text stephen cassady (6 resultados)

HC. B&W illustrations Ilustrador. 132pp ISBN 0916290069 A look at building the impossible. good w/good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. 132pp. Edge wear top & bottom, price clipped. no tears to DJ. Book & Text as new Clean with tight binding, no marks or tears. Illustrated, Building the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco Californiia.

Spanning the Gate: The Golden Gate Bridge, text by Stephen Cassady, is a richly illustrated photographic history of one of America's most iconic engineering achievements. Published by Squarebooks (Santa Rosa, California) in 1986 as a revised edition, this softcover volume - with publisher's French flaps - offers a more durable and attractive format than a standard paperback. This volume presents a compelling visual narrative of the bridge's conception, construction, and opening, supported by nearly 125 archival photographs. Drawing on materials from the Golden Gate Bridge District and other historical collections, the book captures both the technical ambition and human drama behind the project, from early skepticism and financial hurdles to the triumphant completion in 1937. This copy is an 8th printing of the revised edition, printed in Korea. The interior is bright, clean, and unmarked throughout, with no foxing observed. A notable feature is a gift inscription on the half-title page dated Christmas 2002, written in blue and red ink, adding a personal, gift-quality provenance element. The binding remains sound, and the pages are crisp with strong photographic reproduction. The softcover shows moderate surface wear, including scuffing and light scratching to the covers, consistent with handling but without major creasing or structural damage. Overall, the book grades Very Good, with a clean interior and solid binding offset by visible but typical exterior wear for this format. Stephen Cassady, a California native and educator, developed Spanning the Gate from extensive research and interviews with workers who helped build the Golden Gate Bridge. His work combines historical narrative with documentary photography, making this volume a lasting and accessible account of one of the twentieth century's most celebrated engineering feats.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition, First Thus. Text/BRAND NEW. Burnt orange boards/NF w/light push to lower front corner. DJ/VG w/nips, rubs, & small closed tears to edges. Photographic documentary of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, a singular engineering feat conceived during the First World War and completed in 1937. requiring the largest underwater foundation piers ever built, the tallest towers, and the longest, thickest cables, it is a much admired, much loved, reigning symbol of America. Fine copy.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Pictorial card covers. French flaps. 255 x 255 mm. 134 pp. Well illustrated with b&w and a section of hand-tinted colour photographs showing the construction of California's Golden Gate bridge. Revised edition, reprinted. Spine not creased. Book.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Square 4to. 129[3]p. Profusely (!) illustrated with black and white captioned photos. Orange paper over boards with silver letters and decorations on the front cover and the spine. Corners slightly rubbed, covers clean and bright, silver bright, internally fine with all photos in fine condition, else near fine to fine with no internal markings. Dust jacket slightly shelfworn with a faded band across the lower portion of the rear panel. Just a comprehensive treatment of the building of the Golden Gate Bridge, one of the engineering marvels of the world for which Joseph Strauss was the Chief Engineer. "The Golden Gate Bridge required the largest underwater foundation piers ever built, the tallest towers and the longest, thickest cables. What's more, the foundation had to be sunk ins the violent, pounding waters of the open sea. .Stephen Cassady's powerful narrative is studded with stories told by the bridge workers themselves, the unflappable adventurers who gloried in the intensity and unpredictability of each moment. Nearly 125 photographs of bridge construction, many never published before, bring the Golden Gate project stunningly to life." [from the dust jacket] An authoritative account and a "must have" for any fan of bridges, especially suspension bridges.