DRAKE, James, Publisher.
Drake's road book of the Grand Junction Railway from Birmingham to Liverpool, and Manchester, illustrated by an accurate map, and numerous engravings: to which is appended The Visitor's Guide to Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester: to which is appended the visiter's (sic) guide to Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester.
London: Longman & Co., Simpkin & Marshall, [1838] 2nd edition. 8vo. vi[2], 147pp, engraved frontis with browned tissue-guard, 8 further engraved plates with guards, hand-coloured folding map, folding regulations chart. Original decorated blind-stamped green grained-cloth gilt, patterned endpapers, aeg. Binder's ticket to rear paste-down. Spine a little browned; spotting and browning to frontis. All in all, a most attractive copy. Date and edition from preface. The multi-folding chart at rear seems not to have been present in the first edition. Ottley 6453.
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