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Bradshaw’s Handbook

Door George Bradshaw

Categorie
Religie & Theologie
Boeknummer
#424988-YD5
Titel
Bradshaw’s Handbook
Auteur
Bradshaw, George
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Old House Books
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
1908402024
ISBN13
9781908402028
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original boards, banderole, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
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, 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. Bradshaw's Descriptive Railway Hand-Book of Great Britain and Ireland was published in four parts, describing the sights to be seen in towns and cities encountered along selected railway journeys in each region. Gathered together into a single book, it bore the short title Bradshaw's Handbook ... (Lees verder)and after a few years, passed into obscurity, remaining extremely rare to this day. This is facsimile of that book, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. The original Bradshaw's Handbook inspired the BBC2 television series Great British Railway Journeys, now preparing for a fourth season.
Pagina's
101
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 10,00

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