Chambers's handy guide to London : being a concise description of the chief places of interest in the metropolis, and the best modes of obtaining access to them : together with a mass of useful information relating to the International Exhibition of 1862 and to the railways, suburban villages, cabs, omnibuses, steamers, telegraphs, postal arrangements, free exhibitions, & c., 1862 /

Chambers's handy guide to London : being a concise description of the chief places of interest in the metropolis, and the best modes of obtaining access to them : together with a mass of useful information relating to the International Exhibition of 1862 and to the railways, suburban villages, cabs, omnibuses, steamers, telegraphs, postal arrangements, free exhibitions, & c., 1862 /

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Imprint:	London : W. & R. Chambers, 1862.
Description:	1 online resource (1 volume (179 pages)) : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white).
Language:	English
Series:	London low life. Street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld London low life. Street culture, social reform and the Victorian underworld.
Subject:	London (England) -- Guidebooks.
Format:	E-Resource Map Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12997335

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Varying Form of Title:	Handy guide to London
Other authors / contributors:	Sargent, G. F., illustrator. Bartholomew, John, 1805-1861, illustrator. Adam Matthew Digital (Firm), digitiser.
Notes:	"Collection: Rare Books"--Home page. "Shelfmark: DA679.C44"--Home page. AMDigital Reference: BKS_DA679.C44. Includes index. Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : Adam Matthew Digital, 2011. Digitized from a copy held by The Lilly Library, Indiana University, and made available by Adam Matthew Digital. The Lilly Library, Indiana University Description based on online resource; title from scanned document's title page (viewed on January 17, 2022).
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