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Weston Super Mare: Kingsmead Reprints, 1990. Reprint. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. 8vo. pp.272.

Kingsmead Reprints, Cardiff, 1999. Facsimile Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". 240 pp. Binding firm, spine slightly cocked. Slight foxing front/rear pages, but body of book mostly clean and unfoxed. Dust Jacket slightly marked. Top edge slightly foxed. Covers slightly marked. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Engineering, Industrial, Trade; Britain/UK; 19th century; Railways. ISBN: 0905466942. ISBN/EAN: 9780905466941. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 52086. . 9780905466941

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The The Severn Tunnel: Its Construction and Difficulties, 1872 1887.

Richard Bentley & Son. Used - Good. 2nd. ed. Complete library rebind in brown buckram. Text and daigrams unmarked. Ships from UK in 48 hours or less (usually same day). Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. 100% money back guarantee. We are a world class secondhand bookstore based in Hertfordshire, United Kingdom and specialize in high quality textbooks across an enormous variety of subjects. We aim to provide a vast range of textbooks, rare and collectible books at a great price. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions. We provide a 100% money back guarantee and are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest standards of service in the bookselling industry.

Paperback / softback. New. After completion, the Severn Tunnel remained the longest rail tunnel in Britain for over a century. Reissued here is the 1890 second edition of contractor Thomas Walker's first-hand account of the problematic construction of this Victorian engineering triumph. Walker admits that building 'one sub-aqueous tunnel is quite enough for a lifetime'.

Cambridge University Press. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

London, Richard Bentley, 1888.. xv+188pp. Original boards, slightly worn edges.. Boards detached from book. Light foxing to edges and endpapers. Some library stamps. Black and white illustrations. Fold out pages. A good copy. . First edition.

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1891. Hardcover in good condition. No jacket. Third edition, with five portraits on steel and more than forty sketches and plans. Introductory note by Sir John Hawkshaw and conclusion by Henry Lambert. Boards and spine are lightly marked and tanned. Leading corners, edges and spine are lightly bumped and worn. Text on spine is partially faded. Page block and rough-cut pages are lightly marked and tanned. Previous owner's name penned on FEP. Binding is exposed between a few pages. Spine is slightly cocked but binding remains intact. Contents are clear throughout. HCW. Hardcover. Good. Used.

Third edition, London: Richard Bentley & Son, London: 1891.. With five portraits on steel and upwards of forty sketches and plans and lithographic plates, some of which are folding, xv + 188pp, original cloth, roy 8vo, few minor marks to cloth, usual light spotting, front inner hinge cracked, short split to head of rear outer hinge, bookplate to front pastedown and to front endpaper. ---- Regular CATALOGUES issued, please e-mail for a FREE copy, they include GLOUCESTERSHIRE - ( History - Topography - Genealogy - Natural History - Biography - Mining - Dialect - Language - etc. ) ----

London: Richard Bentley, 1888. 1st Edition . Good Plus. 6.5 x 10 inches (16 x 25.5 cm). Illustrated blue cloth binding with marking and rubbing. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid over. Good solid binding. Outside edge of frontis has some chipping and creasing, the first two illustrations are absent but have (photocopy?) replacements, a few marks and scattered light foxing to plates and text. All fold-out plans are in clean condition, some have tears to folds. A comprehensive account of building of the Great Western Railway's longest tunnel. Scarce. Overall condition is Good Plus. Please Note: This is a heavy item and international postage will be more than the standard rate. Actual Royal Mail postage costs are: Europe £14.00; USA £27.60; Oceania £28.90; Rest of World £24.15. A postage supplement will be requested after the order has been placed. Size: 6.5 x 10 inches (16 x 25.5 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: 188

London: Richard Bentley & Son, 1888. First edition . Hardcover. The Severn Tunnel is a railway tunnel under the Severn estuary between Wales and England. The tunnel links South Gloucestershire in the west of England to Monmouthshire in south Wales. It was constructed by the Great Western Railway between 1873 and 1886 to shorten the journey between South Wales and Western England." Wikipedia. 188 pages. All steel plate portrates and listed illustrations are present, including views, maps, plans, sections, and foldouts. Bound in original light green cloth with illustration on the front cover in black and lettering on the spine in gilt. Spine mildly faded. Bookplate on the front endpaper. Contemporary signature on the title page. Occasional spots of foxing. An about very good copy.