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B&W Steam 1892

B&W Steam 1892

B&W Steam 1892

(OP)
Just found a copy of B&W's Steam published in 1892. Any suggestions on value.

Best regards,

athomas236

RE: B&W Steam 1892

Depends on how many "Steam" publications were issued in 1892 and how many are still around and the condition of the publication. I would keeo it, why sell it?????  

RE: B&W Steam 1892

Look on eBay to get an idea what it'll go for. That's where I got most of my old books, but I've never paid all that much - most of them I got for $15 or $20, a few for a couple of bucks or less. You just have to watch for a while.

Like metengr says - I'd keep it.  

RE: B&W Steam 1892

Must be an interesting read juxtaposed against the latest editions of Steam.

rmw

RE: B&W Steam 1892

RE: B&W Steam 1892

I have one too !!!

Christies will be offering mine for $5800 !!!!

-MJC

   

RE: B&W Steam 1892

WOw, let the bidding begin. $1.00

RE: B&W Steam 1892

That is a really cool find.  I think that's a keeper though.

How do you "find" a book like that?  That's awesome.

RE: B&W Steam 1892

(OP)
macmet,

To be truthful, I didn't really find it, it was given to be in the late 1980s by a boiler engineer that was even older than me.

As I am approaching retirement (only 13c days to go) I was sorting through the files in my garage and found it in an archive box. Surprisingly, I have hand written boiler performance calculations from the 1960s when we were building 500MW coal fired boilers in the UK.

The inside cover has three signatures of previous owners, one dated 1892, one 1957 and the other some time in the 1970s.

At the moment the price for the book could be between $1 and $5800.

Best Regards,

athomas236

RE: B&W Steam 1892

athomas236;
All kidding aside, I would keep the book. I have several 'old' ASME code book sections and other publications  that I intend to keep.
By the way, congratulations on a personal achievement - retirement. Best of Luck to you.
 

RE: B&W Steam 1892

athomas

You might also consider adding your name and a date to the front cover and passing it on to someone who you think would appreciate it -- carrying on the tradition, if you will.  

Patricia Lougheed

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RE: B&W Steam 1892

Athomas236,

I agree with Patricia.  I have a lot of stuff, some physical and other as written material, books, etc, none of it as cool as a 1892 version of Steam - even if the one I got in my senior year in university is about half as old - that will be trashed by my heirs if I don't pass it on to someone who will recognize the value of it and treasure it.  I am a just few more days away from the magic retirement age than you, but not triple digits and I have been giving that a lot of thought lately.  I just can't stand the thought of what I consider to be really cool technical stuff going in a garage sale for a penny and if I don't find a home for it, that is about what it will amount to if it is not outright trashed.

rmw

 

RE: B&W Steam 1892

(OP)
Thanks guys,

What I decided to do was pass the book over to a younger boiler engineer (ex-UK Babcock) who was taken with the idea of being given a piece of history.

Best regards,

athomas236

RE: B&W Steam 1892

Darn.  Was going to go fer a couple of dozen dollars!  8<)

RE: B&W Steam 1892

(OP)
Sorry guys but i just bid £340 for tea with dame vera lyn who was a big star for the british soldiers during WW2

looking forward to that

Best regards

athomas236

RE: B&W Steam 1892

Please also consider donating it to an engineering library.  The Linda Hall Library (http://www.lindahall.org/) in Kansas City, Missouri, might be interested.

Regards,

PT

RE: B&W Steam 1892

peaktop,

Thanks for mentioning the Linda Hall Library.  I was not aware of the existence of this obviously significant institution.

Valuable advice from a professor many years ago:  First, design for graceful failure.  Everything we build will eventually fail, so we must strive to avoid injuries or secondary damage when that failure occurs.  Only then can practicality and economics be properly considered.

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