Author: FREELING, A
Title: The London and Birmingham Railway Companion. Freelings Railway Companion from London to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester
Description: London, Whittaker. 1838. Book, The London and Birmingham Railway Companion. Freelings Railway Companion from London to Birmingham Liverpool and Manchester with guides to the objects worthy of notice in Liverpool Manchester and Birmingham by A Freeling published by Whittaker of London and Henry Lacey of Liverpool circa 1838. A 204-page hardback with another 44 pages of advertisements. Size 14.5 by 10 cm. Bound in original decorated boards with an image of the Euston arch gold-stamped to the front. Contains a large folding map of the London & Birmingham line plus a folding table of fares on the major lines relating to the text. A guide which claims to give an account of everything worthy of attention of the traveller upon the line" and which appears to pre-date the first Bradshaw guide by a year. New endpapers. Good to VG condition. Images available.

Keywords: Railways