1876 The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress

Name: 1876 The Midland Railway: Its Rise and Progress
SKU: 901T23
Price: 70 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Strahan and Co. Publishers

Size: 9.5" by 6.5" Pagination: xii, 700, (4)pp.

A first edition of this illustrated history of the Midland Railway.

£70.00

weight: 1kgs / stock code: 901T23

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Description

First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

First edition. Illustrated with seven maps and many in-text images. Collated complete. The history of The Midland Railway, the third largest railway undertaking in the British Isles, established 1844. With particular reference to the Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, and Manchester lines. Written by Frederick Smeeton Williams, an English minister in the Congregational Church best known for his books on the early history of UK railways. Dated from the British Library.

Condition

In the original full cloth binding. Externally, worn with rubbing and light bumping to the extremities. Splits in the cloth at the head and tail of the spine, the joints, and board tips. Joints starting. Fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright with the odd spot or handling mark. The odd pencil mark.

Overall: Good Only

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