Add this copy of Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway to cart. $53.23, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Santa Clarita, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1976 by H. Broadbent.
Add this copy of Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to cart. $7,000.00, very good condition, Sold by Argosy Book Store rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1831 by Ackermann.
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Bury, T.T. Two volumes bound together in one with separate title pages. Illustrated with 13 splendid hand-colored engravings of idealized railway scenes. [1], 8pp text, 6 leaves; [2], 7 leaves. Tall thin 4to, handsomely bound by C. Walters in full red morocco with gilt fillet borders and gilt-decorated spine; original wrappers bound-in at rear (leather is somewhat rubbed but still very sound and quite attractive). London: R. Ackermann, 1831. A near fine copy with lovely clean plates A finely illustrated account of the Liverpool line, with a glowing report of the railroad's contribution to the prosperity of the important manufacturing center. It was the opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Line in 1830 that first impressed the national mind with the fact that a revolution in methods of travelling had really taken place. Tooley 120; Prideaux 329; Abbey Life 440; BMC IV 763.885.
