Charles F. Gripper: 'Railway Tunneling in Heavy Ground', Lon...

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Charles F. Gripper: 'Railway Tunneling in Heavy Ground', London, Spon, 1879, 1st and only edition, 3 leaves of engraved plates (of which 2 folding) as called for, small quarto, original cloth gilt. Scarce railway book by Charles Frederick Gripper (1844-1883), railway contractor and civil engineer, who in partnership with John Bayliss, under the style of Bayliss and Gripper, constructed the Shipley and Guisely line for the Midland Railway Company early 1870's