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Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway

Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway

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Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway

by BURY T.T. [Thomas Talbot] 1811-1877

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London: 96, Strand: Ackermann and Co., 1833. Hardcover. Near Fine. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. HUGHES SG. PYALL H. SHAW I.. Complete with Sixteen Hand Coloured Aquatint Plates, including the Three Very Scarce Folding Plates. Revised edition (first published in 1831 with six plates). large quarto, [2], 8 pp, thirteen hand coloured aquatint plates by S.G. Hughes and H. Pyall after T.T. Bury, this copy with three additional large folding hand coloured aquatint plates by SG Hughes [the last two after I Shaw]: View of the Intersection Bridge on the Line of the St Helens & Runcorn Gap Railway, A Train of the First Class of Carriages with the Mail [and] Train of the Second Class for Outside Passengers, and A Train of Waggons with Goods. &c. &c. [and] A Train of Carriages with Cattle. The extra plates watermarked 1831. Text watermarked 1832. Modern antique style quarter calf over marbled boards (sm paper tear) with the original red morocco gilt lettering label on front cover, vellum tips, tiny worm track in outer margin of title, two plates with small stains at lower margin, neatly repaired tear to one plate, just affecting image. Overall, an excellent copy of this very early printing, with the three additional plates, which are usually not included. (332*266 mm), (Abbey Life 400. Tooley 121. Ray, The illustrator and the Book in England 45)

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Bookseller
Madoc Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway
Author
BURY T.T. [Thomas Talbot] 1811-1877
Illustrator
HUGHES SG. PYALL H. SHAW I.
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Ackermann and Co.
Place of Publication
London: 96, Strand
Date Published
1833
Size
Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
Weight
2.20 lbs
Keywords
Trains coaches views coloured transportation
Bookseller catalogs
Roads Bridges Railways and Trains; Transportation;

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Quarto
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