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[Chambers, William].
Peebles and Its Neighbourhood with A Run on Peebles Railway.
Publisher: W. and R. Chambers, Edinburgh;
Date of Publication: 1856
Stock Code: 11682
FIRST EDITION. Octavo, pp. 116. Folding map frontispiece with railways and watercourses in colour; engraved head- and tail-pieces; armorial to title page. Decorative midnight blue cloth with gilt titles to spine and gilt bluebell motif to upper board, and floral border in blind to boards. Contents clean and crisp. Printed bookplates from two previous owners to front and rear paste-down endpapers. Cover cloth a little rubbed and corners a touch bruised. Guide to Tweeddale aimed at affluent tourists, anglers and antiquarians, with descriptive notes on places of aesthetic and historic interest. £80.00