Chemical Publishing Company, New York, 1971, Third Edition, First American Edition.  Hard cover, 727 pages including Appendices, Name Index, and Subject Index.  Very good minus; red boards with silver lettering on front and spine; some spine end wear with a bit of wrinkling and creasing on spine, light wear to lower corners.  Binding sound with headbands.  Prior owner’s address label on front paste-down and embossed name seal on half-title page; gift/recognition inscription on FEP; bit of soil at bottom fore-edge page block, small age/soil spots in fore-edge margins of a few pages; remainder of interior clean and unmarked.  Illustrated with black & white photos, line drawings, tables and graphs.  ‘The purpose of the book is to deal with the chemical and physical properties of cements and concretes and their relation to the practical problems that arise in manufacture and use.  As such it is addressed not only to the chemist and those concerned with the science and technology of silicate materials, but also to those interested in the use of concrete in building and civil engineering construction.’ (from Preface)