Author: William C. A. Blew
Title: Brighton and Its Coaches a History of the London and Brighton Road with Some Account of the Provincial Coaches That Have Run from Brighton
Description: London, John C. Nimmo, 1894. First edition. Cloth. A first edition work by William C. A. Blew, discussing the history of the busy coach road between London and Brighton, illustrated with striking hand coloured plates. The first edition of this work.An interesting history on the bustling coach road between London and Brighton, one of the most popular routes of the golden coaching era.This volume offers the history in a chronological manner, narratively showing how the business of stage coaching gre, how coaches became more numerous, when they were accelerated, and how coachmen overcame difficulties such as bad weather or accidents.Illustrated with a hand-coloured frontispiece, and sixteen hand-coloured plates.Collated, bound without three plates, facing pages 22, 54, and 230.By William C. A. Blew.Illustrated by J. and G. Temple.Publisher's advertising slip tipped in to the recto of the front endpaper. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. Minor bumping and rubbing to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities, with light rubbing to the joints. A few faint marks to the boards. Front hinge is starting but firm. Bookseller's label to the rear paste down. Blind stamp to the rear endpaper. Small tide mark to the front paste down and endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: J. Temple; G. Temple. Very Good .

Keywords: Brighton and its Coaches brighton topography william c. a. blew brighton J. Temple; G. Temple


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