Practical Tunelling; explaining in detail the setting out of the works; shaft sinking and heading driving; ranging the lines and levelling under ground; sub excavating, timbering, and the construction of brickwork of tunnels etc.

19.5 cm x 25 cm 189 pp, engraved frontis + text engravings and tables also 16 plates at end 15 of which are folding, the first 4 plates have worm ? damage to inner upper blank margin with loss, plate 3 also some chipping to blank fold. Large prize bookplate to the front paste down, to a Charles Blair 1862.The contents clean and tight. Bound in a contemporary full tan calf gilt crest to centre of boards spine with gilt decorated tooling. Some fading to the binding small scuff mark to upper board. The binding tight with no splits or chips or stains. The second edition revised with additional plates by W.Davis.Haskoll.