The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway including the Amalgamated West Midland Line and the Chester and Holyhead Line also the Isle of Man. With Descriptions of the most Important Manufactories in the Several Towns on the Lines by George Measom published by Griffin Bohn London. 2nd edition 1861.In stiff cloth-covered boards and spine size 19.5 by 12 cm.both decorated with attractive gold-stamping. 730 pages with 350 engravings. In one volume which also includes the Guide to the Bristol and Exeter North and South Devon Cornwall and South Wales Railways (270 engravings) 280 pages plus over 210 pages of splendid contemporary advertisements. Occasional foxing to endpapers and slight foxing to title page. Original spine relaid. Good to VG condition.