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The Story of the Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer

by Smiles, Samuel

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London: John Murray. Original green cloth, gilt title to spine. 356pp. plus catalogue. b/w frontis. portrait; b/w illustrations to text. Spine and covers rubbed and bumped. Endpapers and lower edge of text block stained; front and rear joints cracked. Part of title page removed. Pencil inscription to ffep. Margins age-toned with occasional grubby mark. . Good-. Hardcover. 1859.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
111708
Title
The Story of the Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer
Author
Smiles, Samuel
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good-
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
John Murray
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1859
Pages
356
Size
185mm x 125mm.
Keywords
history railways transport biography engineering engineers unit twenty three

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FFEP
A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Text Block
Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Gilt
The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
Spine
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Cracked
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Title Page
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Cloth
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