The Life of George Stephenson, railway engineer.
by Samuel Smiles:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
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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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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited (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.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
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
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...