Muirhead's Seventy Miles Around London - 1930
A gift from my wife Eleanor, this exhibit is of images from a small guidebook about London from 1930.----------7/21/24The Blue Guides are a series of detailed and authoritative travel guidebooks that focus on art, architecture, archaeology, and the historical context necessary to appreciate these subjects. They also include practical travel information such as recommended restaurants and hotels.The first Blue Guide, titled *London and its Environs*, was published in 1918 by the Scottish brothers James and Findlay Muirhead. Prior to this, the Muirhead brothers had been the English-language editors for the German *Baedeker* series of travel guides. They acquired the rights to John Murray III’s travel handbooks in 1915 and established the Blue Guides as a continuation of the 19th-century guidebook tradition[1].A notable agreement in 1917 with the French publisher Hachette allowed the co-publication of guidebooks in English and French under the names *Blue Guides* and *Guides Bleus*, respectively. The first Blue Guide published under this agreement was *Blue Guide London and its Environs* in 1918. The collaboration with Hachette ended in 1933[1].The Blue Guides were acquired by Ernest Benn Limited in 1931, and Findlay Muirhead's son, Litellus Russell Muirhead, became the series editor in 1934. The series continued to evolve, with notable contributions from authors like Alta Macadam and Ian Robertson. In 1982, W.W. Norton of New York became the U.S. co-publisher, and the series was later acquired by A&C Black (Publishers) Limited in 1984, which was subsequently acquired by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. In 2004, Somerset Books acquired the Blue Guides and published new titles under their ownership[1].Source: Perplexity.ai--Gabrielle Ly
