The Art Of Roadmaking : Treating Of The Various Problems And Operations in The Construction And Maintenance of Roads, Streets, and Pavements
New York: McGraw-Hill, 1910.
First Edition; Second Printing. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. Item #12371
Cocked, light tone and foxing, corner bump, Surveying Department ownership written on front free endpaper, wear. Still serviceable and solid hardcover. ; "This book is intended to give an outline of the history of road building; of the problems that confront the engineer in the location, construction and maintenance of roads; of the properties of the various road-making materials, and of the many other features of the subject, and an effort has been made to present this information in a style suitable for the intelligent reader with or without previous technical experience." - Preface. Classic work to educate both the professional and the general public to the modern needs of road construction as the motor vehicle altered the landscape. ; xvii, 544 pages.
Price: $69.95