Lives of the Engineers, Volume 1
by Smiles, Samuel
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Slightly worn and browned
- ISBN 10
- 0715342797
- ISBN 13
- 9780715342794
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. Originally published 1862. Facsimile reprint, illustratewd, thick octavo, pp xviii, 484, the fore-edhe with a very slight mark, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped and sliightly worn and browned dustwrapper. [Vermuyden, embanking, draining, Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, early roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, James Brindley, canals.]. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and browned.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 020422
- Title
- Lives of the Engineers, Volume 1
- Author
- Smiles, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Slightly worn and browned
- ISBN 10
- 0715342797
- ISBN 13
- 9780715342794
- Publisher
- David & Charles
- Place of Publication
- Newton Abbot
- Date Published
- 1968
- Keywords
- Vermuyden.embanking.draining.Sir Hugh Myddelton.New River.early.roads.bridges.harbours.ferries.James Brindley.canals.
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- Local History; Travel; History; Social History; Country Life; Industry;
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