A Walk from London to Land's End and Back : With Notes on the Way. With Illustrations

Burritt, Elihu

Published by Sampson Low, Son and Marston, 1865

About this Item

Delightful early travel book, illustrated with 7 Full-Page Plates (The plate of Gastonbury Abbey is the Frontis. illus, potected by tissue guard.) Plates include Stonehenge and Land's End. Text includes: Hampton Court, Eton School, Walks & Talks with Farm-Labourers, Lord Radnor's cottages for the poor, Old Sarum, Exeter & Salisbury Cathedrals, American & English Dairies, Dartmoor, Plymouth, St Germans, Polperro, Fowey, St Austell & China Clay works, Marazion, St. Michael's Mount, Carn Brae, St Ives, and much more. Very interesting observations. Red cloth cover with partly faded gilt lettering to front & spine. Black endpapers. 8" Tall, viii / 8 prelim, main text 464 p.pages. Much fading to cloth and 2 small closed tears along right side of spine. Hinges cracked. Text block firm. No inscriptions except old penciled price, pages in nice, clean condition.

Seller Inventory # 025676

Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Walk from London to Land's End and Back : With Notes on the Way. With Illustrations
• Publisher: Sampson Low, Son and Marston
• Publication Date: 1865
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cornish Interest
  • British Towns & Counties
  • Antiquarian Books