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Title: The New Guide to Carlisle and Its Neighbourhood
Description: Carlisle; London, C. Thurnam; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy; G. and W. B. Whittaker, 1821. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce guide to the cathedral city Carlisle, an interesting exploration of the city in a time of great growth due to the Industrial Revolution. The first edition of this very scarce work.A late-Georgian guide to the cathedral city Carlisle, providing an interesting insight into the city as it was at the beginning of the nineteenth century, and what it had to offer.This work was published in the midst of great change in the city, when it became a hub of textile manufacture during the Industrial Revolution. Including chapters on the city's ancient history, castle, cathedral, population, bridges, subscription libraries, goals, savings banks, and more. Bound without the frontispiece. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart. Spine is faded. Light bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Small marks and light rubbing to the boards and spine. Two bookseller's label to the front paste down, evidence of a bookplate being excised. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean with a few scattered spots. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

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