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GER: To the Continent by the Harwich Steamer

1914

LNER: On Either Side

1939

Travel Guide, London & North Eastern Railway, On Either Side, Features of interest to be seen from the train, Kings Cross to Scotland/Scotland to Kings Cross, 1939. Soft cover with illustrations of Edinburgh, York and London by Frank Newbould. Text on reverse reads "Depicting & describing features of interest to be seen from the train between London (Kings Cross) & Edinburgh (Waverley), Fort William, Inverness and Aberdeen". Comprises a lineal map of the railway with descriptive text and photographs of features along the route. Printed by Ben Johnson & Co Ltd of York.

LNER: On Either Side

1939; 1946

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, The East Coast for Health, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 30 pages, with card cover.

The East Coast for Health

1910-1920

Travel guide, London & South Western Railway, Devonshire Holiday Resorts, with photographs, details of places of interest and fares, 24 pages.

Devonshire Holiday Resorts

1900-1923

Travel guide, Ilfracombe - the holiday magnet of Lovely Devon - the best route by London & South Western Railway, with details of services, routes and places to visit.

Ilfracombe - The Holiday Magnet of Lovely Devon

1913

Travel Guide, "Southern Ways & Means", c1935, incorporating information about continental travel, cost 6d, 88 pages, soft cover, cover illustration by Fougasse, 8 1/16 x 6 1/2 inches. 20.5 x 16.5 cm.

Travel Guide - Southern Ways & Means

1935

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Tourist Guide to Scotland", 1879, incorporating places to visit and advertisements, cost 1d, 32 pages, soft cover.

NER: Tourist Guide to Scotland

1879

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, Seaside and Countryside in East Anglia, by Percy Lindley, illustrations by Oscar Wilson, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 64 pages, with card cover.

GER: Seaside and Countryside in East Anglia

1915

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, Company's Restaurant Service, c1914, 8 pages.

Great Eastern Railway Company's Restaurant Car Service

1914

Travel guide, Great Eastern Railway, East Coast Pictures, by Percy Lindley, illustrations by Oscar Wilson, describing resorts around the East coast of Britain, 48 pages, with card cover.

Great Eastern Railway, East Coast Pictures

1915

Travel guide, London & South Western Railway, "Hints for Holidays", 1919.

London & South Western Railway: Hints for Holidays 1919

1919

Guidebook, North Western Railway, Lancaster and Carlisle, Caledonian, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways by George Measom, 1859.

Official Illustrated Guide to the NWR and the Lancaster&Carlisle, Caledonian, and Glasgow Railways

1859

Travel Guide, Southern Railway, Hints for Holidays, 1947.

Hints for Holidays 1947

1947

Travel Guide, Lancashire & Yorkshire and North Eastern Railway, "Improved Services between The North of England and Luxemburg", 1913, incorporating timetable and information, 32 pages, soft cover.

Lancashire and Yorkshire, and NER: Improved Services between The North of England and Luxemburg

1913

Travel Guide, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland , "Connemara", 1920, cost 1d, 16 pages, soft cover.

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: Connemara

1920

Travel Guide, Caledonian Railways, "Through The Trossachs", 1908, incorporating guide and myths, 6 pages, soft cover.

Caledonian Railways: Through the Trossachs

1908

Travel Guide, Great Western Railway, "Rambles and Walking Tours in The Wye Valley", by Hugh E Page, 1938, 20 individual walks with maps, cost new 6d, 143 pages, soft cover, cover illustration of couple looking at river by "M" [Mayo].

GWR: Rambles and Walking Tours in The Wye Valley

1938

Travel guide, Great Western Railway "Cardigan Bay Resorts. Aberystwyth to Pwllheli", includes places to visit and map, 46 pages, soft cover.

GWR: Cardigan Bay Resorts. Aberystwyth to Pwllheli

1930

Travel Guide, Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland , "Galway", 1920, cost 1d, 16 pages, soft cover.

Midland Great Western Railway of Ireland: Galway

1920

Travel Guide, Great Western Railway, "Rambles in Shakespeare Land & The Cotswolds", by Hugh E Page, 1938, 20 individual walks with maps & map at back, cost new 6d, 120 pages, soft cover depicting thatched cottage, illustration by Chas Mayo, inscribed 'White Lion, Winchcombe' in pencil.

GWR: Rambles in Shakespeare Land and The Cotswolds

1938

Travel Guide, London Chatham & Dover Railway, "Tourist Guide", 1879, incorporating timetable and information, cost 1d, 29 pages, soft cover.

London Chatham and Dover Railway: - Tourist Guide

1879

Travel Guide, Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, "Holiday Manual, 1915", places to stay & visit, 98 pages, soft cover with illustration of Southport.

Lancs.& Yorks. Railway - Holiday Manual, 1915

1915

Travel guide,Great Western Railway "The Cotswold Country", includes places to visit and map, 54 pages, soft cover, depicts rural village.

GWR: The Cotswold Country

1936

Travel guide, London & South Western Railway, Week-ends out of town - Convenient Trains for Week-end Holidays, 1913, 20 pages.

Week-ends out of town - Convenient Trains for Week-end Holidays

1913

Pamphlet, travel guide, Great Western Railway, The Line to Legend Land No 10 - The Old Woman who Fooled the Devil, by Lyonesse, illustrated by C Baker, printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co Ltd, 1922, containing legend and map, 4 pages, soft cover, one of a series of 12.

GWR: The Line to Legend Land - The Old Woman who Fooled the Devil

1922

Pamphlet, travel guide, Great Western Railway, The Line to Legend Land No 7 - The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan-Fach, by Lyonesse, illustrated by C Baker, printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co Ltd, 1922, containing legend and map, 4 pages, soft cover, one of a series of 12.

GWR: The Line to Legend Land - The Lady of Llyn-y-Fan-Fach

1922

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Historic Monuments in North East England No. 4", 1914, 8 pages, soft cover with illustration of Rievaulx Abbey by F Mason.

NER - Historic Monuments in North East England, No.4

1914

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Summer Resorts, Wensleydale & Swaledale", by John Leyland, 1896, places to visit, cost new 3d, 48 pages, soft cover.

NER - Summer Resorts, Wensleydale, and Swaledale

1896

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Historic Monuments in North East England No. 3", 1914, 8 pages, soft cover with illustration of Banburgh Castle by F Mason.

NER - Historic Monuments in North East England, No.3

1914

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Official NER Tourist Guide", by J H Morrison, 1893, destinations to visit, 184 pages, soft cover.

NER - Official NER Tourist Guide

1893

Travel Guide, London & South Western Railway, The Fairyland of The West, 1914, illustrated with photographs, 28 pages.

The Fairyland of the West

1914

Travel Guide, "Official Tourist Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains", 1924, incorporating guide and maps and advertisements, cost 1s 6d, 203 pages, hard cover.

Travel Guide: Official Tourist Guide to County Down and the Mourne Mountains

1924

Travel Guide, North Eastern Railway, "Historic Monuments in North East England No. 2", 1914, 8 pages, soft cover with illustration of Lindisfarne Abbey by F Mason.

NER - Historic Monuments in North East England, No.2

1914

Pamphlet, travel guide, Great Western Railway, The Line to Legend Land No 4 - The Lost Child of St Allen, by Lyonesse, illustrated by C Baker, printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co Ltd, 1922, containing legend and map, 4 pages, soft cover, one of a series of 12.

GWR: The Line to Legend Land - The Lost Child of St Allen

1922

Travel Guide, Great Western Railway, "Golf Courses on the GWR", by the 'Superintendent of the Line', about 1929, lists clubs, stations & details of courses, 72 pages, soft cover depicting golfer.

GWR: Golf Courses on the Great Western Railway

circa 1929

Travel guide, London & South Western Railway, The Pleasure Grounds of the South West, giving details of resorts in the South West, with photographs, 48 pages, cover missing.

Pleasure Grounds of the South West

1923

Pamphlet, travel guide, Great Western Railway, The Line to Legend Land No 12 - How Bala Lake Began, by Lyonesse, illustrated by C Baker, printed by Spottiswoode Ballantyne & Co Ltd, 1922, containing legend and map, 4 pages, soft cover, one of a series of 12.

GWR: The Line to Legend Land - How Bala Lake Began

1922

Travel Guide, South Eastern Railway, "Tourist Guide", 1879, incorporating timetable and information, cost 1d, 32 pages, soft cover.

SER: Tourist Guide

1879

Travel Guide, Maryport & Carlisle Railway Official Guide. "The "Borough" Guides. No 522", 1911, 56 pages, soft cover.

Maryport and Carlisle Railway Official Guide

1911

Travel guide, London & North Western Railway, The English Lakes, 1907, 88 pages with folding map (loose), printed by McQuorquodale & Co Ltd, soft covers with contemporary hard binding. 200 x 125 mm.

The English Lakes

1907

Travel Guide, London & North Western Railway, "Railway Tourist Guide. Leamington to Carlisle", 1879, guide to places to visit with lithographs & advertisements.

LNWR - Railway Tourist Guide, Leamington to Carlisle

1879

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "LMS Route Book No. 4. The Track of The Royal Scot (Part 2) Carlisle to Glasgow (Central)", 1947, places to see en route, cost new 2s 6d, 40 pages, soft cover.

LMSR: LMS Route Book No. 4; The Track of The Royal Scot (Part 2); Carlisle to Glasgow Central

1947

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "The Shakespeare Country", c. 1930, places to visit, soft cover.

LMS - The Shakespeare Country

1930

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Guide to Cheap Fares & other Facilities", 1937, list of different types of tickets, 32 pages, soft cover.

LMS- Guide to Cheap Fares and Other Facilities

1937

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Handbook to the Highland Section", 1935, incorporating places to visit and advertisement, cost 3d, 180 pages, soft cover.

LMSR: Handbook to The Highlands Section

1935

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "Mile by Mile on the LMS", by S N Pike MBE, 1948, route map & description, cost new 2 shillings, 40 pages, soft cover with illustration by Gordon Randall.

LMS: Mile by Mile on the LMS

1948

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "The Clyde Coast & Loch Lomond", c. 1925, places to visit with photographs, 23 pages, soft cover.

LMSR: The Clyde Coast and Loch Lomond

1925

Travel Guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway, "LMS Route Book No. 3. The Track of The Royal Scot (Part 1) London (Euston) to Carlisle", 1947, places to see en route, cost new 2s 6d, 76 pages, soft cover with illustration by Littlewood-Moore.

LMSR: LMS Route Book No.3; The Track of The Royal Scot (Part 1); London Euston to Carlisle

1947

Travel guide, London Midland & Scottish Railway "The Peak District", cost 3d, 46 pages, soft cover.

LMSR: The Peak District

1925