{"product_id":"2026100010164-secondhand-highways-and-byways-in-oxford-and-the-cotswolds","title":"Highways And Byways In Oxford And The Cotswolds","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew regions of England reward the curious traveller as richly as Oxford and the Cotswolds, where ancient spires, wool-merchant villages, and Roman roads conspire to produce a landscape of almost mythic depth — and Herbert A. Evans's Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds is the definitive guide through it all. Chronicles of long walks through market towns, college quads, and hidden valleys, the book presents a richly textured portrait of a region where history saturates every hedgerow and cobbled lane, bringing to life both the grandeur of Oxford's university architecture and the quiet charm of Cotswold hamlets with equal affection and authority.\n\nEvans writes with the measured enthusiasm of a Victorian-Edwardian gentleman scholar, blending topographical observation with local history, folklore, and antiquarian detail in a prose style that is at once instructive and evocative. The volume is further distinguished by the exquisite illustrations of Frederick L. Griggs, whose fine engravings — including the haunting depiction of Oxford's Church of St Mary the Virgin — lend the work an artistic gravitas that elevates it well beyond a mere travel guide. Part of Macmillan's celebrated Highways and Byways series, this 1905 edition remains an enduring tribute to a corner of England whose beauty, it seems, time has been powerless to diminish — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets might yet be uncovered along its winding roads.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50948323803355,"sku":"2026100010164-SECONDHAND","price":50.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/13b41af4-f5fd-42b0-9936-9f01ed7292b7.png?v=1793104685","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100010164-secondhand-highways-and-byways-in-oxford-and-the-cotswolds","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}