The Railway and commercial gazetteer of England, Scotland, and Wales
1938, Nineteenth Edition. London : McCorquodale & Co. Good copy only in contemporary title-blocked and blind-tooled cloth boards, now heavily dust-dulled overall, and slightly rubbed along the edges. Rear boards somewhat scuffed, with endbands and joints somewhat worn; the front joint shows a tear from the bottom. Both hinges starting. The text block itself is good, with strong internal binding, and text remaining bright and clean throughout. A very serviceable copy overall. Item #458802
Physical description: xii, 724 pages : maps ; 22 cm. Notes: "Showing the distance from London to each railway station and the distance by road from the station to the town, village, hamlet, parish, and place, with the locality, population (from last census), line of rail, nearest railway station, distinguishing post offices, money order and telegraph offices, and the 'Through rate' routes for merchandise, passengers, and parcels to, from, or through London and all parts of the Kingdom by the various railways." Subjects: Railroads - Great Britain - Gazetteers. Railroad stations - Great Britain - Directories. Railroads - England - Distances - Tables. Railroads - Scotland - Distances - Tables. Railroads - Wales - Distances - Tables. Railroads - Freight - Rates - Great Britain - 20th century. Railroads - Passenger traffic - Fares - Great Britain - 20th century. Great Britain - Commerce - Directories. Great Britain - Population - Statistics - 1931.
Price: €45.00