Folio tourist guide to the city of London, 1879

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Author: [Hennelle, George]
Title: Album of Taste and Fashion, and Book of Commercial and General Information [including] Golden Guide to London
Place Published: London
Publisher:[Chiswick Press]
Date Published: [1879]
Description:

105 leaves. Illustrated with wood engravings throughout, architectural plans, sheet music, and numerous advertisements. (Folio) 39.2x27.6 cm (15½x10¾"), red cloth stamped with armorial cover emblem and lettered in gilt, spine lettered in gilt, all edges gilt.

A guidebook for tourists to the city of London describing the principal attractions followed by sections dedicated to fine arts, theaters, and the shipping lines serving the city. "Being placed on the saloon table of five hundred passenger-ships who carry it to the far ends of the world, I am assured that it has served to while away many a weary hour, and supplied a fund of information which not only the traveller and tourist but all those who have turned over its leaves have found to be of practical benefit." -Introduction.
Condition Report: Binding well worn, front joint starting, cloth stained, lettering fading; front hinge and internal binding cracked, a few tears, one advertising leaf detached; good.