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The Life of George Stephenson, railway engineer.

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The Life of George Stephenson, railway engineer.

by Samuel Smiles:

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About This Item

London: John Murray, 1858. Fifth edition, revised, with additions (hardback). 8vo (22cm by 14cm), xvi, 557pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece. 20th-century binding of marbled padded calf, red morocco title labels to the spines, marbled endpapers. The preliminary pages are foxed, else this book is in very good condition.

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Bookseller
Cornell Books Limited GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
67942
Title
The Life of George Stephenson, railway engineer.
Author
Samuel Smiles:
Book Condition
Used
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
London: John Murray, 1858.

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About Cornell Books Limited

We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!

Glossary

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Calf
Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
Foxed
Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
Morocco
Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...

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