FFESTINIOG Railway
Uncommon Local Railway item. Draft(?) MS manuscript long section of a proposed (narrow gauge?) railway from Llanrwst to the Blaenau Festiniog Quarries nearly 14 miles long. Not titled or dated, but probably early 1860s. Size 60" x 17", ink on…
General Description of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges on the Chester & Holyhead Railway. Published with permission of Robert Stephenson,
A Resident Assistant. [CLARK Edwin 1814-1894] [CLARK Latimer]
G, 1849, 3rd ed, 1 map. Upper cover plain paper wrap, lacking lower, with protective brown paper wraps, title by hand. Internally, frontis present, faint name at tp head, [3], 4-34 pp, 1 map, 5 illustrations within text, [1], [4] subscriber list…
Coloured views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with plates of the coaches, machines, &c. with descriptive particulars, serving as a guide to travellers on the railway
BURY T.T. [Thomas Talbot] 1811-1877
This classic record of the beginnings of the railway age was also one of the last significant books illustrated with aquatints (Ray). Complete with Sixteen Hand Coloured Aquatint Plates, including the Three Very Scarce Folding Plates. Revised…
A Description of the Conway Tubular Bridge, and Castle
CATHERALL Thomas
In printed soft covers, upper cover held by tape. Internally, B&W frontis, [3], 4-36 pp, adverts to lower cover, ink name to upper cover (Lew Owain). (165*107 mm) REDUCED
The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges.
CLARK Edwin Resident Engineer 1814-1894
VG, 2 text volumes (of 3 - lacks the plate vol), 1850, 17 pls. A subscribers proof tall paper copy. In the publishers quarter calf over embossed blue cloth, corners bumped. Spines, worn, gilt titles edges bumped, some loss, worn along joints.…
The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges, with General Inquiries on Beams and on the Properties of Materials used in Construction
CLARK Edwin Resident Engineer 1814-1894
A major 19th-century engineering book, & a particularly important one for Welsh industrial & transport history. 2 large paper text volumes with 18 plates. Plus the folio Atlas with 46 pls, a total of 64 lithographed plates (6 of which are tinted…
The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges.
CLARK Edwin Resident Engineer 1814-1894. STEPHENSON Robert 1803-1859
2 * 8vo text volumes plus later facsimile copy of the folio Atlas, 64 plates. Text volumes in contemporary embossed purple cloth, corners & edges lightly bumped & worn. Re-spined, old laid down (hole in 1), gilt titles. Vol 1, 1850, half…
The Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges. With General Inquiries on Beams and on the Properties of Materials used in Construction.
CLARK Edwin, Resident Engineer1814-1894
2 text volumes only of 3 (lacks pl vol) VG, 1st ed, 1850, in red cloth, spines faded, gilt titles. Vol 1, map frontis, [3], (vi-xii), [1], 2-466 pp, 9 pls (includes 1 map). Vol 2, [3], (vi-vii), [1] pl list, [1], 2-821 pp, [1], (iv) subscribers…
Description of the Iron Bridges of Suspension now erecting over the Strait of Menai, at Bangor and over the River Conway in North Wales......
CUMMING TG [Thomas] 1824-1839
Shows how new engineering technology was connected with improvements in communication & transport in North Wales. 1st ed, 1824, VG, 2 pls, complete. In modern full buckram, gilt titles to spine. Internally, new endpapers, frontis, [3], 4-55 pp,…
An Account of the Construction of the Britannia and Conway Tubular Bridges,
FAIRBAIRN William [Sir] 1789-1874
Early stream train image. VG, 1st ed, 1849, 20 pls In the publishers maroon quarter morocco over maroon cloth, faded at edges, corners bumped. Spine, gilt titles & tooling, edges worn. Internally, folding frontis, [5], (vi-xii), [1], 2-291 pp,…
An Act for enlarging, deepening, cleaning, improving, and regulating the harbour of Amlwch, in the Isle of Anglesey. 21st June 1793.
George 111. Public General Acts
A very rare Welsh interest item. The Act established a body of 28 trustees to oversee the harbour and its improvement. In modern blue paper boards, printed title to spine. Internally, [2], 3855-3872 pp, 3 printers devices, new endpapers, text block…
Illustrated Handbook City of Cork, Blarney, Cork Harbour, Blackwater River,
GUY Francis
Good, c1887, 7 illustrations. In rather grubby soft yellow cloth, printed in yellow & black, corners & edges worn. Spine, no title, torn at base. Internally, adverts to eps, (ii-viii), 1 map (large folding with short tear), frontis, [9], 10-88…
Report from Select Committee on Carlisle and Glasgow Road
House of Commons Parliament TELFORD Thomas 1757-1834.
Uncommon, containing: The Report; Minutes of Evidence; Mr Telford's Report & Estimate; Plan and Section of the Road. In plain modern paper wraps, no title. Internally, [2], 3-20 pp, 4 maps (large folding), to be Printed 28 June 1815. (HC 463).…
Seventh Report of the Commissioners for the Further Improvement of the Road from London to Holyhead, and from London to Liverpool. WITH Eleventh, Thirteenth & Fourteenth Reports.
House of Commons Parliament. TELFORD Thomas. PARNELL Henry Sir.
Uncommon. 4 reports bound as 1. !830/34/36 & 1837. In modern plain paper wraps, no title. Internally, [3], 4-54. 11th Report, 1834, [3], 4-17, [1]. 13th Report, 1836, [3], 4-19, [1]. 14th Report, 1837, [3], 4-16 pp, [2]. This last report on…
A Guide to the Illinois Central Railroad Lands The Illinois Central Railroad Company, Offer For Sale over 1,400,000 Acres of Selected Prairie and Wood Lands. In tracts of 40 acres and upwards, suitable for farm, on long credits and low prices, situated on each side of their railroad, extending through the State of Illinois.
Illinois Central Railroad Company
In modern brown cloth, title to spine in gilt. Internally, new endpapers, has an outline map of Illinois, with map of the Rail Road Lines to verso, frontis of Prairie scene in Illinois, [3], 4-60 pp, 2 maps (from Appletons Railway Guide), 1 pl, 6…