The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated; with an Historical Sketch of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement; Its Applications to Navigation and Railways; with Plain Maxims for Railway Speculators [Carey & Hart, 1848]

Dionysius Lardner; James Renwick (additions, notes)

Published by Carey & Hart, Philadelphia, 1848

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Cloth, no dj. Octavo. [2 ads], 324 pp., [4 ads], illus. Plates 1-3 present; plate 4 missing; plate 5 present but detached from binding; plates 6-13 present. Heavy wear to boards, with scuffs and soil to front and rear, fraying to spine ends, bumping to corners, and partial loss to title plate on spine (title all but effaced). Age-toning and foxing to paste downs and pages. Otherwise sound. Sold as is. Fourth American edition, from the fifth London edition.

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Title
The Steam Engine Familiarly Explained and Illustrated; with an Historical Sketch of Its Invention and Progressive Improvement; Its Applications to Navigation and Railways; with Plain Maxims for Railway Speculators [Carey & Hart, 1848]
Author
Dionysius Lardner; James Renwick (additions, notes)
Publisher
Carey & Hart, Philadelphia
Publication year
1848
Condition
Good
Binding
Hardcover
Item weight
1.29 pounds
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