Daylight Through the Mountain; Letters and Labours of Civil Engineers Walter and Francis Shanly
Published by The Engineering Institute of Canada, 1957
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Homeward Bound Books, Campbellcroft, ON, CanadaHomeward Bound Books
AbeBooks seller since March 14, 2012
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 15.61
Quantity: 1 available
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442 p. 23 cm. Sound and square binding in cloth-covered boards. Corner tips slightly softened. Prize label on back of the front free endpaper. Two leaves have creasing to their upper fore-corners. Otherwise, the inside pages are clean and unmarked, with light toning. Dust jacket has heavy wear, including large chips and edge tears, creases, rubbing, and small chips. Shelf rubbed. The story of mid-19th century Canadian civil engineers Walter and Francis Shanly, as told by their letters. Known for their work on railways and canals, Walter went on to become a Member of Parliament for Grenville South in the 1860s.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- Daylight Through the Mountain; Letters and Labours of Civil Engineers Walter and Francis Shanly
- Author
- Walker, Frank Norman & Gladys Chantler (Editors)
- Publisher
- The Engineering Institute of Canada
- Publication year
- 1957
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Fair
- Binding
- Hardcover
Homeward Bound Books
Campbellcroft, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since March 14, 2012
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Welcome to our store! Homeward Bound Books is an online bookstore, owned and operated from our home in the Municipality of Port Hope, Ontario, Canada. We specialize in children's and illustrated books and local histories, particularly for Ontario. We also stock a selection of collectable mystery fiction, ephemera, and any other titles we find interesting or unusual. Please contact us to be added to our client list so that we may search for or quote on books of interest to you. If you have books to sell, let us know. If they are not in the subject areas we buy in, we will be happy to point you towards another dealer who might be interested. It is our pleasure to send books homeward bound -- from our shelves to yours.…
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