Stephenson, George and Robert. Lives of the Engineers, by Samuel Smiles.

Lives of the Engineers, George and Robert Stephenson: the Locomotive, publ John Murray, London, 1904, ‘popular’ edition (1st was 1887). 510 pp + 4pp adverts. HB with red cloth covers with gilt-stamped titles on spines. V1, portrait of Geo frontispiece and 6 plates, all present, and numerous woodcuts. Foxing to title page and frontispiece and light foxing of pages near front and back. Otherwise clean. In good condition.