Great Engineers. By J. F. Layson. Numerous Illustrations. London@ Walter Scott, Limited, Paternoster Square. 

The engineers contained in this book:

• George Stephenson
• Robert Stephenson
• Richard Trevithick
• William Hedley
• Timothy Hackworth
• Isambard Brunel
• Sir Wm. Fairbairn
• Lord Armstrong
• Gustave Eiffel
• Sir John Fowler
• Sir Benjamin Baker
• Sir William Arrol

Details:

Brown cloth (hardcover) binding

Gilt and coloured decoration to front-board and spine

Gilded text-block-edges

Patterned endpapers

Numerous illustrations

414 pages plus adverts [20]

Size: 210mm x 160mm x 50mm

Weight: 1080g

Undated: 1890's / 1900

Condition:

Boards a little marked with wear to extremities; loss of cloth to spine-head; gilt to front-board and text-block-edges remains bright - dulled to spine; binding sound with a solid feel; leaves  bright with but sporadic spotting / browning throughout; a little musty. Over all a nice copy.

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