Mark Searle; Earl of Birkenhead — Turnpikes and Toll-Bars

London, Hutchinson & Co, 1930. Cloth. A limtied edition work by Mark Searle exploring the many turnpikes and toll-bars of England and across the globe, profusely illustrated including with twelve colour plates. A limited edition, limited to 500 copies, Volume 1 numbered 354 and Volume II numbered 445.In the original very scarce unclipped dust wrappers. Complete in two volumes.Volume I illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, eighty-one monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Volume II illustrated with a colour frontispiece, five colour plates, seventy-three monochrome plates, and in-text illustrations.Mark Searle's brilliantly detailed study of turnpikes and toll-bars of England across the lengths of England. Although most of these two volumes focus on England, Searle also looks briefly at Wales, Australia, Canada, Scotland, Ireland, the U.S. Japan, and the rest of the world.Notably this volume takes a special look at the bridges of London, detailing their history.Including a charming look at famous authors and turnpikes, with many extracts of authors writing about turnpikes, with contributions by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Shakespeare, and more.With a special introduced by the Earl of Birkenhead.Collated, complete In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, generally smart. Tide mark to the edge of the boards, a little heavier to Volume II. A few minor marks to the boards. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spines and to the extremities. Scattered spots to the endpapers. ust wrappers are edge worn with a few neat tape repairs. Dust wrapper spines are discoloured, extremities are lightly discoloured. Minor marks to the wraps. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with a few minor spots. Page 1/2 and the plate facing page 2 of Volume I are heavily repaired by a prior owner with tape, with a large chip to page 1/2 affecting a small amount of text, with further smaller repairs to pages 285-294, including the one colour plate. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good/Very Good.