Lot 268
Tredgold (Thomas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages, first edition, 1825 & others on railways (10)
Hammer Price: £800
Description
Tredgold (Thomas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages, first edition, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning, folding engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, modern half morocco, uncut, 1825; The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines, Division A only (of 3: B & C being Marine & Stationary Engines), 10 parts in 1 vol., 41 engraved plates on 40 sheets, most folding, one silked, one with small tears to fore-edge, modern half morocco, 1850 § Roscoe (Thomas) The London and Birmingham Railway, folding hand-coloured engraved map dated 1839 bound as frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title and 16 plates, all on india paper and mounted, plan of Birmingham at end, illustrations, tissue guards, foxing to plates, upper hinge split, original cloth, spine gilt, rubbed and faded, Tilt, [1839]; and 7 others on railways including an 1840 Bradshaw's Railway Companion, plate vol. only of Clark's Railway Machinery of 1855 and an oblong folio volume of engravings of bridges, v.s. (10)
Description
Tredgold (Thomas) A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads and Carriages, first edition, 16pp. publisher's catalogue at beginning, folding engraved frontispiece, 3 engraved plates, modern half morocco, uncut, 1825; The Principles and Practice and Explanation of the Machinery of Locomotive Engines, Division A only (of 3: B & C being Marine & Stationary Engines), 10 parts in 1 vol., 41 engraved plates on 40 sheets, most folding, one silked, one with small tears to fore-edge, modern half morocco, 1850 § Roscoe (Thomas) The London and Birmingham Railway, folding hand-coloured engraved map dated 1839 bound as frontispiece, additional engraved vignette title and 16 plates, all on india paper and mounted, plan of Birmingham at end, illustrations, tissue guards, foxing to plates, upper hinge split, original cloth, spine gilt, rubbed and faded, Tilt, [1839]; and 7 others on railways including an 1840 Bradshaw's Railway Companion, plate vol. only of Clark's Railway Machinery of 1855 and an oblong folio volume of engravings of bridges, v.s. (10)
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