Author: Cunningham, Peter,
Title: Hand- Book of London. Past and Present..
Description: London: John Murray, 1850. Second Edition. Hardcover. Boards a bit faded towards the edges and with some sunning to spine. A remarkably clean copy with tight binding and endpapers in bright brick color. ; This early edition of the Murray's Guide includes a fold-out map of the New Houses of Parliament and a map of the Tower of London as well as a ground plan of Westminster Abbey. The sights are in alphabetical order, similar to recently printed Baedekers. The 2nd edition was published one year after the first and was enlarged. Including an extensive index and Mr. Murray's General List of Works - a lenghty list of the publishing houses' available titles at this time. Lister 288.; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; liii, 602, 32 pages. Very Good.

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