The Story of the life of George Stephenson including a memoir of his son Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles a new edition published in London and printed for or by John Murray 1869.

Leather bound volume over boards with front hinge starting to split, some simple gilt decoration to board edges and to the panels with raised bands to the spine and gilt lettering. Marble end papers and paste downs , armorial bookplate to front paste down, end papers with light foxing, frontispiece present with guard paper + title page + xiv + 388pp illustrations throughout. some foxing to the last few pages. gilt pages edges. 

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