Author: Edward Bates Dorsey
Title: American Society of CIVIL Engineers: English and American Railroads Compared
Description: New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1886. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of Edward Bates Dorsey's comparative study of railway systems in the United Kingdom and the United States. With a typed compliments slip from the author. The very scarce first edition, retaining the original paper wraps.Tipped in to the title page head is a typed slip reading 'with compliments of THE AUTHOR&apos.In this volume, Dorsey examines how English railways, built with more substantial infrastructure, differ from the often lighter and more economical American railroads. He discusses construction costs, fares, and operating expenses, noting that American railways were generally cheaper to build and operate where English railways used more durable but expensive materials.The book highlights differences in government involvement, with British railways being more regulated than the classic free-market approach of America.Illustrated with fifteen folding tables and charts. Collated, complete.An informative work for understanding railway infrastructure in two different nations in the nineteenth century. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Wraps age toned to perimeters and back strip, with significant losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Former owner's inscription to title page head. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with final folding plate detached and loosely inserted. Pages clean and bright. Final folding table detached and loosely inserted. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: English and American railroads compared Edward Bates Dorsey American Society of Civil Engineers david jones Edward Bates Dorsey Not Stated
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Title: American Society of CIVIL Engineers: English and American Railroads Compared
Description: New York, American Society of Civil Engineers, 1886. First edition. Paperback. The very scarce first edition of Edward Bates Dorsey's comparative study of railway systems in the United Kingdom and the United States. With a typed compliments slip from the author. The very scarce first edition, retaining the original paper wraps.Tipped in to the title page head is a typed slip reading 'with compliments of THE AUTHOR&apos.In this volume, Dorsey examines how English railways, built with more substantial infrastructure, differ from the often lighter and more economical American railroads. He discusses construction costs, fares, and operating expenses, noting that American railways were generally cheaper to build and operate where English railways used more durable but expensive materials.The book highlights differences in government involvement, with British railways being more regulated than the classic free-market approach of America.Illustrated with fifteen folding tables and charts. Collated, complete.An informative work for understanding railway infrastructure in two different nations in the nineteenth century. In the publisher's original paper wraps. Wraps age toned to perimeters and back strip, with significant losses of paper to back strip head and tail. Former owner's inscription to title page head. Internally, generally firmly bound, but with final folding plate detached and loosely inserted. Pages clean and bright. Final folding table detached and loosely inserted. Good Only . Ill.: Not Stated. Good Only .
Keywords: English and American railroads compared Edward Bates Dorsey American Society of Civil Engineers david jones Edward Bates Dorsey Not Stated
Price: GBP 55.00 = appr. US$ 78.54 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 947F45
- Book number: 947F45
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