Lives of the Engineers - George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
1904. Popular Edition. 466 pages. Fully bound in blue leather. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white illustrations. School prize rebinding. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. More pronounced to free endpapers and pastedowns. Pen inscriptions to front free endpaper. Binding remains firm. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Gilt lettering is darkened. Moderate sunning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Moderate splits to and peeling spine and corners. Visible wear marks to boards.