Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments, (1824-1836,) Demonstrative of the Practicability and Advantage of Employing Steam-Carriages on Common Roads
by HANCOCK, Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John Weale and J. Mann, 1828.. First edition. 8vo. (ii), 104 pp. Publisher's pebbled purple cloth, rebacked preserving much of the original and its gilt lettering, early bookseller's ticket to the front pastedown. Frontispiece and 11 plates, one with an onlay. Occasional foxing, a little discolouration to the boards, a decent copy overall.
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- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44034
- Title
- Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments, (1824-1836,) Demonstrative of the Practicability and Advantage of Employing Steam-Carriages on Common Roads
- Author
- HANCOCK, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Weale and J. Mann
- Date Published
- 1828.
- Keywords
- Natural History Engineering Science
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Bow Windows Bookshop
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Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- Gilt
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- First Edition
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