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Road book, strip maps and descriptive text, On the Road, the Dunlop Pictorial
Road Plans, vol.2, published for Dunlop by E J Burrow and Co, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, 2nd edn 1920s.
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The road book is sprinkled with advertisements; there is a title page, preface
on how to use the book and its strip maps, descriptive text of various routes
with some views, and a series of strip maps and town plans. The list of other
volumes describes the series as the greatest motoring novelty of the age.
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The views of Hampshire include - General View, Winchester, and The Rufus Stone,
New Forest. The routes across Hampshire are:-
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pp.33, 35, 37 - London to Portsmouth
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pp.57, 59, 61, 63, 67 - London to Southampton
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pp.71, 73, 74, 75 - London to Bournemouth
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pp.78, 79, 81 - London to Weymouth
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pp.95, 96, 97 - London to Exeter
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embossed & printed -on- cover
ON THE ROAD / LONDON-PORTSMOUTH, / LONDON - CHICHESTER (AND BOGNOR) / LONDON
- SOUTHAMPTON, / LONDON - BOURNEMOUTH, / LONDON - WEYMOUTH, LONDON - EXETER, /
VOLUME II / The / DUNLOP / PICTORIAL ROAD PLANS
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printed -on- title page
Second Edition / 'On the Road' / THE / DUNLOP/ PICTORIAL ROAD PLANS / VOLUME
II / / ... / ED. J. BURROW & CO. LIMITED / 43, 45 and 47 KINGSWAY, LONDON / For
list of other Volumes in the Series, see page 52. / ...
-- location map of south central England with routes |
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Map Group -- Burrow 1920s -- with Research Notes
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