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Single Sheet Engraving. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVING. MOUNTED AND READY TO FRAME. VERY GOOD CONDITION . SHOWS A PORTRAIT OF SIR CHARLES FOX, CELEBRATED RAILWAY ENGINEER, AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT,

78 pages, nicely illustrated with many photographic portraits and technical pictures. - Publisher's gilt-titled half cloth-binding; 4to.(ca. 27 x 21 cm). *** FIRST EDITION, LARGESIZE CLOTHBOUND ORIGINAL. - BEST CONDITION.

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Stipple engraving, a little spotting.

First Edition. Very good copy in the original title-printed lime green cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Some extra wear to spine and front board. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 61 pages; Physical desc.: 61 p. diagrams ; 14 cm. Subject: System Maintenance -- Signal Appliances -- Gauge of Tracks -- Hopper Ballast Trains -- Railway. 3 Kg.

British railway engineer (1836-1918). Both items very good, and both stamped and docketed, and signed 'J. Wolfe-Barry'. LETTER ONE: one page, octavo. 'I have much pleasure in accepting the Office of Vice President of the Society and shall be glad, as an ex-officio member of the Council to be summoned to its meetings'. LETTER TWO: one page, octavo (landscape). 'I want to propose William Archer Tait D.Sc Civil Engineer for admission to the Royal Sy of Arts. His address is 9 Victoria Street S.W. Please take the necessary steps'.

Publisher's original wire stitched card wrap covers (soft back). 4to. 11½'' x 8¼''. Contains 20 pp + covers with monochrome archive photographs throughout. In Fine condition, no dust wrapper as issued. Member of the P.B.F.A. RAILWAYS & LOCOMOTIVES.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged, with small strip of discoloration at head of first page and traces of previous mount on discoloured blank reverse of second leaf. He thanks Lanyon for his 'renewed kindness' durimg his 'recent visit to Belfast', and extends an invitation to 'a party of a few friends we are about to have on the 5th of May'. With respect to Lanyon's visit, 'and to the earlier call I hope you will make on my wife (who is generally not in from her drive till 5.0)', he makes him a street plan (on lower part of second page). He is also enclosing '5 cards for the Goldsmith's Ball', in the hope that he will be able to 'take friends with you in sufficient number to prevent your being alone in an unknown City Hall.' Postscript: 'My conscience compels me to return the stolen watch key'.

2pp., 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn. He very much regrets that his 'occupation and residence for 1/3rd of the year in the S[outh]. of France render it almost impossible for me to be of use in the way you propose to the L[iver]pool. Arch[itectura]l. Society: for your Session commencing just at the time, when I ought to set out for the Continent.' He will do his best to delay his departure for that year, 'so as to enable me to comply with your request, if you can manage to give me the first week in October'.

12mo, 10 + 67 pp. In original purple morroco binding, with 'PRESENTED TO | T. E. HARRISON, ESQ., | VICE-PRESIDENT.' stamped on the front cover in gilt. A tight copy, in fair condition, on aged paper, with front endpapers sprung, and in a worn binding. Vignette woodcut on title-page, showing man working beside track as locomotive goes past. The names of the Institute's officers (including Harrison as one of the eight Vice-Presidents) are on p.3, p.4 carries a notice, and pp.5-10 the thirty-four 'Rules, &c.' Rule 2 reads: 'The object of the Institute is to promote the diffusion of scientific, useful, and general knowledge, amongst the officers, clerks, and other servants of the Company, by means of a library, reading room (which shall be supplied with newspapers and periodicals), lectures, and classes.' The catalogue is paginated 1-67, and lists around 3800 titles in alphabetical order, from 'Abbotsford and Newstead' by Irving, to 'Zoe's Brand, 3 vols.' Harrison, who had a home at Whitburn, worked with Robert Stephenson on the High Level Bridge at Newcastle, and when Stephenson retired as railway engineer, took over as engineer-in-chief of the York-Newcastle-Berwick line. Excessively scarce: no copy in the British Library or on WorldCat, and the only copy on COPAC at York Minster.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB: 'In the 1840s Peto had thirty-three railway contracts worth £20 million, the largest number held in the kingdom; according to Brunel he was the largest contractor in the world.' 2pp, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded three times. Begins: 'Sir Morton Peto presents his Compliments to Lady Hooker and begs to acknowledge the receipt of her not of the 9th. Inst. on his return from the Continent'. He regrets that 'it will not be in his power to assist the Case of Dr. Fraser at the next Election of the Idiot Asylum as he has promised the whole of his votes -'.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Strip of glue from mount adhering to one edge of the blank reverse. Folded for postage. Addressed to 'J M Hare Esqr'. Reads: 'Dear Sir / I have to acknowledge the receipt of the Patent you have kindly sent me, pray accept my thanks for your attention / I am dear Sir / Yrs faithfully / S. Morton Peto'. In Victorian hand at foot: 'M P. Norwich 1851'.

Each item 1p., 4to. The collection in good condition, on lightly aged paper. The correspondence shows the eighty-three-year-old Bramwell as an active member of the Society's Council. One letter relates a paper by 'Mr. Madgen' on 'the dwelling accommodation in London', another refers to the death of a 'charming colleague' named Cobb. Following a letter on 10 April 1901, in which Bramwell states that he does not 'quite like saying that the King is consenting to be Patron at the request of the council', the longest letter, 12 June 1901, relates to a royal visit, with instructions from Sir Francis Knollys on what to wear, information on presentations, and the comment: 'It is hoped that everyone who does attend will have his visiting card along with him to be handed to Lord Kenyon, very much in the way in which an ordinary Levee is conducted.'.

In this letter Tower describes his personal experience of the winning of the North Sea trophy by C. L. Salaman's 35-ton yacht Dianthus. 4pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, on aged paper chipped at head. Folded for postage. Addressed to 'My dear Dick' and signed 'Beauchamp Tower'. A long letter with 105 lines of text. He begins by congratulating Harington 'on getting an Indian judge ship which will enable you to marry, though I and all your other friends will be very sorry to lose you'. Writing from on board the winning yacht 'Dianthus', he describes how the contest for the North Sea Trophy began at Dover, with the 'Dianthus' racing 'the Inyone and Wave Queen'. In the nighttime fog the 'Dianthus' encounters '[a] steamer which we supposed to be the Ostend boat', which 'only just stopped her engines in time to avoid running us down. The next day the fog cleared and we were abreast of the North Hinder at noon distant about 5 miles. (We had to leave all the light ships on the Dutch and German coasts on the starboard hand)'. He continues his account of the contest, with reference to 'the Haaks light ship' and those of 'Terschelling' and 'Borthum'. Eventually 'we sighted Heligoland right ahead. Inyone crossed the line at 9.32 pm and we crossed it at 9.51 but as Inyone had to allow us 4 hours we were the winner by 3 hours 21 minutes. The winning line was a search light ray thrown from a man of war and when our sails were illuminated by the ray they fired a gun and we knew it was over. The Emperor's yacht "Haarzollern" was there as well as the man of war "Mars". They told us if we waited 2 hours a tug would tow us to the Elbe but we remained hove to in a heavy sea, till 4 am and no tug coming we sailed to the Elbe, a torpedo boat towed us up the last reach to the canal entrance and nearly pulled us under water.' Eventually they are 'presented to the Emperor who gave us the cup and talked to us about our voyage'. After 'a big dinner' with 'sweet Champagne' they sail from Kiel, arriving at Copenhagen, from where they will shortly sail to Gothenburg.

19pp, foolscap 8vo. On five bifoliums. Neatly and closely written. In good condition, lightly aged and worn. Tower's letter begins: 'My dear Dick | I enclose a chart [not present] which will show you at a glance my yachting cruises during the past season'. The rest of letter consists of extracts from Tower's diary, 4 April to 12 September 1901, describing with the care one would expect from an engineer, 'one of the best long vacation cruises on record', and ending with a table of 'Distances sailed by me in Gwnfa', from Brightlingsea to Harwich, Antwerp, 'Abortive attempt from Flushing', Flushing, Dover, Portsmouth, Dieppe, Maestrand, Copenhagen, Kiel, Brunsbutell, Hamburg, Cuxhaven, Lowestoft', totalling 2135 miles. Tower adds this to the total steamed in another ship ('Ingani'?), 'making a grand total for the seaon of 1901 of 3508 miles'. In businesslike fashion Tower notes times, position, weather, and significant incidents. A representative entry reads: 'Tues 13th. Very fine weather Lat 54.40 N Long 6.22 E by obs. At noon | Wind dropped at 4.pm. We were amongst a fleet of German steam trawlers. Sent a boat to one of them and got a bucket full of fine Plaice | becalmed all night'. See Tower's obituary in Minutes of the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers, vol.162 (1905) pt 4, which describes his connection with the sea, his 'principal work' being 'the gyroscopic "steady platform" for guns and searchlights [] The device was submitted to the Admiralty, and after being thoroughly tested, was fitted to two gunboats, on which it answered very well; but ultimately the Admiralty rejected the apparatus on account of the extra weight involved [] Mr. Tower nevertheless proceeded to adapt the platform for passenger-seats on cross-channel steamers'. The recipient Sir Richard Harington, 12th Baronet (1861-1931) would not succeed to the baronetcy until the death of his father in 1911. Himself a keen yachtsman, he was a Puisne Judge in the High Court of Justice at Fort William in Bengal between 1899 and 1913. From the Harington family papers.