The Red Guides are back, exactly as they were in the golden age of rambling. Here are some extracts from the endearingly old-fashioned Ward Lock guides. 07 July 2008 • 1:09pm Oxford's dreaming spires: ...
For almost a decade, I’ve been collecting old Ward, Lock & Co. travel guidebooks from flea markets across Europe and Canada. The publisher no longer exists, but in the late 19th and early 20th century ...