Description:
The Handy Touring Atlas of the British Isles specially prepared for cyclists, motorists & travellers by J. G. Batholomew, F.R.G.S. reduced by permission from the Ordnance Survey.Hardback, 1909, third edition, published by Ward, Lock and Co., London.
Red cloth boards and spine, pictorial front board and spine. Some fading to spine, though title and pattern still just about visible. but patterning and lettering still quite clear. Boards are quite scuffed and a little marked and discoloured but have retained much of their colour. Signs of rubbing and shelf-wear. Corners bumped and a little torn. Binding reasonably firm though strained in several places. Hinges intact. Page edges browned. Stamp to front pastedown and pencil writing and bookseller embossed stamp to FFEP but otherwise page surfaces are reasonably clean, some marks here and there, especially towards edges, but no underlining, marginalia, etc. See pictures for further information.