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Short sketches of eminent men of the North of England

Name: Short sketches of eminent men of the North of England
Author: NOBLE, Mark.

Book Description

Scarce First Edition. Previously published as articles in the 'Consett Guardian'. Copac lists only two holdings - Newcastle and Oxford. Disbound, but the text block is complete and holding well (Has more the appearance of a tract). Has some age toning, and spots of foxing. Concise biographies of characters such as the "Father of Railways" George Stephenson, former Prime Minister Earl Grey, engineer and industrialist William George Armstrong (1st Baron Armstrong), Victorian ironmaster Sir Isaac Lowthian Bell, and others.

Author NOBLE, Mark.

Date 1885

Binding Disbound

Publisher Newcastle Upon Tyne: Andrew Reid

Condition Fair

Pages 160

Price: £80.00

Offered by Harrison-Hiett Rare Books

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