ELECTION OF H. I. M. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF PRUSSIA AS AN HONORARY MEMBER AND ADDRESS
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Seller: Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents, Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
Condition: Used - Very good
£ 30.14
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London 1896. Octavo, 38p., removed from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. CXXIII and rebound in later wraps. VG. Baker's address is on current state of Engineering in 1890s focusing on iron, railroads, steam engine. Much on "the gigantic plunder the whole civilised world made in the early half of this century, in assuming that the efforts of the engineer would effect an immediate change in the long-inherited savagery of mankind and inaugurate a period of universal brotherhood and peace. (p.15).
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- ELECTION OF H. I. M. THE GERMAN EMPEROR AND KING OF PRUSSIA AS AN HONORARY MEMBER AND ADDRESS
- Author
- Baker, Sir Benjamin
- Publication year
- 1896
- Condition
- VG
- Binding
- Soft cover
Xerxes Fine and Rare Books and Documents
Glen Head, NY, U.S.A.
AbeBooks seller since July 2, 1996
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