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collecting red guides
This
website was inspired by collecting Ward Lock red travel
guides for a number of years, culminating in collections
of nearly 500 guides and covering nearly 200 different
areas to date.
These
collections, part of one of which is pictured below, are
concentrated on guides published prior to the early
1950's, having cloth board covers and prior to the
introduction of paper dust jacket covers, which distinguish the
later guides.
One of
the occasional joys in collecting Red Guides is the
unexpected find of an enclosure - really old B&B or
hotel bills, the original book purchase receipt, museum
tickets, concert programmes from the 20's and so on.
What a link with the past.......
The
publication date of the
guides is not always apparent - see the
dating
clues page.
We are
keenly interested in additional information about the
guides in general or about specific guides, especially
the older ones, from the late 19th century to the 1950s.
If you are able to share information it may help to
enrich this website as it evolves.
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