WALTER HANCOCK AND HIS COMMON ROAD STEAM CARRIAGES
Published by Laurence Oxley. 1st. 1975
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper. Biography of Walter Hancock who produced steam vehicles of many types, from his steam Phaeton of 1836 to the five ton Automaton. This is his life and work as written by his great great grand nephew. The second half of the book contains a reprint of Walter Hancock's Narrative of Twelve Years' Experiments (1824-36) dealing with Steam Carriages ont he Common Roads, together with the original engravings as published in 1838. Red cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations.
SIGNED by the author (with dedication) to title page. Faint damp patch from dustwrapper to rear board. Minor foxing to endpapers and text block. Tiny nick to lower edge of first couple of pages. Text block a little grubby and dampstained. Orange dustwrapper is damp stained to verso, lightly edge-worn and lightly marked.
ISBN: 0950134775
Stock no. 1826025
- Categorised in:
- TRANSPORT
- TRANSPORT GENERAL
- STEAM ENGINES
- BIOGRAPHY
- ROADS
