Click for full-size.
The Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling, of Ancient and Modern Countries; with Accounts of Bridges, Tunnels, and Canals in various parts of the world
by [Author not stated]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
DeLand, Florida, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: John W. Parker, 1839. First Edition, First Printing. A Very Good Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket.
Brown blind-stamped ribbed cloth with gilt spine titles. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear; The head of the spine is frayed with a small loss. 12mo 7.5 inches tall; viii, 340 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates; Partial small name stamp on the front free endpage. Illustrated with wood engraings. First Edition, First Printing.. A complete history of transportation in Great Britain from the Roman Eras to the beginning of the Steam Era with fascinating and informative woodcut illustrations.
Ref: YCfBA
Brown blind-stamped ribbed cloth with gilt spine titles. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear; The head of the spine is frayed with a small loss. 12mo 7.5 inches tall; viii, 340 pages, 5 unnumbered leaves of plates; Partial small name stamp on the front free endpage. Illustrated with wood engraings. First Edition, First Printing.. A complete history of transportation in Great Britain from the Roman Eras to the beginning of the Steam Era with fascinating and informative woodcut illustrations.
Ref: YCfBA
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014760
- Title
- The Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling, of Ancient and Modern Countries; with Accounts of Bridges, Tunnels, and Canals in various parts of the world
- Author
- [Author not stated]
- Format/Binding
- A Very Good Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John W. Parker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
- Keywords
- Great Britain, Roads; Railroads; Bridges; Vehicles; Technology; Engineering; Architecture; England; History of transportation
Terms of Sale
Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
Institutions may be invoiced. We offer dealers in associations courtesy. Please contact us for arrangements.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives mis-described or damaged.
About the Seller
Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
Biblio member since 2011
DeLand, Florida
About Blind Horse Books [ABAA - FABA]
Building Your Great Collection; One Fine Book at a Time.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
Frequently asked questions
This Book’s Categories
Collecting The Beat Generation
The Beat Generation was born out of WWII, and it still continues to exert considerable influence on today’s literary scene. Biblio sellers have a fantastic collection of Beat Generation books and ephemera for browsing.
What did people buy in 2020?
Plague journals, escapist literature, political history: explore our year in review, where we share rare book trends and a gallery of some of the most beautiful and interesting books sold in 2020.
