Bradshaw's descriptive railway hand-book of Great Britain and Ireland

When Michael Portillo began the series 'Great British Railway Journeys', a well-thumbed 150-year-old book - of which this is an exact facsimile - shot back to fame. The original Bradshaw's guides had been well known to Victorian travellers and were produced when the British railway network was at its peak and as tourism by rail became essential. 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.