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Nov. 04, 2021
Wales.- Telford (Thomas) Holyhead Road. Reports ... to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Holyhead Road, 15 reports in 4 vol., 1816-37; and another similar (7)
Est: £200 - £300
Wales.- Telford (Thomas) Holyhead Road. Reports ... to the Commissioners for the Improvement of the Holyhead Road, 15 parliamentary reports in 4 vol., 12 folding maps, hand-coloured in outline, 1 plate, occasional annotations, 2 vol. with modern paper wrappers, 1 vol. with original paper wrappers, a little chipped at edges, 1 vol. with near contemporary cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 4to, 1816-37; and others similar, one the Carlisle and Glasgow Road and 2 on railways (7) ⁂ A selection of parliamentary papers regarding the proposed improvements of the Holyhead Road.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 19, 2020
Telford (Thomas) Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, 1838.
Est: £1,000 - £1,500
Telford (Thomas) Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, edited by John Rickman, 2 vol. including Atlas, first edition, text lacking half-title, with engraved plate (lightly foxed), Atlas with engraved portrait and 82 maps & plates numbered 1-83 (no plate 28 as called for), several folding and/or double-page, some with routes supplied in red, some foxing, particularly to portrait and title, contemporary half russia, Atlas with gilt-stamped label to upper cover, spines ruled in gilt, a little rubbed and faded, Atlas with upper joint split, 4to & folio, 1838. ⁂ Account of the great engineer's life and work written by himself, describing canals, roads, aqueducts and bridges including the great suspension bridges over the Menai Strait and at Conway.
Forum Auctions - UK
Nov. 19, 2020
Telford (Thomas) Report...relative to the proposed Railway from Glasgow to Berwick-upon-Tweed, first edition, Edinburgh, A.Neill & co., 1810 & others (5)
Est: £750 - £1,000
Telford (Thomas) Report...relative to the proposed Railway from Glasgow to Berwick-upon-Tweed; with Mr Jessop's Opinion thereon..., first edition, title soiled and stained with small hole not affecting text, trimmed, modern calf-backed marbled boards, Edinburgh, A.Neill & Co., 1810 § Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway. Rules and Regulations..., second issue with 'New Rule' dated October 1842 bound in, original canvas wallet with flap with blank leaves at end (some torn out) and ruled slate mounted on rear pastedown (broken), lacking pencil, preserved in modern half dark maroon morocco slip-case with pull-off top, Edinburgh, 1842 § Guide to the Glasgow & Ayrshire Railway, folding map, lithographed plates, 2 folding, original pictorial cloth, gilt, rubbed, Ayr, 1841; and 2 others, a copy of Hill's Views of the Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway lacking the 4 lithographed plates, and a bound volume of 24 reports of meetings of shareholders/directors of the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock, & Ayr Railway 1836-47 belonging to James McCall of Daldowie, Chairman of the Board of Directors, 4to & 8vo (5) ⁂ Optimism abounds in the committee's deliberations in the first item, but the scheme was stillborn. Nevertheless this is an interesting report summing up not only the costs, (£2926 per mile), but the potential benefits (£55,000 p/a), returning a nett benefit of 12%. In summing up Telford suggests that the project "is one of the most important that has ever come under my consideration". A rare work, with only 5 copies recorded worldwide, two in America, the remaining three in Scotland. The Edinburgh & Glasgow Railway opened at a cost of over a million pounds on the 21st February 1842. It was an enormous success with three times the estimated passenger traffic. By 1850 the line required 58 engines and 216 carriages. A rare survivor from the earliest days of intercity railway travel in Scotland.
Forum Auctions - UK
Dec. 05, 2015
BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. Ink s
Est: £80 - £100
BRUNEL ISAMBARD KINGDOM: (1806-1859) British Engineer. Ink signature ('I K Brunel') and two additional words in his hand on an oblong 12mo piece clipped from the conclusion of a letter. Together with Thomas Telford (1757-1834) Scottish Civil Engineer. Ink signature ('Thos. Telford') and six additional words in his hand on a small 12mo piece irregularly torn from the conclusion of a letter. FR to G, 2"""
International Autograph Auctions
Sep. 04, 2013
Telford, Thomas
Est: £400 - £600
Telford, Thomas The charts and plans referred to in Mr. Telford's report... London: The House of Commons, 1809. Large folio, 16 double and/or folding charts and plans mounted on guards, occasionally coloured in outline, contemporary half calf, original label, slight occasional browning and dust-soiling, a couple of discreet marginal repairs, with no loss to engraved areas, inner margin of first page renewed, covers, spine and corners a little rubbed
Lyon & Turnbull
Sep. 25, 2012
TELFORD (THOMAS)
Est: £300 - £500
Atlas to the Life of Thomas Telford, Civil Engineer, 82 engraved plates, maps and plans (some folding), Payne and Foss, 1838--RANKINE (W.J. MACQUORN, editor) Shipbuilding, Theoretical and Practical, loss to spine, William Mackenzie, 1866--Examples of Building Construction, Intended as an Aide-memoire for the Professional Man and the Operative: Being a Series of Working Drawings... for Public and Private Buildings, 2 vol., Batsford, [c.1860]--MAW (WILLIAM H.) A Record of the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1873, atlas vol. only, 268 plates, "Engineering" Offices, 1874--DREDGE (JAMES) A Record of the Transportation Exhibits at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, numerous plates, "Engineering" Offices, 1894, some blindstamps, the third half calf, the others contemporary half morocco, worn, folio; and another (7)
Bonhams
Sep. 27, 2008
Autographs: TELFORD THOMAS: (1757-1834) Scottish
Est: £250 - £350
Autographs: TELFORD THOMAS: (1757-1834) Scottish Civil Engineer. A.L.S., Thos. Telford, one page, 4to, London, 21st December 1824, to Jos. Lace, a solicitor in Liverpool. Telford informs his correspondent that it will not be possible to see him on the 28th and continues to discuss his travel arrangements to various towns including Cambridge, further suggesting that a meeting in Liverpool would be more convenient. He adds that he could also visit in January or February 'when I have to go to Ireland on public business'. In concluding he asks Lace to secure him comfortable lodgings at the Waterloo Hotel. With integral address leaf. Two minor splits to fold, only lightly affecting text but not signature. Otherwise VG
International Autograph Auctions
Nov. 16, 2005
TELFORD, Thomas (1757-1834). The Life of Thomas Telford. Edited by John Rickman. London:
Est: £1,200 - £1,800
TELFORD, Thomas (1757-1834). The Life of Thomas Telford. Edited by John Rickman. London: Payne and Foss, 1838. 2 volumes, text: 4° (272 x 211mm); atlas: 2° (558 x 412mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 82 plates and maps, as issued, some folding or double-page. (Dampstain on lower margins, dampstain on fore-margins of last few quires, spotting, primarily on first and last few quires, short tear in contents leaf.) Half-roan (text) and half-calf (atlas), edges marbled (atlas: rebacked, rubbed, soiled). Provenance: John Hawkshaw (stamp on title of atlas). FIRST EDITION. Telford, one of the greatest of the 19th-century civil engineers, played a major role in the development of cast iron for bridge construction; many of his works were on a hitherto unprecedented scale. The plates illustrate all of Telford's major works, including: the magnificent Menai Strait and Conway suspension bridges, the Caledonian and Götha ship canals, the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction canal, and the Ellesmere Canal with its cast-iron aqueduct at Pont-y-cysyllte. The book was in preparation at Telford's death and was completed by his friend, John Rickman, who had been Secretary to the Caledonian Canal Commission. (2)
Christie's
Jun. 08, 2005
TELFORD, Thomas (1757-1834). The Life of Thomas Telford. Edited by John Rickman. London:
Est: £2,500 - £3,500
TELFORD, Thomas (1757-1834). The Life of Thomas Telford. Edited by John Rickman. London: Payne and Foss, 1838. 2 volumes, text: 4° (272 x 211mm); atlas: 2° (558 x 412mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 82 plates and maps, as issued, some folding or double-page. (Dampstain on lower margins, dampstain on fore-margins of last few quires, spotting, primarily on first and last few quires, short tear in contents leaf.) Half-roan (text) and half-calf (atlas), edges marbled (atlas: rebacked, rubbed, soiled). Provenance: John Hawkshaw (stamp on title of atlas). FIRST EDITION. Telford, one of the greatest of the 19th-century civil engineers, played a major role in the development of cast iron for bridge construction; many of his works were on a hitherto unprecedented scale. The plates illustrate all of Telford's major works, including: the magnificent Menai Strait and Conway suspension bridges, the Caledonian and Götha ship canals, the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction canal, and the Ellesmere Canal with its cast-iron aqueduct at Pont-y-cysyllte. The book was in preparation at Telford's death and was completed by his friend, John Rickman, who had been Secretary to the Caledonian Canal Commission. (2)
Christie's