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LOT #173
Antiquarian Railway Book Assortment
(6) items including “Great Western Railway Running Powers” revised by Horsley and Gale, London 1927, full leather having marbled endpapers and hundreds of diagrams and maps, “Bridges, Structural Steel Work and Mechanical Engineering Productions” by Sir William Arrol, London 1909, cloth, illustrated, a GWR “Block Telegraph Line Clear” book for double and single lines form ledger complete in manuscript dated 1891-92, “Manchester Central New Signaling” G. Leedam, Liverpool 1935, stapled wraps, instructional circular, “Exceptional Loads by GWR” James Milne, London 1933, stapled wraps, illustrating specialty freight cars and “Ministry of Transport Railway Accident Report on the Derailment.. Between Holmes Chapel and Sandbach”, London 1961, staple wraps having fold-out diagrams
Estimate: $400 - $600
Dimensions: Height: 13 1/2 inches, Width: 9 1/4 inches, Depth: 2 1/4 inches (largest)
Condition: overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use, Sir William Arrol book having detached first signature (present) and a spot of wear-through at spine, GWR telegraph ledger having detached pages, heavy wear, toning and foxing, edge wear and bent corners to stapled wraps, overall light to heavy wear consistent with normal use, Sir William Arrol book having detached first signature (present) and a spot of wear-through at spine, GWR telegraph ledger having detached pages, heavy wear, toning and foxing, edge wear and bent corners to stapled wraps
Disclaimers: individual pages have not been inspected, we cannot guarantee completeness, may have occasional bent corners, creases, short tears, owner names or notations, foxing or discoloration
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