First edition. Portrait. 8vo. Stout contemporary half dark green morocco. xvi,517pp. London, Murray, 1857.
This copy bear Thos Sopwith’s signature on the title, grandfather of Sir. T.O.M. Sopwith, a mining engineer and friend of Stephenson’s. Tipped in are two letters from Smiles requesting additional personal details off Sopwith for a second edition. Sopwith, an F.R.S.was an Engineer and geologist and had collaborated with Stephenson in developing both French and Belgian railways.
