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Poster, "Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances", London Brighton & South Coast Railway from Pimlico terminus, 1861.

Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances

1861

Coloured drawing of the The Mansion House, London. Taken from The Penny Magazine, 1837. Features images contemporary transport.

Coloured picture of the The Mansion House

1837

Book, The Story of the Life of George Stephenson, by Samuel Smiles, published by John Murray, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London, illustrated by J Cooper and others, 1864, hard covers, 388 pages.

The Story of the Life of George Stephenson

1864

Poster, "Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances", from Pimlico and Victoria terminus, 1860.

Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances

1860

Handbill, "Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances West End of London & Crystal Palace Rail from Pimlico terminus",1857.

Hackney Carriage Fares and Distances

1857

An article entitled A Looking -Glass for London, from The Penny Magazine, dated February 28th to March 31st, 1937. Contains three colour drawings: 1) Fleet Street - Procession of Mail Coaches on the King's Birthday; 2) Holburn from Middle-Row, looking East - Omnibuses; 3) Bishopgate Street - Short Stages. 8 pages. The Penny Magazine was a supplement from the journal of the Society of the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge.

The Penny Magazine

1837

Book, Link Motion and Expansion Gear, by N P Burgh, published by E & F N Spon, London, printed by William Clowes & Sons, 1870, hard covers, stiffened spine, embossed, 232 pages, 72 plates.

Link Motion and Expansion Gear

1870

Railway act. An act for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company to make certain branch railways in the County of Durham, and for other purposes.

An Act enabling certain branch railways in the County of Durham, and for other purposes

1846

A colour drawing from The Penny Magazine, entitled Bow Street, and the Assembling of the police. Dated 31st January 1837.

Newspaper cutting featuring a drawing of Bow Street

1837

Mounted newspaper cutting from the Penny Magazine, featuring a coloured print of contemporary transport in front of Covent Garden Theatre. Dates to around 1837.

Mounted newspaper cutting featuring a drawing of Covent Garden Theatre

1836-1838

Report of the Commissioners of Railways 1848 and 1849, 219 pages, cloth binding, ex Royal Engineers Library.

Report of the Commissioner of Railways

1848-1849

Coloured print showing Regent Street, looking North, from the Quadrant. A newspaper cutting from The Penny Magazine, in an article entitled A Looking Glass For London - No. XIX: trade - Regent Street and the shops of the West End.

Newspaper cutting featuring a drawing of Regent Street

1836-1838

Book, The Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt, by Samuel Smiles, published by John Murray, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London, illustrated by W Beesby RA and others, 1874, hard covers, 416 pages.

The Lives of the Engineers - Boulton and Watt

1874

Book, The Lives of the Engineers - Smeaton and Rennie, by Samuel Smiles, published by John Murray, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London, illustrated by Nather Brown and others, 1874, hard covers, 389 pages.

The Lives of the Engineers - Smeaton and Rennie

1874

Railway act. An act for enabling the Newcastle and Darlington Junction Railway Company to purchase the Durham and Sunderland Railway and the Wearmouth Dock. London : Printed by W. Clowes and Sons, 1846.

An Act for enabling the purchase of the Durham & Sunderland Railway and the Wearmouth Dock

1846

Book, The Lives of the Engineers - Metcalfe and Telford, by Samuel Smiles, published by John Murray, printed by William Clowes & Sons, London, illustrated by Samuel Lane and others, 1874, hard covers, 331 pages.

The Lives of the Engineers - Metcalfe and Telford

1874

Railway act. An act for enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to improve their main line of railway, and to make certain branches in the County of Durham, and for other purposes. London : printed by William Clowes and Sons, 1848.

An Act enabling the York, Newcastle, and Berwick Railway Company to improve their main line

1848

Newspaper cutting entitled A Looking Glass For London - No. XXX, taken from the Penny Magazine, c.1837. The cutting features a drawing of contemporary transport in a scene entitled Hyde Park - Entrance from Piccadilly.

Newspaper cutting entitled A Looking Glass For London - No. XXX

1836-1838