The Construction of Locomotive Engines

Inscribed by the author. Octavo. Half-bound in dark brown leather with gilt bands and lettering to spine; Burgundy, textured cloth covered boards; Small waterstains to rear board. Orange endpapers with pasted down newspaper to rear endpapers. Edgeworn. All edges sprinkled with red. Mild shelf wear. Contains b/w fold out plates of train diagrams at the rear numbered 5 through 8 with 17 b/w figures throughout and b/w charts numbered I-II and IV-VIII. No break in pagination. Textblock is generally clean internally. 'The Construction of Locomotive Engines with Some Results of the Working of those on the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway.'