The London, And North Western Railway Panoramic Guide:.
Bound in the original, printed and illustrated yellow paper wrappers. Three small adverts have been neatly excised; however as most of these survive with no advertisements at all, this is no particular handicap.
£250.00
Publisher
Bemrose & Sons, 10, Paternoster Buildings: and Irongate, Derby. No date but,
Place
London
Date
[1874].
Synopsis
A description of the principal objects of historic interest; sacred edifices, chief cities, towns, and villages; country seats, pleasure resorts, natural objects, engineering works, roads, rivers, canals, etc., inviting the attention of passengers over the main lines and chief branches of the london, and north western railway.
Item Description
Folio. 7.5 x 12 inches. 54 pp., + [10] pp. advertisements.
Illustrations
Illustrated by large double-sided folding map plus one other map and engraving of Euston Station Hall.
Notes
An entertaining and informative booklet with an interesting format where a representation of the railway line being described, complete with trains, passes up the centre of each page, with Junctions, Tunnels, and each station encountered, with its distance from the London terminus. On the appropriate side of the line are descriptions of the principal objects of interest.
[Stock No. 22083]
Subjects
19th Century • Guides • Railways • Transport