The Improvement Of Rivers. A Treatise On The Methods Employed For Improving Streams For Open Navigation, And For Navigation By Means Of Locks And Dams..
Bound in the original cloth gilt, slightly worn on extremities and a old damp stain on the rear board, otherwise a very good copy.
£75.00
Publisher
New York : John Wiley & Sons. London Chapman and Hall,,
Date
1903
Item Description
First Edition. Large 4to. xiv + 356 pp. with a large number of illustrations throughout and folding engineering drawings and sections.
Notes
A first edition of what was to become one of the standard reference works of the subject in the twentieth century, largely based on American examples. Scarce.
[Stock No. 11988]
Subjects
Engineering • Natural History/Science • Rivers • Science • Waterways