PARRY (E.): Parry's Railway Companion from Chester to Holyhead; containing a narrative of the early and parliamentary history of the project. With a Descriptive and Historical Account of the adjacent towns, villages, castles, mansions, ... , London: Arthur Hall & Co., and Hugh Hughes; Chester: E. Parry, 1848;

16mo, pp.154 + 26 general advs. Folding railway chart/map of North Wales. Black rib-grained cloth w. gilt railway vignette on fr. cover. End papers show traces of water-staining but the book as a whole in v.gd state. The fulsome title continues with 'and all other objects of interest that present themselves on this beautifully picturesque line: together with some account of the stupendous railway works, including tunnels, embankments, viaducts, the monster tubular bridges across the River Conway and the Menai Straits and the Herculean Harbour of Refuge at Holyhead". (Book ref. 2217)  £95.00

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