Rare and Unusual Books

Published: London, Crosby Lockwood & Sons,
Date: 1912.
Description: xiii, 279pp inc 82 illustrations plus 32pp publisher's adverts. Gilt lettered embossed cloth, 24x16. Nice copy of the original edition.
Notes: The author was a specialist in dredging and this book gives up-to-date information on the latest techniques. Includes canal and river dredging. Rapid advances had been made in the previous 25 years, eg the first hydraulic or suction dredge had been designed in France in 1867 and the first hopper dredge in 1861.
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Price: £50.00