London (Illustrated) a Complete Guide to the Places of Amusements, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Principal Railway Routes, Leading Hotels, and Also a Director, in a Concise Form of First Class Reliable Houses in the various Branches of Trade

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Edité par Henry Herbert and Co, London, 1879

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A very scarce first edition of the 1879 edition of this interesting guide to London, illustrated throughout with chromolithograph borders, and contemporary photographs. The first edition of this work. A very scarce work. A beautiful work, offering a detailed guide to London at the end of the nineteenth century. This work offers a very nice snapshot of Victorian London and the sights and interests that could be found in London within that era. These include Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, the National Portrait Gallery, the British Museum, and the Royal Albert Hall, which was only very recently completed when this volume was published. Obviously all of these interests are still open for visitation in London. Including a list of hotels, restaurants, objects of greatest interest, government buildings, suburbs, places of amusements, railway stations, steamship lines, and railway and steamship routes. During this period, London was the world's largest city, and so provided an interesting attraction for people to visit. This volume was the eighth year that the guide had been published. It is a scarce work, but it seems that it was published from 1872 to 1883. Illustrated with twenty-eight full page engravings, thirteen mounted photographs, one map showing the Metropolitan Railway and the District Railway, and chromolithograph borders to each page. The mounted photographs show celebrities of the principal theatres. Collated, complete. This work is a quarto. The first gathering has no signature, but the signatures continue as b4, B-Z4, AA-FF4. Original price, as stated to the tail of the title page, was twenty-one shillings. The first edition In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Minor discolouration and marking to the boards and spine, a little heavier to the rear board. Front hinge is strained but remains firm. Internally, binding is strained in places. Pages are bright and generally clean with some handling marks. Photographs are faded with some light marks. Map facing page 132 is detached but present, with edgewear and dusting. Good.

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• Titre: London (Illustrated) a Complete Guide to the Places of Amusements, Objects of Interest, Parks, Clubs, Markets, Docks, Principal Railway Routes, Leading Hotels, and Also a Director, in a Concise Form of First Class Reliable Houses in the various Branches of Trade
• Éditeur: Henry Herbert and Co, London
• Date de parution: 1879
• Reliure: Cloth
• Illustrateur: Not Stated
• Édition: First edition.
• État de l'article: Good
• Type de livre: book