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Red Guides (Ward Lock Travel Guides)
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Co. Country: U.K. Date: 1870s-1970s.


Red Guide to London (Ward Lock, 1962) (image)

Red Guide to London
London: Ward Lock, 1962. 61st edition.

Hardback (red cloth boards with black decorative stamps). Dustwrapper (not shown in this image). Black and white photos. 22 maps and plans including three folding maps (one of which is a Harry Beck London Underground map). 288 pages. Index. Size: 5" x 7".


RED GUIDES (WARD LOCK TRAVEL GUIDES)
Series Note:
This was a popular series of travel guides to cities, towns and regions in the British Islands and on the Continent. They were published from the 1870s until the 1970s. They were distinguished by their red covers and their practical and amusing approach.

Subject / Year First Published


Abbotsford (1880)
Aberdeen (1882)
Aberystwyth (1900)
Aldeburgh (1900)
Anglesey (1911)
Antrim (1899)
Ayr (1880)

Bangor (1909)
Barmouth (1913)
Barnstaple (1913)
Bath (1896)
Belfast (1889)
Belgium (1902)
Belgium and Holland (1893)
Bettws-y-Coed (1911)
Bexhill (1902 - end*)
Bideford (18892)
Birmingham (1881)
Blackpool (1902)
Bognor (1904)
Bournemouth (1896)
Brecon (1914)
Bridlington (1880)
Bridport (1914)
Brighton (1880)
Bristol and Clifton (1906)
Broads (1899)
Broadstairs (1899)
Bude (1911)
Budleigh Salterton (1913)
Buxton (1880)

Cambridge (1928)
Canterbury (1899)
Cardiff (1914)
Carlingford Bay (1889)
Carnarvon (1911)
Channel Islands (1880) (see also L'Ile de Jersey)
Cheltenham (1950)
Chester (1950)
Chichester (1911)
Clacton (1927)
Clevedon (1901)
Clifton, Bristol (1902)
Colchester (1927)
Colwyn Bay (1909)
Connemara (1880)
Conway (1911)
Cork (1883)
Cotswolds (1940)
County Wicklow (1880)
Criccieth (1913)
Cromer (1898)

Dartmoor (1891)
Dartmouth (1917)
Dawlish (1898)
Deal & Walmer (1900)
Derby (1880)
Donegal Highlands (1894)
Dover (1900)
Dovercourt, Harwich (1906)
Dublin (1880)

East Coast of Scotland (1891)
Eastbourne (1898)
Eastern Scotland (1947)
Edinburgh (1880)
English Lake District (1884)
Environs of London (1880)
Exeter (1889)
Exmouth (1898)

Falmouth (1897)
Felixstowe (1901)
Fifeshire (1889)
Filey (1909)
Folkestone (1900)
Fowey (1914)
Furness Abbey (1884)

Giant's Causeway (1889)
Glasgow (1880)
Greenore, Carlingford, Lough (1897)

Harrogate (1881)
Hastings (1894)
Hereford (1911)
Herne Bay (1899)
Hexham (1895)
Highlands (1891)
Holland (1902)
Hythe (1911)

Ilfracombe (1890)
Ilkley (1884)
Inverness (1880)
Ipswich (1950)
Isle of Man (1882)
Isle of Wight (1880)

Kenilworth (1880)
Killarney (1880)

Lake District (1938)
Leamington (1880)
Leeds (1880)
L'Ile de Jersey (French text) (1890)
Limerick (1880)
Lisadoonvana Spas (1881)
Littlehampton (1909)
Liverpool (1880)
Llandrindrod Wells (1899)
Llandudno (1899)
Llangollen (1911)
Loch Lomond (1880)
London (1880)
Londonderry (1914)
Looe (1914)
Lowestoft (1899)
Lyme Regis (1900)
Lynton and Lynmouth (1889)
Lytham St Anne's (1904)

Malvern (1906)
Margate (1899)
Matlock (1880)
Minehead (1900*)
Morecambe Bay (1884)

New Forest (1925)
Newcastle upon Tyne (1950)
Newquay (1898)
North Cornwall (1940)
North Devon (1887)
North Norfolk (1950)
North Wales (1889)
North Wales (Northern Section) (1901)
North Wales (Southern Section) (1901)
North-East Kent (1950)
Northern Ireland (1947)
Northern Lake District Ireland) (1894)
Northern Scotland (1940)
Northumberland Coast (1947)
Nottingham (1880)

Oban (1880)
Oxford (1881)

Paignton (1909)
Paris (1889)
Peak District (1950)
Penmaenmawr (1911)
Penzance (1897)
Perth (1882)
Plymouth (1889)
Portsmouth (1905)
Pwllheli (1911)

Ramsgate (1899)
Redcar (1880)
Rhine (1891)
Rhyl (1909)
Ripon (1911)
Riviera (1897)
Rome (1915)

Salcombe and Kingsbridge (1939)
Saltburn-by-the-Sea (1884)
Scarborough (1881)
Seaford (1914)
Seaton (1906)
Sheringham (1902)
Sherwood Forest (1892)
Sidmouth (1899)
Skegness (1902)
Skye (1889)
South Cornwall (1940)
South Devon (1887)
South Wales (1909)
South-East Kent (1950)
South-West Scotland (1891)
Southampton (1917)
Southport (1881)
Southsea (1902)
Southwold (1900)
St Ives (1911)
Stratford-upon-Avon (1880)
Sutton-on-Sea, Mablethorpe (1902)
Swanage (1900)
Switzerland (1891)

Teignmouth (1897)
Tenby (1909)
Thames (1909)
Torquay (1889)
Towyn (1911)
Trossachs (1889)

Warwick (1911)
Waterford, Wexford (1896)
Wells (1914)
Western Cornwall (1897)
Western Scotland (1947)
Weston-super-Mare (1902)
Weymouth (1900)
Whitby (1880)
Windsor (1886)
Woodhall Spa (1902)
Worcester (1913)
Worthing (1889)
Wye Valley (1896)

Yarmouth (1898)
York (1884)
Yorkshire Coast (1947)
Yorkshire Dales (1947)


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