Lives of the Engineers by Smiles, Samuel (edited by C J Shepherd) - 2006

Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

UsedGood. 1966 printing. Red cloth, no dust jacket. Ex-lib with usual stamps and markings. Covers show tape ghosts from library use, minor shelfwear otherwise. Strong binding. Blank inside flyleaf torn out. Text clean, no notes or underlining. Good reading copy.

Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

David & Charles PLC. Used - Acceptable. Used - Acceptable. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library with wear and barcode page may have been removed. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

John Murray, 1861. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1861. No Edition Remarks. 502 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Rough-cut pages. Black and white illustrations throughout. Volume II. Moderate staining, foxing and tanning to pages; text unaffected. More prominent to text block edges, pastedowns and free endpapers. Moderate cracking to gutters and hinges exposing netting and causing some looseness to binding but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear with mild staining, tanning and scuffing overall. Spine has much heavier tanning with visible splitting and crushing to ends. Book has a slight forward lean.

John Murray, 1904. Hardcover. Good. 1904. popular edition. 412 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black & white illustrations and plates. Pencil annotations throughout. Pages are tanned and foxed, however plates remain bright & clear. Text is clear. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with bumping to corners. Light crushing to spine.

John Murray, 1904. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1904. Popular Edition. 412 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Thumb-marking present. Visible creasing to gutter. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Noticeable crushing to spine ends. Visible tanning to spine and edges. Dents to edges. Small marks to boards. Textblock is shaky.

The Folio Society, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. 2010. Sixth Printing. 380 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Decorative cloth with gilt lettering. Black slipcase. Black and white and colour illustrated plates. Pages are bright and clear with very light tanning to text block edges. Binding is subtly loose but pages remain attached. Boards have minor corner bumping and edgewear. Spine has soft crushing to ends. Lettering remains bright and clear. Book has a slight forward lean. Slipcase is moderately scuffed and marked.

Folio Society, 2007. Hardcover. Very good/Slipcase Very Good. this copy has a solid tight binding with clean unmarked pages, the slipcase is solid and unbroken

John Murray, 1862. Hardcover. Good. 1862. No edition remarks. 512 pages. No dust jacket. Half bound brown leather with marbled paper covered boards. Contains ex-libris plate. Black and white illustrations throughout. Clean pages with noticeable tanning and foxing throughout. Tightly bound with faint thumb-marking throughout. Boards have light shelf-wear with corner bumping. Mild scuffing to edges and joints. Mild rubbing to spine.