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Bradshaw's Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain And Ireland
by George Bradshaw
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0007591896
- ISBN 13
- 9780007591893
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Bradshaw s descriptive railway handbook" "of Great Britain and Ireland, atourist guide to rail travel andthe star of the television series "Great British Railway Journey," has been enlarged into this facsimile edition of the original 1861 printing. Produced in 1861 at the time that the railways became essential for tourism as well as infrastructure, this addition to the collection provides a chance to explore what is now common, through the eyes of a nation for whom rail travel was still a novelty of the age. This enlarged facsimile provides a fascinating view of railway travel in the 19th century.
Synopsis
George Bradshaw became famous for producing the world's most successful and longest running combined railway timetable — a publication to be found in the library of every Victorian traveller. But in the middle of the 19th century, with the railway network reaching its peak, his company shifted focus to tourist guides, such as this one, designed for the rail traveller.
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- The Anthropologists Closet
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 331
- Title
- Bradshaw's Handbook: 1861 Railway Handbook of Great Britain And Ireland
- Author
- George Bradshaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0007591896
- ISBN 13
- 9780007591893
- Publisher
- HarperCollins UK
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2015
- Keywords
- Trains, British History, Travel, TV Tie-in, Railroads, Britain,
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