LIVES OF BOULTON AND WATT. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam- Engine.
by Smiles, Samuel
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued
- Seller
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SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott, 1865. 521pp/illus. Steel engraved portraits. Publisher's burgundy cloth, spine faded to light brown, gilt titles, blind tooling to boards, A history of the invention and introduction of the steam-engine. Light shelfwear. Text clean.. 1st Edition. Cloth. Very Good+/No Jacket - Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- DBookmahn's Used and Rare Military Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012112
- Title
- LIVES OF BOULTON AND WATT. Principally from the Original Soho Mss. Comprising Also a History of the Invention and Introduction of the Steam- Engine.
- Author
- Smiles, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket - Issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- J. B. Lippincott
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, PA
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- Steam Engine,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transportation; History;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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