Book Details
| Author: | Raistrick, Arthur: |
| Title: | Dynasty of Ironfounders - The Darbys and Coalbrookdale. |
| Published: | London: Longmans, Green & Co. Ltd., 1953. |
| Classification: | Catalogue 21 - Biography |
| Description: | First edition. xvi, 308 pp. Colour frontispiece by John Piper, & 20 other illustrations on plates, some in colour. 12 illustrations in text. Illustrated eps. The ironworks founded by Abraham Darby in 1699 were managed until 1851 by five generations of his family. A history of the technical progress of the company including the smelting of iron with coke, the development of the steam engine with cast iron cylinders, the introduction of cast iron railways, the building of the world's first cast iron bridge and first locomotive. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge red. Previous owner's inscription on half-title page. Overall condition VG+. In Good chipped dust wrapper. |
| Book Number: | #2807 |
| Price: | € 44.50 |
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