LEIGH'S NEW POCKET ROAD-BOOK OF ENGLAND AND WALES, CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE DIRECT AND CROSS ROADS; TOGETHER WITH A DESCRIPTION OF EVERY REMARKABLE PLACE, ITS CURIOSITIES, MANUFACTURES, COMMERCE, POPULATION, AND PRINCIPAL INNS;TO WHICH ARE ADDED PLEASURE TOURS TO THE MOST PICTURESQUE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. THE WHOLE FORMING A COMPLETE GUIDE TO EVERY OBJECT WORTHY THE ATTENTION OF TRAVELLERS.
London, England: Printed for M.A. Leigh, 1833. Fourth Edition, Carefully Revised. Leather-bound. 32mo. (5 1/2 in. x 4 in.). Dark green leather with gilt lettering to front and spine. This version bound without county maps, but HAND-COLORED foldout map to rear, pocket-sized guide, indispensable in its day. Frontis "Table of The Price of Posting, Showing the Charges Usually Made for a Pair of Horses...It is Usual to Pay the Postillion at the rate of 3d per mile." With a lovely graphic of a coach being pulled by four horses. A previous owner's name and date in ink across top of title page. 483 pp. including index. hand-colored (3-color) foldout map affixed at rear -- "New Map of England and Wales" with but a single two-inch closed tear to lower margin. Text block a wee bit rippled but with many a good year of enjoyment left. Very Good. Item #85750
Price: $150.00