practical measuring made easy von hoppus (77 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: New. In.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. xli 226p tall full calf, folding plate, very good but no spine Language: English.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Faded cover and spine , browning pages, scuffed cover and spine edges, inscription to front end boards, pencil calculations to margins on several pages Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good+. 196pp Folding plate. Blind stamped boards rubbed and stained. (circa 1890) Size: 7.5" x 3".

Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. A New Stereotype Edition. "To the meanest capacity by a New Set of Tables". 212 pages all original set of Reference Tables (stone and wood). Unusual format 8 x 19 cms. Bound in full contemporary calf. (see Image 5). Fold out logging table frontispiece (see 1st image). Two raised bands.

Zustand: Good. 'New Edition'. 226 pages. No dust jacket. Rebound using the original leather over new brown cloth boards and end papers. Majority of spine panel is missing. Fold out frontispiece. Pages are moderately tanned and occasionally foxed throughout. Frontispiece is chilled on the long edge. Previous owner's inscriptions to prelims. Staining to text block edges. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Mild crushing to spine ends. Gilt lettering has become dull. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Board corners are bumped, with some heavy loss to leather.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Reprint. thin 8vo,original black leather hardcover,folding frontispiece,212 pages,a couple of chips to spine otherwise very good.Shelf B67.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket Issued. 5th or later Edition. no date circa 1885, original decorated blindstamped leather hardcover, 240 pages, pencil notes of ex owner (Coachbuilders) covers rubbed otherwise good. We are a real bookshop with real books situated in and shipping from the United Kingdom. Shelf N34.

Gebunden. Zustand: New.

Zustand: New. In.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. New Edition. Hardback, gilt title to front board. 20.5cm x 9.5cm. lx, 226pp. Folding frontis. nd. [circa1840]. New edition. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn, with small losses to spine ends. Previous owner's name to front free end-paper. A rather pleasing copy. (al3).

Hardback. Zustand: Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No DW. Reasonably clean tight text with frontispiece (a bit damp marked). Bound in old full leather with modern title label. Just a good working copy.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. Hardback, contemporary calf, black morocco label to spine. 21cm x 8.5cm. lxix, 270pp. Contains half-title, with attestations on verso, title page, folding frontispiece and preface. A new edition revised by T. Crosby. Binding is slightly rubbed and worn, with cracking to outer joints, small loss to head of spine. Repaired tear to front free end-paper. A decent copy. (r34).

Cloth. Zustand: Good. A New Edition. Undated , believed to be c1840 pp lx + 226 + [1] Signature dated 1847 (neat hand) on title page and inside front cover. Endpapers/inside covers and a couple of other pages with many pencil figures, textblock otherwise crisp , binding firm , cover sound with some wear. See pics Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Zustand: Good. 1833. New Edition. 216 pages. Fully bound in brown leather with gilt. Pages are moderately tanned and foxed throughout, heavier at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Appears tightly rebound at gutters. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Peeling and loss to leather elements. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. lxxvi, 204p + folded plate. Original calf, worn, with back board detached and front board holding on one cord. Name and sums to front endpaper.

A New Edition greatly improved and stereotyped. Hardback. Tall 8vo (22cm x 9.5cm). Lxpp + 226pp + 1pp adverts to rear. B/w engraved folding frontispiece. Brown cloth boards with intricate machine tool decoration to boards and spine, gilt titles to spine. Bumps/rubs to extrems, contemporary ownership to front free endpaper, contemporary calculations to rear pastedown. Otherwise clean, bright and tight. A VG copy.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. # AS PICTURED # HOPPUS'S MEASURER, Greatly Enlarged and Improved, with Extended TABLES OF SCANTLINGS, Not in Any Other Edition Extant, 1840. (Price 3s. bound). 18cms x 9cms. 215pp, of which final 5pp ads for Nesbit's Standard Works. Sewn binding still holding well, with boards loosening. Front pastedown has pencil : 'Jim Lee - Armitage Mills - Berry Brow - Nr Huddersfield'. Pencil calculations to rear eps. Clearly a working copy; very rubbed calf binding with traces of five gilt-stamped dividing rules to spine. Internally, evidence of handling throughout, although free from any other damage, and with only minor foxing stains. A characterful survivor. FREE P&P IN U.K. Non-UK buyers quoted Shipping cost before purchasing. (25% proceeds to the Motor Neurone Disease Association).

Full-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. A New Edition. In contemporary full refurbished calf. Spine has been relaid, gilt tooling, no title. Internally, half title, [5], (xiv-lxxvi), [1], 2-186 tables, [2], 189-207 pp, 1 pl (lacking most of), printed by T Wilson and R Spence Nigh-Ousegate, York, lacking all between [5] & (xiv), prelims a little grubby with some light browning, sm repaired tear to half title, after the long table it goes into prices and weight of nails, hammers and other tools, screws, bolts, latches, hinges, locks, ironwork etc! Fascinating, red wax marks to ep.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Full calf, rebound, duodecimo (8 1/2 " x 3 1/2" approximately 22cm. x 9 cm.) five raised bands and titles stamped in gilt on red leather label on spine, new end papers, fold out frontis piece on measurement of logs, clean and bright, overall condition very good, xl plus 226 pages and 2 pages of publisher's other works. [QP].

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. All books outside UK sent airmail and over £30 tracked and inside UK signed for. PayPal accepted. Measuring Made Easy by a new set of tables which shew at sight the solid content of any piece of timber or stone etc. First Edition. Illustrated with a folding engraved frontispiece. Original brown blind decorated cloth, gilt titling. Thin 8vo size, 205 numbered pages, a little wear to joints and covers a little worn, end papers a little browned as well as paste down.

Tall 12mo. 208pp + fold-out frontispiece. Original morocco, decorated in blind and gilt. A very good copy. An early and attractive issue of the standard work which was still in use well into the 20th century.

Hardback. Zustand: V.g. By A New Set Of Tables Which Shew At Sight The Solid Content Of Any Piece Of Timber, Stone Etc.xl, 205pp. Narrow 8mo. Pub. full red calf, gilt. Frontis. incomplete otherwise a fine copy with a fine binding, marbled edges.

Hardback. Zustand: V.g. a new Stereotype Edition. .By A New Set Of Tables Which Shew At Sight The Solid Content Of Any Piece Of Timber, Stone Etc Either Square, Round Or Unequal-sided, And The Value Of Any Pric.18x7cms. 212pp. Narrow octavo example. Folding engraved frontispiece [complete]. Original full calf with gilt bands to the spine. Spine calf split but intact. A workman's book but still clean and tight text with a worn binding.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. New Edition. Hardback, full-calf, new recent spine. 21.5cm x 9.5cm. lx, 226pp. Folding frontis. New edition 1837. Spine and top edges of boards slightly faded. Some occasional marginal annotations in pencil. A rather pleasing copy. (r29).

xl, 205pp, many tables on tabbed pages, fold-out plate at front. 18x8, decorative green calf binding, Edges worn and rubbed, some surface loss on spine, binding cracking and some ancient tape repairs to the tabs, owner's name in ink on ffep. Hoppus was an early English surveyor who developed many techniques and skills for more accurate estimating of quantities required. His proposed unit "the Hoppus Cubic Foot" for estimating how much raw timber would be required for a specific volume of finished timber after processing and wastage, and was used in forestry until metrication (it was roughly 21% larger than a 'normal' cubic foot.There appear to be two John Smith versions, one from 1848 and one from 1861, each with identical pagination(WorldCat). There is no indication that this is a second impression or edition, so it assumed that it is the earlier version.

Full-Leather. Zustand: Fair. 15TH. A fair early copy of this famous measuring guide for builders by Hoppus, Surveyor to the Corporation of the London Assurance. His first practical measuring guide was published in 1736 and it continued through various editions after his death in 1739. This copy is in contemporary full leather binding - measuring 8 x 21 cms (height). The binding is complete but the boards are adrift. There is some wear to the boards but a straight-forward leather case repair would produce a very good copy. Contents: folding plate; title page; preface; table of contents; explanations and usage (i-lii); half title; tables 214pp; advert for Hawney's complete measurer. Contents generally very clean - fep is creased; small ownership signature to verso of table; brown toning to margins.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Thirteenth edition stated. Includes the folding plate. Half title shows "Mr Hoppus's Measurer Greatly Enlarged and Improved". Subtitled "By a New Set of Tables Which shew at sight The Solid or Superficial Content (and consequently the Value) of any Piece or Quantity of squared or round Timber, be it Standing or Felled, also of Stone, Board, Glass Etc. made Use of in the Erecting or Repairing of any Building Etc". 18th Century owner's name and date inside the front cover. Moderate wear to the contemporary full leather binding and very slight foxing to the contents. Still clean, unmarked and tightly bound.

, lx, 226, [2] pages in each, fold out frontispieces Eighteenth edition; New edition , edges and spines rubbed, joints worn but boards held, chips to spine, pencil annotations to endpapers of the earlier volume and occasional foxing, good condition , marbled calf and black morocco, later edition has gilt titles to front board , 22 cm x 9 cm Hardback ISBN:

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A practical mathematical guide to measuring by Edward Hoppus, creator of the Hoppus unit of measure. In the publisher's original blind-stamped cloth binding. Ink inscription to the front paste down. Stamps to the end papers, page 35, page 161 and the rear paste down. Lacking folding plate. Edward Hoppus was an English surveyor who introduced the Hoppus unit of measure. The hoppus measures the solid content and value of any piece of timber, stone, or other building material which is square or round. In this book, Hoppus uses tables to show the reader how to measure using this method, with a preface explaining the concept. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with bumping to the extremities and light wear to the joints. Cloth is lifting slightly to the head of the spine. Hinges are a little tender but still reasonably firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are clean but age toned. Very Good. book.