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Portrait of publisher John Murray III, 19th century. Murray's Handbooks for Travellers were travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. [1] The series covered tourist destinations in Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa.
First edition with artwork by John Craxton. A Time of Gifts (1977) is a travel book by British author Patrick Leigh Fermor.Published by John Murray when the author was 62, it is a memoir of the first part of Leigh Fermor's journey on foot across Europe from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople (officially Istanbul) in 1933/34.
Pages in category "John Murray (publishing house) books" The following 99 pages are in this category, out of 99 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1828, Karl Baedeker (1801–59) published his first guidebook, Rheinreise von Mainz bis Cöln and in 1836 John Murray III’s (1808–92) first Handbook was released (Handbook for Travellers on the Continent). The first Baedeker in English, The Rhine (1861), was published jointly by Baedeker and Murray. These handbooks were to become the ...
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John Murray (1745–1793), the eponymous founder of the publishing house. The business was founded in London, England, in 1768 by John Murray (1737–1793), [1] an Edinburgh-born Royal Marines officer, who built up a list of authors including Isaac D'Israeli and published the English Review.
A guide book to the 1915 Panama–California Exposition An assortment of guide books in Japan. A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". [1] It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities.
The Home and Colonial Library was a series of works published in London from 1843 to 1849, comprising 49 titles, by John Murray III.He founded it, as a series of cheap reprints, original works and translations, slanted towards travel literature in the broad sense, in the year of death of his father, John Murray II.