Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1968. Originally published 1862. Facsimile reprint, illustratewd, thick octavo, pp xviii, 484, the fore-edhe with a very slight mark, otherwise very clean internally, blue cloth in very good condition, in a price-clipped and sliightly worn and browned dustwrapper. [Vermuyden, embanking, draining, Sir Hugh Myddelton and the New River, early roads, bridges, harbours, ferries, James Brindley, canals.]. Cloth. Very Good/Slightly worn and browned.

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Bookseller: Mike Park Ltd (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 020422
Title: Lives of the Engineers, Volume 1
Author: Smiles, Samuel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Slightly worn and browned
ISBN 10: 0715342797
ISBN 13: 9780715342794
Publisher: David & Charles
Place of Publication: Newton Abbot
Date Published: 1968
Keywords: Vermuyden.embanking.draining.Sir Hugh Myddelton.New River.early.roads.bridges.harbours.ferries.James Brindley.canals.
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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Dustwrapper: Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
New: A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
Facsimile: An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...