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West Coast Rare Books

West Coast Rare Books

Westport / Ireland

M’Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.

M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.

M’Adam, John Loudon. Remarks on the Present System of Road Making. With Observations, deduced from Practice and Experience, with a View to a Revision of the existing Laws, and the Introduction of Improvement in the Method of Making, Repairing, and Preserving Roads, and Defending the Roads from Misapplication. Third Edition. Carefully revised, with considerable Additions and an Appendix. London, Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1820. 22 x 14 cm. 196 pages. Paper covered boards and spine. Spinal label. Fore and bottom edge deckle. Good condition. Binding rubbed and bumped. Well worn boards with some small material losses to rear board (see images). Internally age darkened and with a few stains. Some small tears and minor paper losses . Mild foxing. Name of previous owner in ink on title page. Internally clean.

Our price: EUR 150,-- 

M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.
M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.
M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.
M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.
M'Adam, Remarks on the Present System of Road Making.

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