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Jessie M. E. Saxby et al : Coaching Tours: or, Romance of the Road

J. & H. Lindsay, Edinburgh, Scotland

Original publisher's beige paper wrappers. "Coaching Tours Round Edinburgh" and black-and-white illustration of a horse-drawn stagecoach printed on front cover. No date, circa 1896. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." Seventy-nine pages, complete. Small black-and-white illustrations, complete. One tipped-in black-and-white folding map showing the tour routes, complete. Three additional pages of advertisements in back. Many ads for a variety of businesses, products, and services are interspersed among the text and printed on insides of covers. Former owners' stamps in red and purple ink on title page, one of which reads, "Griswold Collection; Steamship Historical Society of America." Pages are very clean and intact except for light age toning throughout and a few small bumps and tiny spots of foxing along edges. Covers are very clean and intact except for a few tiny chips and bumps along edges and corners and light to moderate darkening on front and back. A Very Good copy. This is a guidebook for touring different places around Edinburgh and Haddington, Scotland by stagecoach. There are nine and seven tours listed for Edinburgh and Haddington, respectively. The rest of the booklet briefly describes places of interest on these tours. Prefatory Note by Jessie M. E. Saxby: "This does not profess to be a detailed 'Guide Book' (there are many such in existence), but rather an indication of what one may find 'by the way,' within easy distance of our city and not often seen by the orthodox tourist, who keeps to the beaten track. It is hoped that these 'outlines' may prompt many to visit those 'hallowed shrines of Scottish story,' and make themselves well acquainted with the past of this 'little great nation.'" The tours from Edinburgh are "Queensferry," "Roslin," "Dalkeith, Hawthornden, and Roslin," "Habbie's Howe and Carlops," "Aberlady and Dirleton Gardens," "Linlithgow," "Haddington and Gifford," "Dalkeith Palace, Newbattle Abbey, Borthwick and Crichton Castles," and "Yarrow and St. Mary's Loch." The tours from Haddington are "Tyninghamr, White-Kirk, Tantallon Castle, North Berwick," "Pressmennan Loch, Stenton, Whittinghame," "Gifford, Yester, Bolton," Biel, Tyninghame, Linton," "Pencaitland, Oxenford Castle, Tranent, Dalkeith," Lennoxlove, Salton, Gifford," and "Garleton, Gosford, Aberldy, Gullane." Some examples of the businesses, products, or services promoted by the ads: "Darling's Regent Hotel," "McDowell & Sons" [shortbread, cakes, biscuits, and the like], "Scott, Croall & Sons" [carriage, cab, and coach service], "Ritchie's Temperance Luncheon and Tea Rooms," "Clark, Adams, & Co." [Chinese and Japanese warehouse], "Leith and London" [steamship service], J. & G. Stewart's Old Vatted Scotch Whiskies, and Inglis's Photographic Views.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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