Lecount, Lieut. Peter [1794 - 1852]

A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RAILWAYS, Explaining Their Construction and Management, with Numerous Woodcuts and Ten Plates.

Adam and Charles Black, Edinburgh, 1839. v, [3], 422, [2] pp. First Edition. Last page has an advertisement for other Lecount titles. Profusely illustrated, with the 10 fold-out plates at rear. 12mo. 8-1/8" x 5" Internally, a VG+ copy. Original publisher's black cloth with gilt stamped title lettering to spine & boards stamped in blind; splitting of cloth at edges of spine and other edge wear.  "Catalogue of Works Published by Adam & Charles Black” 14 pp., tipped in to rear gutter behind plates.

Item #130

Price: $250.00