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1876 The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress
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Description
Author's Presentation Copy, First Edition, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Signed
A signed presentation copy of the first edition of this work, inscribed by the author to one of the three dedicatees of this volume, Sir James Joseph Allport, who was an English railway manager. The inscription reads 'To James Allport Esq. with the best regards of the author'.
English minister and historian of the UK railways Frederick Smeeton Williams offers an account of the rise and progress of the Midland Railway, with discussion of various bridges, railways and tunnels.
Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece and numerous vignettes. Collated, lacking six maps.
Neat restoration to back strip head.
Retaining half title and advertisements to the rear.
A beautifully bound presentation copy of this first edition history of the British railways.
Condition
In a decorative full calf binding with extensive gilt detailing. Neat restoration to back strip head, retaining original endpapers. Externally, excellent. Hinges strained, but firmly held. Author's inscription to a front blank. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright. Lacking six maps.
Very Good
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