LIMITED EDITION OF 150 COPIES THIS BEING NUMBER 29. SIGNED BY AUGUSTUS JOHN AND LORD DAVID CECIL. FOLIO HALF VELLUM OVER BROWN BOARDS BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF OF LONDON PLATES PRINTED IN PHOTO-OFFSET BY VAN LEER OF AMSTERDAM. A VERY NICE COPY CONTAINED IN THE ORIGINAL STAINED AND GRUBBY SLIPCASE.
FIRST EDITION SOME WEAR TO BOARDS AND SPINE OTHERWISE VERY GOOD HARDBACK. AUTHOR WAS A PAST PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS HE WRITES HERE OF THE HISTORY OF HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE TOGETHER REMINISCENCES DATING FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CENTURY. SCARCE.