FOLIO SIZE. FULL RED MOROCCO LEATHER BINDING. FIVE RAISED BANDS ON SPINE. BEVELLED BOARDS. ALL EDGES GILT. 10 PHOTOGRAVURES AND 8 COLOUR PLATES PLUS NUMEROUS OTHER ILLUSTRATIONS.497 PAGES. MARBLED END PAGES. LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES OF WHICH THIS IS NUMBER 115. INITIALS K.F.K. ON BOTTOM RIGHT OF FRONT BOARD IN GILT. GENERALLY VERY GOOD COPY.INTERNALLY CLEAN BUT WEAR TO THE SPINE PARTICULARLY TO THE TOP AND BOTTOM. SOME SCRAPING TO THE LEATHER ON FRONT AND REAR BOARDS.
A FACSIMILE OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION PUBLISHED IN 1831 BY R. ACKERMANN WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE RAILWAY BY GEORGE OTTLEY. OCTAVO. THIS DE LUXE EDITION BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF IN LAVANA CALF IS LIMITED TO TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY NUMBERED COPIES. THIS BEING NUMBER 143. AND IS CONTAINED IN A SLIPCASE IN NEAR FINE CONDITION
