Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S. An Autobiography. With a Concluding Chapter.
by Bessemer, Sir Henry
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Sheffield, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Offices of Engineering., 1905. xv, 380pp, with 107 illustrations including a portrait frontispiece & 50 plates (all complete). Crimson cloth with gilt titles. Slight edge wear & rubbing to the covers. Internally, a couple of ink library stamps, & blind stamps to the plates, inside the front cover are two early advertisement for Henry Bessemer & Co Limited of Sheffield. . First Edition.. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- N. G. Lawrie Books. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57358
- Title
- Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S. An Autobiography. With a Concluding Chapter.
- Author
- Bessemer, Sir Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition.
- Publisher
- Offices of Engineering.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1905
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- Sir Henry Bessemer Inventor Autobiography Steel Making Sheffield Engineering Metallurgy History.
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography; Engineering;
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