Our shop is located on James Street in the beautiful old Georgian part of Westport between the tree-lined Mall and the Octagon, one of the town’s well known landmarks.

We offer books on Travel & Exploration, Technology, Natural Sciences, Naval and Military History.


West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.

Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.

Smiles, Samuel. Lives of the Engineers. Early Engineering: Vermuyden – Myddelton – Perry – James Brindley / The Locomotive: George and Robert Stephenson / History of Roads: Metcalfe: Telford / Harbours, Lighthouses, Bridges: Smeaton and Rennie. A New and Revised Edition. Four Volumes. London, John Murray, 1874. 18 x 12 cm. xxxiii, 320 pages / xl, 388 pages / ix, 331 pages / ix, 389 pages. Illustrated. All volumes bound uniform in 2019. Black cloth with gilt titles on spine. New end papers. Original marbled edges. Very good condition. New bindings. Edges dust dulled. Internally bright and clean with many illustrations in B&W. A nice set.

Our price: EUR 160,-- 

Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.
Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.
Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.
Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.
Smiles, Lives of the Engineers.

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