The Life of George Stephenson - Railway Engineer

Smiles, Samuel

Published by John Murray, London, 1858

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230 x 160mm. pp. 557 + ads. English text. 1858 edition of 'The Life of George Stephenson - Railway Engineer' by Samuel Smiles. Hald leather binding with marbled boards and image of train from original cloth binding laid onto front cover. More of a reading copy of this interesting volume, with quite heavy foxing and toning, and creasing to some pages. Moderate rubbing / marking to leather. Binding strong. New endpages and paste-downs. Bookplate of William Emerson Chapman to front paste-down. No underlining. See images. 1.2kg. Extra postage overseas.

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The Life of George Stephenson - Railway Engineer

Publisher

John Murray, London

Publication Date

1858

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Half-Leather

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Fifth Edition - Revised, with Additions.

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Fair / Worn

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