London: B. T. Batsford Ltd., 1954 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / 1st Printing. Small 4to. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 226 pp, color frontis, acknowledgments, list of b&w illustrations, I. Introduction; II. The Age of Faith and the Master Mason; III. The Age of Reason and the Architect; IV. The Age of Greatness and the Engineer; V. Conclusion; index. First Edition, 1954. "Apart from its value as a history the great merit of this well illustrated book is that it relates the art of building bridges to time and place and deals as much with the men who built and usede the bridges as with the impersonal materials of which they were made." from the jacket flap. Price clipped. closed micro-tear to top edge rear panel dj with on the slightest wear to top and bottom edge spine of same, else, Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Light-ton cloth with embossed gilt bands and lettering to spine..

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Bookseller: West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 004879
Title: The Bridges of Britain
Author: Mare, Eric De
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Edition: First Edition / 1st Printing
Publisher: B. T. Batsford Ltd.
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1954
Keywords: ARCHITECTURE BRITISH HISTORY BRIDGE-BUILDING TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT
Bookseller catalogs: ARCHITECTURE;
Size: Small 4to

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