Author: F. E. Baines
Title: On the Track of the Mail-Coach: Being a Volume of Reminiscences Personal and Otherwise
Description: London, Richard Bentley and Son, 1895. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this charming collection of reminiscences from coach journeys on the mail-coach. First edition. With a frontispiece. A charming collection of reminiscences from the author's own adventures on the mail-coach across the UK. With chapters on the New Forest, Cornish mail, St. Albans, the port of Liverpool, Manchester, Westward Ho, and much more. Written by Frederick Ebenezer Baines, an English post office employee, known as a promoter of the post-office telegraph system. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities resulting in minor fraying. Light fading to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .

Keywords: Track Mail-Coach Reminiscences Personal Mail-Coach None


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