Londres

In Thackeray's London

200p., illus. Hardcover Very good condition, spine label rubbed, edges worn

In Dickens's London

Book has covers with small stains, bumped corners, and light edgewear. Binding is solid and square, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind, charcoal drawings by the author. Contents includes: George Inn, where Mr. Pickwick first met Sam Weller; In Lant street, where Bob Sawyer had his lodgings, and one of his haunts -- The Ship and Shovel; Number 48 Doughty Street, where Dickens lived and where he wrote the last chapters of The Pickwick Papers; The George and Vulture, London Bridge, where Noah Claypole dogged Nancy sykes's steps the night she was murdered, etc.

IN THACKERAY'S LONDON

White cover label and white spine label a bit browning. Former owner's name on front endpaper ; Tipped-in b&w plates by the author ; 8vo; xiv, 200 pages

The History of East London. from the Earliest Times to the End of the Eighteenth Century. REMARKABLY BRIGHT, CRISP COPY OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION

8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, plates, maps and plans in the text, and endpaper maps; green cloth, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, an unusually bright, clean, crisp copy. VERY SCARCE, ESPECIALLY IN THIS CONDITION.

The Roll-Call of Westminster Abbey. Fifth Edition. AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY

8vo. Fifth Edition with frontispiece (original tissue guard browned present) numerous plates and 5 large folding plans on japon; blue pictorial cloth upper board blocked in yellow gilt back covers very lightly dust-soiled else a very good bright clean cop A PRESENTATION COPY FROM THE AUTHOR WITH HER UNSIGNED HOLOGRAPH INSCRIPTION ON FRONT FREE ENDPAPER. With the erratum slip mounted facing text as proper. Mrs Smith's third work on the Abbey was first published in 1902. It provides a detailed survey of

A Catalogue of Westminster Records. Deposited at the Town Hall, Caxton Street, in the Custody of the Vestry of St. Margaret & St. John, with Introductory Essay, Illustrations and Extracts.

4to., Sole Edition, with 49 fine full-page facsimiles; boards, half vellum, uncut, covers somewhat age-marked else a very good, clean copy of a scarce work. The catalogue covers Churchwardens' Accounts from 1256-1868, Overseers' Accounts from 1561-1846, Rate Books, Poor and Watch Rates, Vestry Minutes and Letter Books, with numerous extracts in each case. An Appendix details the Inventories of the Goods, Jewels and Ornaments in the Church of St. Margaret, 1511, 1572, and 1614-15. John Edward Smith, author of numerous standard works of the history of Westminster, was sometime Clerk to the Vestry.

A Connoisseur's Panorama. Thomas Girtin's Eidometropolis and other London Views, c.1796-1802. Edited by Sheila O'Connell. NEAR FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with coloured frontispiece, and numerous coloured and monochrome photographs and facsimiles throughout; black cloth, gilt back, a near fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper. LTS Publication No. 180.

Windmills in Surrey and Greater London. A Contemporary Survey. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED COPY

Roy. 8vo., First Edition, with frontispiece, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. Extra-illustrated by the insertion of a photographic print of Coulsdon Windmill and postcard of Camberwell Mill. With Addenda slip mounted at front. Blythman 275.

Windmills in Surrey and Greater London. A Contemporary Survey. NEAR FINE COPY

Roy. 8vo., with frontispiece, and photographs, illustrations and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, wire-stitched as issued, a near fine copy. With Addenda slip mounted at rear. Blythman 275.

The Crown Jewels and other Regalia in the Tower of London. Edited by Clarence Winchester. NEAR FINE COPY IN DUSTWRAPPER

Folio, First Edition, with coloured frontispiece (original captioned tissue guard present), title in purple and black, 7 fine coloured plates (all original captioned tissue guards present) and 32 plates in monochrome; original purple buckram, upper board blocked in gilt, gilt back, patterned endpapers, a near fine copy in price-clipped dustwrapper, the latter mildly-age-soiled and with one or two short closed tears.

Edwardian London Volume 3 (London Library)

Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, appears new and unread. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 293 pages with b&w photos throughout. Chapter headings list the subject "London" with the following: Railway, Institute, Toilet, Drapers, Music-Hall, Hooligan, Hotel, Lighting, Sidewhow, Bar and Saloon, christening, Servant, Lunatic, Criminal, Afflicted, Pilice life German, Water, Burying, Tower of, etc.; each chapter having a new author.

Edwardian London Volume 4 (London Library)

Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 273 pages with b&w photos throughout. Sections are by a collection of authors and most have the word "London" in them, with other terms and phrases such as: Library, Money, Telephone, Breweries and distilleries, Wormwood scrubs prison, Chief sights, Underground travelling, Uniformed, Up, Motoring, Shows, inspecting, cycling, contests, street amusements, ballooning, at dead of night, van dwelling, food supply, missionary, scientific etc.

Edwardian London Volume 4 (London Library)

Book is in excellent condition with creaseless covers and spine, as new. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. 273 pages with b&w photos throughout. Sections are by a collection of authors and most have the word "London" in them, with other terms and phrases such as: Library, Money, Telephone, Breweries and distilleries, Wormwood scrubs prison, Chief sights, Underground travelling, Uniformed, Up, Motoring, Shows, inspecting, cycling, contests, street amusements, ballooning, at dead of night, van dwelling, food supply, missionary, scientific etc.

The Cleveland Street Affair

A clean, unmarked book with a tight binding. 236 pages. A record of the scandal involving eminent Victorians and a male brothel in London.

Excursion dans les quartiers pauvres de Londres (1862).

français 0 1865' p. 321 à 336 (16 p.). Fascicule orig., extrait de la série TOUR DU MONDE de l'année et semestre indiqués. Gravures ou photographies in-t et h-t. Format 21 x 29cm. Ex. collé en couverture d'attente, illustrée, carton rouge ou vert. Bonne présentation. TOUR-DU-MONDE VOYAGES GRANDE-BRETAGNE LONDRES

THE NOBLE GRAPES AND THE GREAT WINES OF FRANCE - senza data

In 8o, pp. 180, mz. tela, titoli dorati al dorso, con 24 tavv. i.t. e f.t., ottimo (9426/ SIMON - VINO - NEW YORK - TORONTO - LONDON)

De ma fenêtre.- Traduit de l'allemand par André COEUROY

in 8, 282 p., broché, couv. Papier jauni. Etat d'usage. [BL-9]

Lord Mayoers Table Guildhall Grand Banquet on the 9th November

The Rotunda Bank of England Payment of Dividends

Jetwings International, May 2009: Monthly Magazine of Jet Airways - Cycling Through Europe

88 pages. Colour photography throughout. Text in English. Features: London; Cannes; Budapest - City of Spas; The Danube; and more. Some soiling inside front cover otherwise clean and unmarked with light wear. A nice copy. Magazine

The Dynamite War: Irish-American Bombers in Victorian Britain

278 pages. Index. Bibliography. "Between 1880 and 1887 three of Britain's major cities came under attack from teams of bombers whose leadership, finance and most of whose personnel came from two Irish-American Fenian organisations... The aim of the dynamiters was to force the British government to withdraw from Ireland and to allow a free and separate nation to develop... also discusses the police response to the campaign, which led to the creation of both the Secret Service and the Scotland Yard Special Branch - draws upon Home Office documents hitherto unavailable under the Official Secrets Act." - from dust jacket. Appears unread. Book clean, bright and unmarked. Very light wear to dust jacket with the exception of some minor peeling at top of spine. Nice copy. Book

Windmills in Lambeth. NEAR FINE COPY

Folio, First Edition, with photographs, illustrations, facsimiles and maps in the text; pictorial wrappers, covers very lightly browned else a near fine copy. Blythman 268.

The Dearborn Independent - Chronicler of the Neglected Truth, July 10, 1926: Birth Control - A World Blight

32 pages. Features: An Intimate Talk with John Galsworthy; A Mixture No Nation Can Stand - America's stomach revolts at concoction of outlawed liquor crooked politics; America Writes A Book - the most crowded field of endeavor in this country; The Price-Fixing Association - how it ingeniously evades those troublesome anti-trust laws; Birth-Control - A World Blight - in this second article on birth control, Father McClorey says if propaganda succeeds, earth will become a desolate planet, driving through space, as dead as the moon; Pere Gilbault, le Coureur des Bois - a man of northern Michigan, philosopher, and artist for art's sake; Mr. Ford's Page - "The Economic Value of Accuracy is impossible to exaggerate"; Editorials - the Eucharistic Congress, Wilhelm Hohenzollern retains his estates in Germany, the 'dry' hearings in Washington, the manipulation of money; An Intimate Story of a Best Seller - struggling author finds publisher and new novel reaches an appreciative public; What's the Matter with the Ministers? - do our American preachers lack conviction concering the substance and efficacy of their message?; Voyage of the Victoria - Patagonia (part 6); Chats with Office Callers; The Fighting Quaker Who Made Cannon - Rhode Island and South Carolina Signers Included Stephen Hopkins, Outlawed by his Co-Religionists; A Dance a Week - Dictionary of Dance Terms; A Dog Molded a Man's Career - Bernhardt Wall and "Man's Best Friend"; News snippets include 'Gallic Ire vs. Cockney Sarcasm', 'Hooks and Eyes, Buttons and Religion', Joseph Conrad was not a Jew, Japs Ardently Copy Our Mistakes, Two Extremes of the Law, and Shoe Leather Hits Orient; Charming photos of kids from around the world, including four-year-old Pearl Hay of London. Middle page loose but present. Unmarked with average wear. A sound vintage copy. Book

Antique Dealer and Collectors Guide Magazine, April (Apr.) 2000 - Buhl in Bath and Boulle Abroad / Major Spode Sale

64 pages. Features: Buhl in bath and Boulle Abroad; Renowned Porcelains - featured in London exhibition; Calling a Spode a Spole - variety and quality produced by this important factory; The Food and Drink of History - the development of dining highlighted in major new exhibition; Marine Painter T.B. Hardy - buying his work can be fraught with problems; The History of the Royal Watercolour Society (II); Attractive back cover colour-photo ad for Simply Antiques features19th century visiting card cases; and much more. Lavishly produced upon glossy stock. Clean and unmarked with light wear. A quality copy. Book