Originally Posted by
Gilliatt Gurgle
I happened to catch your post during lunch today.
It sounds like you speak from experience with a particular edition in mind.
My Grandfather's copy does not have the travel guide to the Channel Islands, it was published by Peter Fenelon Collier, New York and no copyright date.
Based on the appearance, I'm sure it dates from latter part of the 19th century.
The dedication is worth quoting:
"I dedicate this book
to the rock of hospitality and liberty,
to that portion of old Norman ground
inhabited by
the noble little nation of Guernsey,
severe yet kind, my present asylum,
perhaps my tomb." ... V.H.