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1894 Tramways: Their Construction and Working
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Description
Folding Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Second edition, re-written and greatly enlarged. Scarce edition. Illustrated with one plate, eleven folding plates, and upwards of four hundred in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed study into the construction and working processes of tramways, providing a comprehensive history of the system with accounts of the various modes of traction. Providing important information on the cost and working expenses of the tramways of the United Kingdom. Written by Daniel Kinnear Clark, a Scottish consulting railway engineer who served as Locomotive Superintendent to the Great North of Scotland Railway. Clark also wrote many comprehensive books on railway engineering matters. Publisher's advertisements to the rear.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, worn with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine with splits in the cloth to the head and tail as well as the joints. Front board reattached with cloth tape to the internal side. Front hinge failed with spine away from the text block. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark.
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