The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer
by SMILES, Samuel
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- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1857.. Second edition, 8vo, xvi, 528 pp. Portrait frontispiece, later inscription to front blank, marbled endpapers, sides and edges, armorial bookplate. Contemporary half calf, gilt banded spine with a black label, some faint rubbing, a very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45381
- Title
- The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer
- Author
- SMILES, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: John Murray
- Date Published
- 1857.
- Keywords
- Natural History
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.