Isambard Kingdom Brunel : A Biography
Rare and modern books
Rolt, L. T. C.
BCA/Longman,
1972
Isambard Kingdom Brunel : A Biography
Rare and modern books
Rolt, L. T. C.
BCA/Longman,
1972
7.25 €
(Hyde,
United Kingdom)
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1972
- Place of printing
- London
- Author
- Rolt, L. T. C.
- Publishers
- BCA/Longman
- Size
- 9 x 6 inches
- Keyword
- Engineer, Biography, Railways, Ships,
- Cover description
- Very Good (+)
- Binding description
- Hard Cover
- Dust jacket
- True
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Inscribed
- False
- First edition
- False
Description
No marks or inscriptions. A very clean very tight copy with bright unmarked blue cloth boards, slightly dusty page edges and no bumping to corners. Dust jacket not price clipped or marked or torn or creased with minor traces of storage. 345pp. A well researched account of possibly the greatest engineer of the 19th century. It includes the conflict between Brunel and John Scott Russell over the Great Eastern which venture was directly responsible for Brunel's financial ruin and his early death at age of fifty-two.
