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Osborne, E. C. & W.
Osborne's Guide to the Grand Junction, or, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester Railway, with the Topography of the Country Through which the Line passes, and Complete Guides to the Towns of Birmingham, Liverpool, and Manchester.
Publisher: E. C. & W. Osborne, Birmingham;
Date of Publication: 1838
Stock Code: 10883
FIRST EDITION. 12 mo bound in sixes, pp. iv, 378, 136 letterpress advertisements, catalogue etc. Superb large gatefold map, 5 engraved plates, fold-out plan of Liverpool Docks and 12 pp. engraved advertisements, of which 1 fold-out plus illustrations throughout text. Publisher’s original olive green finely reeded cloth with gilt titles to spine and arabesque design in blind to boards; primrose yellow endpapers. Spine lightly toned, with minor wear at tips and 1 cm split at lower front joint; boards a little bruised with wear to edge. A slightly shaken copy with weak inner hinges. Map repaired at hinge only, with browned adhesive tape; initials tidily inscribed to front paste-down otherwise contents clean and bright. A Good copy. Scarce, especially with the handsome Map which is usually lacking, which features a large vignette of the “Centaur” locomotive with tender, pulling five carriages. £125.00