English Railways.- Measom (George) The Official Illustrated Guide to the Great Western Railway, bound with The Official Illustrated Guide to the Bristol and Exeter, North and South Devon, Cornwall, and South Wales Railways, together 2 works in 1 vol., first edition, 233 pp. advertisements at rear, including 1 folding f., bookplate of J. Edward Hextall, a few stains and some small marginal nicks, original cloth, gilt, upper cover with "Presentation Copy The Official Illustrated Gide", spine faded, rebacked preserving original backstrip, a few marks, [1860]; The Official Illustrated Guide to the North-Western Railway, 193 advertisements at rear, including 1 folding f., G. H. Wyatt's copy with his bookplate, contents and preface f. trimmed at foot, slightly affecting text, toning and some cracking at upper hinge, contemporary half calf, spine with red morocco label, [?1859], engraved frontispieces and illustrations, some full-page, surface soiling, extremities rubbed and bumped; and another 19th century work on the North-Western Railway, 8vo (3)

⁂ The second work is bound alone, without its companion volume titled The Original Illustrated Guide to the Lancaster and Carlisle, Caledonian, and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways, as indicated before the title page. George Henry Wyatt (1886–1964) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross for his courageous actions during the First World War.