Lives of the Engineers: Boulton and Watt - The Steam Engine Samuel Smiles
1904. Popular Edition. 481 pages. No dust jacket. Red cloth. Contains black and white illustrations throughout. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Heavier tanning to free endpapers. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Thumb-marking present. Brown staining to pages throughout. Some creasing to gutter. Binding remains firm. Boards have mild edge-wear with slight rubbing to surfaces. Visible crushing to spine ends. Light tanning to spine and edges. Minor marks to boards. Book has a visible forward lean.