Author: Anonymous
Title: A Pictorial and Descriptive Guide to London and Its Environs
Description: London, Ward, Lock & Co, 1919. Cloth. A pocket guide to London, with folding maps, photographs, and an index of streets. The scarce 1919 edition of this work, for a time released yearly by the publisher, and the first to be produced following the conclusion of the First World War.With numerous photographic plates, folding maps - many in colour - and a 74 page index of street names to the rear. Collated, with six folding maps. A seventh map depicting the underground railways of London is absent.While the title page does not provide a publication date, this fourty-first edition can be dated to 1919 via LibraryHub.Featuring a full page publisher's advertisement, and bearing a former owner's inscription, 'D. L. Cumming', to the front pastedown. In the publisher's original full cloth binding. Slight rubbing to the front board, with shelfwear to extremities. Former owner's inscription to front free endpaper. Front and rear hinges somewhat strained. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean. Small closed tears to a few of the larger maps. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: First World War Inter-War Period Travel Guide Inter-War Period Not Stated


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