complete set. Bound in the original, sturdy publisher's navy blue cloth with crisp titles on the spines. Large, heavy octavo/quarto format. Heavily illustrated throughout with numerous text figures, full-page diagrams, and a large number of impressive, large folding engineering plates detailing waterworks, reservoirs, and distribution systems. Very Good. Ex-Local Library copy, but exceptionally well-preserved. The navy cloth is clean, strong, and shows only minor shelf rub to the edges and spine ends. Hinges and text blocks are firm and square. Internal library markings are minimal and unobtrusive: features exactly one clean, colourless blind stamp to the title pages, and small, neat library stamps strictly confined to the margins of the interior plates. The folding plates remain crisply folded, structurally sound, and completely intact without major tears. Pages are clean, bright, and free from personal ink annotations, except for an ink Ref No to ffep. Volume 1: Collection and Purification Works.Volume 2: Works for Distribution.An absolute cornerstone of 19th and early 20th-century civil engineering literature. Written by legendary engineer W.K. Burton—famed for designing the waterworks systems of Tokyo and Formosa—this comprehensive text remains a vital historical record of municipal water engineering, reservoir design, and urban sanitation infrastructure.…