Murray's Handbooks for Travellers



Murray's Handbooks for Travellers were travel guide books published in London by John Murray beginning in 1836. The series covered tourist destinations in Europe and parts of Asia and northern Africa. According to scholar James Buzard, the Murray style "exemplified the exhaustive rational planning that was as much an ideal of the emerging tourist industry as it was of British commercial and industrial organization generally." The guidebooks became popular enough to appear in works of fiction such as Charles Lever's Dodd Family Abroad. After 1915 the series continued as the Blue Guides and the familiar gold gilted red Murrays Handbooks published by John Murray London including the long running Handbook to India, Pakistan, Ceylon & Burma which concluded with the 21st edition in 1968 before changing from the original format of 1836 to a more modern paperback edition of 1975.



1840s

 * (Index)
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia
 * v.2 Finland and Russia

1870s

 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * (Includes guide to Madras City)

1880s

 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1

1890s

 * Pt.1; Pt. 2
 * (online at Open Library)
 * Pt.1; Pt. 2
 * (online at Open Library)
 * (online at Open Library)

1900s

 * + Index
 * (Cover title: Murray's Handbook Ireland)
 * + Index
 * (Cover title: Murray's Handbook Ireland)
 * (Cover title: Murray's Handbook Ireland)

1910s

 * via Hathi Trust. + (Index)

Algeria

 * Digitized version
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1

France

 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index

Germany

 * + Index
 * 1871 ed. + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * Google books version + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * Google books version + Index
 * Google books version + Index

England

 * 1890 ed.
 * 1890 ed.

East Midlands region

 * + Index
 * 1874 ed.
 * Handbook for Northamptonshire and Rutland (2nd ed.), London, Edwards Stanford, 1901.

East of England region

 * + Index
 * + Index

London region

 * + index
 * + index
 * + index
 * + index
 * + index

South East England region

 * 1868 (3rd) edition
 * 1882 ed.
 * 1882 ed.
 * 1882 ed.
 * 1882 ed.
 * 1882 ed.

South West England region

 * . Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index

West Midlands region

 * + Index
 * + Index

Yorkshire and the Humber region

 * + Index
 * + Index

Greece

 * + Index
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt. 1

India

 * (Includes guide to Madras City)
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index

Ireland

 * + Index
 * + Index (Cover title: Murray's Handbook Ireland)

Italy

 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index

Japan

 * + index
 * + index
 * + index
 * + index
 * + index

Portugal

 * + Index
 * + Index
 * + Index

Russia

 * . v.2: Finland and Russia
 * + Index
 * + Index

Scandinavia

 * + Index
 * 1892 ed.
 * + Index
 * 1892 ed.
 * 1892 ed.

Spain

 * + Index
 * Pt.1 (Andalucia, Ronda and Granada, Murcia, Valencia, and Catalonia)
 * Pt. 2 (Estremadura, Leon, Gallicia, the Asturias, the Castiles (Old and New), the Basque Provinces, Arragon, and Navarre)
 * . Pt. 2 + Index
 * + Index
 * v.1 (through p.298)
 * v.2
 * + Index
 * + Index

Syria

 * . Pt. 1; Pt. 2 (p. 291-652); index
 * . + Index

Turkey

 * + Index
 * . (Index).
 * Pt. 1
 * Pt.1; Pt. 2
 * . (Index).
 * 1895 ed. in Google books
 * 1895 ed. in Google books