Description of the Patent Locomotive Engine
by Stephenson Robert ( Inscribed to George Biddell Airy )
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Weale, 1838. Inscribed on free endpaper '' To the Astronomer Royal G. B. Airy Esq, etctera John Weale, and by him to G ? Beddell ''. Collation, 67[1]pp, 4 folding plates, 16pp catalogue of recent publications. Binding professionally rebacked, original boards worn on edges, corner on both boards heavily bumped/worn. Generally binding in good clean firm condition. Internally, inscribed on free endpaper, some light spotting, a few minor blind stamps, ( hardly noticable ). Pages and plates in good clean condition. A nice copy.. First Edition. Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009388
- Title
- Description of the Patent Locomotive Engine
- Author
- Stephenson Robert ( Inscribed to George Biddell Airy )
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Weale
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Sir George Biddell Airy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Science; Signed/Inscribed By Author;
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
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- Inscribed
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