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A Manual of the Priciples and Practice of Road-Making: Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads, (Common, Macadam, Paved, Plank, Etc.) and Rail-Roads

  • Cloth
  • New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1847
By W.M. Gillespie
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1847. Cloth. Very Good. A solid, presentable copy of the 1847 1st edition. Tight and VG in its dark-brown cloth, with light fading to the panels and the spine, and scuffing along the rear panel. Small, tasteful bookplate to the front pastedown as well and mild, tolerable foxing throughout the text. Octavo, 155 figures complementing Gillespie's text.
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