A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS AND CARRIAGES, Showing the Principles of Estimating Their Strength, Proportions, Expense, and Annual Produce
by Tredgold, Thomas
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair with no dustjacket
- Seller
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Elwood, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
New York: E. Bliss and E. White. Fair with no dustjacket. 1825. First Edition. Hardcover. Original marbled boards and leather. Significant foxing and old dampstaining to pages. Wear to the leather of the covers. Name inside front cover. One text page has strip of margin missing (no text affected) . The fold-out illustration is nice other than foxing. Sound. ; Subtitle continued: "And the conditions which render them effective, economical, and durable; with the theory, effect, and expense of steam carriages, stationary engines, and gas machines. Illustrated by four engravings and numerous useful tables." ; Small 8vo 7½" - 8" ; 184 pages .
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- The Story Shop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23399
- Title
- A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAIL-ROADS AND CARRIAGES, Showing the Principles of Estimating Their Strength, Proportions, Expense, and Annual Produce
- Author
- Tredgold, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dustjacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- E. Bliss and E. White
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1825
- Bookseller catalogs
- Railroad;
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- Fair
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- First Edition
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