THE OBSERVER'S BOOK OF LONDON
Written by Geoffrey Palmer; Noel Lloyd. Illustrated by Roger Harris.
Stock no. 1331355
Published by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.; Frederick Warne & Co. Inc.. 1st 1973. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Observer book no. 50. 15 colour and 83 b/w photos. Small format. Red boards. ISBN: 0723215154. A super copy in a nice wrapper which is ever so slightly edge creased.

WHEN LONDON BURNED
Written by G.A. Henty. Illustrated by J. Finnemore.
Stock no. 1331289
Published by Blackie & Son Ltd.. 1895. Good condition.

Blue and gilt pictorial cloth. Grey endpapers. 12 b/w plates. 388 pages plus 32 page booklist. A Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed. Covers a little grubby and scuffed. Inscription in ink to verso of frontis. Some foxing. Some hinges cracked. Binding still tight.

THE LADYBIRD BOOK OF LONDON
Written by John Lewesdon. Illustrated by John Berry.
Stock no. 1331167
Published by Wills & Hepworth Ltd.. 1st 1961. Very good condition in a good dustwrapper.

Ladybird Series 618. Buff boards with colour vignette and titles. Colour illustrations. Spine slightly bumped and browned. Small brown mark to front cover, and pale mark to rear. Contents fine. Brown marks and foxing to wrapper, rear panel is a little grubby and sun is slightly sunned. No titles listed on rear flap.

THAMES: SACRED RIVER
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831268
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2007. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

In short, lively chapters Ackroyd writes about connections between the Thames and such historical figures as Julius Caesar and Henry the VIII, and offers memorable portraits of the ordinary men and women who depend upon the river for their livelihoods. Matt pictorial boards. B/w and colour photos. xxi and 490 pages. ISBN: 9780701172848. SIGNED by the author (no dedication) to title page. Top edge of text block a little grubby. Else contents clean. Pictorial wrap-around has a 'signed copy' circular sticker to front panel.

THE HOUSE OF DOCTOR DEE
Written by Peter Ackroyd.
Stock no. 1831214
Published by Hamish Hamilton Ltd. 1st 1993. Slightly better than very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper.

This novel centres on the famous 16th-century alchemist and astrologer John Dee. Reputedly a black magician, he was imprisoned by Queen Mary for allegedly attempting to kill her through sorcery. When Matthew Palmer inherits an old house in Clerkenwell, he feels that he has become part of its past. Black cloth boards, silver title to spine. 276 pages. ISBN: 0241125006. Slight lean to spine. Contents clean. Black pictorial dustwrapper is lightly scuffed.

142 STRAND: A RADICAL ADDRESS IN VICTORIAN LONDON
Written by Rosemary Ashton.
Stock no. 1831181
Published by Chatto & Windus. 1st 2006. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An extraordinary circle gathered at 142 Strand - George Eliot, Thomas Carlyle, Charles Dickens, John Stuart Mill - the brightest lights of radical Britain, drawn by the charismatic John Chapman, a publisher like no other. Navy blue cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w illustrations. xiv and 386 pages including index. ISBN: 9780701173708. Front hinge pulled but binding is tight. Pictorial dustwrapper is grubby, especially to rear panel.

LONDON: PORTRAIT OF A CITY
Written by Roger Hudson.
Stock no. 1330937
Published by Folio Society. 1st 1998. Nearly fine condition.

Compiled by Roger Hudson. From Romans through to the Nineties. Brown cloth spine. Colour pictorial boards. Colour & b/w illustrations. 272 pages including index. Minimal rubbing to corners. Contents fine. In original publishers slipcase which is slightly dusty at edges.

A MUDLARKING YEAR: FINDING TREASURE IN EVERY SEASON
Written by Lara Maiklem.
Stock no. 1831047
Published by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc. 1st 2024. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A gentle ode to nature, history and the simple art of looking, searching the foreshore of the Thames through the changing seasons. Guided by Lara's curiosity, warmth and wisdom, it is your invitation to discover hidden objects in the most overlooked part of the city of London, the secrets they reveal and the stories that are patiently waiting to be told. Light grey cloth boards, blue foil title to spine. xx and 335 pages. ISBN: 9781526660756. Top & tail of spine ligthly shelf-worn else a lovely copy. Minor creasing to top & tail of spine of dustwrapper.

RESTORATION LONDON: EVERYDAY LIFE IN LONDON 1660-1670
Written by Liza Picard; Jenny Uglow.
Stock no. 1830950
Published by Folio Society. Fine condition.

Introduced by Jenny Uglow. Red cloth boards with gilt title to spine and a gilt blocked design to front board. Colour illustrations. Colour pictorial endpapers. Still in original shrinkwrap! Unread!

STATE BARGES ON THE THAMES
Written by Anne Petrides. Illustrated by Brian Allderidge.
Stock no. 1830888
Published by Hugh Evelyn. 1st 1959. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Very large oblong format. Unlike the architecture and furniture of the period, most of the ships and boats built between 1650 abnd 1850 have disappeared. Only two of the barges illustrated in this book have been preserved, both of them Royal barges and both small enough to be kept out of the water and under cover when not in use. The others - all examples of the great civic barges - are known to us only through models, drawings and descriptions. Blue cloth boards, gilt titles. Colour plates. 45 pages. Rubbing to vertical edge of front board. Boards clean. Endpapers browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is edge-worn with a few closed tears, a few small chips to edges, 2" closed tear to rear panel (no loss), price-label to front flap with price crossed out and pencil price added.

TRAVELLERS' TALES
Written by Frank Herrmann; Michael Allen.
Stock no. 1830826
Published by Castlereagh Press. 1st 1999. Nearly fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.

A travel book with a difference: a collection of stories all written by members of the Travellers Club, here they recount some of their more adventurous experiences as diplomats (which many of them are), explorers, sailors, lawyers or simply travellers. Edited by Frank Herrmann and Michael Allen. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. xiv and 299 pages. ISBN: 1901825019. Light shelf-wear to base of spine else a fine copy in like dustwrapper.

TWO FAIR PLAITS
Written by Malcolm Saville. Illustrated by Lunt Roberts.
Stock no. 1330601
Published by Lutterworth Press. 1950. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

2nd in the 'Jilly family' series. Pale grey cloth, silver titles to spine. Pictorial endpapers are maps. Colour frontis, b/w pictures. 192 pages. 2nd impression. Spine and corners slightly bumped. Foxing to textblock, light browning to endpapers. Dustwrapper is edge worn with slight loss, small hole to spine edge of front panel and rear panel slightly grubby.