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George Bradshaw
ISBN: 9781908402028
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Old House Books
Edition: Facsimile edition
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Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.
Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile. Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'Bradshaw's Guide' - that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.
| ISBN | 1908402024 | | Weight (grammes) | 508 | | ISBN13 | 9781908402028
(What's this?) | | Reprint date | 28-Feb-2012 12:00:00 am | | Publisher | Old House Books | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Shire Publications Ltd | | Series title | Old House | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 150 | | Publication date | 16 Dec 2011 | | Width (mm) | 200 | | DEWEY | 914.10481 | | Spine width (mm) | 42 | | DEWEY edition | DC23 | | Academic level | General | | Pages | 512 | |
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