LEIGH'S NEW POCKET ROAD-BOOK OF ENGLAND AND WALES, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE DIRECT AND CROSS ROADS; TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY REMARKABLE PLACE, ITS CURIOSITIES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, POPULATION, AND PRINCIPAL INNS;TO WHICH ARE ADDED PLEASURE TOURS TO THE MOST PICTURESQUE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVERY OBJECT WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF TRAVELLERS

Leigh, M.A.

Published by Printed for M.A. Leigh, London, England, 1833

Condition: Very Good Hardcover

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32mo. (5 1/2 in. x 4 in.). Dark green leather with gilt lettering to front and spine. This version bound without county maps, but HAND-COLORED foldout map to rear, pocket-sized guide, indispensable in its day. Frontis "Table of The Price of Posting, Showing the Charges Usually Made for a Pair of Horses.It is Usual to Pay the Postillion at the rate of 3d per mile." With a lovely graphic of a coach being pulled by four horses. A previous owner's name and date in ink across top of title page. 483 pp. including index. hand-colored (3-color) foldout map affixed at rear -- "New Map of England and Wales" with but a single two-inch closed tear to lower margin. Text block a wee bit rippled but with many a good year of enjoyment left. Seller Inventory # 85750

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Title: LEIGH'S NEW POCKET ROAD-BOOK OF ENGLAND AND ...

Publisher: Printed for M.A. Leigh, London, England

Publication Date: 1833

Binding: Leather-bound

Condition: Very Good

Edition: Fourth Edition, Carefully Revised.

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