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Guidebooks21034. : The Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Ireland, with six Maps, and Sixty-six Illustrations. London: David Bryce Third Edition - Twenty-First Thousand 1854. 19 x 13 cm. 80+224 pp.illustrated, recased in modern gold blocked green boards, and new endpapers £0.0020713. : The Grand Junction and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Companion ..... Newcastle upon Tyne 1969. A facsimile reprint of the first edition of 1837. 4.5 x 10.5 cm. 110 pp. folding plan of the route and folding fares table. Gold blocked tan boards in a very good dustwrapper. Almost as new, in very good condition. £45.0013458. Allbut, Robert: The Tourist's Handbook to Switzerland with practical information as to routes, excursions, railway and diligence fares, hotels &c. London: T. Nelson and Sons ninth edition 1894. ix+344 (8) pp. with 25 maps 6 plans and 26 illustrations. Red cloth boards, showing some wear, and signs of outdoor use, a couple of prelim pages have a little light red staining otherwise in good condition. An uncommon title. £45.0016211. Anderson, William. (Editor Peterhead Sentinal): The Howes O' Buchan, being notes local, historical, and antiquarian, regarding the various places of interest along the route of the Buchan Railway. Edinburgh: W.P. Nimmo; Aberdeen: Lewis Smith; Peterhead: "Sentinal Office", 1865. vi+100+4 pp. 17 x 11 cm. Nine tissue-guarded mounted albumen prints. Blue cloth bevelled boards with gilt lining and titling. A.e.g. Images are 6 x 9.5 cm. They include Peterhead from the Links, Howes o' Buchan House, Inverugie, The Castle etc., Ravenscraig, Pitfour House, Fraserburgh from the south, Cairnbulg Castle, Strichen Village and Strichen House. The spine has been professionally relaid, and this is a good tight copy. The photographs are mounted on heavier paper than the text and remain unfaded and very fresh. The Fraserborough photograph shows the railway line down to the Harbour with various railway building and sailing ships in the distance. This is the only illustration to include a view of the railway. Owner's name R.R. Henderson, Viewmount, Blackhill, on the ffep. This is a lovely example of an early Railway guide, three years after opening, albeit without details of timetables, fares etc. and of quite early photographs of scenes en route. A scarce item. The Buchan Railway was opened in 1862 but fell foul to Beeching cuts, and finally closed in the 1970s. There are now serious efforts to reopen it for much the same reasons as the Borders Railway was partly reopened recently. Good Luck. (We cannot supply scans or copies of the illustrations.) £125.0020049. Atkinson, Rev. Christopher W.: A Guide to New Brunswick, British North America & c. Edinburgh: Anderson & Bryce 2nd edition May 1843. 17.5 x 11 cm. 222 pp. folding map, list of subscriber's names, and locations in Scotland, gilt blocked blindstamped black boards. The lower spine extremity has been professionally repaired and this is a tight clean copy, the map is properly folded, minor wear. It is an emigrant's guide to the Canadian Province of New Brunswick and scarce. This was an enlargement of the first edition of 1842. £195.0010936. Baddeley, M.J.B. and Ward, C.S: Thorough Guide Series North Devon ( including West Somerset ) and North Cornwall from Exmoor to the Scilly Isles. London: Dulau & Co. 7th edition 1897. xvi+160+100 pp. twenty maps and plans, (all present) gilt and embossed red boards, a bit worn and with faded boards otherwise in good condition. The Thorough Guides are perhaps a little underrated, but they were perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive of the guides covering the British Isles, with particularly good maps and plans. £16.5014940. Baddeley, M.J.B. and Ward, C.S: Thorough Guide Series North Wales Part I. London: Dulau & Co. 4th edition revised 1892. xxiv+220 pp. nineteen maps and plans, ( all present ), with tourist ticket tables, gilt and embossed red boards, minor wear to spine, the 84 advertising pages have been removed, showing a little wear, otherwise a fair copy. The Thorough Guides are perhaps a little underrated, but they were perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive of the guides covering the British Isles, with particularly good maps and plans. £15.0010946. Baddeley, M.J.B. and Ward, C.S: Thorough Guide Series Scotland ( Part I ) Edinburgh, Glasgow and the Highlands as far north as Aberdeen, Inverness, Gairloch, and Stornaway. London: Dulau & Co. 7th edition 1892. xxxiv+310+88 pp. forty maps and plans, ( all present ), gilt and embossed red boards, showing a little wear, otherwise a good copy. The Thorough Guides are perhaps a little underrated, but they were perhaps the most detailed and comprehensive of the guides covering the British Isles, with particularly good maps and plans. £16.5010934. Baedeker, Karl: Suddeutschland Handbuch fur Reisende. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker Zweiunddreissigste auflage1931. xx+494 pp. mit 49 karten, 47 planen und 21 grundrissen. Staples are getting rusty as usual otherwise, in very good condition, tight and very freshlooking. Hindrischen D81. £20.0010930. Baedeker, Karl: Wien und Budapest Handbuch fur Reisende. Leipzig: Karl Baedeker 1931. xviii+228 pp. mit 8 karten, 8 planen und 13 grundrissen. In very good condition, extremely fresh looking almost as new. The first and only edition of this title Hindrichsen D198. £45.0020236. Belfast and Northern Counties Railway: B. & N.C.R. - Tourist Guides 1901. Belfast: Belfast and Northern Counties Railway1901 24x15.5 cm. A Collection of some nine Guides, Tours and Brochures put together by the Railway Company, and various others, and bound into a single volume as the B&NCR's reference collection. It contains, "Through Erin's Isle an Official Guide to all Places of Interest and Beauty in Ireland published on behalf of the Irish Railways" 1901, 138 pp. map, illustrations." Great Western Railway, Programme of Tourist Arrangements for Ireland" May 1st to October 31st 1901; 44pp. "Waddington's Guide to the North of Ireland and the Giant's Causeway" 63 pp. map, illustrations. "Belfast & Northern Counties Railway Tourist and Pic-nic Programme" 1901, 95 pp. one page removed and two pages with bottom halfs removed). "A Holiday Tour of the North of Ireland", 48 pp. illustrated. "BCDR Summer Tours of the North of Ireland", 55 pp. map, illustrated." Cycling Tours in Galloway by the Larne and Stranraer Steamship Joint Committee". 16 pp. and two small timetable/fares issues. The covers are a little bent by virtue of the different sizes of these items,some dustiness to endpapers. Please note that it would be impossible to disbind these items without seriously damaging them. Most of these items are very scarce, indeed fairly rare. £100.0020237. Belfast and Northern Counties Railway: B. & N.C.R. - Tourist Guides 1902. Belfast: Belfast and Northern Counties Railway1901 24x15.5 cm. A Collection of some nine Guides, Tours and Brochures put together by the Railway Company, and various others, and bound into a single volume as the B&NCR's reference collection. It contains," Belfast & Northern Counties Railway Official Guide 1899", 175 pp. map, illustrated. "BNCR's Tourist and Pic-nic Programme 1902", 95 pp. "BNCR Summer Tours of the North of Ireland," 61 pp. map, illustrated. and two small timetable/fares issues from Larne & Stranraer Steamship Co. "BNCR Fares from Londonderry for Pic-Nic and Excursion Parties", ditto for Whitehead NCC Hotel Belfast Brochure, "The Irish Naturalist" Vol. 11 no9 Sept.1902, Fennell, "The Gobbins Cliff Path 1902", 18 pp. "Summer Tours in the North of Ireland 1902", 61 pp. map.Milligan, Seaton F. "Irish Industrial Awakening", 33 pp.1902. The covers are a little bent by virtue of the different sizes of these items,some dustiness to endpapers. Please note that it would be impossible to disbind these items without seriously dama rare. £100.0020229. Belfast and Northern Counties Railway.: Tours in the North of Ireland Official Guide to the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway, The Giants Causeway and the Antrim Coast. Belfast: Carswell & Son 1900. 16 x 10.5 cm. vii+179 ( 23) pp.maps and illustrations, a little wear, from use otherwise in good condition £40.0020010. Belfast Corporation: Belfast The Official Guide Belfast n.d. ( 1920) 16.5 x 9.5 cm. 76 pp. illustrated, folding district map, light card covers, in very good condition. £20.0013469. Black, Adam & Charles: Black's Guide to Hampshire Bournemouth, New Forest, Winchester, Southampton, Portsmouth etc. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 13th edition 1897. A. R. Hope Moncrieff, editor. 17 by 11.5 cms. xii+184+132 pp. folding map, illustrations, green boards with gilt titling, minor wear, folding county map is present in the rear pocket, on map has a bit of edgewear from misfolding, otherwise a very good copy. "entirely now recast". £15.0019678. Black, Adam and Charles: Black's Guide to the English Lakes of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, eighteenth edition 1887. 16.5 x 10.5 cm. 119+120 pp. folding map and eight small maps, illustrated green card covers, some wear to the spine otherwise a good tight, clean copy. £25.0016034. Black, Adam and Charles: Black's Picturesque Guide Through North and South Wales and Monmouthshire. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1851. viii+392+64pp. 18.5 x 12 cm. "with a copious itinerary, a full description of every remarkable place, and a comprehensive general index, embracing a list of hotels and inns. Illustrated by maps, charts, and views of scenery." In original cloth with a professionally-relaid spine. All maps and illustrations are present as called for. Boards are a little rubbed, otherwise a good tight copy of a mid-Victorian guidebook. £45.0013484. Black, Adam and Charles: Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black new edition 1872. 17 by 11.5 cms. xiii+229+72 pp. maps, illustrations, dark green boards with decorative gilt spine, a tear in the folded map at the rear, no loss, repairable, a good copy of a fairly early title. £23.0013455. Black, Adam and Charles: Black's Picturesque Guide to North Wales. Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black 1867. 17 by 11.5 cms. 239+48 pp. maps, illustrations, dark green boards with decorative gilt spine, a very good tight copy of a fairly early title. £23.0016031. Black, Adam and Charles: Black's Picturesque Guide to Wales. Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1874. xv+433+96pp. 17 x 11 cm. "Illustrated by maps, charts and views. In original cloth with a professionally relaid spine. All forty-one maps and illustrations are present as called for. Boards are a little rubbed and worn, otherwise a good tight copy of a mid-Victorian guidebook. £32.0016172. Bradshaw: Complete Anglo-French Phrase-Book for Travellers and Students.... London: Henry Blacklock & Co. Ltd., c1920. With copious Vocabularies of the most useful Words; Common Idioms; Collections of Conversational Phrases; Models of Letters; Comparative Tables of Moneys, Weights, Weights, and Measures; and Special Sections Devoted to Cycling, Motoring, and Photography. New Edition, completely revised and corrected. 139 + i pp. 11.5 x 8 cm. (Waistcoat-pocket size.) Gold-blocked red textured boards. All edges red. No d.w. Previous owners name neatly written on ffep, o/w vg condition. £20.0016159. Brannon, G.: The Pleasure Visitor's Companion in making The Tour of the Isle of Wight, pointing out the best plan for seeing in the shortest time every remarkable object. Isle of Wight, Wootton: published for the author, 1857. The twenty-fifth annual edition. 128+viii pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. There is a vignette view on the title page but although that title page refers to the book "being embellished with views" there are no others. Nor did the author and self-publisher include a map in this edition, or perhaps it has been removed. Half leather and textured green boards with gilt spine titling. In quite good condition, apart from a few small faint water stains and some rubbing to spine extremities. £45.0020391. British Association: Handbook to the City of Dublin and the Surrounding District. Prepared for the Meeting of The British Association, September 1908. Dublin: University Press 1908. 441 pp. 37 plates, 53 figures, map NOT present in rear pocket black and gold blocked blue boards. In good condition. £15.0016058. Cambiagi, Gaetano: Guida per osservare con metodo Le Rarita' E Bellezze della Citta di Firenze. Firenze: Presso Giuseppe Molini e Comp, 1818. Edizione XI. 225 pp. 15.5 x 9 cm. Folding plan of Florence, 19.5 x 19 cm. Half-leather and marbled boards. Corners bumped, some loss of leather on rear board. Internally tight, clean, and map present. Fair/good overall. £95.0010983. Carocci, G: Guide of Florence. Florence: Le Grand Hotel 1905. 19.5 by 12 cms. xxiii+153 pp. illustrations, light green boards, green floral endpapers. There is an old light water mark affecting the bottom half of the pages otherwise in good condition. A detailed souvenir guide produced by the Hotel for visitors. £10.0013454. Carrington, N. T.: The Teignmouth Guide containing a description of the town and of the places and remarkable points of interest in the neighbourhood, the Excursions and Walks, Climate &c. &c. Teignmouth: Published and Printed by Edward Croydon and George Henry Croydon n.d. c.1864 (?) Fifteenth edition with considerable additions. 17 by 11 cms. (24)168 pp. with folded map of the environs of Teignmouth and its vicinity reduced from the Ordnance Grand Map of Devon. Blindstamped boards with gilt spine lettering. The title to the spine and front board reads, "Guide to Torquay". Minor rubbing to the spine extremities, a good tight clean copy, in very good condition. This title was first published c.1840, and is scarce. The Exeter to Totnes Railway line has been carefully drawn in pencil on the map. £85.0013522. Cliffe, Charles Frederick: The Book of North Wales. London: Long Brown Green and Longmans 1850. The first edition. 17 by 11 cms. 302 pp. illustrated, folding map, blindstamped boards with gilt titling.Some wear to spine extremities and the title page is missing, otherwise in good condition. £40.0013157. Collier: Collier's Guide to the Environs of Dresden. Saxon Switzerland. Bohemian Switzerland. Dresden: Carl Tittmann German and Foreign Bookstore, 1896. 65 pp. 17 x 12 cm. Two folding maps, Dresden und Umgegend and Sachs Schweiz. Covers showing a little wear but otherwise in very good condition. £25.006351. Cook's World Travel Service: A Synopsis of Summer Holidays in the British Isles 1948. London: Thomas Cook 1948. 28 by 22.5 cms. 34 pp. illustrated, paper covers. Holiday Brochure. Wear to bottom of spine otherwise in good condition. This was their first postwar British Isles brochure. £15.0013542. Cook, Thomas: The Traveller's Handbook for Normandy & Brittany. London: Thomas Cook & Son 1920. viii+288 pp. maps plans, no d.w. in very good condition. £10.0013534. Cook, Thomas: The Traveller's Handbook for the Riviera (Marseilles to Leghorn) and the Pyrenees (Biarritz to Marseilles). London: Thomas Cook & Son 1912. viii+304+68 pp. maps and plans, no d.w. in very good condition. £15.0013550. Cook, Thomas: The Traveller's Handbook to Normandy & Brittany. London: Simpkin, Marshall 1930. by Roy Elston. 556 pp. maps, plans. no d.w. minor rubbing, otherwise in very good condition. £12.0013549. Cook, Thomas: The Traveller's Handbook to Switzerland including French Savoy and Italian Lakes. London: Simpkin, Marshall 1929-30. by Roy Elston. xiv+464 pp. maps, plans. no d.w. minor rubbing, otherwise in very good condition. £10.0013536. Cook, Thomas: Tourist's Handbook for Holland London: Thomas Cook & Son 1924. 136+88 pp. map and plans, no d.w. ex-library but in very good condition. £10.0011154. Cook, Thos. & Son: Belgium Cooks 1939. London: Thos. Cook & Son, 1939. 21.5 by 13.5 cms. a folding brochure, illustrated, paper covers. A very good copy of an ephemeral publication from the last year of peace. £15.0011140. Cook, Thos. & Son: How to see Paris 1965. London: Thos. Cook & Son 1965. 67 pp. illustrated, pictorial paper covers. Very minor wear, otherwise in very good condition. £10.0011155. Cook, Thos. & Son: Sea Voyaging No. 7 1955. London: Thos. Cook & Son 1955. 13.5 by 21.5 cms. 64 pp. illustrated, colourful illustrated paper covers, artist Gordon Davey. Cruising in the 1950's. £15.0014519. Cooke, George Alexander: Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Nottingham...to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; ...forming a complete County Itinerary London: C. Cooke, c 1802/10 15.5 by 10 cms. 140 pp. uncoloured folding map, dark green textured boards, with a worn spine label, in fair condition. Part of the author's "The Modern British Traveller or Tourist's Pocket Directory being an accurate and complete history and description of ... ." Originally published 1802-1810 there were later printings of volumes through to 1830, making dating of all volumes quite tricky. The map may be coloured or uncoloured but it is unclear if this indicates an earlier or later date. £35.0011025. Cooke, George Alexander: Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Hereford...to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; ...forming a complete County Itinerary London: C. Cooke n.d. c. 1805 15.5 by 10 cms. 143 pp. uncoloured folding map, dark green textured boards, with a new red and gilt spine label, in very good condition. Part of the author's "The Modern British Traveller or Tourist's Pocket Directory being an accurate and complete history and description of ...." Originally published 1802-1810 there were later printings of volumes through to 1830, making dating of all volumes quite tricky. The map may be coloured or uncoloured but it is unclear if this indicates an earlier or later date. £35.0018514. Cooke, George Alexander: Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Huntingdon..to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; ...forming a complete county itinerary. London: C. Cooke, c1802/10. 15.5 x 10 cm. 94 + 45 pp. Uncoloured folding map. Dark green textured boards, with an original very worn red and gold-blocked spine label. A tight copy in good condition. Part of the author's "The Modern British Traveller or Tourist's Pocket Directory being an accurate and complete history and description of ...." Originally published 1802-1810 there were later printings of volumes through to 1830, making dating of all volumes quite tricky. The map may be coloured or uncoloured, but it is unclear if this indicates an earlier or later date. £45.0011240. Cooke, George Alexander: Topographical and Statistical Description of the County of Suffolk...to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide; ...forming a complete County Itinerary London: C. Cooke n.d. c. 1802/10 15.5 by 10 cms. 140 pp. uncoloured folding map, dark green textured boards, with an original quite worn red and gilt spine label, in very good condition. Part of the author's "The Modern British Traveller or Tourist's Pocket Directory being an accurate and complete history and description of ...." Originally published 1802-1810 there were later printings of volumes through to 1830, making dating of all volumes quite tricky. The map may be coloured or uncoloured but it is unclear if this indicates an earlier or later date. £35.0013557. Cox, J. Charles: Tourist's Guide to Derbyshire: full information concerning all places of interest and resort within the county. London: Edward Stanford first edition 1878. 17 by 10.5 cms. 131+24 pp. folded map. brown boards, gilt titling, front joint tender, a little pencil annotation easily removable, in good condition. One of the titles in Stanford's uniform series of county guides. £20.0014849. Cruchley, G. F.: Crutchley's New Picture of London. London: 10th edition 1845. 14.5 by 10 cms. xii+294+16 pp. title page not present. large folding handcoloured map. Dark embossed boards with gilt titling, spine professionally relaid, some repair to a few map folds, inconspicuous to rear. The publisher was a map specialist, and this is a particulaly nice map of London with only a few railways shown. A scarce item. £100.006327. Davies, Howell: Anuario de la Gran Bretana 1938-39. Londres: Trade and Travel Publications XV Edicion 1938. 17.5 by 12 cms. xxviii+278 pp. illustrated. Davies was the redactor of the South American Handbook. With a section in English covering London and the chief Tourist centres. In very good condition. Pages 173-277 are in English, the rest in Spanish. £12.0013509. De Rouillon, M.: The Tourist's French Companion; consisting of familiar Conversations on every topic which can be useful to the continental traveller. London: Longman and Co. and ten others, 12th edition 1844. Carefully revised by Emilie de Rouillon.14.5 by 9 cms. xiv+340 (16) pp., leather spine with gilt title. in very good condition. £40.0019683. Diggle, William: Fun and Frolic or my First Week in County Antrim by a Lancashire Man and A Tour through the North of Ireland , what is to be seen and how to see it. Oldham: William Dibble n.d. (1898) 18 x 12 cm. 48 pp. 22 illustrations, softcovers, the covers are a bit dusty or grubby, internally very good. Dibble, based in Oldham, was an agent for the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. This is quite a rare piece of railway based ephemera. £45.0016117. Fraser, James: Hand Book for the Lakes of Killarney and the Surrounding Scenery. Dublin: James McGlashan, 1849. With observations on the country travelled through by the great Southern and Western Railway from Dublin and the Railways from Limerick and Cork. 92 pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. Folding map. Blue boards with gilt titling. The boards are a little rubbed, and the map has a closed edge tear and an ink route round the lake has been drawn on rather clumsily, otherwise a good copy of a scarce title. £55.0018928. Freeling, Arthur: The Railway Companion from London to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester; with guides to the objects worthy of notice in Liverpool, Manchester and Birminhgham. and Freeling's Grand Junction Railway Companion. London: Whittaker and Company, 1838. xi + 204 + 36 + 192 + 44 pp. 14 x 9.5 cm. Two guides bound together. In dark green boards with faded gilt titling. Showing some wear. The first title page is detaching, and both title pages have a former owner's signature on them. A fair copy of two early and scarce Railway Guides. No maps are included. £100.006252. Glenton Tours Ltd: Glenton Motor Coach Tours 1937. London: 1937. 32 pp. illustrated, folding map and others, staples missing otherwise good. British and some Continental tours. £10.0012344. Gonzales, Don Manoel: London in 1731. London: Cassell & Company 1894. 14.5 by 9.5 cms. 192 pp. A volume in Cassell's National library series. boards a little worn and discoloured, otherwise fair/good. Gonzales is the assumed name of the writer of "An account of England and Wales" published in 1745. This account of London is taken from this. The book has sometimes been attributed to Defoe. (?) The London described is that of Addison, Steele, Pope and Johnson. £10.0016152. Great Northern (Ireland) Railway: Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to Londonderry and the Donegal Highlands. London: Ward Lock, 1895. Being the Second Part of The Official Tourist Guide to The Great Northern (Ireland) Railway and Its Allies. 8+40+xxviii+186+xvi+32+14 pp. 17 x 11 cm. Folding map of County Londonderry, 3 coloured plates, and 52 wood engravings. Four maps are not present. The book has been professionally rebound in green cloth with a new black and gilt spine label. There is some wear and while four maps are missing this is a very scarce title. £45.0020968. Hare, Augustus J. C.: Cities of Northern Italy. Vol. 1 The Riviera di Pontente and in Piedmont and Lombardy. Vol II, Venice, Ferrara, Picenza, Parma, Modena and Bologna. London: George Allen no date c.1900 In two volumes. Vol 1, x+372 pp. illustrated with drawings. Vol II vi+320 pp. illustrated with drawings. hardcovers, with a library bookplate on the front pastedownsand a library name on the spine, in poor/fair condition. £20.0016104. Harris, Geo. W.: The Practical Guide to Algiers. London: George Philip & Son, 1899. Ninth edition, thoroughly revised, up to date and enlarged, with new maps and illustrations. 16 x 11 cm. 74 + xix + 174 + 6 pp. Three folding maps and others, illustrations, and good advertising pages. Decorative grey and gilt covers, in very good condition. £35.0011259. Heer, J. C: Guide to Lucerne, the Lake, and its Environs. Lucerne: The Official Commission of Traffic 7th edition 1898. 16 by 11 cms. 176 pp. illustrated, maps, softcovers, a little age wear to covers otherwise in good condition, the folding panorama of the City and lke, as well as the coloured plan are attractive. £15.0011262. Heer, J. C: Guide to Lucerne, the Lake, and its Environs. Lucerne: The Official Commission of Traffic 9th edition 1900. 16 by 11 cms. 180 pp. illustrated, maps, softcovers, a little age wear to covers, rubbed spine, map edgeworn with small damage to top right corner, otherwise in good condition, the folding panorama of the City and lake, as well as the coloured plan are attractive. £15.0011660. Jenkinson, Henry Irwin: Practical Guide to the English Lake District. London: Edward Stanford fifth edition 1876. 17 by 11 cms. xciii+352+44 pp. with maps and views. dark green boards with black stamped lining and gilt vignettes to front board and spine. The front cover pocket indicates a missing map, but there is no map list and all other maps and views seem complete. In very good condition. £45.0010979. Jerrold, W. Blanchard: A Brage-Beaker with the Swedes: or Notes from the North in 1852. London: Nathaniel Cooke 1854. xii+251 pp. illustrated from sketches by the author, half leather and marbled boards, marbled endpapers, spine relaid, internally tight, but a bit dusty and marked, overall in fair to good condition. £42.0016164. John Thompson & Co.: An Account of the Principal Pleasure Tours in Scotland: with a copious Itinerary of the great lines of road, and the several cross roads in the country. Edinburgh: John Thompson & Co., 1821. Second edition. iv+174 pp. 17.5 x 11 cm. Eight plates, but no travelling map of Scotland or map of Lough Catherine, as called for. Half leather and marbled boards, gilt spine title. Showing some wear, endpapers partly gone but a tight copy, complete but for the two maps. A fair copy of a scarce title. No author seems to have been identified. £45.0018924. Johnson, James, MD: Change of Air or the Diary of a Philosopher in Pursuit of Health and Recreation... London: S. Highley, 1831. Illustrating the beneficial influence of bodily exercise, change of scene, - pure air and temporary relaxation as antidotes to the wear and tear of education and avocation. Second edition. iv + 300 pp. 21 x 14 cm. Half leather and marbled boards, marbled foreedges and endpapers. Five panelled spine with raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering. There is rubbing and edgewear to the boards, and the title page has been professionally repaired having had a name cut out along with the bottom four cm. of the page. Internally everything is tight, clean and unmarked. In short this is a book advocating a holiday in Italy as very good for human health and happiness. Who in their right mind could disagree with that!!! The first section is on Education and Avocation, the wear and tear of life. The second part outlines a change of air or the diary of a philosopher covering travel experiences in Italy, and the third part is on the Influence, Moral, Physical, and Medicinal, of an Italian climate and Italian residence in sickness and in health. Overall, despite some flaws, a good edition. £45.0016263. Knight: Knight's Tourist's Companion Through the Land We Live In. London: Nattali and Bond, c1853. iv+450 pp. 21.5 x 14 cm. Each of the 20 itineraries is separately paginated, with 24 pages plus a page of illustrations. The binding is not original but is three-quarter green leather, and green cloth, with gilt titling. Bound in at the end is an 18 x 12 cm. pamphlet, "Guide to Pembroke Castle", 12+4 pp., paper covers, illustrated. The book is in very good condition. A very scarce title. Copac only show two copies in U.K. libraries. £125.008501. Knight, Charles: Pictorial Half-Hours of London Topography. London: Charles Knight n.d. c.1850/51 20.5 by 16.5 cms 233 pp. illustrated with many engraved views, in dark green embossed cloth boards with gilt title on front board. This was produced just before the opening of the Great Exhibition in 1851. Knight produced many works guiding visitors to the Capital in association with the Great Exhibition. A good tight clean copy showing very little wear. £75.0010978. Linn, Thomas: The Health Resorts of Europe. A Medical and popular Guide to the Mineral Springs, Climatic, Mountain and Seaside Health Resorts, Hydropathics and Sanatoria of Europe. London: Reynolds-Ball's Guides Eighteenth Edition 1910. Edited by A. C. Glynn Grylls. 285 pp. red boards. One page has minor annotation, joints a bit weak but otherwise good. This series of guides concentrated on health resorts. £15.0011200. Loftie, W. J. editor: Orient-Pacific Line Guide Chapters for Travellers by Sea and by Land. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company sixth edition n.d. c. 1908 xlvii+405 pp. illustrated, maps, plates. Bears inscription, "C. l. Hamilton passenger on RMS Oroya 11th July 1908." half the map of Australasia is removed, all other maps present and complete, one star chart a copy, folding plans of RMS Ortona and RMS Omrah, all plates of ships present. Hardback, light green boards, a little wear to spine extremities otherwise in very good condition, internally tight clean and bright. The way to travel from England to Australasia. £55.0010968. McDevitt, Rev. Dr: The Donegal Highlands. Dublin: A. Murray & Co. n.d. 1866. 19 by 13 cms. xx+248 pp. folding map. dark purple boards, now faded and with a couple of small stains, spine professionally relaid, new endpapers. This title appears to be quite scarce. This first edition was published in 1866 without attributing the author. The second edition of 1894 had plates added. we know of no further editions £120.0018917. Measom, George: The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway including the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton and Chester and Holyhead Lines and Isle of Man. London: Published under the Authority of the Directors, 1860. 872 pp. 18 x 12.5 cm. Embellished with 350 engravings. Full leather boards, six-panelled spine with raised bands and original black and gilt spine label, marbled endpapers and foreedges. The spine has been professionally relaid but marks of former tape repair are visible on front and rear boards. Internally in good clean fresh condition. A scarce guide. Excellent topographical information, describing important manufacturies in the towns on the lines. Many illustrations of now-lost buildings. This edition was not published with a map. £95.0018916. Measom, George: The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Western Railway and All Its Branches. London: Published under the Authority of the Directors, 1861. 533 pp. 18 x 12.5 cm. Embellished with 360 engravings. Half-leather and marbled boards, and marbled foreedges. Some edgewear and rubbing to the boards, and upper spine extremity worn. A small light stain on the title page and a couple of following pages, otherwise internally in good clean fresh condition. A scarce guide. Excellent topographical information, describing important manufacturies in the towns on the lines. Many illustrations of now lost buildings. This edition was not published with a map. £95.0020081. Mitchell, S. Augustus: Mitchell's Traveller's Guide through the United States. A Map of the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat & Canal Routes. Philadelphia: S. Augustus Mitchell 1833. Folding engraved map ( 44 x 56 cm.) showing the United States, west as far as Indiana Territory, and as far south as northern Florida. Only the southern part of Maine is included. With insets of the Vicinity of Cincinnati; of Albany; of the Falls of Niagara; of New York; of Charleston; of Baltimore and Washington; of New Orleans, of Philadelphia; and the Vicinity of Boston, with original hand-colouring in outline. With a folded Index, listing, steam boat and canal routes, a statistical table, heights of mountains, length of canals, railroads, different classes of inhabitants, whites, free Blacks, Slaves. Original light brown leather roan, lettered in gilt on the front board with narrow gilt edging to the boards.The gilding is very faded, a new matching leather spine has been professionally relaid. There are a few tiny separations to the rear of folds. It is in very good condition. It was first published in 1832. This edition is listed as 1833 on the map's title.Lessbbb £295.0020232. Moore, Alf S. ( Nomad ): "Belfast Today" The Only Handbook. Official Guide and Souvenir. Irish Week Belfast 1909. Belfast: Nomad Press 32 Berry Street 1909. Published under direct official approval and sanction of the Lord Mayor and City Council of Belfast.. 151 pp. illustrations, red boards with black titling. This early guide grew into the Official Handbook published by the City Council. It seems to be quite scarce. £45.0013528. Muddock, J. E.: The "J.E.M." Guide to Switzerland. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. and by J.E. Muddock Geneva 8th edition revised and corrected 1890. Muddock's Switzerland. 16.5 by 10.5 cms. xxxii+412+xxviii pp. maps, plans, illustrations red boards with gilt titling, some wear to spine otherwise in very good condition. All maps present. A note is tipped in,"an entirely new map of Swizerland is being prepared for this guide, but owing to an unfortunate accident it has been found impossible to have it ready in time for insertion in this edition. Good illustrations, a very nice guide. £55.0016103. Murray, Thomas and Son: Murray's Scottish Tourist An Illustrated Companion to the Routes in Murray's Time Tables Glasgow: Thomas Murray and Son, 1869. Second edition. 128+27 pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. The illustrations are splendid. 28 illustrations. 9 maps. Gold-blocked brown boards, no dw. Some pages have an old top-corner fold, otherwise very good. Dated at the bottom of the first advertising page. Do note that this is not a John Murray Handbook for Travellers. £75.0012481. Murray, John: A Handbook of Warwickshire. London: John Murray 1899. 140+48 pp. maps, two folding maps in pockets at the front and rear of the book, one of which, Southern Warwickshire is in facsimile. Some edge rubbing otherwise good. First and only edition. £50.0018000. Murray, John: Handbook for Travellers in Ireland. London: John Murray, 1902. Sixth edition. Revised and edited by John Cooke, MA, Trinity College, Dublin. With Index and Directory for 1904. ix + (4) + 46 + 555 + 48 pp. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. 43 maps and plans. Gold-blocked limp red boards. Some damage to upper spine front gutter, otherwise overall a good tight copy, with all maps and plans present as called for. £45.0018211. Murray, John: Handbook for Visitors to Paris. London: John Murray, 1879 Lister 262. A new edition. Edited by Dr. T. L. Mears. With Index and Directory for 1879/80. iv + 272 pp. 17.5 x 12.5 cm. Gold-blocked limp red boards. The plan of Paris is missing, but all other maps and plans are present. Boards show some wear, but overall a good copy, despite the missing map. £45.0014636. Murray, John: Murray's Handbook for Devon and Cornwall (1859). London: David and Charles Reprints, 1971. lvi+282 pp. 18 by 12 cms. Folded map, hardback, dustwrapper spine a little faded, otherwise very good. £10.0012507. Newcastle Urban Council: Newcastle Co. Down Ireland's Premier Health and Holiday Resort Official Guide. Newcastle Urban Council n.d. c.1948. 78 pp. illustrated, maps, decorative paper coversa little wear but otherwise good. The photos and maps appear to be prewar, mid 1930's but this was published just after the war. £18.0018942. Osborne, E. C. and W.: Osborne's London & Birmingham Railway Guide. Birmingham: E.C.& W. Osborne. London: Simkin, Marshall & Co. (1838). (viii + 270 pp. 18 x 11.5 cm. Engraved frontispiece and title page. 40 principal engravings, including: single page map of Birmingham, and plan of Euston Station. A later green textured cloth binding with gilt spine titling. Please note that the Map of England is not present. Overall in verygood condition. £55.0016150. Parry: Parry's Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead. Chester: Thomas Catherall, 1970. Second edition 1849, facsimile reprint 1970. 158 pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. Folding map, hardback, spine sunfaded, otherwise good. This is a facsimile of the second edition. £10.0013453. Paterson: Paterson's Guide to the Rhine and its Provinces. Edinburgh and London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier new edition n.d. c.1900. 18 by 12.5 cms. xiii+174 pp. with maps and plans, folding map to rear. Red boards, a tight clean copy in very good condition. Sometimes attributed to John Merrylees. £20.0012560. Paterson, Lieutenant-Colonel: A New and Accurate Description of all the Direct and Principal Cross Roads in England and Wales, and part of the Roads of Scotland... London: Longman, Hurst rees Orme and Brown Paternoster Row and Mr. Faden, Charing Cross Fifteenth Edition 1811.. xvi + 540 pp. with eight maps as called for, half leather and marbled boards, the spinestrip has been rebound in cloth with gilt lining and new spine label. A little edge rubbing but internally in very clean tight condition, maps as originally folded, in very good condition, a very nice copy. £125.0016309. Paterson, William: Paterson's Guide Book to the United Kingdom. Edinburgh: William Paterson, 1885. First edition. (12) xi+364+49+154+28 pp. 17.5 x 12 cm. 60 maps and plans. England, Wales and Scotland/Ireland are separately paginated. Blue boards with gilt titling, some rubbing to board edges, otherwise very good. This is a scarce title. This first edition of 1885 was followed only by one other, in 1886. £75.0013507. Pughe, David William: History of Caernarvon Castle and Town: with excursions to the most romantic spots in the surrounding neighbourhood. Caernarvon: H.Humphries 4th edition revised. n.d. (1851) Humphreys Series. 66 (20) illustrated, blind stamped red boards with gilt title, a very nice engraved view of the castle as frontispiece, with three other full page engravings. Ffep removed, otherwise in very good condition. Very scarce. £40.0016045. Redmond, C. P.: Beauty Spots in the South-East of Ireland, and how to see them by car and cycle. Dublin and Waterford: C.P. Redmond & Co., 1903. Third edition. 8+176+28 pp. 19 x 13 cm. One-hundred-and-five plates, and coloured folding map, with advertising on reverse. Black-blocked decorated yellow boards. Bears a tipped-in insert that the book was a momento of The Irish Association of Gas Managers. Waterford Meeting. July 1903, from R.B. Anderson, Engineer, Waterford Gas Works. Bears a small stamp of the Carrickfergus Gas Company. In very good condition. £85.0018445. Richard: Manuel de Voyageur en Suisse....... Paris: Maison, Libraire, Editeur des Guides de Richard, 1841. Nouvelle edition revue, cordonnee, mise en ordre et augmentee de 300 articles nouveaux. xxxi + 596 pp. 18 x 11 cm. Folded maps of la Vallee de Chamouni and un Carte de Tyrol. The half title page describes this as "Le Nouvel Ebel". Gold-blocked brown boards, now faded and discoloured in places, and some loss to the left side gutter of the spine. The overall map of Switzerland is missing, and a small area has been removed from the bottom right corner of the half title. This is a fair copy only, and it is a pity that the Switzerland map is missing. £50.0013459. Scheutz, Georg: Stockholm . Stockholm Axel Hellstens Forlag 1860. illustrerade utkast af George Scheutz. 191+v pp. illustrated, red boards with gilt titling, folding plan in a front cover pocket. 80 engraved illustrations. There is some old light pencil marginal annotation in shorthand dating from 1872. In very good condition with splendid illustrations of Stockholm at this time. £45.0011044. Stormont, Wm.: The Golden Sands of Picardy A Complete Guide to the North Coast of France. London: London Bridge Station The South Eastern and Chatham Railway 1913. An official publication of the South Eastern and Chatham Railway. 183+xxi pp. illustrated, maps, timetables. Card covers. Includes "principal events at Boulogne Season 1914." Sadly they didn't account for the outbreak of World War 1 in July/Aug. that year. This guide reflects the end of that long Edwardian summer as seen in Picardy. The covers are a little worn otherwise good. £25.0011039. Tardieu, Gustave: Les Alpes de Provence Guide du Touriste, du Naturaliste et de l'Archeologe. Paris: Masson et Cie 1912. 18 by 11.5 cms. with 91 illustrations and 1 coloured map. Attractive decorative front board. Bears the signature and address of Roy Elston Crown Office Row Temple st. October 1925. Elston was editor for Cook's Handbooks and guides. A nice association copy. £45.0019320. The National Illustrated Library: The Irish Tourist's Illustrated Handbook for Visitors to Ireland. London: National Illustrated Library, Dublin: McGlashan 1852. 167 + 55 pp. 19.5 x 13 cm. 58 illustrations. Folded Map of the Railways of England and Ireland. Folded maps of Killarney, Wicklow, Connamara, and north of Ireland. The impressed silver blocked decorative boards are now very faded. The rear board shows the railway route from London to Dublin. The spine extremities are worn. £85.0017449. Thomas Cook & Son: India, Burma, Ceylon and South Africa. Information for Travellers and Residents. London: Thomas Cook & Son, 1904. First edition. 248 pp. 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Four folding maps in the text: India, Ceylon, Europe, and The World. Gold-blocked brown boards. Showing minor wear, but overall in very good condition. Uncommon. £40.0016241. Thomas Cook & Son.: Cook's Handbook for Normandy and Brittany. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Simpkin Marshall Ltd, 1898 232+54 pp. 17 x 12 cm. 5 maps and 4 plans, all present, with lots of illustrations, and fascinating advertisements. Red boards with gilt titling. The frontispiece is a photograph of a Cook's Cycling Party, 13 men and one lone woman. £20.0016242. Thomas Cook & Son.: Cook's Handbook to Scandinavia with maps plans and vocabulary. London: Thomas Cook & Son: Simpkin Marshall Ltd. 1904. Fifth edition, revised and enlarged. x+348 pp. 17 x 12 cm. Two folding, coloured maps, and four coloured plans of cities, all present. Red boards with gilt titling. The first advertising page has a corner removed and on the map of Christiania the title has been crossed out and Oslo written in, otherwise good. £30.0018451. Thompson, J: TheTraveller's Guide Through Scotland with accurate maps, views, &c. Edinburgh: printed for John Thompson, with an Itinerary on a new plan, 1828. Ninth edition. xii + 479 + 192 pp. 18.5 x 11 cm. Illustrated with maps and views, in a full red leather, gold-blocked, binding. Minor edge rubbing, Frontispiece plate not present. The folded, hand-coloured map of Scotland, preceding the Itinerary, is a contemporary map by S. Leigh but is not the original map which at some stage has been removed and replaced with this attractive, loose insert. All other plates and maps are present. Internally bright and clean, and all maps are neatly folded and most attractive. A very good, nice, copy despite the couple of flaws mentioned. £95.0017544. Thos. Cook & Son.: India. Information for Passengers landing in Bombay, Calcutta and Madras With Specimen Tours, Notes on Travel, Hotels, Clothing, Climate, Places of Interest, etc. Season 1935-36. London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd, 1935. 56 pp. 19 x 13 cm. Two-page Sketch Map of India & Ceylon Showing Principal Railways, plans of Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras, illustrations, and advertisements. Pictorial coloured card covers, showing some wear, and small edge tear to rear and to front cover, o/w good. Scarce. £42.0017529. Thos. Cook & Son.: Notes on Tours in Europe & America Compiled for the Use of Atlantic Travellers. London New York,: Thos. Cook & Son, 1912. 48 pp. 10.5 x 17.5 cm. Folding plans of London and Paris. 5 maps. 20 illustrations. Gold-blocked burgundy paper covers. In very good condition. A fairly scarce publication from Cooks. £75.0012505. Trimble, Andrew: Royal Sanitary Institute Annual Congress Belfast July 1911 Guide to Belfast . Belfast: W.&.G.Baird 1911. 122pp. illustrated, there is some pencil annotation on three pages otherwise in very good condition. A less common guide to the city. £23.0013531. Upcott Gill: Seaside Watering Places: a description of Holiday Resorts on the Coasts of England and Wales, The Channel Islands, and The Isle of Man. London: Upcott Gill, Season 1896-97. Including the gayest and the quietest places. Twentieth year of publication. 18.5 by 13 cms. iv+504+16 pp. illustrated, folding map, red boards with gilt titling. In very good condition. £45.0013514. Vidler: The Handbook to Battle and its Abbey, to which is added a description of Battle Church, its monuments e&c. Battle: Printed and Published by F.W. Ticehurst n.d. c.1850. 108 (4) pp. illustrated, hardcovers, half leather and cloth binding. This binding has retained the original covers of the book. These are yellow light card pictorial covers with the title Ticehurst's Hand-Book to Battle Abbey. We consider this title fairly scarce. £45.0014479. Vinycomb, John: Historical and Descriptive Guide to the City of Belfast. Belfast: Marcus Ward, 1895. 120 pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. 39 illustrations. Folding map with reverse birds-eye view. Embossed gold on blue card covers, with replacement backstrip. Some light edge chipping to covers, but otherwise a tight clean copy. Quite a scarce title. £45.0013515. W. Reeve: The Vicinity of Leamington: A Guide to the Neighbouring Towns of Warwick, Coventry, Stratford, Kenilworth, and surrounding Country. Leamington: Published by W. Reeve, n.d. (1844). 19.5 by 12 cms. vii+119 (5) pp. illustrated with a folding map and four plates, other illustrations in the text. a.e.g. Blindstamped tan boards with gilt titling. a little chipping to spine edges otherwise in very good condition. A very nice guide. The author may have been Charles Burr. (?) £45.0016047. Ward, C. S.: Thorough Guide Series Ireland ( Part II ) East, West and South including Dublin and Howth. London: Dulau & Co., 1891. Second edition. xvi+219+76 pp. 16.5 x 11cm. 25 maps and plans. Front endpaper has a small piece torn from the top, and spine extremities a little bit worn, otherwise overall a good copy. All maps present. £23.0016046. Ward, C. S.: Thorough Guide Series Ireland ( Part II ) East, West and South including Dublin and Howth. London: Dulau & Co., 1901. Fourth edition. xxiii+236+96 pp. 16.5 x 11 cm. 26 maps and plans. Front endpaper a little edgeworn, spine sunfaded, and a very small tear to the bottom front hinge, but overall a good copy. All maps present. £23.0016165. Whammond, G.K.: Whammond's Illustrated Guide to Dublin and Wicklow with an historical sketch of the city , and original comments. Dublin: Robert M'Gee, 1868. Sixth edition. (23) iv+187, (8)(118) pp. 16 x 10.5 cm. Illustrated with six views and with a small map of the city. Green boards with gilt titling and decoration. A.e.g. Many excellent advertising pages, including a tipped in insert for the Royal Dublin School of Photography, 11 Upper Sackville Street, including their "solar photographic enlargements". A nice item. £95.0011268. Wilson, William S: The Ocean as a Health Resort A Practical Handbook of the Sea for the use of Tourists and Health Seekers. London: J. & A. Churchill 2nd ed.1881. xvi+351 pp. the chart listed on the title page is not present in the rear pocket unfortunately. Dark green boards, blind stamped, gilt title on front board and spine, boards a bit rubbed, some wear, small light stain, internally clean tight, good. Interesting relatively early guide to cruising to Australia and back. Its picture of three colonies is interesting. Chapters include, curative effects of the ocean climate, the various health voyages, choosing a ship, life at sea, course climate and weather, management of the health at sea, objects of interest at sea, homeward voyage, Australia, its climate, cities and health resorts, New Zealand, South Africa, the meteorology of the Ocean, the health voyage of the future. £45.0013460. Worth, R. N.: The Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Guide. Plymouth: W. Brendon & Son. n.d. (1872?) 14.5 by 9.5 cms. iv+122 (11) pp. blind embossed green boards, now part faded, the map is not present, otherwise good. Worth wrote a History of Plymouth but this particular title is not listed in Copac. Scarce. £45.0010760. Wright, G.N.: An Historical Guide to the City of Dublin... also an Itinerary and various useful information for Tourists and Strangers. Dublin: Four Courts Press and Irish Academic Press, 1980. A facsimile reprint of the 1825 (second) edition, but without the map. The second edition was published in London, by Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy. xxxv+260 pp. 21 x 14 cm. Illustrated with 15 full-page plates. Gray boards, with fawn binding strip, and printed paper title- and spine-labels. Slight scuffing to boards, and old damp stain to outside of back board. £30.0010756. Wright, Rev. G. N: A Guide to the Giants Causeway, and the North-East Coast of the County of Antrim. London: Baldwin, Cradock and Joy 1823 (Davidson Books 1982). A facsimile reprint of the 1823 edition. 17.5 by 10.5 cms. vii+134 pp. four plates and a folding map. Hardcover blue boards, in very good condition, as new. £20.00 |
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