Railroadiana. A New History Of England. Descriptive Of The First Vicinity Of The Railroads. -

London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co., 1838. First Edition. . Hardcover. Railroadiana. A New History of England, or Picturesque, Biographical, Historical, Legendary and Antiquarian Sketches. Desciptive of the Vicinity of the Railroads, First Series. With a Map and Illsutrations. London and Birmingham Railway. Green cloth with gilt titling and steam engine embossed to front, pocket with map to first pastedown, frontispiece is a fold-out picture of the East Window of the Church of Rickmansworth, in Hertfordshire. Several other illustrations including a fold-out facsimile of Byron's name cut into the Oak panel of a school room. 216 pages. A translucent paper wrapper present. It shows age darkening and significant wear with chipping and holes to folding creases. The book shows some rubbing to edges and corners especially to spine, light discoloration to top half of spine, one third of back cover and top of front cover, previous owner's name inked to first pastedown with the date 1856, some foxing throughout, a few pages show dog ear creases, ink smudges to page 62 and last free endpaper, remnant of a bookseller's sticker to rear pastedown. The fold-out map is in remarkable good condition with light age darkening and two half inch closed tears in the folding creases. An utterly charming travel guide written 180 years ago. For some international orders we will ask you to approve additional shipping charges to cover the cost of tracking and insurance to your country, but no extra charge will apply without your consent. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall