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Lot 45

LARDNER, Dionysius, 1793-1859. Steam and its Uses.

Estimate: $400 - $600

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LARDNER, Dionysius, 1793-1859. Steam and its uses : including the steam engine, the locomotive, and steam navigation, by Dionysius Lardner ; with eighty-nine illustrations.

London : Walton and Maberly, 1856.

333 pages in various pagings. With illustrations.

Bound in green leather with gilt borders, raised bands, decorative gilt panels, red leather spine labels, gilt spine title, marbled edges, marbled end papers.


H: 7 in.

Condition

Condition: Very good.

Overall Dimensions
Height: 7.00

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