"If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all. "
— Oscar Wilde

London: John Cassell, 1853. [Irish Travel Guide] SECOND EDITION. Octavo (20 x 14cm), pp.[84] 248 [64]. With a frontispiece engraving, a folding map of Ireland / plan of the Irish Industrial Exhibition building, and numerous in-text engravings by various artists. Publisher's blind-decorated 'pea' green cloth, with gilt titles to spine, and advertisements to pink endpapers. A lovely crisp, clean copy, with just a little toning to spine and some rubbing to head-cap. Near fine. A 'Murray's' or 'Baedeker' style travel guide, first published in 1852 for English tourists taking the train and steamer to visit Ireland, via London. Item #59589
Price: £250.00