Lot 177
China.- Rapier (Richard C.) Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the first Railway in China, first edition, London, New York etc., 1878.
Hammer Price: £750
Description
China.- Rapier (Richard C.) Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the first Railway in China, first edition, 8 mounted Woodburytypes, 9 folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, 2 folding estimate sheets torn, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., a little soiled and extremities bumped, 4to, London, New York etc., 1878.
⁂ Scarce work with particular interest in the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876. All the Woodburytypes depict this line.
Description
China.- Rapier (Richard C.) Remunerative Railways for New Countries; with some account of the first Railway in China, first edition, 8 mounted Woodburytypes, 9 folding letterpress tables, most estimate sheets to be completed, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and diagrams, 2 folding estimate sheets torn, original pictorial cloth, gilt, g.e., a little soiled and extremities bumped, 4to, London, New York etc., 1878.
⁂ Scarce work with particular interest in the first Chinese railway line, from Shanghai to Woosung, which opened in 1876. All the Woodburytypes depict this line.
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