The Locomotive Engine and Its Development: A Popular Treatise on the Gradual Improvements Made in Railway Engines Between the Years 1803 and 1892

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Crosby Lockwood and Son, 1892 - 154 pages
Incomplete printed galley proof copy of the first edition of Clement E. Stretton's publication, The locomotive engine and its development, published at London in 1892 by Crosby Lockwood and Son, 7 Stationers' Hall Court, Ludgate Hill. The pages have extensive proofreader's handwritten marks and annotations in pencil and ink. Some of the placements for illustrations have been left blank. Several annotations are dated [June?] 1892.
 

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