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The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress, A Narrative of Modern Enterprise by Frederick S. Williams - 1886

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The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress, A Narrative of Modern Enterprise by Frederick S. Williams - 1886

The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress, A Narrative of Modern Enterprise

by Frederick S. Williams

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N otthingham: Printed for the author, 1886. 5th Edition . Good Plus. 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm). Blue cloth binding with gilt lettering, gilt and blind decoration, bevelled board edges. Marking to boards, wear to corners, rubbing to head/foot of spine, small hole to rear edge of spine. Good solid binding, decorated endpapers with no splitting. Tanning to title page and last page of text. Spotting to first few pages, last page of preface has 1 inch tear to outside margin (does not affect text.) Marking to a few pages but text is generally very clean. Illustrated with woodcuts within the text and several maps in black and red. A good solid example. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: xvi, 512
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  • Edition 5th Edition
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  • Publisher Printed for the author
  • Place of Publication N otthingham
  • Date Published 1886
  • Keywords Transportation
  • Size 5.5 x 7.75 inches (14 x 20 cm)

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GB: Strahan, 1876. Not dated but perhaps about 1876. Reddish brown cloth, gilt. Decorated spine and front cover. Seven maps (as called for). Fairly clean tight text in VERY WORN COVERS. Stamp of Transportation Library University of Michigan on title page but no other library marks. This is just a good working copy. SPECIAL POSTAGE RATES MAY APPLY Packed weight 1850g. . 1st Edition. Hardback. Good/No DW.
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Strahan & Co., Paternoster Row, Not dated.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Used - Good. Spine cracking on edges but binding fine. Corners wearing and slightly exposed. Inscription dated 1936 but book clearly older and believed 1870's. Inside cover guttering cracking also though binding remains fine. Loc'n 29
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London: Strahan & Co.. 1876. Original cloth, gilt. 700pp., b/w illustrations to text; maps. Spine and covers bumped and worn, covers stained and scuffed. Large piece cut from ffep. Occasional marks throughout though contents generally clean; some hinges cracked but binding remains sound. Additional postage may be required for overseas orders. . Good-. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1876.
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Strahan & Co., London, 1876. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, hardcover. No dj, brown cloth. Good condition. Old moisture stain at foot of spine, not affecting spine title or contents. Presentation copy, from James Allport, General Manager of the Midland Railway, inscribed by him on the title page, with Allport's bookplate facing. James Allport figures frequently in the text, and is singled out on the author's dedication page. Contents clean, no marking or writing. Binding sturdy and tight, with no cracking at endpaper seams. 700 pp., 7 maps and many illustrations in the text
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Derby: Bemrose & Co.. Good with no dust jacket. 1878. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Clean hardback bound in blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration on the front cover and spine, blind stamped decoration on the rear board and gilt page edges. The cloth is rubbed at the corners and edges and spine ends are chipped and worn, 2 small splits between spine and front board, neat gift inscription on the half title verso. Some foxing to early pages. xvi + 692 pages, many illustrations in text and 7 maps on plates, index .
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Nottingham: Privately Printed, 1886. Original blue cloth, gilt, in tidy used condition, a little chipped on the spine and corners, hinges delicate, title browned, occasionally thereafter, the fifth edition, 512pp. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Strahan & Co, 1876-01-01. Hardcover. Good. in x in x in. Ex-library book, usual markings. Hardback rebound by library. Clean text, sound binding.
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Bemrose & Co, 1877. Book. Good. hardback. 2nd Edition. hardback, octavo, blind stamped brown cloth lettered gilt, armorial device to upper board, rubbed at extremities - notably the bottom edges of the boards, a tightly bound copy, label removed from front free endpaper, additional map pasted in at same, dated signature of a previous owner, the text remains clean and unmarked, maps with colours, b&w illustrations, xvi + 681pp.
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Nottingham; Privately Printed, 1886., 1886. Hard Cover. FIFTH EDITION. Octavo, pp xvi, 512. 6 maps delineated in colour, of which 3 double-page. Engraved vignette to title page and numerous engravings throughout. Bevelled royal blue cloth with gilt titles and decoration to spine and armorial motifs in gilt to upper and in blind to lower board. Top edge stained blue; floral endpapers. Spine a little toned; edges rubbed with minor wear at corners and spine tips. Scattered foxing, mainly to textblock edge. Overall a Very Good copy. Comprehensive history of the Company from its origins in the 1830s.
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THE MIDLAND RAILWAY: ITS RISE AND PROGRESS: A NARRATIVE MODERN ENTERPRISE

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LONDON, BEMROSE AND CO., 1878. A VERY GOOD COPY IN BLUE DECORATED BOARDS. SOME AGE TONING TO THE FRONT AND THE REAR, VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF FOXING AND OCCASIONAL STAINS TO A FEW PAGES.
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