Voie Materiel Roulant et Exploitation Technique Des Chemins De Fer. Ouvrage Suivi D'un Appendice Sur Les Travaux D'art. Tome Premier. Atlas.
by Couche, M. Ch
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Paris: Libraire Des Corps Imperiaux Des Ponts, et Chaussees et Des Mines., 1868. ATLAS VOLUME ONLY. 35 plates (all at least double page, some folding). Contemporary pebbled boards with leather spine titled in gilt with 4 raised bands. Some rippling to early pages, foxing to prelims, occasional light foxing elsewhere. Atlas/plates volume of this work on railway operations, rolling stock, tracks, bridges etc. Any text in French/en Francais.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Oblong 4to.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048629
- Title
- Voie Materiel Roulant et Exploitation Technique Des Chemins De Fer. Ouvrage Suivi D'un Appendice Sur Les Travaux D'art. Tome Premier. Atlas.
- Author
- Couche, M. Ch
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Libraire Des Corps Imperiaux Des Ponts, et Chaussees et Des Mines.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1868
- Keywords
- Trains Railways Railroad Tracks Rolling Stock Engineering
- Bookseller catalogs
- Transport - Planes, Trains, Cars, Boats, Carriages; Books in French/Livres en Francais;
- Size
- Oblong 4to
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
Biblio member since 2006
Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
I carry a general stock of approx 70000 titles of which only a small percentage is online. Viewing at my Ashmore bookrooms is welcome by appointment. While not specializing I have a good selection of art, natural history, military and surfing in stock. I also have many other non-fiction subjects, as well as approx 10000 paperback fiction titles on hand.
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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