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BELLOC, HILAIRE The Road
Harper & Brothers, New York, 1925. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. No jacket. Light wear, mostly to corners, ink name & date calligraphed on front endpaper. Binding tight. 1925 Hard Cover. We have more books available by this author!. 218 pp. CONTENTS: THE ROAD IN GENERAL: The Origin of Roads; The Crossing of Marsh and Water; Passability; The Obstacle of Vegetation; Political Influences; The Reaction of the Road; THE ENGLISH ROAD: The Road in History; The 'Blindness' of English Roads; Five Stages; The Trackways; The Making of the Roman Road; The Dark Ages; Wheeled Traffic and the Modern Road; The Future. ILLUSTRATIONS: Frontispiece: An old Title Page showing the antiquity of the Road Problem; Icknield Street; Typical English Lane; The Earliest Road; Welsh Section, Holyhead Road; Derelict Road, Scottish Highlands; Ermine Street Near Royston; Toll House on the Bath Road. Also includes 15 maps and diagrams.
Offered for US$ 15.00 by: Yesterday's Muse Books - Book number: 066829
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