1963 The History of Tunnelling: Underground Workings Through the Ages

Name: 1963 The History of Tunnelling
SKU: 844N9
Price: 50 GBP
Availability: InStock

Published: London Barrie and Rockliff

Size: 9" by 5.5" Pagination: xii, 427pp

A fine copy of Gosta Sandstrom's historical overview of tunnelling

£50.00

weight: 1kgs / stock code: 844N9

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Description

Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

Gosta Sandstrom turns his attention underground in this historical overview of tunnelling. A fine copy, with maps and 152 illustrations. Comprised of 19 chapters, Sandstrom details the importance of tunnelling for mining, sewage and water retrieval, and the railways. Includes a discussion different methods of tunnelling, along with an account of the technological developments that transformed tunnelling techniques. With price-clipped dust wrapper.

Condition

In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price-clipped dust wrapper. Externally, very smart, with a little rubbing to the rear of the wrap. Lightly bumped to the head and tail of the spine. Two very small tears in the wrap at the head and the tail of the front joint. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages.

Overall: Fine

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