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Rare second edition, revised and augmented. 4 maps and 15 plans: 1. Railway map of England (before the title-page); 2. Map of the Environs of London, between pps 278 and 279; 3. Map of the Isle of Wight, between pps 332 and 333; 4. Key-plan of London; 5. Plan of London in three sections; 6. Special plan of the West End from Baker Street to Soho; 7. Special plan of the West End from Hyde Park to Belgravia and The Thames; 8. Special plan of the West End from Holborn, Fleet Street, and The Strand; 9. Special plan of the City; 10. Railway Map of London; 11. St. Paul's Cathedral p79; 12. The Tower, p112; 13. Houses of Parliament between pps 172 and 173; 14. Westminster Abbey, p180; 15. Zoological Gardens between pps 214- 215; 16. The British Museum (two sections), pps 219 & 231; 17. South Kensington Museum (two sections), pps 256 & 264; 18. Crystal Palace, p282; 19. Windsor Castle, p312. ***Very good in red limp cloth covers with re-backed spine. Gilt titles to front cover and blind-stamped rules to covers. Edges of text-block marbled. Front pastedown advert for Baedeker's Guide Books dated April 1879. No inscriptions. Spine tight. All maps and plans present. A couple of map foldovers to rear slightly torn along folds. Edges of covers slightly rubbed. Top corners slightly bumped. Pages clean. Spine tight. 192mmx132mm. x-prelim pages including two-page preface and contents plus 354 pages including index, plus Index of Streets and Plans of London: List of the principal streets, public buildings, etc. of London; General plan of London, showing the limits of the special plans; Large Plan of London, in three sections; Four Special plans of the most important quarters of London; Railway Plan of London and its suburbs to rear. ***Introduction: Money, Expenses, Season, Passports, Custom-House, Time, Routes to and from London, Arrival, Hotels, Boarding Houses, Private Lodgings, Restaurants, Dining Rooms, Oyster Shops, Confectioners, Cafes, Billiard Rooms, Reading Rooms, Libraries, Newspapers, Baths, Shops, Bazaars, Markets, The Co-operative System, Cabs, Omnibuses, Tramways, Coaches, Railways, Steamboats, Theatres, Concerts and other Amusements, Races, Sports, and Games, Embassies and Consulates, Bankers, Divine Service, Post and Telegraphic Offices, Parcel Companies, Commissionaires, Outline of English History, Historical Sketch of London, Topography and Statistics, General Hints, Guilds, Charities, Societies, Clubs, Preliminary Ramble; Disposition of Time, Books Relating to London. ***Sights of London: I - The City - St. Paul's Cathedral; General Post Office; Christ's Hospital; Newgate; Holborn; St. Bartholomew's Hospital; Smithfield; Chaterhouse; Guildhall, Cheapside, Mansion House; The Bank of England; London Bridge; The Monument, Lower Thames Street; Blackfriar Bridge; The Tower; The Port & Docks; Bethnal Green Museum, Victoria Park; Fleet Street. ***II - The West End - The Strand; Trafalgar Square; The National Gallery; Royal College of Surgeons; Soane Museum; Whitehall; Houses of Parliament; Westminster Abbey; Pall Mall and Piccadilly; Regent Street; Oxford Street; Holborn; Regent's Park etc; The British Museum; St. James's Palace and Park; Buckingham Palace; Private Mansions around Hyde Park & St. James; Albert Memoria; Albert Hall; Horticultural Society's Gardens; India Museum, South Kensington Museum; Belgravia, Chelsea, Kensal Green Cemetery; ***III - The Surrey Side - St. Saviour's Church; Lambeth Palace; Bethlehem Hospital; Battersea Park. ***Excursions from London: Greenwich Hospital and Park; Woolwich; The Crystal Palace at Sydenham; Dulwich; Hampton Court, Richmond, Kew, The Thames from London Bridge to Hampton Court; Hampstead; Highgate; Alexandra Palace; Epping Forest; Waltham Abbey; Rye House; St. Albans; Windsor; Eton; Gravesend; Chatham; Rochester; From London to Brighton; From Brighton to Chichester & Portsmouth; Isle of Wight; From Portsmouth to Southampton and Salisbury (Stonehenge); From Salisbury to London. *Rare*. N° de ref. del artículo 3825x
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