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Bradshaw’s Handbook
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Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw's Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or anglophile.
A facsimile edition of Bradshaw's Handbook of 1863, the book that inspired the television series 'Great British Railway Journeys.'
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Collector's item, landmark in the history of the tour guide, snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaw’s Handbook deserves a place on the bookshelf of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian, or anglophile.
Produced as the British railway network was reaching its zenith, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the better off, it was the first national tourist guide specifically organised around railway journeys. To this day, it offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past.
This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as Bradshaw's Guide - that inspired the 'Great British Railway Journeys' television series, possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition.
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ISBN: 9781908402028
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 10 January 2012
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Old House Books
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 40.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 182.0mm
Weight: 507g
Pages: 512
About the Author
George Bradshaw (1801-1853) was an English cartographer, printer and publisher. He is most famous for developing a series of railway timetables and guides. The books became synonymous with their publisher, so that, for Victorians and Edwardians alike, a railway timetable was 'a Bradshaw'. After his death, Punch magazine said of Bradshaw's labours: 'seldom has the gigantic intellect of man been employed upon a work of greater utility.'
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