The Life Story of Sir Charles Tilston Bright, Civil Engineer ,with which is Incorporated the Story of the Atlantic Cable, and the First Telegraph to India and the Colonies (Volume 1)
Volume one only. xx, 306pp, [2] publisher's ads, various black and white plates and fold-out map. Red cloth-covered boards, gilt coat-of-arms on front, gilt titles on spine; top text block edge gilt; black and white in-text illustrations. 8vo. Rubbed corners and spine ends, cloth wearing, quite cocked. Fore and bottom text block edges tanning. Text block dropped; volume still tight. Endpapers starting to fox and tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight.
