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Blanchard, E. L.
Adams's Pocket Descriptive Guide to the Environs of the Metropolis in a Circuit of Thritn [sic.] Miles round London.
Publisher: W.J. Adams, London;
Date of Publication: 1850
Stock Code: 12958
Duodecimo; pp., colour-printed title-page, 167, plus 1 page of colour-printed publisher’s advertisements to end. Complete with frontispiece map of London and its environs, plus two folding lithograph maps of the Thames. Engraved vignettes depicting local landmarks within. Publisher’s ribbed dark cyan cloth; title gilt within cartouche and blind-stamped frame to upper board, blind-stamped ornamental frame to lower board; citron endpapers. Joints lightly worn, with slight tear to top of upper joint; corners lightly bumped; light shelf-wear to spine-tips; light, even toning to contents. Small, trivial nicks to edge of frontispiece map, not affecting image; other maps clean, neat, and bright. Generally a very good copy. A beautifully produced travel guide to nineteenth-century London and the South-East. Includes both illustrated descriptions of local landmarks, and recommended excursions for travellers. £125.00