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: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
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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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...
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...
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...