Author: Anonymous
Title: A Few General Observations on the Principal Railways Executed, in Progress, & Projected, in the Midland Counties & North of England
Description: London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce account of the railway lines in the midlands and north of England in the first part of the nineteenth century. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with four folding maps, hand-coloured in outline. Collated, complete.This anonymously authored work provides a comprehensive account of the railway lines completed, in progress, and anticipated, in the midlands and north of England.Railways discussed include the Birmingham and Derby railway, the Grand Junction railway, the Leeds and Selby railway, and the railways of Scotland.The introduction includes much discussion of the railways of Europe and America, comparing their progress to that of England's. In cloth covered boards, with a handwritten title label to the centre of the front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses of cloth to lower half of back strip. Light cockling to front board. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, binding tender, and held by one cord only between final page of introduction and page 1. First map detached and loosely inserted. Pages a touch age toned, with the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: trains railway northern england railway midland railway railway Not Stated
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Title: A Few General Observations on the Principal Railways Executed, in Progress, & Projected, in the Midland Counties & North of England
Description: London, Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 . First edition. Hardback. The first edition of this very scarce account of the railway lines in the midlands and north of England in the first part of the nineteenth century. A very scarce first edition.Illustrated with four folding maps, hand-coloured in outline. Collated, complete.This anonymously authored work provides a comprehensive account of the railway lines completed, in progress, and anticipated, in the midlands and north of England.Railways discussed include the Birmingham and Derby railway, the Grand Junction railway, the Leeds and Selby railway, and the railways of Scotland.The introduction includes much discussion of the railways of Europe and America, comparing their progress to that of England's. In cloth covered boards, with a handwritten title label to the centre of the front board. Bumping to back strip head and tail, with losses of cloth to lower half of back strip. Light cockling to front board. Joints starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, binding tender, and held by one cord only between final page of introduction and page 1. First map detached and loosely inserted. Pages a touch age toned, with the odd spot. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: trains railway northern england railway midland railway railway Not Stated
Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 946F60
- Book number: 946F60
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