Nicholas Wood: 'A practical treatise on rail-roads, and inte...

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Nicholas Wood: 'A practical treatise on rail-roads, and interior communication in general : containing numerous experiments on the powers of the improved locomotive engines and tables of the comparative cost of conveyance on canals, railways, and turnpike roads', London, Longman et al, 1838, 3rd edition, 13 engraved folding plates as called for, old half calf gilt; together with F.S. Williams: 'Our Iron Roads', Nottingham, for the author, 1886, 8th edition, engraved ills. throughout, orig. pictorial cloth gilt (2) (R) £30 (E) £30-50