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Victories of the Engineer

Author(s):

Williams, Archibald

Illustrator(s):

Binding:

Hardcover

Volume Condition:

Good

Dust Jacket:

Dust Jacket Condition:

N/A

Dust Jacket Protection:

N/A

Edition:

4th Edition

Impression:

–

Signature:

None

Language:

English

Publisher Name:

Thomas Nelson and Sons

Publication Year:

–

Publication Place:

London, UK

ISBN:

–

Book ID:

044029

Catalogue(s):

Decorative and Pictorial Bindings ◇ Engineering, Construction and History of Engineering

£14.50

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Undated but likely circa 1920. Fourth edition. xiv, 488pp, with tissue-guard colour plate frontispiece, further monochrome plates interleaved in pages and line drawings in text. Red cloth pictorial boards with black and gilt titles front and spine. Upper text block edge gilt. 8vo. Boards are worn and a little faded, rubbed and rounded on corners and spine ends, with some rubbing on joints, marked. Text block edges a little dust dulled. Previous owner’s name inked on the front free endpaper; endpapers a little toned and marked else internally neat, clean, bright and tight.

A celebration and record of some of the greatest engineering achievements of the Victorian age, with chapters on Railway Engineering, The Building of a Big Ship, Bridge Building, Harbour Works, Tunnels, Aqueducts and so on, Includes some detailed schematics and photographic illustrations.

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