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Collectors item - landmark in the history of the tour guide - snapshot of Britain in the 1860s - Bradshaws 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 organized around railway journeys - and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window at a Britain long past. This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as Bradshaws Guide - that inspired the Great British Railway Journeys television series - possibly the only surviving example of the 1863 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band....