A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plane, etc.) and Rail-roads

Gillespie, W.M.

Published by A.S. Barnes & Co./Wiley & Putnam; Collins Keese & Co. / Perkins & Marvin / Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. / Cushing & Sons, New York, 1848

About this Item

After stating that the roads of the United States are inferior to those of any other civilized country, Gillespie offers a comprehensive guide to everything the road builder knew in 1848. Brown cloth w/gilt lettering to spine, 340 pages + four pages of tables, illustrated. Edgewear, scraping/fraying/wear to corners/spine edges, spine partially detached, previous owner's signature to front end paper, considerable foxing throughout, some dampstaining. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.

Seller Inventory # 015061

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plane, etc.) and Rail-roads
• Publisher: A.S. Barnes & Co./Wiley & Putnam; Collins Keese & Co. / Perkins & Marvin / Thomas Cowperthwait & Co. / Cushing & Sons, New York
• Publication Date: 1848
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd edition, with additions.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-fiction