Colonial Engineer by Robert Lee
SKU: B-001956

Colonial Engineer

Author: Robert Lee
Special Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Condition: In very good condition. The dust jacket has light scuffing. The closed book page edge at the bottom has a light scuffing. One page has a minor scuff. Clean and tidy pages. Free of writing. Free of dog ears. Tight binding. From a smoke free home.

Transport & Engineering Biography & Memoir History

Secondhand copy — please check photos and condition notes.
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Colonial Engineer by Robert Lee tracks the life of a colonial engineer whose rails and bridges reshaped early Australia. Illustrated and printed by the Australian Railway Historical Society, this 2000 hardcover transports adults and curious children to a time when steam power and surveyors mapped a continent.

Robert Lee’s carefully researched biography blends transportation history with adventure, capturing the spirit of nineteenth-century engineering. Collectors prize the dust-wrapped first edition for its vintage photographs and the crisp fold-out plates that chart every sleeper laid.

The book remains in very good condition inside and out: pages are clean, tight, and free of notes, while the dust jacket shows only light surface scuffs. A light rub mark on the page edge and a small scuff on a single page do not intrude on the reading experience.

Searching for a giftable piece of Australian history or an addition to your antiquarian transport shelf? This Colonial Engineer copy is ready to ride home from a smoke-free house and join an engineering, railway, or biography collection without apology.