Reports on Canals, Railways, Roads, and Other Subjects Made to "The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement"
by Strickland, William
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- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Moab, Utah, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: H. C. Carey and I. Lea. Fair. 1826. One of the most important comprehensive reports describing early railways in America. Boards are very heavily worn, with paper rubbed off, front board detached, soiling, and one-inch pieces missing from spine ends. Many leaves are loose and several have insect depredation on edges. All 58 plates and errata slip present as called for, including two double plates and three foldouts. The plates are generally in good condition with light soil on most and purple margin dampstains. Locomotives, tunnels, building equipment, and maps are presented in detailed engravings. Sabin 92815, Howes S 1075.; Steel engraving; 11 1/4" x 18"; 51 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Back of Beyond Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 010860
- Title
- Reports on Canals, Railways, Roads, and Other Subjects Made to "The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement"
- Author
- Strickland, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- H. C. Carey and I. Lea
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1826
- Keywords
- Pennsylvania, William Strickland
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Located in the heart of the desert southwest Back of Beyond Books is an indie bookstore in Moab, Utah. The name of the store was drawn from one of Edward Abbey's most well-known fiction titles, The Monkey Wrench Gang. We specialize in natural history, environmental literature, southwestern guidebooks & maps, Native American books, and Western history. But we also carry a wild assortment of fiction, science, philosophy, current affairs, rare books, and generally other cool stuff.
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...