First Edition. Octavo. Dark brown fabric with embossed bands to covers. Gilt lettering to spine. Ex-library. Black and white charts and illustrations. Author was a professor of Civil Engineering at Union College. A guide for roadmaking and construction �common, macadam, paved, plank, etc.� Good. Minor rubbing to corners. Rub to spine head, tail, and body. Soiling to covers. Sunning to spine and edges. Binding tight. Textblock clean.

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Title: A Manual of the Principles And Practice of Road-Making : Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads, and Rail-Roads
Publisher: A.S. Barnes & Co, New York
Publication Date: 1847
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition.

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