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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Cambridge Univ Pr
Publication date
June 28, 2012
Pages
568
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781108052733
ISBN-10
1108052738
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$54.99
Other format details
university press
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period, paying particular attention to engineers. His first biography was of George Stephenson (1781-1848), whom he met at the opening of the North Midland Railway in 1840. After Stephenson died, Smiles wrote a memoir of him for Eliza Cook's Journal. With the permission of Stephenson's son, Robert, this evolved into the first full biography of the great engineer, published in 1857 and reissued here in its revised third edition. This detailed and lively account of Stephenson's life, which proved very popular, charts his education and youth, his crucial contribution to the development of Britain's railways, and his relationships with many notables of the Victorian world. It remains of interest to the general reader as well as historians of engineering, transport and business.
Editions
Hardcover
from Bibliobazaar (October 30, 2008); titled "The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer"
9780559178177 | details & prices | 464 pages | List price $39.99
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
from Kessinger Pub Co (July 30, 2007); titled "The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer"
9780548092903 | details & prices | 463 pages | 6.25 × 9.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.85 lbs | List price $52.95
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Paperback
The price comparison is for this edition
from Cambridge Univ Pr (June 28, 2012); titled "The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer"
9781108052733 | details & prices | 568 pages | List price $54.99
About: A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period, paying particular attention to engineers.
About: A political and social reformer, Samuel Smiles (1812-1904) was also a noted biographer in the Victorian period, paying particular attention to engineers.
from Bibliobazaar (October 30, 2008); titled "The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer"
9780559178146 | details & prices | 464 pages | List price $36.75
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
About: This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality.
from Scholarly Pub Office Univ of (September 30, 2006); titled "The Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer"
9781425560072 | details & prices | 540 pages | List price $29.99
from Kessinger Pub Co (May 30, 2006)
9781425498627 | details & prices | 463 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.25 in. | 1.56 lbs | List price $37.95
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
About: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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