Scotland
Four volumes of railway plans and sections, 19th century
£328
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 21 September 2023 at 10:00 BST
Description
Inverness and Aberdeen Junction Railway. Plans and Sections of Proposed Extension from Invergordon to Ardgay near Bonar Bridge. Joseph Mitchell Esqr F.R.S.E., Engineer. Glasgow: Maclure & Macdonald, 1862. Oblong atlas folio (55.5 x 76cm), original printed wrappers (front wrapper inscribed 'Board room copy'), cloth backstrip, lithographic title-page, 14 hand-coloured lithographic plans, wrappers chipped and soiled, a few small chips and closed tears to margins of plans;
Inverness and Perth Junction Railway. Plans and Sections of Proposed Deviations. Joseph Mitchell Esqr F.R.S.E. Engineer. Glasgow: Maclure & Macdonald, 1862. Oblong atlas folio (54.5 x 76cm), original printed wrappers, cloth backstrip, 45 lithographic plans (numbered 1-23 and 2-23), wrappers chipped and soiled, repair to head of front wrapper, loss to foot of spine, creasing;
Wick and Lybster Light Railway. Light Railway Commission. Plans and Sections of Proposed Light Railway from Wick Station on the Highland Railway to Lybster. William Roberts, Engineer. London: Robert J. Cook & Hammond, 1898. Oblong atlas folio (56 x 76cm), original printed wrappers, cloth backstrip, 4 lithographic plans, wrappers chipped and marked, short closed tears to lower margins of plans;
together with another copy of the first item (contemporary maroon half roan, front board detached, uncoloured, light creasing to a few plans)