London: John Murray. 466pp., frontis. b/w portrait of Geo. Stephenson; b/w plates & illustrations to text. Original cloth, gilt decorations to spine. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, lower edges slightly bumped and rubbed. Endpapers browned, previous owner's name in pencil to ffep. Front joint cracked. Foxing occasionally throughout, also to outer edges of text block o/w contents generally clean. . VG-. Hardcover. 1904.

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Bookseller: Broad Street Book Centre (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 111978
Title: Lives of the Engineers George and Robert Stephenson
Author: Smiles, Samuel
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - VG-
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: John Murray
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1904
Pages: 466
Size: 247mm x 142mm.
Keywords: history engineering biography steam engines locomotives railways transport

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Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
O/W: An abbreviation for otherwise
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...