Jerrold, Walter — Highways and Byways in Middlesex

MacMillan and Co. London xviii, 400, . . HB. 8vo, orig olive green cloth, teg, some light foxing to endpapers. Inscription to endpaper. Vg.. Illustrations by Hugh Thomson. A charming and extensively illustrated topographical and historical account of Middlesex, forming part of Macmillan's celebrated 'Highways and Byways' series. Walter Jerrold (1865-1929) explores the county through a series of excursions, describing its towns, villages, historic buildings, landscapes, literary associations and local traditions. Places visited include Hampton Court, Twickenham, Teddington, Richmond, Staines, Uxbridge, Edmonton and Enfield. Particularly interesting for its descriptions of the old villages and rural landscapes of Middlesex, many subsequently absorbed into the expanding suburbs of London. Illustrated throughout with delightful pen-and-ink drawings by Hugh Thomson (1860-1920), one of the foremost book illustrators of his generation. Includes a folding map. An evocative record of the county in the years before extensive twentieth-century suburban development..