Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada by D Appleton

Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada by D Appleton

Collector's item, landmark in the history of the American tour guide, snapshot of North American in the 1870s - Appleton's Handbook warrants a unique place on the ‘must buy’ booklist of any traveller, railway enthusiast, historian or americanaphile. Originally produced as the railway networks of the United States of America and Canada were stretching across the vast continent, and as tourism by rail became a serious pastime for the burgeoning middle classes, it was the first tourist guide specifically organized around railway journeys, and to this day offers a glimpse through the carriage window of a continent lost to history. This is a facsimile of the actual book - often referred to as 'Appleton's Guide' - that inspired the Great American Railroad Journeys television series with Michael Portillo, possibly the only surviving example of the 1879 edition. It is an exact copy with a removable belly-band.

D. Appleton & Company was an American publisher founded in New York by Daniel Appleton (1785-1849). He published his first book in 1831 and the firm's publications gradually extended over an entire field of literature, travel being a major genre.

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ISBN 13	9781471159947
ISBN 10	1471159949
Titre	Appleton's Railway Guide to the USA and Canada
Auteur	D Appleton
État	Non disponible
Type de reliure	Hardback
Éditeur	Simon & Schuster Ltd
Année de publication	2016-09-08
Nombre de pages	640
Note de couverture	La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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