- - Handbook for Travellers in Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Wight

London, John Murray, 1858. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of Murray's travel guide to Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Man. The first edition of this travel guide to Surrey, Hampshire, and the Isle of Man, produced by London-based publisher John Murray. With a map in a sleeve to the rear. In 1836, at a time when exhaustive planning was emerging as an ideal in the British Tourist Industry, London-based publisher John Murray began to produce travel guide books for destinations across Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. Alongside twenty four scenic travel routes, this handbook enumerates the history, antiquities, products, and geology of each county. With publisher's adverts to the front and rear paste downs and endpapers. Sticker to front pastedown from bookseller 'C. D. Mucklow&apos. Blind stamp from W.H. Smith to the front endpaper. Prior owner's ink inscription to title page, 'F. M. B' In the publisher's original red cloth binding. Externally, worn. The boards have separated from the binding and are discoloured. The cloth is missing from the spine. Internally, generally firmly bound, with little tenderness at page 80, and page 176. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Fair . Ill.: Not stated. Fair .

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