William Willcocks The Nile Reservoir Dam at Assuan 1st Edition 1901

Author: William Willcocks 

Title: The Nile Reservoir Dam At Assuan  

Publication:  First UK Edition Published By E & F.N. Spon London 1901…………………….. (See Pictures)

Condition Of Book: 
This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in dark red cloth with gilt title lettering to spine and the upper cover.With brown glossy original endpapers. The binding of the book remains firm with no hinge weakness and there is no leaning or rolling to spine,contents remain delightfully clean internally and the book has NO previous names or inscriptions present.illustrated with 12 folding plates of plans and with folding b&w frontispiece of the Assuan Dam at it’s final height.Sir William Willcocks KCMG was a British civil engineer of note and worked during the high point of the British Empire. He was an irrigation engineer who proposed and built the first Aswan Dam, the scale of which had never been attempted previously 4to 29pp plus additional plates.First Edition [1901]